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SANGITA MITRA
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

A.K. SANYAL
J .R.B. ALFRED
K. VENKATARAMAN
SANDEEP K. TIWARI*
SANGITA MITRA**
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053
*Wildlife Trust of India, Noida (U.P.)
**WWF-India, Kolkata (West Bengal)

ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

KOLKATA
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 PREFACE
The term 'Biodiversity' though known earlier, during the Rio Summit in 1992 it earned the
center stage of attention and today it is one of the foremost areas of concern all over the world
and has become a household nomenclature. The assessment of Biodiversity is an important
component of strategic planning process for any conservation and management of ecosystem.
The process of assessment can be a two dimensional exercise, i.e. identifying areas of maximum
diversity within distinctive ecosystems and to provide data for species diversity and related
information. The starting point for any such venture should be literature search for getting
groupwise information down to the species level.
The State of West Bengal in India has been endowed with rich biodiversity. Data on the state's
biodiveJ;sity have been generated both qualitatively and quantitatively. However this information
is lying in a scattered manner and not readily available to the policy makers and managers of
biodiversity. The present publication is therefore an attempt to compile all available information
on the State's biodiversity. It is expected that information given in this document will provide
not only the benchmark data but also fill up the gaps. Thus, it may serve as an important tool for
planning~ so that future development programmes need not be at the cost of our biological
diversity, but at the same time to identify and use these biological resources on a sustainable basis.
The authors express their grateful thanks to the Department of Environment, Government of
West Bengal for funding this project, to Dr. S. Sanjappa, Director and Scientists of Botanical
Survey of India for their keen interest and sincere help in preparation of the report by providing
and checking the informations relating to the floral diversity in the State. They are also extremely
grateful to Shri Pranabesh Sanyal, Former Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests,
Dr. Dhrubajyoti Ghosh and Sri Debal Roy, Senior Environment Officers, Department of
Environment, Government of West Bengal for their sincere help and valuable suggestions during
the preparation of this report.
They gratefully acknowledge the help extended by the Director, Zoological Survey of India.
They are also deeply indebted to the officers and staffs in Zoological Survey of India for assistance
and suggestions throughout the course of this project. Special thanks are due to Dr. J.K. De,
Scientist-D, Zoological Survey of India for his constant help in processing the scientific data.
Sincere thanks are also due to Professor S.C. Santra, University of Kalyani for pro\;ding
informations on flora of wetlands of West Bengal and to Dr. Sandeep Basak for his help in
preparation of a part of floral list in the preparatory stage and photographs provided by him.
Helps received from Dr. Sujit Kumar Chakraborty, former Joint Director, Zoological Suryey
of India in the form of valuable suggestions and inputs towards the improvement of the document
is thankfully acknowledged. They are highly obliged to Dr. Tushar Mukherjee, Reader, Presidency
University, Kolkata for providing valuable information.
Thanks are also due to Dr. S.K. Dutta, Utkal University, Sri Hirak Nandi, Smt. Supriya Nandi,
Sri Joydeep Sarkar, Lt. Col. S.R. Banerjee, Sri Biswajit Roychowdhury, NEWS, Kolkata, Sir V.K.
Yadav, Chief Conservator of Forests, Government of West Bengal and Sri Anjan Roy for extending
sincere help by providing data pertaining to flora and fauna of West Bengal and rele\'ant
photographs.
Authors are also thankful to Dr. A. Chattapadhyay, Assistant Zoologist and Shri Amita\'a Roy,
Sr. Statistical Assistant, Zoological ~urvey of India, for their help in computrization of huge
amount of data.
Thanks are also due to Smt. Bela Sardar, Sr. Stenographer, Shri Shakthivel, Zoological Assistant.
Sri Amitava Chattejree, Zoological Assistant, Sri Z. Ziauddin, Sr. Stenogropher, Smt. Panullita
Basu and Sri Debabrata Bhattacharya for constant help in the final stage of preparation of the
publication.
Kolkata Authors
September, 2011
 CONTENTS
PART-I

PREFACE 111

INTRODUCTION 1

METHODOLOGY 4
PROFILE OF WEST BENGAL 5
ECOSYSTEMS OF WEST BENGAL 15
SPECIES DIVERSITY IN WEST BENGAL 28
SPECIES OF SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE 66
PROTECTED AREAS IN WEST BENGAL 103
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY AND CAUSES 111
CURRENT CONSERVATION INITIATIVES IN WEST BENGAL 119

DISCUSSION 137
SUMMARY 144
SELECTED REFERENCES 147

PART-II
UST OF FLORAL SPECIES IN WEST BENGAL
1. Bacteria 155
2. Algae 158
3· Fungi 211
4· Lichen 257
5· Bryophyta 278
6. Pteridophyta 281
7· Gymnosperm 304
8. Angiosperm 306
1. Monocotyledon 306
ii. Dicotyledon 341

PART-III
LIST OF FAUNAL SPECIES IN WEST BENGAL
A. PROTISTA 471
1. Freeliving Protozoa 471
2. Symbiotic Protozoa 482
3· Parasitic Protozoa 488
B. ANIMALIA 5 25
1. Porifera 525
2. Cnidaria 5 26
3· Ctenophora 528
4· Platyhelminthes 529
1. Cestoda 529
11. Trematoda (Vertebrate excluding fishes) 534
Ill. Digenetic Trematoda of Fishes 542
5· Rotifera 547
6. Gastrotricha 553
7· Kinorhyncha 555
8. Nemathelminthes 556
I. Nematoda (Vertebrate parasite) 556
II. Nematoda (Plant Parasite) 56 9
9· Acanthocephala 573
10. Sipuncula 574
11. Mollusca 575
1. Freshwater and Land 575
11. Estuarine and Marine 586
12. Echiura 591
13· Annelida 592
14· Crustacea 602
15· Insecta 6 14
I. Thysanura 6 14
lI. Collembola 615
lII. Diplura 616
IV. Odonata 617
v. Plecoptera 6 25
VI. Embioptera 626
VII. Orthoptera 6 27
VIII. Dermaptera 638
IX. Ephemeroptera 642
x. Mantodea 643
Xl. Phasmida 645
xu. Dictyoptera 646
 xiii. Isoptera 648
XIV. Psocoptera 651
XV. Hemiptera 653
XVI. Anoplura 685
XVll. Thysanoptera 686
xviii. Neuroptera 692
XIX. Mecoptera 695
xx. Coleoptera 696
XXI. Siphonoptera 749
XXll. Strepsi ptera 750
xxiii. Diptera 751
xxiv. Lepidoptera 767
xxv. Trichoptera 802
XXVI. Hymenoptera 804
16. Xiphosura 819
17· Arachnida 820
1. Araneae (Spider) 820
ii. Scorpiones 835
111. Acarina 836
a. Tick 836
b. Mite 839
18. Diplopoda 865
19· Chilopoda 866
20. Phoronida 867
21. Brachiopoda 867
22. Bryozoa (Freshwater) 868
23· Echinodermata 869
24· Hemichordata 871
25· Chordata 872
I. Pisces 872
II. Amphibia 888
III. Reptilia ... 892
IV. Aves 903
v. Mammalia 956
PART-I
 INTRODUCTION
Biological diversity refers to the variability
among living organisms from all sources
including, inter alia, terrestrial, marine and
other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological
complexes of which they are part; this includes
diversity within species, between species and
of ecosystems (UNEP, 1992). Biodiversity is
not only an essential component of our life
support system but also the raw material for
meeting human needs. The rapid degradation
of major ecosystems and the necessity of
conservation, and also the sustainable use of
biodiversity has assumed both national and
international importance with the adoption of
'Agenda 21' and the 'Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD), at the 'Earth Summit' held in
Brazil, in 1992. The CBD came into force in
1993 (for India in 1994) after being ratified by
the requisite countries. India's effort, since
then, has been to review the conservation
measures taken so far, and to identify the gaps
which require immediate attention at different
levels. The implication of the CBD for India has
been dealt with by Chauhan (1996a, b, 1997a,
b, c). These initiatives are at different stages.
Developing and establishing adequate
conservation measures and mechanisms for
sustainable utilization of biological diversity
pose a multidimensional challenge, involving
scientific, socio-economic, administrative, legal
and political issues.
India is a vast country and has been richly
endowed by Nature in terms of a great diversity
of physical environment. From the Indian
ocean to the lofty Himalayas and beyond to the
cold deserts of Ladakh, the physiognomic
diversity and myriad of climatic situation have
given rise to .a countless habitats across the
length and breadth of the country (Alfred et
al., 1998; Venkataraman, 2007). Further, in
respect of religion, ethos, culture, socio-
economy, politics and life pattern, one region
of the country differs widely from the other.
As such, challenging issues of biodiversity
conservation and its sustainable utilization
become complex and mutltifarious. To attain
the desired goal of conservation, it become
obligatory to set the priorities and identify
essential elements for framing the action plan
at the national as well as regional levels. Each
state or region within the country has specific
necessary elements concerned with
biodiversity, which need to be integrated into
the framework of action plan, keeping in view
the implications arising due to the ratification
of the CBD. It is primary requirement for
regional policy makers and managers of
biodiversity to have a status report dealing \vith
aspects like 'HOW MANY', 'WHERE',
UNIQUENESS', 'UTILISATION', 'THREATS'.
'CURRENT PRACTICES', 'GAPS IN
KNOWLEDGE', and other related aspects.
Further, the overall concern of traditional
practices connected with the conservation of
biological diversity is another inlportant
element which varies regionally. DOCUlllenta-
tion of such traditional practices for consen'ing
species while being used, and protection of
habitats through selection, donlestication,
cultivation and breeding of useful plants and
animals is also another key factor in fonllulating
the regional Action Plan. It is necessary to
integrate and blend the essence of these
practices in the process of conservation.
So far, West Bengal is concerned. huge
amount of biodiversity related data have
already been accunlulated through surveys,
identification and inventorysing activities of the
2 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Botanical, Zoological, Anthropological, Forest
and Fishery Suryey of India, State Forest
Department, and several other institutes from
the university systems, autonomous bodies as
well as NGOs. Over all data on the species
composition, distribution, population, and-
Keystone, Umbrella, Endemic and threatened
species particularly of major groups are
available. Unfortunately, these valuable data
are very much scattered and have limited
academic use, only to specialists. For greater
effectiveness, it is essential that relevant and
user friendly data bases are prepared and made
available through modern information
technologies. Wider access to information
would facilitate the effective conservation and
sustainable use of the biological resources in a
particular community or locality. In the present
book, based on published as well as unpublished
information, an attempt has been made to
compile the biodiversity related data of West
Bengal and analyse the same with emphasis to
meet up the queries of policy-makers and
managers of biodiversity.
West Bengal, the only state in India, which
touches the Himalayas in the north and has sea
on its south. As-such the physical environment
of the state varies from Bay of Bengal in the
south to the snow-capped Himalayas in the
north through vast stretches of alluvial plains
in the middle, small patches of hills and isolated
mounds in the western part. Soil
characteristics, temperature and rainfall also
vary widely from one part to other. These have
resulted rich and diverse vegetative cover
consisting of almost all forest types, vast
expanses of grasslands, different agricultural
crops as well as cropping practices. Each of
these supports a particular type of biodiversity.
Varieties in aquatic ecosystem such as
freshwater, brackish water, estuary and marine
also contributed to the richness of state's
biodiversity. Further, West Bengal falls in the
transition zone between peninsular Indian
•
subregion, Indo-Malayan subregion of Oriental
zone and Palaearctic region. This also helped
West Bengal in its great array of natural
ecosystems embellished with ingress,
colonization and interspersion of life forms
from all the adjoining region. Richness of
biodiversity is reflected by the fact that, West
Bengal though only 2.7 percent of the total area
of the country, but four, viz., the Himalaya
(Central Himalaya), Gangetic Plain (Lower
Gengetic Plain), coast (East Coast) and Decan
peninsula (Chhotanagpur), out of ten
recognized biogeographic zones of India are
represented in the state (Map 1). On the other
hand, owing to favourable agroclimatic
condition, West Bengal is always one of the
most populated region of the country and the
population is further increasing for one or other
reasons. The pressure of such an enlarged and
impoverished population along with rapid
urbanization and industrial development have
taken a heavy toll of natural area of the s~ate
through shrinkage and degradation. Further,
market pressure on a host of non-wood forest
produce has led not just to their depletion, but
often their collection practices are destructive
and damaging to the habitat and productivity
parameters themselves. In fact, since 19th
century, quite a number of floral and faunal
species have either become extinct from the
state or lost large part of their earlier range and
restricted to certain pockets with small
population. It is obvious that the country as
well as the state of West Bengal have taken
several positive measures for conservation and
management of biodiversity through legal and
policy framework, survey and monitoring, in-
situ and ex-situ conservation, sustainable
utilization including benefit sharing,
institutional framework and capacity building
for human and infrastructural resources,
research, developmental activities and ot4ers.
However, majority of these efforts are diverted
for conservation and management of few
charismatic ecosystem's or species, without
SANYAL et ,ai. : Introduction 3

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Map.. ! : Biogeographic 'zones lof West Bengal.

4 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
total consideration of the entire spectrum of
biodiversity. It is heartening that the State
Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan : West
Bengal (2002) has been finalized. The same has
recommended various actions such as
'Information about biodiversity status to be
enriched', 'Biodiversity data base for each
district should be completed' and others.
The present compilation has been made to
meet up some of these recommendations.
Further, it is expected that the report will be
helpful in the processes of evaluating the
essential elements required for conservation
and sustainable use of biodiversity in state level.
METHODOLOGY
The present report derives information
mainly from the published literature, field
reports and record books of Forest Department
officials on the flora and fauna of the state.
Further, management plans of different
Protected Areas of the state contain numerous
data and as such those have also been consulted.
As it is not within the socpe to provide the
complete bibligraphy on the biota of the state
only few references are cited below.
Fauna:
Agrawal et ale 1992, Agrawal and Ghosh 1995
Ahmed 1992, Ahmed and Dasgupta 1992, Alfred
1998, Alfred et ale 1998, Alfred and Nandi
2001, Annandale 1907, Bal and Basu 1995,-
Barman 1993, Basu and Mitra 1995,
Bhattacharyya 1997, Biswas and Biswas 1992,
Biswas and Biswas 1995, Biswas and Ghosh
1995, Biswas et ale 1995, Choudhuri and
Chattapadhyay 1997, Das et ale 1993a, b, c, d,
Ellerman 1963, Ghatak 1995, Ghosh 1995,
Ghosh 1996, Hazra 1993, Haldar 1995, Haldar
and Choudhury 1995, Maiti and Saha 1993,
Majumdar et ale 1992, MandaI and Nandi 1989,
Meggilt 1933, Misra 1995, Mukhopadhyay
1998, Nandi et al. 1993, Rao and Misra 1986 ,
Ripley 1982, Sanyal 1992, Sarkar 1984, Sarkar
et al. 1992, Sharma 1979, Soota 1991, Soota
and Ghosh 1977, Southwell 1913, Srivastava
1993, Subba Rao and Barua 1983, Varshney
1998, Willis 1951.
Flora:
Anderson 1862, Anonymous 1957, BaneIjee
1957, Banerjee 1968, Basak 1979, Biswas 1966 ,
Chakravarty 1957, Champion and Seth 1968,
Chauhan 1996, Cowan and Cowan 1929,
Culshow 1952, Director, B.S.1. (ed.) 1997,
Ghosh 1997, 1998, 2001, Ghosh 2002,
Karthikeyan 2000, Maji land Sikdar -1983,
Malick 1966, Molla et al. 1984, Mukherjee
1988, Mudgal and Hazra (eds.) 1997, Prain
1963·
General :
Alfred et ale 2004, Anonymous 2000,
Biswas and Trishal 1993, Chaudhuri and
Choudhury 1994, Cowardin et ale 1979, Das
2001, Dept. of Environ. and R.K.M. 2002,
Mitra 2000, Mitra and Pal 2002, State Forest
Dept. and NEWS 1996.
The above is only a fraction of the
references consulted for the purpose. For
writing of the different chapters numerous
documents contained in 42 periodicals, 92
books (including district Gazetteers), 17 project
reports, 14 management plans, 7 theses, 38 tour
reports, 17 leaflets, 12 unpublished papers have
been taken into consideration. All the
documents have been scanned and information
specially related to the following aspects fed
into the computer.
1. Species name 2. District-wise distribution,
3. Significance (endemism, taxonomy,
zoogeography, economy, evolution), 4 Threats,
5. Management and 6. Ecology.
SANYAL et ale : Profile of West Bengal
PROFILE OF WEST BENGAL
GEOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Following independence of India in 1947, the
state of West Bengal came into existence as the
western part of erstwhile Bengal. Situated
within 21°38' -27°19' N. latitudes and 85°50'-
89°50' E. longitudes, the state stretches from
the Himalayas in the north to the Bay of Bengal
in the south covering an area of about 88,752
sq.km. Five states (Sikkim, Assam, Bihar,
Jharkhand and Orissa) and three countries
(Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh) surround West
Bengal-Sikkim to the north, Bhutan to the
North-East, Assam and Bangladesh to the east,
Nepal, Bihar and Jharkhand to the west, and
Jharkhand and Orissa to the south-west
(Map 2).
Till the end of seventies, the state had 16
administrative districts. Later, due to increase
in human populations and to facilitate
administrative control three more districts
have been recognized by dividing erstwhile 24-
Parganas, West Dinajpur and Medinipur
districts. At present 19 districts are placed under
three Divisions. The districts Bankura,
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Puruliya, Hugli, East
and West Medinipur come under Barddhaman
Division; Kolkata, Haora, Nadia, Murshidabad,
North and South 24-Parganas under
Presidency Division; whereas, Darjiling,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah, South and
North Dinajpur remain under Jalpaiguri
Division. Industrial development has taken
place at a faster rate in Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Noth 24-Parganas and parts of Bardahaman
districts, while rest are still basically agro-
based.
With direct access to the sea and a network
of national as well as international air links, the
state's geographic location makes it the gateway
to the North-East India and adjoining countries.
A system of roadways and railways radiate out
into the state to connect it with all the major
centers of activity in the country.
5
Excepting the Darjiling Himalaya and hilly
tracts of Puruliya, major land area of West
Bengal is almost a flat alluvial plain. Central and
southern regions of this plain are mainly
derived from silt depositions of the Ganga,
while northern part extending from Siliguri
subdivision of Darjiling and Jalpaiguri to North
Dinajpur is formed by the deposition of Teesta,
Mahananda, Torsa, Raidak and other rivers.
Northern part of the plain is also known Terai
and Duars plain. The proper Gangetic plain can
be broadly divided under four micro
physiographic zones. These are : (i) The
northern paradelta of the Ganga and the Barind
tract in Maldah and parts of North and South
Dinajpur, (ii) Rarh plain spreading over East
and West Medinipur, Bankura, Birbhum,
Puruliya and parts of Barddhaman. This also
includes Contai coastal strip of land along the
seacoast, which is characterized by frequent
sand dunes and salt marshes, mingled with each
other. The western part of Rarh plain show
undulated rocky terrain of Archaean Gneiss
and other metamorphic rocks as well as coal
belts of Gondowana specially in Bardhman
district. Spurs of Chhotanagpur plateau also
penetrate in Puruliya and Bankura resulting low
hilly areas, (iii) Moribund Delta comprising of
Murshidabad and Nadia districts. It is even and
extensive plain having a span of 40-80 km. on
both sides of the river Bhagarathi, (iv) Proper
Delta consisting of Kolkata, HugH, Haora,
North and South 24-Parganas and parts of
Barddhaman. Southern part of this plain
particularly South 24-Parganas is characterized
by large assemblage of deltaic islands anlidst
the creeks and rivers, and collectively knO\\l1
as Sundarban.
Except the plains of Siliguri subdivisions,
entire Darjiling district physiographically
comes under the Himalayan region. It is mainly
formed by the extension of high Singalila range
of the Himalayas from Nepal side. The region
6 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

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SANYAL et ale : .Profile of West Bengal
is characterized by changing elevation, hill
streams cutting through the rocks and forming
longitudinal valleys, preponderance of length
over breadth, steep slope and frequent land
slides. Elevation goes up to 3900 m., where
almost alpine condition prevails.
ECOLOGICALL PROFILE
Climate : The state being located at the
head of Bay of Bengal on one side with rampart
of the Himalayas only 500 lan. from the sea,
the climatic condition exhibits a regional
uniformity. It is stated that major climatic
differences within the state are due to
precipitation totals.
The temperature condition, excluding the
Himalay~ region, shows limited variation. The
diurnal range between maximum and minimum
temperature in the coldest month of January
remains nearly uniform at 13°C in the plains
(irrespective of latitudes), and mean January
maxima, minima and absolute. decrease with
increasing latitudes. Temperature reaching
between 35°C-45°C in May, while during
monsoon which normally starts in the middle
of June, the temperature ranges from 28°C-
32°C. In the northern mountainous region, the
temperature varies with altitude. The highest
observatory at DaIjiling (c 2137 m.) records a
normal mean temperature of 26°C (summer)
and 7°C (winter) absolute below o°C' and
snowfall occur occasionally.
The state remains under the influence of
monsoon current from June to September.
However, certain precipitation may also derive
from winter rain, premonsoon rainfall and
cyclonic disturbances. The amount of rainfall
varies between deltaic plains and traditional
drought prone area as also between the
northern mountains and southern landmass, the
highest being always in the Himalayan area
reaching 800 mm in the month of July in a bar-
graph. Annual rainfall of the state is roughly as
follows:
• Northern mountains and the submontane
region : 2000-6000 mm.
• South-Western region: 900-1400 mm.
7
• Coastal region : 1700 mm.
Based on rainfall, temperature, humidity, the
state may be divided into four climatic regions
(Map 3) as detailed below.
Region I : Extends over the Himalayan
tract, mean temperature in winter 6°C-10°C at
different altitude. Rainfall 3060 mm,
NOlWesters occur rar~ly.
Region II : Higher winter temperature
(17°C), frequent NOlWesters, more Relative
Humidity and higher rainfall (3329 mm).
Region III : The °most dominant climatic
region of the state. Temperature higher than
Region II by an average of 5°C in summer and
3°C in winter. NOlWesters and annual rainfall
50 percent less than Region II.
Region IV Show continental
characteristics; summer temperature is higher
by 3°C, while Relative Humidity, winter
temperature, frequency of NOlWesters, annual
rainfall (180 mm) much less than Region III.
Soils-The physical and chemical
characteristics of the soil vary from place to
place depending on physiography, climate, etc.
The hilly terrain in Darjiling district consists
mainly of brown forest soil which is acidic and
varies from sandy loam to clayey loam. In the
sub-Himalayan tract (Jalpaiguri and Koch
Bihar) soil is greatly leached because of high
rainfall, and is poor in base and available plant
nutrients. Such soils are highly acidic and
sandy. Most places in the alluvial tract consists
of fertile soils which support a very intensive
and prosperous agriculture. The soil reaction
varies from acidic to neutral. In south-western
part of the state, soil is red laterite with honey-
combed ferruginous concretions at depth of 15
to 30 cm. Soil is poor in plant nutrients and
subject to drought. Soil pH ranges from 6.5 to
7.5 with electrical conductivity varying frolll
3.0 to 18.0 mh/cm mainly due to accunlulation
of Sodium Chloride. The drainage is poor, but
otherwise it is fertile due to continuous silt
deposit. Soil in the coastal areas is characterized
by high salanity.
8 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

MEAN JANUARY CONDITIONS MEAN JULY CONDITIONS

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CLIMATIC REGIONS

Map-3 : Climatic regions in West Bengal.

Rivers and waterbodies-Ganga is the
only perennial snow fed river in the West
Bengal delta; it divides near Giria of
Murshidabad district. One branch flows
southeast as Padma and enters Bangladesh,
while the other goes south in West Bengal as
Bhaghirathi upto Nabadwip and then known as
Hooghly to meet Bay of Bengal. The western
region of the state i,s flanked by the coalesced
fans of seasonal flashy torrent tributaries of
Ajay, Damador, Mayurakshi, Kangsabati,
Rupnarayan, Anadpur and Haldi, all of which
fall to a dead delta zone along the Hooghly river
bank. The Teesta, Jaldhaka, Mahananda,
Nagar, Torsa, Atrai, Punarbhaba are some of
the notable rivers of North Bengal which drain
SANYAL et ale : Profile of West Bengal 9

out massive water during rainy season from Saheb band, Ballavpur, Santragachhi.
their catchment in the Himalayas causing • Coastal : Gabaria Beel, Atampur,
devastating floods,. Many dry river beds with Dadanpatrasar.
boulders, pebbles and sand is a common feature There has been sharp reduction of natural
in the northern part carrying no or thin flow in wetland areas of the state during last few
dry summer months and come into spate during
decades due to urbanisation, reclamation for
monsoon. Distributaries of the old river system agriculture and developmental initiatives.
occurring in the district of south 24-Parganas
have converted the famous part of Sundarban Forests- Except the Central Alluvial tract,
into an intricate network of tidal water system all agro-ecological zones have important forest
towards the sea. However, the salanity in the resources with distinctive floristic
Hooghly river has been considerably reduced compositions. In North Bengal, total forest area
since Bhagirathi is being fed by freshwater after is about 3050 sq. km. (about 26 percent of the
recorded state forest) and contains the most
constructing a barrage at Farakka.
productive forests. Forest in south-west West
The state is also dotted with numerous Bengal are mostly scattered in relatively small
wetlands in the form of 'Ponds', 'Jheels', 'beels' and widely dispersed blocks of degraded Sal
and the natural/excavated drainage system of interspersed with farm land. The most compact
'Khals' These wetlands enrich the aquatic area is the mangrove forests in the coastal saline
ecosystem of the state. While detail listing will zone which covers 4260 Sq. Km. (approximately
be made later, some important wetlands are 36 percent of recorded state forest land).
mentioned below. However, nearly 40 percent of the forest land
• Himalayan and Sub-Himalayan: in the coastal saline zone is actually made up of
Rasik beel, Malian Dighi, Mirik. numerous rivers and creeks. Distribution and
e' Gangetic plain: Katiganga-Motijheel, classification of forests in different region has
Mathura Beel, Jamuna Beel, East Kolkata, been provided in Table 1.
T~ble-l:
1
Distribution and classification of forests in different zones of West Bengal (Source :
Dept. of Environment & Ramkrishna Mission, Narendrapur, 2002, West Bengal State
r /\

Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan. Ramkrishna Mission, Narendrapur and Annual
Report, 2008-2009, Forest Dept., West Bengal).
'R.egion Reserve Forest Protected Forest Unclassified State Total
Forests and others (sq.km.)
Area % of Area % of Area %of
sq. km. Total sq. km. Total sq. km. Total
'Hill, 2598 85 259 9 194 6 3051
:Northern
.Circle and
\Fbrest
~~. Corpn
W~$tern 206 5 3399 78 742 17 4347
'"Circle
C~n,tral 4250 95 114 2·5 117 2·5 44 81
Circle and
Sundarban
:Tiger
,Reserve
Total 7054 59 3772 32 1053 9 11879
10 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Further, afforestation outside recorded DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC

forest land has been carried out under social PROFILE
It has already been stated that owing to
favourable agroclimatic condition, West Bengal
has always been one of the most populated
states of the country. Further, the problem of
.population explosion has been aggravated due
to huge immigration from East Pakistan, now
Bangladesh sinc"e 1947. Birth rate is lower than
that of the country as a whole, but that has been
compensated by lower death rate and infant
mortality (Table 2.).
As per census 2011, population of West
Bengal has reached 913.471akh (fourth among
Indian provinces) and population density
standing 1029 per Sq. Km. (second to Kerala).
Since 1971, the population of West Bengal has
AVERAGE ANNUAL
become more than double. Male and female
INCREMENT
population in state have reached 469.27 and
Hills 0.8 Cu.M./ha.
444.20 lakh respectively.
Plains 1.65 Cu. M./ha.
From 1901, there has been change in the
South-West Bengal 3.0 Cu.M./ha.
proportion of rural-urban population but only
Coppice (10 year rotation) of little significance except for the decade 1951-
PLANTATIONS 61 (Table 3, Text-fig. 1). As compar~d to 1971
"Hills (Conifers) 12.5 Cu. M./ha. urban population and rural population has
North Bengal Plains 5.0 Cu. M./ ha. increased by 117 percent and 79.6 percent
South-West Bengal 6.0 Cu. M./ ha. respectively. Percentage of male and female "in
(Eucalyptus) the population remains aimost constant from
Table-2: Birth rate, death rate and infant mortality rate in West Bengal as compared to whole
of India (per thousand) in 2009.
India West Bengal
Birth rate 22.22/1000 population 18.6
Death rate 6.4/1000 population 6·3
Infant mortality rate 30.15/1000 live births 38.0
Table-3: Decadal change in the proportional of rural-urban population of West Bengal (Adopted
from Bhatt, S.C. 1998. The Encyclopaedic District Gazetteers of India, Vol. '9. Gyan
Publishing Hou~e, New Delhi).
Census decades 1951-61 1961-71 1971-81 1981-1991 *1991-2001
Total +32.82 +26.87 +23·17 +24·73 +17.84
Rural +31.81 +26·38 +20·36 +23·01 +27·21
Urban +95·97 +28·41 +31.76 +29·49 +21.32
* Figures of mid-year 2002.
SANYAL ,et ,al. : Profile of West Bengal 11

120

100
Total
Rural
80
Urban

60

,40

20

0 ...--
1951-61 1961-71 1971,-81 1981-1'991 991-2001

.Fig. 1 : Percent decadal variation of population from 1951 to 2 '0 01

Table-4: Some important demographic ,c hanges of West Ben,gal as revealed in ast four census.
~ ---

Census year 1971 g,81 199 - 001

Total populationOakb) 443·12 545·81 680·76 802.21
Numb~,r of malesOakh) 234·36 285·61 355·11 414·87
% of males to total population .52.89 I 52·33 52.16 51·72
Number of females Oakh) 208.26 260.20 325·67 I 387·33
96 of fe,males to total population 47. 47.67 47,. 84 1
48.28
1 tion (lakh)
U rban ,'p opua _____ 10 9. 6 7 1 144.47 187·08 *238.00
% of Urban population to total population ,2 4·75 26,· 47 27·48 ' *28·46
Rural population Oakh) ,3 33.45 1- 401.34 4'93,· 70 *599.00
96 of rotal population to total population 75·25 73·53 72·52 *71·54
* Figu~es of mid year 2002
1971. Some important demographic changes as in Puruliya,Medinipur, Bankura, North and
revealed from the last four census have been South Dinajpur; while few others" viz., Bhutia,
provided in Table 4 and Tlest-fig. 2. It has been Lepcha, Mech, Toto, Rava a e residents of the
seen that only 28.00 peroent of people of West hill section of D,a rjiling and plains of Jalpaiguri.
Bengal may be considered as urbanized a,g ainst Tribal population of West Bengal also shows a
the world .avlerage of 45 percent. steady increase from 38.04 lakh in 1991 to
West Bengal has at l,e ast 38 major ~ategories 46.771akh in mid-year 2000. Economy and life
of tribal people. Majority of these tribes, such styles of tribals are Un'k ed With the llutunll
as, Santhal, Oraon, Munda, Kora, Mehali, resources of the areas in which they Ot'cur.
Lodba, Malpaharia have migrated from Santhal They are labour..based and dependent on the
Parganas durin,g 1'9'th century and ,s ettled mainly sustained production from their environnlent.
12 Status of Biodiversity o/West Bengal

900 D TotallPopulation(llakh)
Number of malles(l,akh)
0% of males to total populati<on
800 I:] Number of females (Iakh)
I % offem,ales to tot,al populaUon
700 Urban population (Iakh)
% of Urban popul,ation to total population
600 [J Rural population (ilakh)
% of rural populabon to I population
500

400

300

200

100

o
1971 1'981 1991 ,2001

Fig. 2 : Some important Oemograph'c Changes as revealed in last four Census

70

60 c Rural Persons Rural Male Rural Fema~ e

c Urban IPersons Urban Male e Urban Female
50 lotal Persons Total Male
• Total Famalle

40

30

20

10

0
c c
0 o
ICU ~
~ 2
"5 1;)
0 c
o
()

Fig. 3 : Percentage distribution of working force by m,ain act'vity in WestB,engal.

SANYAL et ale : Profile of West Bengal 13

Traditionally, the tribal's social, cultural and
religious systems are ecofriendly in nature. Due
to increased population and for other obvious
reasons, a section of these ecosystem-people
have lost right of their own land. This has
compelled them to exploit the forest resources
in a way out of their traditional ethics.
Inspite of gradual increase in the percentage
of urban population, still nearly 72 percent of
people of West Bengal reside in rural areas
spreadi~g over nearly 43,000 villages.
According census 2001, nearly 61.55 percent
of the land area is under cultivation (Bartaman,
Nov. 29, 2001). As such economy of West
Bengal may be described as agrobased. An
analysis of the working force on the basis of
main activity, working people is directly related
to agriculture either as cualtivators or
labourers. In many of the activities such as
agricultural labour, plantation, house hold
manufacturing, etc., percentage of female
working force is significantly higher than male.
A detailed distribution of working force by
activity in West Bengal is reflected in Table 5
and Text-fig.3.
In fact, nearly 95 percent of rural population
are engaged in agricultural activities. Pattern
of land utilization since 1985-86 also shows a
slight increase in net area shown (Table 6).
The average per capita income is
Rs. 25223.00 (2005-06) in the state (as on
31.01.2008).

Table-s: Percentage distribution of working force by main activity in West Bengal as per census
1991 (Source : Govt. of West Bengal 2001. Economic Review, Statistical Appendix,
Kolkata).
81. Category Rural Urban Total
No. Persons Male Female Persons Male Female Persons Male Female
1 Cultivation 37·97 40.88 19.87 1.94 2.03 1.02 28·40 30.15 16.23
2 Agricultural
labourers 32.24 30.04 45.89 3·36 3·25 4·39 24·56 22.65 37·88
3 Plantation,
forestry, etc. 3·32 ' 2·71 7·09 1.17 1.22 0·78 2.76 2·30 5.87
4 Mining and
quarrying 0·43 0·47 0.21 1·74 1.83 0.89 0·78 0.84 0·34
5 a. House hold
manufacturing 4·22 3·00 11.84 3·03 2·41 9·19 3·00 2.84 11.33
b. Non-house
hold
manufacturing 6.22 6.11 6·91 28.21 29.69 13·47 12.06 12.62 8.17
6 Construction 1.24 1·41 0.19 3·54 I 3·7~ 1.30 1.85 2.06 0·41
I
7 Trade and
commerce 5.98 6.63 1·92 23.84 25·44 7·95 10·72 11.82 3·08
8 Transport,
stores,
communication 2.15 2.48 0.12 9·92 10.67 2·46 4·22 4·74 0·57
9 Other services 6.23 6.27 5.96 '23·25 19·70 58.55 10·75 9.98 16.12
J
14 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-6: Pattern of land utilization in West Bengal since 1985-86 (Area in thousand ha.)
(Source: Govt. of W.B. 2001. Economic Review. Statistical Appendix, Kolkata).
Classification of land Reporting year
1985-86 1995-96 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000
Area % Area % Area % Area % Area %
Net area sown 5 2 62 59·5 54 6 2 62.8 54 6 5 62.9 5440 62.9 547 2 63
Current fallows 65 0·7 220 2·5 219 2·5 229 2·7 208 2·4
Forests 1186 13·4 1196 13·8 1192 13·7 1192 13·7 1192 13.7*
Area not available for cultivation 1730 19·6 1642 18.9 1651 19·0 1668 19·2 1659 19·1
Other uncultivated land
excluding fallows 606 6.8 175 2.0 160 1.9 158 1.8 158 1.8
Total reporting area
(excluding Kolkata) 8849 100 8695 100 8687 100 8687 100 8689 100
*Differs slightly from the figure provided by the Directorate of Forests, W.B.(2000)

POLITICAL PROFILE raising the standard of living have directly or

The state Government was run by the
Communist party of India-Marxist dominated
Left Front for more than three decades.
Following the West Bengal State Assembly
election in April-May, 2011, the All India
Trinamool Congress and Indian National
Congress Coalition under the leadership of All
India Trinamool Congress was elected to power.
The state administration is strengthen through
the functioning of a three tier panchayat
system, except in DaIjiling Hill Council areas
of DaIjiling district. There are at present 3437
Gram Panchayats (at village level)~ 331
Panchayat Samities (at block level) and 18 zilla
parishads (at district level). The administrative
structure has a hierarchical pattern with
independent .department put in charge of
particular sl:lbjects of governance. The
departments related to biodiversity
conservation and sustainable use are forest,
agriculture, animal husbandry, fisheries,
environment and panchayat. Conservation of
biodiversity is als~ the responsibility of general
administration and police departments. These
state level administrative units work with
Central Government counterparts of the
respective ministries. Various programmes for
indirectly contributed to the conservation of
state's biodiversity. The Minimum Needs
Programme (MNP) launched in 1974, aimed for
impr~vement of health services, housing, water
supply, energy of various sources, nutrition,
sanitation, production activities, marketing and
environment of rural people. The programme
of land reform envisages changes in the agarian
relation between the land and litter of the soil
on one hand, while the litter and the owner of
the land on the other. The thrust of the land
reforms is to restructure the agari~n set up as
to achieve an egalitarian social structure. Area
oriented Fuel Fodder project in the forest fringe
areas of fuel deficit districts aims to supply fuel
and fodder to the local populations so that illicit
felling in Government forests is reduced and at
the same time local fringe population get some
employment to sustain themselves during lean
months. Apart from these many other policies
and programmes directly or indirectly related
to biodiversity have been adopted by the
Government and those will be discussed in the
respective chapter. However, the trickle-down
effect of them is still very little and
achievements are being neutralized by the
pressure of ever-increasing human population
growth.
SANYAL et ale : Ecosystems of West Bengal
ECOSYSTEMS OF WEST BENGAL
Ecosystem is defined as a dynamic complex
of interactive and interdependent biotic
communities and their abiotic, environm'ent,
functioning within a definable boundary.
However, as variations and gradations between
ecological communities are yet to be adequately
and properly understood, it is difficult to
provide full proof and universally accepted
definition and classification of ecosystem. In
reality, there is unanimity in identifying the
ecosystem boundary and there is no discrete
discontinuous unit in natural environment.
Therefore, an ecosystem may be as large as
biogeographic region or as small as natural
habitat and its diversity may be considered at
three levels - biogeographic region, biotic
province and biomes. In the present report for
the sake of convenience, ecosystem diversity
has' been considered at biome level. Biome can
be equated to Champion and Seth's (1968)
broad forest vegetation types with the addition
of non-forest categories such as grassland,
w~tland, etc.
A. I. FORESTS :
Willis (1951) defined forest as a closed
assembledge of trees allowing no break in the
overhead canopy, homogenous of one species
or diversified. Depending, on the climatic,
edaphic, altitu4in~I,- anthropogenic and other
factors, forest type varies widely from one part
of the earth to the other in respect of floristic
and in turn faunistic composition. It has already
been discussed that West Bengal exhibits great
variations in altitude, climate and edaphic
features. This has favoured not only the growth
of forest cover but also led to great diversity of
forest ecosystems in the state.
The recorded forest of West Bengal is about
11879 Sq.Km. 'i.e., 1.54 percent of the recorded
forest of India and i3.4 percent of the state's
total geographical' area (Dept. of Environment
& R.K.M., 2002). Legal status-wise, Reserve
15
forest constitutes 59.38 percent, protected
forest 31.75 percent and unclassified forest 8.78
percent.
Following Champion and Seth's (1968)
classification of forests of the country, ten
different types of forest can be recognized
within the territory of West Bengal (Table 7).
From the table 7 it is obvious that the forests
are mainly concentrated in three large patches
of north, south and south-west parts of the
state. Maximum diversity is being exhibited in
the forests of north. In the north, which
includes the outer Himalaya, the forest zone
begins with alpine/subalpine meadows and
rhdodendron with junipers at its highest
altitudinal situation. Below this, occurs the
Temperate forests of Oaks, Chestnuts, Laureh,
Magnolia, Alder, Birch, Bucklandia, etc. along
with Tsuga in patches. Epiphytic flora is
exceptionally rich and almost all the trees are
covered with thick layer of epiphytes. Fern
dominates over the flowering plants. The
lowest slopes, which continues into plains of
'Duars' and 'Terai', supports tropical and
subtropical mixed forests ranging from moist
deciduous to semi-evergreen and moist sal
forests. Most of these forests are not typical
natural deciduous forests but only subcHmax.
Introduced weedy species of the genera
Mikania, Eupatorium, Lantana, etc., could be
seen during dry season. Epiphytes and Hanas
flora are extremely low. In the flood plains of
this zone, riparian forests of Khair, Sisso, etc.
occur along with an alluvial Savannah wood
land formation. Further south, lower alluvial
plains of Ganga and Mahananda in the districts
of Maldah, North and South Dinajpur,
freshwater swamp forests of Barringtonia
accutangola could be seen. At the southern
extremities, the estuarine of Ganga system bear
the tidal Mangrove forests. South Western part
of the state has dry deciduous forests nlainly
of Sal, Mahua, etc.
16 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-7: Forest types of West Bengal (Source: Dept. of Environment and Ramkrishna Mission,
Narendrapur 2002. West Bengal State Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan).
Name Location Area(Km2)
Northern Tropical Wet Ever green North Bengal plains up to 150M. 167
Northern Sub-tropical Semi Ever Green North Bengal Hills from 151-300 M. 25
North Indian Moist Deciduous North Bengal plains up to 150M. 1757
Littoral and Swamp-Mangroves Estuarine South Bengal 4263
Littoral and Swamp-Tropical Maldah and South Dinajpur 20
Seasonal Swamp
Northern Tropical Dry Deciduous South West West Bengal 4527
Northern Sub-Tropical Broad North Bengal Hills from 301-1650M. 800
Leaved Wet Hill
Northern Montane Wet Temperate North Bengal Hills from 1651-3000M. 150
East Himalayan Moist Temperate North Bengal Hills from 1500-1800M. 150
Sub-Alpine North Bengal Hills from 3001-3700M. 20

All the above forests may be subdivided into
a number of sub-types or biomes, each of which
supports a particular ecosystem with particular
combination of physiography, climate, soils and
biotic components. While mangroves and
grasslands will be considered separately, other
forest ecosyst~ms are discussed below.
A.I.I. Alpine and Temperate Forests of
DaIjiling:
(i) Altitude (2400-2700 M) : Comprise
a fascinating temperate vegetation
predominated by Ouercus lineata, Q. lamellosa,
Lithocarpus pachyphylla, Castanopsis
purpurella, Magnolia campbelli, M. globosa,
Michelia excelsa, Eurya o~uminata, varieties
of Rhododendron, Euonymus jrigidus, etc.
Temperate conifers mainly restricted to
Singalila range include Abeis pindrow, Larix
griffithi, Tsuga brunoniana, Pinus roxburghii;
the latter is found only in dry inner valleys. The
other typical plants are: Acer sp., Berberis sp.,
Betula sp., Celatrus stylosus, Landera sp.,
Sambucus sp., Vaccinum sp. The region also
abounds with fascinating herbaceous
undergrowth with many temperate and alpine
species of flowering herbs and handsone ferns
and numerous species of orchids. The
vicissitude of orchids is an indicator of
extremely rich biodiversity of this zone. The
ch~Jacteristic distribution of scrub forest
communities could be found generally on the
sites of abandoned shifting cultivation and in
the areas which are excessively over grazed or
where trees have been ruthlessly lopped. In .the
deep valleys where soil is more moist due to
seepage of water and minerals, for~ation of
mixed and merophyllus communities are met
with.
(ii) Altitude (2700 M and above) : In
the highest limit Conifer-Rhododendron forest
is predominant. The dominating element in this
forest is Arundinaria racemosa which is found
to grow as a pure crop or as element in the
undergrowth of this high forest. Lower zone of
this forest is chiefly represented by different
species of Rhododendron with patches of
conifers and scattered growth of Lithocarpus
pachyphylla, Quercus spicata, Acer campbellii
and Magnolia campbellii. Among the conifers,
Taxus baccata is scatteredly distributed at
higher elevations of the Tonglu Range. But
further upwards, towards phaloot Taxus is
replaced to a large extent by Tsuga dumosa and
thence higher up merge with Abeis spectabilis.
SANYAL et ale : Ecosystems of West Bengal
Ultimately this is replaced by Rhododendron
of higher distribution and by Betula utilis in the
highest limit. Sometimes pasture lands come
across. on the boundary of Nepal and West
Bengal.
Faunal species also exhibit some extent of
altitudinal zonation. While large-sized
mammalian species are mainly restricted in the
lower slopes,· the smaller forms like Voles
(Pitimys sp.), Water Shrew (Nectogale sp.),
Pika (Ochotona ·sp.), Long-eared Bat (Plecotus
sp.), Barbastelle (Barbastella sp.), etc. are
mainly concentrated at higher elevations.
Among the mammalian species of Temperate
forest Tiger (Panthera tigris), Leopard (P.
pardus), clouded Leopar~ (Neofelis nebulosa),
Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis),
Himalayan Black Bear (Selanarctos
thibetanus), Red Panda (Ailurus julgens),
Yellow-throated Marten (Martes flavigula),
Barking Deer (Muntiacus muntjak), Goral
(Nemorhedus goral), Serow (Capricornis
sumatraensis), Flying squirrels (Petaurista sp.,
Belomys sp.), etc. are. of conservation
significance. Enchanting plumage display,
chirpy calls of a wide range of avifauna provide
an unique dimensions to these forests. Many of
the threatened bird species viz., Satyr Tragopan
(7ragopcin satyra), Kaleej Pheasant (Lophura
leucomelana), Blood Phesant (Ithoginis
cruentus), Hilll Patridge (Abrophilla mandellz)
find shelter in the hill forest. Only Indian
Salamander (Tylototriton verrucosus) also
found in the aquatic and semiaquatic habitats
and grasslands of lower hill region. Faunal
groups which are often associated with soil,
litter, understone, woods and grasslands such
as Isoptera, Dermaptera, Orthoptera,
Coleoptera, Dictyoptera, Annelida, Collembola,
Acarina are also found in large number. A
mammoth diversity of moths and butterflies
(Kaiser-I-Hind, Krishna Peacock, Lunar moth,
Five ring blltterfly, Oak leaf butterfly) spiders,
~asps are met with, but detailed inventory and
taxonomic study are yet far from the complete.
17
Anthropogenic impact on the forest
ecosystems of mountains is developing critical
situations at a faster rate than on most other
types of ecosystems. Vast land areas of the
Himalayas may be considered environmentally
'derelict land' due to poor land maintenance
practice, altered agricultural practices, and
over-intensive land use. Landmasses are highly
susceptible to soil erosion and landslides. Soil
properties are also detoriated owing to
monoculture, ruthless destruction of native
plant species and overgrazing. Increased and
mostly unplanned tourism resulting noise, huge
fuel-wood consumption and frequent
movement through forests. All these are
disturbing the normal activities of Wildlife as
well as their feeding and breeding grounds.
Further, the unused material like plastic
containers, glass bottles, etc. are converting
many areas into slums.
A.I.2. Tropical and Subtropical Forests
of North Bengal :
Number of rivers like Mahananda, Teesta,
Tors a, Jaldhaka, Sankosh and their tributaries
intersect extensive tracts of lower hills and
plains of North Bengal. This helps in subtending
various kinds of magnificient Tropical, Sub-
tropical forests and grasslands. Annual rainfall
(3100-5400 mm) with range of temperature
between 310 C to 400 C provide ideal conditions
for the development of four main kinds of
forests, viz., i. Tropical Semievergreen, ii.
Moist Sal, iii. Riverine Acacia catechu
Dalbergia sisso, iv. Savannah.
Under the prevailing warm damp climatic
condition though wet evegreen forests are
likely to develop yet such forests are located in
restricted patches near rivers and streanlS of
submontane plains. The common trees of
notable dimensions include : Aphananlixis
semiserrata, A. spectabilis, Actionodaphlle
obovata, A. angusti/olia, Cinna111ol1Hl111
obtusifolium, C. cecicodaphne, Chisocheton
punicularus, Chukrasia tabularis, Cryptoca1ya
sp., Dysoxylum sp., Elaeocarpus robushlS. E.
18
varuna, Elaeodendron glaucum, Ehretia
acuminata, Kurrimia pulcherrima, Knemal
lorigifolia, Symplcos sp., Tetrameles nudiflora,
Vatica lancifolia, Walsura tabulata and others.
A number of shrubby species like
Phlogacanthus thyrisiflorus, Marinda
angustifolia, Coffea bengalensis, Leea sp.,
Ixora sp., etc. and flourishing growth of ferns
are also visible as undergrowth. North-eastern
parts of J alpaiguri district have rattan brakes
as a conspicuous vegetation set up specially in
swampy situation. The well-represented species
are Calamus inexmis, C. jagellum, C. guruba,
C. tenvis and Daemonorps jenkinsiamus.
Among the wild bamboo species,
Dendrocalamus bassifonii, Cephalostachyum
capitanum and Bambusa sp. are commonly
found. On the submontane gentle slope a special
type of vegetation dominated by members of
Convolvulaceae could be found. In this
vegetational layout large trees like Michelia
champaca, Amoora wallichii, Duabanga
grandiflora and magnificient Acrocaupus
fraxinifolius grow a part with a number of
herbaceous or subwoody climbers entangling
beneath.
Forests with Acacia catechu and Dalbergia
sisso as predominating species are found on
sandy soil and characteristically prevalent on
the beds of perennial and seasonal rivers. Here,
other commonly associated species are Acacia
concinna, A. stipulata, Albizia procera,
Bombax ceiba, Bridelia stipularis, B.
tomentosa, Capparis olacifolia, Cassia tora,
Coffea bengaiensis, Cordia dichotoma, Croton
caudatous, Dalbergia hircinu, D. lanceolaria,
D. stipulacea, Erythrina indica, Grewia
laevigata, Milletia auriculata, Premna latifolia,
Toona ciliata, Trewia nudiflora, etc.
Undergrowth is mainly composed of Mimosa
himalayana, Saccharum spontaneum and
Eupatorium odoratum. Further on land, where
soil formations have been progressed, a crop
p,redominantly of Albizia Ie beck and Bombax
ceiba in association with Erythrina sp., Trewia
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
nudifera, Adina cordifolia, Bichoffia javanica
at the top storey is found. Here lower storey is
mainly composed of Alstonia sp., Premna
bengalensis, mnus lancifolia and others.
The moist Sal (Shorea robusta) forests of
North Bengal in general are of plantations by
the State Forest Department. Common
associates are Sterculia viliosa, Lagerstroemia
parviflora, Schima wallichii, Chukrassia
tabularis, Morinda angustifolia, Maesa indica,
Terminalia bellirica, Strobilanthes capitatus
and others. Surubs like Ochna pumila, Coffea
bengalensis alongwith climbing 'Asparagus
racemosus are also found to grow in these
forests mixed with grasses, viz., Cantotheca
lappacea, Microstegium cilia tum, etc.
Impressive grassy terrains are found mainly
on clear l~nd formed by erosion and washing
away by rivers. It supports grasses like
Saccharum spontaneum, S. procerum,
Phragmites karka, Erianthus elephantinus,
Themeda villosa and Anthestaria gigantean
with scattered trees like Albizia procera,
Bombax ceiba, Butea monosperma and others.
At places these grasslands are replaced by 'a
typical mixed deciduous forest of Dillenia
pentagyna, Careya ·arborea, Toona ciliata,
Shorea robusta and Dalbergia sisso. Details of
grasslands will be considered under grassland
ecosystem.
Floral richness of Tropical and Subtropical
forests can be evidenced from a study of
Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary by State Forests
Depatment and Nature Environment and
'Wildlife Society (1996). Within 129.04 Sq.Km.
area of the Sanctuary as many as 39 species of
trees, 56 species of herbs, 54 species of shrubs
and 22 .species of climbers have been recorded
(Text-fig.4).
The rich foliage cover and presence of an
wide array of flora invariably offer a host of
microclimatic conditions and niches for huge
diversity of faunal species in these forests.
Mammalian species include at least 4 species
of shrews, 19 of bats and .11 of rats and mice~
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1
.; 50"1
~40
~30 I
0
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10
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Fig. 4 : Floristic richness of Mabananda WUdlife Sanctuary.
Scaly mammal Manis sp. is fairly common.
Large number of carnivore species like Tiger
(Panthera tigris), Leopard (P,. pardus),
Mongoose (Herpestes sp.), ,Bears (Seianarctos
,gp., Melursus sp.), Otters (Lutra sp.), Civets
(Viverra sp., Viverricula sp.), Cats (Felis sp.,
Pardofelis sp., Neo/elis nebulosa), ox and
Jackal (Vulpes sp , Canis sp.), etc,. play the role
of predators at vanous levels. A good number
of un,g ulate speci,es, viz~, Elephant (Eiephus
m@mus), Sambar (Cervus unicolorl, spotted
Deer (Axis axis), Hog Deer (Axis porcinus), Goral
(Ne,norhedus goraO, Gaur (Bos jrontalis),Wild
Boar (Sus scrota) are fairly comm,o n, whHe
Great one,- horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros
unicornis) IS confined to two pro~ected areas
of these forests within West Bengal outside
Assam. Reports of tbe occurrence of most
critical species, ~gmy Hog (Sus salvanius) is
also available from her'e. La'r g1e number of
arboreal species of mamm,als, viz., Monkeys
(Maoaoa sp.), Langur (Semnopithecus entellus),
Squirr 'els (Petaurista sp., CaUosciurus sp.,
Ratufa sp., Dremomys sp.) adorn the canopy..
'Nearlythrcee hundred species of birds including
Pea Fowl (Pavo cristatus) , Openhill stork
(Anastomus oscitans), Lesser adjutant
(Lept.optilos }avanicus)., Osp ey (Pandian
haliaetus), ' Kaleej pheas,a nt (Lophura
leucomelana),Bam Owl (Tyto alba), Great Pied
Hornbill (~ockus birostris) contribute
significant biomass to the forest ecosystem of
thIS zone. A very small population of Bengal
Florican (Eupoditis bengalensis) is still found
19
He~bs Climbers
in the grassland ,a rea. Among the
poikHothermus vle rtebrate species, Tree Fro,g
(Polypedates leucomystax), Balloon Frog
(Uperodon g,l obulosus),Leaping Frog (Rana
,e rythraea), Python (Python molurus), Cobra
(Naja naja), King Cobr,a (Op ,h iophagus
hannah), Krait (Bungaras sp.,), Indian Tent
turtle (Kachuga tentoria), Leaf Turtle
(Cyclemys sp.), ornamental flying snake
(Chrysopalea ornata), Monitor Lizard (Varanus
sp.) and many others abound the forest floor.
A great diversity of insects, spIders, acarines,
earthworms, molluscs and other invertebrate
,groups inhabit the sod, ,ground, litter, under
stone and decaying woods, grassland and trees.
They play. the most Important role of
decomposers and also the pollinaters in the
for,e st ecosystem. Faunal richness is evident
from the glimpses of species diversity in thr'ee
protected areas, VIZ., J ,a ldapara Wildlife
Sanctuary (216·5 Sq.Km.) Mahananda 'Wildlife
Sanctuary (129·04 Sq.Km) and Goruma ra
'National Park (79·99 Sq.Km.) (Text Figs·5-7).
Entire Tropical and Sub Tropica Forest
ecosystem of North Bengal is very muc h
vulnerable mainly owing to tr,emendous human
population pressure. Encroachment of for,est
land for setUements, regu ~ ar felling practices
for a pretty long period, gr,azing, hunting,
dam'm ing" minIng, developmental acth'ities,
random use of pest~ cides in the tea garden
combined with recent terrorist ,actiVlti,es hnve
already deteriorated the ecologic,a situation to
a great extent. Occasional flash flood is on~ of
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300 '

250 '
(/)
.(1)200 -
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~150
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50 '

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Fish Amphibia Reptile Mammal

Fig . .5 : Faunal richn ss of Jaldapara Wildlif ' ,anctuary.

300
250
't/)
'Q,)
':(3
1(1)
200
CL
CfJ
~
150
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Fig . 6 : Faunal richne of _ ahananda WildHf an tu ry.

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Fig,. 7 : Faunal richness in Gorumara Wildlife Sanctuary.

the most important n.atural threats of this
region.
A. .3. Tropical Dry Deciduous Forests
of South West West Bengal :
Due to extension of the floristically rich hilly
plateau of Bihar and Orissa along the Western
boundary of West Bengal, vegetation in these
areas of the boardering districts represents a
distinct type of flora r,elated to the adjoining
drier areas of the two states. Excepting a few
beavy showers during the monsoon, the region
is co siderably dry. The hot spe 1 ,o f summer
with high temper.ature has ,a llowed in the
development of only one kind of forest under
Tropical Sub-humid Deciduous type dominated
by Sal. The assoc' ated elements are Acaci,a
 SANYAL et al. : Ecosystems o/West Bengal
catechu, Ae,g enitla indica, Alangium
salvi/olium, Albizia lebeck, Apluda mutica,
Ano,geissus latijolia, Ardisiasol,anacea,
Azadirachta indica, Bauhinia vahlii, Bombax
ceiba,Borassus flabellifer, Boswellia serrata,
Breynia vltisidaea, Butea sp., Cassia fistula,
Celastrus paniculata, Cleistanthus col.l:inus,
Dioscorea sp., Emblic,a ojficinalis, Eu,laliopsis
binata, Ficus ben,galensis, F. religiosa, F.
virens, Flemingia chappar, Holarrhena
papescens, H olopti.lea integrifolia, Justicia
a,dhatoda, Lantana camara, Madhuca indica,
Mlliusa sp,., Mallotus philippensis, ,Naravelia
plicata, Phoenix sylvestris, Pothas ,scandens,
Sapindus emarginatus, Smilax zeylanlc,a,
Solanum surattens,e, Syzygium cumini,
Tamarindus indica, Terminalia arjuna, T.
bellirica, T. chebula, Ven,tilago denticulata,
Viscum album, Xylia xylocarpa, Zizyphus sp.
and many others. In addition to the forested
tracts, large number of floral species ,a re
associ.ated with the wastelands of this part.
Notable speci'e s are Aerva lanata,
Acanthospermum hispidum, Calotropis
gigantean, .Datura metel, Ficus hispida, Hyptis
suaveolens, Martynia annua, Panicum
psilopodium, .scoparia dulcis, Perotis indica,
Setaria glauca, etc. Another important aspect
of the forest ecosyste'm of south west West
Be. gal is the large scale p antations of
Eucalyptus sp,., Akashmoni ..Acacia
auriculiformis and Sal ..Shorea robusta in the
degraded sal fo:r est areas since sixties and
seventies,.
120
100
~
·(380
!
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'00
o
0 40
60
z20 I
O+-~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~----~--~ I
FISh
Fig.• 8 : Faunal richness in AyodhyahiUs of Puruliya District.
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Lar,ge range of entomological species are
found in the forests, agricultural fields ,as well
as wastelands. Predominant groups are
Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and H,e miptera.
Marbled Toad (Bufo stomaticus), Ornata
Microhylid (Microhyla ornata), Pain'tedFrog
(Kaloula pulchra), Skipping Fr.og (Rana
cyanophlyctis), Jerdon's Bull Frog (Rana
,crassa), Tokay (Gekko gecko), Dwarf Rock
Lizard (Psammophilus b.larifordanus) , Yellow
Monitor (Varanus jl,avesc,ens), Rat Snake
(Ptyas mucosus), Water Snake (Enhydris
endris), Wolf Snake (Lycodon aulieus), Cobra
(Naja naja), are some of the poikilotherm us
species of the region F .om the qualitative point
of view, mammalian and Avian fauna in this
ecosystem is very rich containing Indian
Pangolin (Manis c~assicaudata), Wolf (Canis
lupus), Fox (Vulpes bengalensisJ, Mongoose
(Herpestes sp.)., Leopard (Panthera pardus).
Spotted De,e r (Axis ax.is) , Indian Elephan t
(Elephas maximus) ,a nd more than hundred
species of birds. However, most of these species
are repr,e sented by a very small number of
individuals ina fragmented manner. QuaJ"tative
richness .of faunal species in the Dry deciduous
Forest Ecosystem of South West West Bengal
is evident from the study of faunal ,composition
in Ajodhya Hills of Puruliya district (Text-Fig.
8).
Continuous biotic influences have
considerably changed the natural
characteristics of Dry Deciduous For,e sts of
South Western region.. The present quality and
Mam al
22 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

density of forests are very different than what A.2.3. Temperate-Alpine type :
these were in the past. Continuity of forests in This type of grassland could be seen 'above
this stretch has been broken by topographical 1,500 M and further up to the highest point of
features and finally by human interference. Singalila range in Darjiling district. Slopes and
Forests are generally in patches and flats are mainly covered with Aconitum
considerably degraded due to massive palmatum, Agrostis sp., Ajuba lobata,
industrialization, mining, settlements and Anaplialis sp., Begonia sp., Campannula
felling. Faunal resources have also been colora-ta,. Cardamine sp., Carex sp., Edgaria
depleted due to continuous hunting pressure darjeelingensis, Fragariaversa sp., Gynura
particularly from tribals. angulosa, Hypoxis aurea, Mazus dentatus,
A.2. GRASSLANDS : Lysimachiajaponica, Origanum vulgare, Pilea
Grassland means a landscape in which the sp., Poa sp., Senecio alatus, Phleum aipinum,
grasses are the dominant plants. It is one of a Stipa sp. and many other species of flowring
number of seral phases of vegetation. The herbs and handsome ferns.
vegetation structure is dynamic, one ecological Grasslands primarily support a large number
association follows another in an orderly of herbivore species from minute insects to
sequence, known as the 'Sere' Dabadghao and largest land animal-the elephant (Elephas
Shankaranarayan (1973) have recognized five maximus). This in turn makes grasslands happy
main/broad grass cover types of India, of which hup.ting grounds of a large range of carnivorous
following three are found within the territory species of different groups and sizes. Most of
of West Bengal. the grass lands have some common vertebrate
A.2.1. Phragmites-Saccharum-Imperata species, such as, Tiger (Panthera tigris),
type : Elephant (Elephas maxim us), Deer (Asix sp.,
Cervus sp.), Hare (Lepus sp.), Rats and Mice
Found mainly in the alluvial plains. The
(Rattus sp., Mus sp., Bandicota sp.), Grass
predominant. grasses are Saccharum procerum,
Warbter (Prinia sp.), Patridge (Francolinus sp.),
S. spontaneum, Arundo donax, Phragmites
Munia (Lonchura sp.), Baya (Ploceus sp.) and·
karka, Imperata cylindrica, Bothriochloa
many others. However, depending upon the
pertusa, Apluda mutica, Vetiveria zizanioides,
geographical locations, ecological set up and
Setaria intermedia, Erianthus arundinacea,
management practices, many grassland possess
Pennisetum glaucum and others.
.some characteristic faunal elements. One willI
A.2.2. Themeda-Arundinella type : find Gaur (Bos frontali~), Hog De~r (Axis
This grass cover extends to humid montane porcinus), Great One-horned Rhinoceros
region and moist sub-humid areas of DaIjiling (Rhinoceros unicornis), Ferret Badger
hills around 350 M to 2,100 M. The tract (Melogale sp.), Bengal Florican (Eupodotis
between 1,800 M and 3100 M may also be bengalensis), etc. in the plains of North Bengal.
considered as transition zone. The dominant While in the upper zones, Pika (Ochotono sp.),
perennial grasses are Arundinella bengalensis, Vole (Pitimys sp.), Goral (Nemorhedus goral),
A. nepalensis, Themeda sp., Bothriochloa Red Panda (Ailurus julgens), Sikkim Blood
intermedia, B. pertusa, Chrysopogonjulvus, C. pheasant (Ithaginis cruentus), Kaleej Pheasant
gryllus, Erianthus longisetosus, Cynodon (Lophurus leucomelana) and wide variety of
dactylon, Cymbopogon sp., etc. Areas where butterflies are met with. In the grassland of
the grassland is subjected to light disturbances Sundarban, Wild boar (Sus scrofa), Spotted
as cutting or grazing, have luxurient growth of Deer (Axis axis) and Tiger (Panthera tigris) are
Themeda sp. the most eminent species.
SANYAL et ale : Ecosystems of West Bengal
Natural calamities like forest fires, floods,
changes in the course of rivers, etc., along with
overgrazing and various socio-economic
development activities are the major factors
threatening grass lands of West Bengal.
A.a. MANGROVE :
Mangrove is a part of the forest ecosystem,
but discussed separately as it represents a
characteristic littoral forest dominated by some
specially adapted salt tolerant plant community
that grow at land-sea interphase and border
sheltered sea coasts and estuaries of tropical
and subtropical regions. The mangrove forests
comprise a diverse composition of trees and
shrubs exhibiting unique adaptation to an
environment which is periodically inundated by
salt water from one side and freshwater from
the other. The mangrove ecosystem is highly
productive and exchanges matter and energy
with adjacent ~arine and terrestrial
ecosystems.
The southern most part of the state is
indented by numerous river openings, viz.,
Harinbhanga, Gosaba, Matla, Thakuran,
Saptamukhi, Muriganga and HugH. All these
rivers ultimately end up at the Bay of Bengal,
but on the way have encompassed about 108
islands crisscrossed and intersected by various
creeks and delta distributaries. This deltaic
complex at the apex of Bay of Bengal is the
Indian Sundarban. With a total land and water
area of about 1,000,000 ha., the Sundarban
support the largest mangrove block (nearly
2,123 sq.km. according to 1998 FSI Data) of
the .country.
The floral community of mangrove
ecosystem is well adapted to encounter higher
salinity, oppressive heat, tidal extremes as well
as water logging. In Indian Sundarban a total
of 69 floral species belonging to 20 families and
50 genera have been recognized, out of which
34 species are true mangrove type (Mitra
2000). The typical'woody genera represented
in the mangrove forests of Sundarban are :
Aegiceras, Avicennia, Amoora, Bruguiera,
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Ceriops, Excoecaria, Heritiera, Rhizophora,
Sonneratia and Xylocarpus. The mixed forest
of Heritiera is quite dense and extends over a
fairly large areas in saline water. The highest
canopy is occupied by Heritiera fomes,
Excoecaria agallocha, Ceriops decandra,
Xylocarpus granatum and others. However, at
present density of Heritierafomes is very much
depleted due to extraction. Typical mangroves
of moderate heights include Avicennia alba,
Ceriops tagal, Xylocarpus moluccensis; some
of the bushy shrubs like Acanthus ilicifolius,
Dalbergia spinosa, Derris scandens are found
to form dense patches along the muddy flat
lands. Nypa fruticans and Phoenix paludosa are
the two common palms in mangroves and both
are much depleted due to long exploitation. Few
of the important grasses exclusive of the
mangroves are Myriostachya wightiana,
Paspalum disticum, Zoysia matrella, etc. In
addition to the true mangrove fairly rich
mesophytic flora containing species like
Abutilon graveolens, Acacia intsia, Bergia
ammonoides, Calotropis gigantea, Capparis
sep ia ria, Cyperus sp., Merremia sp., Sapium
indicum, Tribuius sp, Vicoa vgestita, Wedelia
biflora are also met with. Various marsh
grasses, sand binders and macroalgae are also
associated with the mangroves. The role played
by Porteratia coaretata in the event of
ecological succession in deltaic Sundarban can
not be ignored. This salt marsh grass acts as
the pioneer species as represented here in the
flow chart (Mitra and Pal, 2002).
Porteratia coaretata
J.
Aegiceras comiculatum, Avicennia alba,
A. C?fficinalis, Sonneratia apeteia
J.
Bruguiera sPo
J.
Heritiera jomes, Rhizophora sPo,
Xylocarpus sPo
J.
~
Ceriops decandra, ExoecanOa agallocha
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Mangrove ecosystem is highly dynamic with
constant phenomena like erosion and accretion
taking place due to waves, tides and currents.
The erosion of soil and dune formation are
largely controlled by pomoea pescapre, a
common sand binder.
Invertebrates exist both as planktonic form
in the aquatic subsystem and also as benthic
form in and on the substratum, which may be
the intertidal zone or the mangrove forest floor.
Among planktonic forms, the zooplankton
community comprises a heterogenous
assembledge of copepods, mysids, lucifers,
gammarid, amphipods, cladocera, ctenophores
under the haloplankton cat~gory; and
polychaete, mollusca, echinoderm, crustacean
larva, fish eggs under the meroplankton
category. Almost all the major invertebrate
phyla are represented in the mangroves with
considerable species richness; .this includes at
least 41 species of Platyhelminthes, 78 species
of Annelida, 476 species of Arthropoda, 142
species of Molluscs, 20 species of
Echinodermata (Mitra and Pal, 2002). The area
also invites two important fascinating marine
creatures, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda and
Tachypleus gigas during their breeding in
premonsoon months. The Sundarban mangrove
ecosystem is also a unique reservoir of
vertebrate fauna. About 141 species of Fishes,
8 species of Amphibians, 57 species of reptiles,
161 species of birds and 40 species of mammals
have been reported from the mangrove
ecosystem of Sundarban (MandaI and Nandi
1989) .. However, according to Chaudhuri and
Table-8: Species disappeared from Sundarban mangrove ecosystem since last 200 years
(Source: Chaudhuri and Chaudhuri 1994).
Scientific name of extinct species
Cairina scutulata
Muntiacus muntjak
Cervus duvaucelii
Bubalu bubalis
Rhinoceros unicornis
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Chaudhuri (1994) number of vertebrate species
in Sundarban is much more being 654. While
Das and Nandi (1999) estimated total number
of faunal species (Protista + Animalia) as 1586
and Das (2001) provided the number of
macrofaunal species as 1434. The Tiger
(Panthera tigris) is the Key Stone species of
Sundarban. Interestingly, besides Sundarban
(including its Bangladesh counterpart) no other
mangrove areas of the world harbour tiger
population. Apart from tiger, number of other
threatened species like fishing Cat (Prionailurus
bengalensis), Snub-nosed Dolphin (Orcaella
brevirostris), Little Porpoise (Neophocaena
phocaenoides), Giant heron (Ardea "goliath),
Lesser Adjutant (Lep top tilos javanicus), Osprey
(Pandion haliaetus), Estuarine Crocodile
(Crocodylus porosus), Olive Ridley Turtle
(Lepidochelys olivacea) and many others find
shelter in Sundarban. At least five vertebrate
species have become extinct from this
ecosystem during last 200 years (Table 8).
Mangrove area of West Bengal have" been
reduced to more than 50 percent, during the
last few decades (4,200 sq.km 1987 to 2,123
sq.km. in 1998), revealing clearly the mangrove
ecosystem is under considerable threat. Natural
threats generally include cyclone, soil erosion
and soil sedimentation due to natural cause.
Anthropogenic threats mainly include tree
felling primarily for fuel and timber, hunting,
conversion of mangrove areas for agriculture
and aquaculture, human settlement,
cultivation, fragmentation, digging of salt pans,
lime generation, introduction of exotic species,
Common" name
White Winged Wood Duck
Barking Deer
Swamp Deer
Wild Buffalo
Javan Rhinoceros
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and over exploitation for various purposes. In
Sundarban, unregulated use of shooting nets of
small mesh-size for the collection of Tiger
Prawn (Pinaeus monodon) seeds for trade
results in tremendous loss of faunal aiversity.
Developmental activities like opening of port
and harbour, erection of dykes and
embankment, discharge of oil, industrial
effluent, domestic sewage and pesticides are
also posing considerable threats to the
mangrove ecosystems of Sundarban.
A.4. WETlAND :
The wetlands are lands transitional between
terrestrial and aquatic systems where water
table is usually at or near the surface or the
land is covered by shallow water (Cowardin et
ale 1979). The wetlands are highly productive
ecosystem, and perform essential functions
including flood control, natural sewage
treatment, stabilization of shorelines against
wave erosion, recharging of aquifers and
supporting rich biodiversity.
In West Bengal, there are about 54 natural
and nine man made wetlands which are more
than 100 ha. (Biswas and Trisal, 1993) and in
addition to these there are numerous small
water bodies including ponds, puddles, etc. The
two categories combine to cover an area of
about 3,44,527 ha. which is about 8.5 percent
of the total wetland area in India. A compilation
from the satellite imagery data has shown that
spatial distribution of wetlands varies from one
district to other both in number as well as in
area (Dept. of Environ. and R.K.M. 2002).
Among the natural wetlands, seasonal
waterlogged type of wetland (WSL) in
Medinipur and Maldah; cutoff meander (COM)
in Koch Bihar; marsh and swamp in South and
North Dinajpore and Oxbow type lakes (OL) in
!Nadia and Murshidabad are significant. In case
of Inland man-made wetlands (IMMW),
tnaximum number of reservoirs are observed
in.Banku~a; tanks in Puruliya; man-made water
logged (MMWL) in Birbhum; abandoned
quarries (AQ) in Barddhaman and ash pondsj
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cooling ponds in Murshidabad and Medinipur.
Coastal wetlands mostly fall in two districts,
viz., South 24 parganas and East Medinipur.
From the Biodiversity point of view each and
every type of wetland is significant and as
complete listing of them is not possible some
important ones are mentioned below:
A. Sub Himalayan Region-Extends from
hills of Darjiling to Maldah :
1.Rasik Beel, 2. Malian Dighi, Altai Dighi,
Gour Dighi Complex, 3. Teesta Reservoir, 4.
Mirik Lake and 5. Kulik.
B. Gangetic Region-Includes the entire
south and south west West Bengal
excluding the active delta and coastal
region:
1. Kaliganga-Motijheel Complex, 2. Barity
Beel, 3. Chupichar, 4. Mathura Beel, 5. Jamuna
Beel, 6. Kajla Dighi, 7. Sahebandh, 8. Alipore
Zoo, 9. Mudiali, 10. Tilpara Barrage, 11.
Durgapur Barrage, 12. East Kolkata, 13. Nalban,
14. Santragachi and 15. Palta.
C. Coastal Region-covering parts of
North and South 24 Parganas and East
Medinipur:
1.Gabaria Beel, 2. Alampur and 3.
Dadanpatrabar.
Diversity of wetland plants of West Bengal
is richest in India and is represented by more
than 380 species belonging to 170 genera and
81 families (Ghosh 1996). Wetlands of West
Bengal covering only about 8.596 of the
Wetland areas (considering water bodies 100
ha) of India, provide shelter for more than 60%
diversity of aquatic and wetland flora (Ghosh
op.cit.). Wetlands of West Bengal are honle of
8 species of aquatic fern and fern allies
belonging to 6 genera and 6 families; strictly
aquatic dicot and monocot are represented by
12 species (8 genera) and 36 species (19 genera)
respectively. Large number of terrestrial
flowering plant families have also
representatives in wetland habitat of West
Bengal (Table 9).
26 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-9: Flowering plant families having representatives in Wetland habitat of West Bengal
(Source: Ghosh, 2002).
Family No. of No. of
Genera Species
Acanthaceae 2 5
Aizoaceae 1 1
Amaranthaceae 2 4
Amaryllidaceae 1 1
Apiaceae 3 3
Araceae 5 6
Asclepiadaceae 1 1
Asteraceae 7 9
Balsaminaceae 1 1
Boraginaceae 2 4
Brassicaceae 1 1
Burmanniaceae 1 2
Campanulaceae 1 2
Cannaceae 1 1
Commelinaceae 3 5
Convolvulaceae 1 3
Cyperaceae 11 68
Droseraceae 1 3
Elatinaceae 1 2
Eriocaulaceae 1 9
Fabaceae 6 9
Gentianceae 1 1
Haloragaceae 1 2
Hydrophyllaceae 1 1
Lamiaceae 1 1
Lentibulariaceae 1 15
Lythraceae 3 11
Onagraceae 1 4
Orchidaceae J 1
Pandanaceae 1 1
Poaceae 24 45
Polygonaceae 1 5
Ranunculaceae 1 1
Rubiaceae 2 4
Scorphulariacea 6 27
Solanaceae 1 1
Sphenocleaceae 1 1
Verbenaceae 2 2
Xyridaceae 1 2
Total 103 265
~ANYAL et al_ ; Ecosystems of West Bengal
A major portion of the open water interlace
of the unmanaged water bodies are now
occupied by a number of exotic weeds of which
Eichhornia sp., Altemanthera sp. are fairly
common. Many of the aquatic floral species of
West Bengal, such as, Aldrovandra vesiculosa,
Caldesia oligococca, Drosera burmannii,
Euryale najas marina, etc. are now threatened.
It is obvious that wetlands of West Bengal
supports a huge diversity of invertebrate
species including Protozoa, Annelida,
Arthropoda, Mollusca and others but no exact
estimate.is available. However, it is interesting
to note that the single relict species of Dragon
Fly, Epiophlebia laidlawi is asso~iated with the
hill streams of DaIjiling.
Fresh water fish of West Bengal is
represented by 172 species distributed in 36
families and 12 Orders (Dept. of Environment
and R.K.M. 2002). Wilderness fish~s like
Chanda, Ghute, etc. are now rare due to
indiscriminate use of pesticides. In t~e aquatic
and semi~quatic condition of West Bengal
various species of Toads and Frogs, Turtles,
Common Indian Monitor, Cobra, Checkered
Keel Back, Smooth Water Snake, Russel Viper,
Bandicoot Rat, Otter, Fishing Cat and Mongoos
are found in fairly good number. Only
27
representative of Indian Salamander-
Tylototrito.n verrucosus is confined to the wet
lands of DaIjiling. Wetlands of West Bengal
provide an ideal habitat for a large range of
resident and migratory species of birds. More
than 113 species of birds including Great
Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus), Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax carbo.), Darter (Anhinga rufa),
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea), Openbill Stork
(Anastomas o.scitans), White Ibis (Threskio.rnis
aethiopica), Lesser and Large Whistling Teal
(Dendrocygna javanica, D. bicolor), Ruddy
Shelduck (Tadornaferruginea), Pin Tail (Anus
acuta), Red-crested Pochard (Wetta rufina) and
others have been recorded from the water
bodies of West Bengal.
Each and every wetland of the state is facing
problet:ns peculior to it as a result of
geographical location, cultural practices and
developmental activities. But most of the
Wetlands of the state are facing with a common
set of problems which may vary in intensities
from one location to other. These are :
1. Siltation, 2. Eutrophication, 3. Shrinkage,
4. Encroachment and Reclamation and
5. Pollution. Major threats to frewhwater
wetlands of India and the threatened species
therein have been listed by Alfred and Nandi
(2001).
28
SPECIES DIVERSITY IN WEST BENGAL
Since the living world is most widely
considered in terms of species, Biodiversity is
very commonly used as a synonym of species
diversity, in particular of species richness which
is the number of species in a site or habitat.
The present account of species diversity in
West Bengal has been compiled mainly on the
basis of State Fauna Series : 3, Parts ·1-12
(1992-2000), Flora of West Bengal (Director,
B.S.I.,1997), Paschimbanglar Udvid
(Ghosh,1997, 1998, 2001) published by the
Zoological Survey of India and the Botanical
Survey of India. In addition, numerous other
publications as mentioned under Methodology
have also been taken into consideration. It has
been felt that vast areas of the state particularly
districts like Maldah, East and West Dinajpur,
Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Parganas,
Puruliya, Birbhum and Bankura have not yet
been properly explored in respect of many of
the groups. Detailed lists of plant and animal
species occurring in West Bengal alongwith
their distrct-wise distribution have been
provided in Parts II and III. However, for some
of the groups list is incomplete due to non-
availibility of species name. It is sure that there
will be manifold increase in the existing number
of species with the systematic survey and
Table-14 : Recorded number of species in some major plant groups in India and West Bengal
(Adopted from Mudgal and Hazra 1997 and Dept. of Environment & Ramkrishna
Mission 2002).
Groups No. of Species
India West Bengal
Bacteria 850
Algae 6500
Fungi 14500
Lichens 2051
Bryophyta 2850
Pteridophyta 1200
Gymnosperms 64
Angiosperms 17500
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
taxonomic studies particularly in respect of
minor groups. Again many of the floral and
faunal species are represented by a large
number of subspecies, varieties and races,
resulting enormous richness in respect of
genetic diversity. The account has certain
shortcomings in respect of the coverage of
some groups due to non-availability of data. The
number of the species shown under different
groups in the present report may vary slightly
from that shown for that group in other
literature. Mostly such discrepancies are owing
to the differences in opinion in the taxonomic
treatment. In recent time district Medinipur and
West Dinajpur has been divided into two
districts each. However, in the analysis of
district-wise richness, undivided Medinipur and
West Dinajpur have been taken into
consideration.
I. Floral Diversity
Floral diversity of the state Is equally
impressive as the fauna and exhibits distinct
zonation in respect of species composition
which has already been discussed in connection
with ecosystem diversity. So far, over 7000
plant species excluding viruses have been
described from the state as against nearly
Percent in West Bengal
96 11.29
865 13·30
860 5·93
600 29·69
550 19·29
450 37·50
21 35·00
3580 20·45
SANYAL et ale : Species Diversity in West Bengal 29

46000 species in India. Group-wise break up Most of the genera are known by single species
of number of species in some major plant in the state. However, the genera Pseudomonas,
groups in the state as compared to that of
Staphylococcus and Staptomyces have 5, 8, 4
country has been provided in Table 14. Due to
species respectively. Detail account of the
nonavailability of all the literature, particularly
for Bryophyta, only the list of major plant bacterial species from the different regions of
species of West Bengal are appended in this West Bengal has not yet been worked out,
book. however, a list of few specific lytic bacteria
1.1. Bacteria : Over 85 species under 57 recorded from Indian Sunderbans is given in
genera have been recorded from West Bengal. Table 15.
Table-15 : List of a few specific lytic bacteria in Indian Sundarban (Source : Dept.of Marine
Science, Univ.of Kolkata. 1987. Multidisciplinary Research Approach and Report on
Mangrove Ecosystem of Sundarban).
\
Chili Pee- Pro- ~ NOa N03
Name of bacterium Cellulolytic nolytic tino- teo- For- For- For-
~ ~ lytic lytic mation mation mation
~ N02
Bacillus alvei - - ++ ++ + ++++ + +
Bacillus cereus - X - X X X X X
Brevibacterium sp. (St.1) + - + ++ +++ ++++ +++ ++
Bravibacterium sp. (St.2) + - + X ++ +++ X X
Bravibacterium sp. - - - - +++ ++ ++ ++
Bravibacterium sp. - X X X X X X X
Marinopiscosum sp. - - - ++ X ++ ++ ++
Bravibacterium sp. (St.4) X - X X X X X X
Bravibacterium sp. (St.S) + + ++ - X ++ ++ ++
Bravibacterium sp. (St.6) - + - X X ++ ++ ++
Bravibacterium sp. (St.7) ++ X X X X X X X
Bravibacterium sp. (St.8) + - +++ - X ++ ++ ++
Bravibacterium sp. (8t.9) X X X X X X X X
. Bravibacterium sp. (St.10) X X X X X X X X
Bravibacterium sp. (8t.11) X X X X X X X X
Bravibacterium sp. (8t.12) X X X X X X X X
Bravibacterium sp. (8t.13) X X X X X X X X
Butyribacterium sp. (St.1) + X - - X ++ ++ ++
Butyribacterium sp. (St.2) X X X X X X X X
Clostridium werneri + X - - X ++ ++ ++
Clostridium sp. (St. 1) - - - ++ X ++ ++ ++
.Clostridium sp. X X X X X X X X
Corynebacterium sp. ++ - + X ++ ++ ++ X
30 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-15 : Cont'd.
Chiti Pee- Pro- NIIa N02 N03
Name of bacterium Cellulolytic nolytic tino- teo- For- For- For-
~ 4 lytic lytic mation mation mation
NIIa N02
Kurtbia bessonii (St.l) ++ - - - ++ ++ ++ X
Kurtbia bessonii (St.2) - X - ++ X X X X
Kurtbia Bessonii (St.) - Xx + - X X X X
Kurtbia Bessonii (St.3) ++ X X X X X X X
Kurtbia sp. (St.b) - - X - X X X X
Kurtbia sp. (St.c) - X ++ X X X X X
Kurtbia sp. (St.d) ++ - ++ += X X X X
Kurtbia sp.(St.e) - - - ++ X ++ ++ ++
Kurtbia sp. (St.t) X X X X X X X X
Lactobacillus sp. (St.l) + + - - +++ ++++ ++ ++
Lactobacillus derbrueckii - X - X X X X X
Lactobacillus sp. (St.2) X X X X X X X X
Lactobacillus sp. (St.3) X X X X X X X X
Lactobacillus sp. (St.4) I 'x. X X X X X X X
Lactobacillus sp. (St.S) X X X X X X X X
Listeria sp. (St.l) - - + X + ++ X X
Listeria monocytogenes - X - X X X X X
Macrococcus agilis - - +++ X ++ ++ ++ X
Macrococcus sp. (St.l) - - X ++ ++ ++ - X
Microccoccus candidus - X - X ++ ++ - X
Macrococcus sp. (St.2) - X + X X X X X
Pseudomonas sp. (St.l) ++ X X X ++ ++ ++ +
Pseudomonas sp. (St.2) X X X X X X X X
Pseudomonas sp. (St.3) X X X X X X X X
Pseudomonas sp. (St.4) X X X X X X X X
Pseudomonas sp. (St.S) X X X X X X X X
+ : Positive, - : Negative, X : Not experimented yet.

11.2. Thallophyta: Represents the oldest and
the most primitive type of plants characterised
by the simplicity of structure of their vegetative
bodies and of reproductive method. Two main
groups, viz., Algae and Fungi stand out
prominently wjthin the Thallophytes. Algae
possess green colouring matter or chlorophyll,
Fungi on the other hand never possess
chlorophyll.
II.2.A. Algae : As many as 6500 species
under 666 genera are known from India. In the
state nearly 86S species, Le. 13.30 percent of
Indian species, under 189 genera and 15
families have been recorded. Some of the
SANYAL et ai. : Species Diversity in West Bengal 31

gener.a such as Cosmarium, Oscillatoria and
Euastrum exhibit great diversity in the number
of species, contalning 86, 41 and 30 species
each respectively. However, fairly good number
of genera viz,., Noctiluca, ,Pithophora, Synedra,
'Wollea, etc. are represented by single species
in the state. District-wise distribution of algae
in West Bengal is shown in fig.9.
I . 2 B,. Fungi : Only a small percentage
(5.9396) of Indian fungal species has so far been
recorded nom .West Bengal. About 860 species
under 291 genera and 93 families are known
from the state. Rich generic diversity is
exhibited by the families MODi iac,a e (28 ) ,
Polyporaceae (15) and Dothideaceae (10), while
many of the famihes like Onygenacea ,
Olpidioceae, Erysiphaceae, Laboulbeniaceae,
etc., ,are represented by single genus and
species. Great sp'e,e ies diversity could be
observed in the gen era Cer,e ospora (49),
Polyporus (33) and Aspergillus (28) of families
Dematiaceae, Polyporaceae and Monilia(!eae
respectively. Highest number of species (240)
is known from Darjiling district followed by
Kolkata (190) District-wise distribution of fungi
in West Bengal is shown in fig,. 10.

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32
II. 2.C. Lic;hens : Lichens represent a
symbiotic association between two different
group of plants, viz., Fungi and Algae. From
India 2051 species under 248 genera have been
recorded, out of which nearly 600 species
spreading over more than 93 genera and 39
families are known from West Bengal. Family
Permeliaceae contains the highest number of
genera (11), while the genus Opergrapha of the
family Opergraphaceae holds the highest
number of species (11). Maximum number of
species is known from South 24 Parganas (169)
followed by Darjiling (166).
1I.3. Bryophyta : Comprise a small group of
terrestrial plants containing liverworts and
mosses; growing mostly in moist situations.
Representatives of all the three classes, viz.,
Hepaticae, Anthocerotae and Musci are found
in the country as well as in the state. A total of
nearly 2850 species under 490 genera have
been reported from the country, and about
19.29 percent of them, i.e. 550 species
belonging over 33 genera are known from the
state.
1I.4. Pteridophyta : Include plants like ferns,
horse tails, club-mosses and their allies. About
1200 species under 204 genera are known from
the country, and nearly 37.5 percent of them,
i.e. 450 species have been recorded from West
Bengal.
11.5. Gymnosperms : Regarded as an
intermediate group between Pteridophytes and
Angiosperms. There are about 64 species under
more than 20 genera and 8 families in lridia.
West Bengal shares 21 species spreading over
17 genera and three families. Except for few
genera like Pinus, Cycas, etc., others are
represented by single species in the state. Many
of these species are usually cultivated in. garden
as ornamental plants. However, very few
species occur naturally in plains and almost all
t~e species are recorded from Darjiling
district.
1I.6. Angiosperms: These are 'close-seeded',
very complex seed-bearing plants. Huge
diversity could be marked in this group and all
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
the districts of the state are supporting a large
number of species. Many of them are being
cultivated since the dawn of civilization and
became a part of our Agriculture system.
1I.6.A. Monocotyledons: Contain only one
cotyledon in their embryos. Nearly 5000
species under 702 genera and 44 families have
been recorded from India. From West Bengal
only about 500 species i.e. nearly 10 percent
of country's total are known. These are
distributed over about 250 genera and 35
families. Great generic diversity is exhibited by
the families Gramineae and Orchidaceae
containing 76 and 39 genera respectively. Genus
Cyperus of the family Cyperaceae holds the
highest number (36) of species.
Monocotyledons are well distributed through
out the state but best represnted in Darjiling
district with over 250 species. As many as 240
species have also been r~corded from Haora
district, but great majority of them are found
in the Indian Botanic Garden, Shibpur. District-
wise distribution of monocot plants in West
Bengal is shown in fig. 11.
1I.6.B. Dicotyledons : These plants have two
cotyledons in their embryos. India supports
great diversity of dicotyledonous plants having
nearly 12000 species under nearly 2282 genera
and 203 families. In West Bengal there are
about 3080 species distributed in over 1000
genera and 170 families. Family Leguminosae
contains as ~any as 76 genera, followed by
family Asteraceae with 71 genera. Family
Balsaminaceae is represented in the state with
only two genera, viz., Impaticus and
Hydrocera, but the former exhibits greatest
species diversity (34) among the different
dicotyledonous genera of the state. Darjiling
harbours the highest number of species (ca.
1214) followed by Jalpaiguri (ca.591). District-
wise distribution of dicot plants in West Bengal
is shown in fig. 12.
II. Faunal Diversity :
The state of West Bengal is adorned with
remarka-ble richness of faunal species mainly
due to diverse ecosystems as well as flow of
SANYAL ,e t al. ! Species DiversIty in West Bengal ,33

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palaearctic, Indo ... M,a layan and Afro...tropical of the world's fauna. The lists of majoraninlul
elements. The known faunal diversity of the species of Wle stB'e ng,al are appended in Part
state consists of at least 11,042 species out of III of this report. The nunlber of famil) g('nU's 1

91,771 spe'cies present in our country and and species of faunal groups in the stat(.
12,39,166 in the world. Species diversity in distribution of aninlaJ species in the distric:ts
faunal ,groups of West Bengal ,as compared to and distribution of ,c hordate species in d istricts
India and world has been provided in Table 16. ar'e shown in Table 17, 18 and 19 res p,e tt iVt"ly.
It appears that the state is represented by 12 03 The diversity of sonle major faunal groups arl~
percent of our country's fauna ,a nd 0.89 percent discussed below.
34 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-16 : Faunal diversity of West Bengal compared to world and India (No. of species).
SI. No. of Species
Taxonomic Group
No. World India West Bengal
1. PROTISTA (Protozoa) 31250 2577 1136
2. ANIMALIA 1207916 90240 9906
Mesozoa 71 10 -
3· Porifera 4562 500 16
4· Cnidaria 9916 956 23
5· Ctenophora 100 12 2
6. Platyhelminthes 17504 1626 248
7· Nemertinea 600 - -
7· Rotifera 2500 330 147
8. Gastrotricha 3000 100 24
9· Kinorhyncha 100 10 5
10. Nematoda 30022 2872 306
12. Nematophora 250 - -
11. Acathocephala 800 229 15
12. Sipuncula 145 35 3
13· Mollusca 66535 5152 274
14· Echiura 127 43 3
15· Annelida 12700 841 194
16. Onychophora 100 1 -
Arthropoda 998920 70293 6785
17· Crustacea 35536 2941 251
Insecta 867381 61238 5407
Arachnida 73440 5829 1094
46. Araneae (Spider) 30000 1443 409
47· Scorpiones 1400 104 14
48. Acari 40000+ 2270 671
49· Pycnogonida 600 17 -
51. Pauropoda 360 - -
50. Chilopod 3000 100 9
51. Diplopoda 7500 162 22
52. Symphyla 120 4 -
53· Merostomata (Xyphosura) 4 2 2
54· Phoronida 11 3 1
55· Bryozoa (Ectoprocta) 4000 200 9
56. Entoprocta 60 10 -
57· Brachiopoda 300 3 1
Pogonophora 80 - -
Priapulida 8 - -
SANYAL et ale : Species Diversity in West Bengal 35
·Table-t6 : Cont'd.
SI. No. of Species
Taxonomic Group
No. World India West Bengal
Pentastomida 70 - -
58. Chaetognatha 111 30 -
59· Tardigrada 514 30 -
60. Echinodermata 6223 765 22
61. Hemichordata 120 12 1
Chordata 48467 5131 1827
62. Proto chordata 2106 119 -
63. Pisces 21 727 2634 610
64· Amphibia 5162 289 39
65. Reptilia 5817 460 148
66. Aves 9026 1232 846
67. Mammalia 46 29 397 188
Grand Total (Protista + AnimaIia) 1239166 91771 11042
Source : National Biodiversity Action Plan, MoEF, Govt. of India, 2008 & Animal Discovery-
2010, Zoological Survey of India.

Table-t7 : Number of family, genus and species under different faunal groups in West Bengal.
S1. No. Taxonomic Groups Family Genus Species
1. Protista :,. Protozoa 80 131 267
(Freeliving Protozoa)
·2. Protista : Protozoa 8 23 126
(Symbiotic Protozoa)
3· Protista : Protozoa 67 144 743
(Parasitic Protozoa)
4· Porifera 1 9 16
5· Cnidaria 16 20 23
6. Ctenophora 2 2 2
7· Platyhelminthes : Cestoda 17 43 93
8. Trematoda (Vertebrate exclu- 30 68 97
ding fishes)
9· Digenetic Trematodes of Fishes 21 35 58
10. Rotifera 18 30 147
11. Gastrotricha 8 15 24
12. Kinorhyncha 3 3 5
13· Nematode Parasites of Vertebrate 38 113 236
14· Plant Parasitic Nematodes 10 25 70
15· Acanthocephala 6 8 15
16. Sipuncula 1 3 3
17· Freshwater & Land Mollusca 35 70 180
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-17 : Cont'd.
Sl. No. Taxonomic Groups Family Genus Species
18. 'Estuarine & Marine Mollusca 42 65 94
19· Echiura 1 1 3
20. Annelida 40 93 194
21. Crustacea 45 135 251
22. Insecta : Thysanura 2 7 9
23· Insecta : Collembola 2 10 ~5

24· Insecta: Diplura 1 1 1

25· Insecta : Odonata 15 93 180
26. Insecta : Plecoptera 4 10 21
27· Insecta: Embioptera 1 2 8
28. Insecta : Orthoptera 12 126 210
29· Insecta: Dermaptera 7 36 79
30. Insecta : Ephem'eroptera 5 10 17
31. Insecta : Mantodea 7 24 35
32. Insecta : Phasmida 4 15 28
33· Insecta : Dictyoptera 8 17 23
34· Insecta : Isoptera 4 23 52
35· Insecta : Psocoptera 15 24 39
36. Insecta: Hemiptera 44 505 966
37· Insecta : Anoplura 6 7 20
38. Insecta : Thysonoptera 4 75 124
39· Insecta : Neuroptera 12 49 73
40. Insecta : Mecoptera 2 2 3
41. Insecta : Coleoptera 25 524 1570
42. Insecta : Siphonoptera 3 8 13
43· Insecta: Strepsiptera 2 7 14
44· Insecta: Diptera 21 143 413
45· Insecta : Lepidoptera 33 532 1020
46. Insecta : Trichoptera 10 26 44
47·· Insecta : Hymenoptera 12 180 430
48. Palaeotracha-Xiphisura 1 2 2
49· Arachnida: Arannene (Spider) 37 169 409
50. Arachnida : Scorpines 4 8 14
51. Acari : Ticks (Metogtigmata) 1 9 ~r' 32
52. Acari: Mite: Astigmata 8 19 33
53· Acari: Mite: Prostigmata 29 121 258
54· Acari: Mite: Cryptostigmata 61 142 282
55· Acari : Mite : Mesostigmata 7 15 66
56. Diplopoda 5 9 22
SANYAL et al. : Species Diversity in West Bengal 37
Table-t7 : Cont'd.
SI. No. Taxonomic Groups Family Genus Species
57· Chilopoda 1 5 9
58. Phoronida 1 1 1
59· Brachiopoda 1 1 1
60. Freshwater 3 5 9
61. Echinodermata 14 18 22
62. Hemichordata 1 1 1
63. Chordata : Pisces (Freshwater) 39 113 207
64· Chordata: Pisces (Marine) 96 250 403
65. Chordata : Amphibia 8 24 39
66. Chordata Reptilia 19 76 148
67· Chordata : Aves 57 271 846
68. Chordata : Mammalia 32 110 188

Table-tS : Distribution of animal species in the districts of West Bengal.

Taxanomic Groups Districts of West Bengal
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Porifera 04 02 02 - 03 04 02 02 03
Cnidaria - - - - - - - - -
Ctenophora - - - - - - - - -
Cestoda 05 10 15 10 05 05 07 05 08
Trematoda (excluding Fish) 09 05 11 19 10 12 08 01 03
Trematoda (Fish) - - - - - - - - -
Rotifera 25 - 29 33 28 27 17 69 32
Gastrotri - - - 04 - 03 - - -
Kinorhyncha - - - - - - - - -
Nematode (vertebrate) 01 05 06 24 10 02 09 03 04
Nematode (plant) 02 13 20 18 08 17 13 01 09
Acanthocephala - - - - - - - - -
Sipuncula - - - - - - - -
Fresh water and land Moll~sca 10 12 21 94 19 37 30 16 26
Esturine and Marine Mollusca - - - - 01 03 - - -
Echiura - - - - - - - -
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-t8 : Cont'd.
Taxanomic Groups Districts of West Bengal

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Annelida 25 12 23 54 29 17 25 18 16
Crustacea 04 32 06 11 48
33- 02 04 04
Insecta 293 203 254 3062 248 207 951 128 314
Xiphosura - - - - - - - - -
Araneae 04 14 23 . 103 20 31 208 14 20
Scorpion , - - 02 02 01 - - - -
Acari 41 88 43 228 32 60 116 26 44
Diplopoda - - - 18 01 01 - - -
Chilopoda 01 01 02 06 01 01 01 01 01
Phoronida - - - - - - - - -
Brachiopoda - - - - - - - - -
Freshwater Bryozoa 04 03 03 01 03 03 02 01 04
Echinodermata - - - - - - - - -
Hemichordata - - - - - - - - -
Chordata 115 77 52 584 114 89 461 77 83

Table-t8 : Cont'd.
Taxanomic Groups Districts of West Bengal
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Protozoa (free living) 13 20 31 48 58 17 28 128
Protozoa (symbiotic) 07 03 - 03 17 - - 107
Protozoa (parasitic) 48 56 162 109 118 38 31 258
Porifera - 03 01 . 04 02 01 01 05
Cnidaria - 13 - - 15 01 - 01
Ctenophora - 02 - - - - - -
Cestoda 18 11 06 13 14 08 05 58
Trematoda (excluding fish) 01 25 02 22 24 17 05 59
Trematode (fish) - 30 - - 26 - - 10
SANYAL et ale : Species Diversity in West Bengal 39

Table-18 : Cont'd.
Taxanomic Groups Districts of West Bengal
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Gastrotricha - 14 - 04 12 - - -
Kinorhyncha - 02 - 02 02 - - -
Nematode (vertebrate) 12 04 - 19 18 02 05 174
Nematode (plant) 09 05 05 11 11 - 04 01
Acanthocephala - - - 01 01 - - 13
Sipuncula - 02 - - 01 - - -
Fresh water and land Mollusca 09 18 24 33 41 19 25 67
Esturine and Marine Mollusca - 51 - 03 73 01 - 10
Echiura - 03 - - 03 - - -
Annelida 16 39 18 11 80 18 18 45
Crusteacea 04 35 05 19 177 01 04 35
Insecta 289 275 216 286 352 285 79 1189
Xiphosura - 02 - - 02 - -
Araneae 16 24 29 80 73 05 11 98
Scorpion - 03 - 02 01 01 08
Acari 44 101 74 55 118 29 21 96
'Diplopoda - - - - - - - -
Chilopoda 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 02
Phoronida - 01 - - - - - -
Brachiopoda - 01 - - - - -
Freshwater Bryozoa 02 06 03 - - 03 02 04
Echinodermata - 14 - - 17 -
Hemichordata - - - 01 -
Chordata 74 154 146 257 364 99 48 129
40 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-19 : Distribution of species of Chordata in different districts of West Bengal.

Districts of West Bengal Chordate Groups

Amphibia Reptilia Aves Mammalia

Bankura 09 14 65 27

Birbhurn 09 10 30 28

Barddharnan 04 08 130 30

DaIjiling 24 73 365 122

Haora 06 24 58 2·6

HugH 06 05 45 33

Jalpaiguri 12 42 323 84

Koch Bihar 10 03 36 28

Maldah 07 05 49 22

Murshidabad 08 08 34 24

Medinipur 11 19 79 45

Nadia 07 12 99 28

North 24 Pgs. 10 21 19 2. 34

South 24 Pgs. 09 56 260 39

Puruliya 08 07 48 36

Dinajpur 08 04 15 21

Kolkata 01 34 48 46
SANYAL et al. : Species Diversity in 'West B,engal
1.'1. Protozoa : Protozoa are single-celled
eukaryotic organisms, which are, with some
ex,c eptions visible only with the aid of a
microscope. Found in each and every habitat
of all terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems as free-
living, 'p arasitic or symbIotic. A total of 1136
species belonging to 53 orders, 155 families and
298 genera have so far been recorded fr'om the
state Free living ,a nd parasit ic forms are
represented by 131 and 144 genera
respectively, while ' symbiotic species are
distributed over 23 genera. Greatest species
div,e rsity is exhibited by the parasitic forms
(743), followed by free -living (267) and'
symbiotic (126) (Text. fig. 13). However, the
free-living forms ' are distributed over highest
number of orders (30) and families (74).
Most of the fa~ilies like Noctiluidae,
Cryptorconadidae, Chromulinidae, Bionyxidae,
Monocercomonadidae, Bedonidae and
Ade eidae ,a re represented by single gener,a and
single species, while some families exhibit gr~at
number of genera and species such as
Act inocephalidae (16 gen., 400 spp.),
Ophryoscolecidae (9 gen., 94 spp,. ),Eim,e riidae
(9 gen., 124 spp.),Difflugiidae(6 gen., 36 spp,.).,
etc,. Among the genera highest species divers'ty
is represented In the genu~ Eimeria (71),
followed by Trypanosama (44). H ighest
8100
7100
600
500
40()
300
200
100
0
Fam ily Genus
Fig. 13 : Protozoa
41
number of species recorded from' 'K olkata
(493)·
1.2. Porifera : Commonly known ,a s
'Sponges', includes a group of sedentary.
diploblastic, filter feeding, porous bodied
anImals; mostly marine, but few occur in
freshwater. From tbe state only the freshwater
sponges belonging to the family Spongillidae
have so far been recorded. A total of 16 species
distributed over '9 gener.a are known. Genus
Eunapius contains the maximum number (4)
of species. Highest number of species recorded
from Kolkata (5), while some of the districts
like Darjiling and Murshidabad so far have nQ
representatives.
1.3. Cnidaria : Body wall two layered-
ectoderm and endoderm with an intvervening
acellulor to rather cellulor jelly-like mesoglea.
Some ,e ctodennal cells modified . nto specialized
element called cnidoblasts or nematoc) sts.
Predominantly m,a rine. A total of 23 species
belonging to 20 genera, 16 fami ies and 7 orders
are recorded from coastal waters .of West
Bengal. Except the family H,aliactiidae which is
represented by 4 genera, except the fam ily
Edwardsiidae and Catostylidae which contain 2
genera ,each, rest 13 ,c ontain one genus each in
the state. All the species ave been recorded
from maritime distrIcts viz., Medinipur and
South 24 Par,ganas.
743
Paril~ltl
mblotl(
Spec ~
dive rsi~y in West Bengal.
42
1.4. Ctenophora : Distinguished from
Cnidarians by having eight meridional rows of
ciliary plates or combplates. So far only two
species belonging to two genera and two families
are known from the state. Both the species are
recorded only from the coastal waters of
Medinipur and South 24 Parganas.
1.5. Platyhelminthes : Body dorso-ventrally
flattened having an excretory or
osmoregulatory system composed of Flame
cells. From pathogenic point of view this is one
of the most important group of animals. A total
of 248 species have been reported from the
state, i.e. about 15.25 percent of species known
from India. Out of four classes, two· viz.,
Cestoda and Trematoda are fairly well
represented. Former contains 93 species under
43 genera, while latter is represented by 155
species under 103 genera. Maximum diversity
of species (127) is seen in Kolkata.
1.6. Nematoda: Nematodes or round worms
occur in every possible habitats as free-living,
predaceous or parasitic in plants and animals.
Economically very important both in negative
and positive aspects. About 306 species
representing 10.65 percent of species known
from India is found in the state. Out of 306
species, 236 belonging to 113 genera have been
recorded from vertebrate hosts, while 70
species under 25 genera from plants. Though
highest number of species (175) have been
recorded from different vertebrate hosts in
Kolkata, but o~ly a single species of plant
nematode is known from the district. Plant
nematodes are best representd (18) in Darjiling
district.
1.7. Rotifera Pseudocoelomate
microorganisms with disc-like anterior end.
Encountered in a wide range of aquatic and
semiaquatic environs particularly of
freshwater. Rotifera contribute .significantly to
overall biological productivity in fresh water
by. rapid turn over rate. So far, 147 species
belonging to 30 genera are known from West
Bengal. i.e. about 44.54 percent of the species
Status of Biodiversity of West BeT:lgal
recorded from the country. Among the Indian
states, West Bengal apparently harbours the
highest number of species. Water bodies
infested with different assemblages of aquatic
macrophytes and ricefields exhibit richest
species composition. Overall diversity of 72
species was recorded from these habitats of
West Bengal (Sharma 1991). Highest number
of species (102) is known from South 24
Parganas, followed by Kolkata (58).
1.8. Gastrotricha : Minute, unsegmented and
free-living worms occurring in marine, brackish
and freshwater habitats. Play an important role
in trophic cycle by contributing remarkably to
the regeneration of nutrients. Out of nine
families in the country, eight are represented
in the state by 15 genera and 24 species, i.e. 24
percent of the total species of India. Family
Chaetonotidae contains the highest number of
genera (5) and species (11). Further, it is the
only family whose members are represented
both in marine and freshwater, while others are
confined in the marine environ. Though most
of the genera are represented in the state by
single species, but the genera Acanthodasys and
Polymerurus are truely monotypic. Maximum
number of species diversity (7) is exhibited by
the genus Chaetonotus. Medinipur and South
24 Parganas contain 14 and 12 species
respectively, while four species is known from
DaIjiling.
1.9. Kinorhyncha : Microscopic, spiny,
segmented worm like creatures living
exclusively in marine and estuarine sediments.
Five species, i.e. 50 percent of Indian species,
under three fami~ies and three genera are met
in the state. Of the five species three belong to
the genus Echinoderes, while the other two
genera, viz., Sphenoderes and Pychophyes
contain one species each. Species of
Kinnorhyncha have been recorded from
Medinipur, South and North 24 Parganas
districts.
1.10. Sipuncula: Comprised of unsegmented
spiny, coelomate creatures inhabiting coral,
SANYAL et ale : Species Diversity 'in West Bengal
rocky, or muddy habitats of marine and
estuarine environments. Out of six families of
the country, o~ly Sipunculidae is found in the
state and' rerepresented by three genera each
with single species. Known from Medinipur and
South 24 Parganas.
1.11. Echiura : Unsegmented, coelomate
worms inhabiting intertidal to the abyssal
region. Out of four families of Indian waters,
only one, viz., Thalassematidae with 3 species
under one genus is recorded from Kolkata and
South 24 Parganas.
1.12. Phoronida : Includes slender, worm
like, free-living, solitary and sedentary
creatures housed in a self secreted tube. Of the
two genera of the world, only the genus
Phoronis is found in India ,with three species.
West Bengal contains only one species, viz.,
.Phoronis bhaduraii. The species is so far
recorded only from sandy beach of Digha coast
in Medinipur.
1.13. Bryozoa : Sessile, lophophorate,
colonial, coelomate animals with recurved
digestive tract, living in marine, estuarine and
freshwater. Only the freshwater Bryozoans
belonging to three families, five genera and nine
species have been recorded from West Bengal.
Family Plumatellidae is represented by three
.genera, while other two contain one genus each.
Highest species diversity is exhibited by the
genus Plumatella having four species. Though
only 9 species have been recorded, but it is
represented in the freshwater environs of all
the districts, while maximum number of species
(6) is known from Medinipur.
1.14. Annelida: True worms with a linear
series of similar body segments. Marked
externally by intersegmented grooves.
Distributed over all the ecosystems. A total of
194 species, i.e. 23.09 percent of the Indian
species are known to occur in the state and
distributed over three classes, viz., Polychaeta,
Oligochaeta and Hirudinea. Many of the
families like Lumbricidae, Naididae,
Megascolecidae exhibit great generic diversity
holding 6,7 and 7 genera repectively. Rich
43
species diversity could be observed in the genus
Perionyx (18 spp.). Quite a number of species
like Plutllus ghumensis, Perionyx sikkimensis,
Perionyx himalayanus and P. jorpolcriensis are
restricted within the territory of West Bengal.
Highest number of species is known from South
24 Parganas (76), followed by Darjiling (53).
.1.15. Arthropoda : One of the largest and
most successful group of animals in existence
today is the Arthropod group. Characterised by
segmented bodies, paired segmented (or jointed
appendages), and usually hard exoskeleton.
Occur in land, air and water; include animals
commonly known as lobsters, crabs, shrimps,
centipeds, spiders, insects, etc. Diversity in
some major classes is discussed below.
1. IS.A.Crustacea : Head bearing two pairs
of antennae and nearly every body segment
with one pair of legs. Majority are aquatic living
in marine, brackish or freshwater, but land
forms are also found. Represented in the state
by S orders, 4S families, 13S genera and 2S1
species, the last one being over 8.S3 percent of
that in India. Maximum number of species (177)
recorded from South 24 Parganas., followed by
Haora (48) while it is poorly represented in
Puruliya (1).
1.1S.B. Insecta : Largest group among
animals and plants. Body divided into three
segments, pair of antennae at the top of head,
three pairs of segmented legs. As per current
estimate there are 61238 species of insects in
India spreading over 619 families and 25-30
orders (number varying with different
authorities). Distribution of insect species in
different districts of West Bengal is shown in
Table 20 and Fig.14. Species diversity in some
major insect orders of the state is considered
below:
Thysanura : Popularly known as 'Silver fish',
soft bodied, wingless, scaled insects. Found on
the forest floor; under bark, rock; nests of
termites and ants; decomposing litter; books
and other house hold goods. Out of five Indian
families, two, viz., Lepismatidae and Ateluridae
44 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-2o : Distribution of species of insects in the districts of West Bengal.

Taxanomic Groups Districts of West Bengal
; {;
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= =
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Thysanura 04 01 02 03 - - - - -
Collembola - - - 03 02 - - - -
~iplura - - - - - - - - -
Odonata 26 19 11 96 28 09 53 11 21

Plecoptera - - - 21 - - - - -
Embioptera Locality not known
Orthoptera 34 31 29 137 24 12 66 29 35

Dermoptera 05 03 - 67 02 01 06 - 04

Ephemeroptera 05 03 03 07 - - 15 - 05

Mantida 01 02 02 15 01 02 02 01 02

Phasmida - - - 17 - - 02 - -
Dictyoptera 09 06 03 17 03 01 . 09 02 09

Isoptera 04 03 04 20 01 04 10 06 02

Psocoptera 01 - 01 17 04 03 02 - -
Hemiptera 45 17 24 474 35 22 178 23 32

Anoplura - - 04 - - - - - -
Thysanoptera 17 23 - 40 27 04 02 22 -
Neuroptera 04 01 08 39 02 02 01 - 01

Mecoptera Locality not known

Coleoptera 56 38 34 1100 53 82 335 26 78
Siphonoptera Locality not known
Strepsiptera - - 12 - - 01 - - 04
Diptera 25 11 78 187 15 21 20 02 27
Lepidoptera 48 40 26 518 32 34 213 06 92
Trichoptera 02 02 01 34 - - 01 - 01

Hymenoptera 07 03 12 250 19 09 36 - 01
SANYAL et al. : Species Diversity in West Bengal 45

.Table-2o : Cont'd.
Taxanomic Groups Districts of west Bengal
• •
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Thysanura 03 1 - 02 01 03 - 06
Collembola - - 04 02 03 - - 11
Diplura - - - - - 01 - -
Odonata 14 26 02 07 26 08 17 41
Plecoptera - - - - - - - -
Embioptera Locality not known
Orthoptera 26 39 27 08 30 31 11 34
Dermoptera - .04 01 01 03 04 - 08

Ephemeroptera 01 04 03 08 07 04 03 08

Mantida 02 05 06 03 06 02 01 06

Phasmida - - - - 01 - - 08

Dictyoptera 04 03 03 02 01 - 08 07
Isoptera.
--'
07 15 10 08 08 01 - 15
Psocoptera - 01 - 04 01 - - 08

Hemiptera 34 40 38 46 56 26 16 205
Anoplura - 04 - - 02 07 - 02

. Thysanoptera 19 04 06 02 32 08 02 33
Neuroptera - 04 05 10 10 - - 11

Mecoptera Locality not known

Coleoptera 110 68 53 64 95 28 12 355
Siphonoptera Locality not known
Strepsiptera - - 02 01 - - - 01

Diptera 15 15 24 36 16 16 - 55
.Lepidoptera 47 35 17 51 35 14 07 314

Trichoptera 01 - - - - 01 01 03

Hymenoptera 06 07 15 31 19 07 01 58
 Status of .Btodiversity of West .Bengal

Kolk t
ch _,.r-. .......

2 POS (

Fig. 14 : Species div'ersity 'of insect fauna in differe. t distdcts of West Bengal.
are known from West Bengal. The former is· Plecoptera : Found in ,a nd around high
represented by 7 species under five genera, altitude hil streams. Out of 113 Indian species,
,a tter by two species and two ge er.a. 21 species Leo 18.58 percent belong'ng to 10
CoUembola : Wingless, having spring lOke g'e nera and 4 families are represented in West
forked jumping organ underneath the fourth BengaL Fa'm ilies Nemouridae andPerlidae
abdominal segment. Found in huge number ,c ontain four g'e neraeach, while the g,e nus
specially in soil rich with organic metter Amphinemoura of the former fam 'ly holds the
,content. Though as many as 210 species have hig est number of species (5). All the species
been recorded from India but only 15 (7.14 are confined to Darjiling district.
per,cent) species found in West Bengal. All the Orthop,te~a : 'C ontains grass oppers, locusts,
I

15 splecies belong to two families and 10 genera. crickets, etc., in which forewings f~nn more or
Recorded only from 11 districts of the state and less thickened tegmina with submarginal costal
highest number of species (10) known from vein. Found m,a in_y in grasslands, forests., crop
Kolkata. fields, sandy tracts and also in snow-c ad
Odonata : Odonata or 'Dragon flies' are mountains. One of larg,e st orders of insects,
amphibiotic, spending major part of life cycle holdin,g over 17250 species in the world and
in water and adults are flying. In India, total of 1750 spp. in India. Nearly 11.88 percent of
499 species belonging to 17 families are found. Indian species, i.e., 210 species spreading over
West Bengal has the r,e presentatives of 15 126 genera and 12 families are met with in the
families with 93 genera and 180 species, Le., state. Fami yAcrid dae is repres'e nted with
0

3 ,. 21 percent of the country's fauna. Family highest number of genera (46) as well as species
Libellulidae has the highest number of genera (61). However, ,g reatest species diversity (7) is
(32), while the genera Agriocnemis and displayed by genus Bollivaritellix of the family
Pseudagrion of tbe fami y Coenagrionidae Tetrigidae and Pt,e ronemobius of the family
contain the highest number of species (7). Gryllidae. Darjiling possesses highest
Maximum species diversity (96) is observed in number of species (137) followed by Jalpaiguri
Darjiling, fo lowed by Jalpaiguri (53). (66).
SANYAL ,et al. : Species Diuersity in West Bengal 47

Dermapte.ra: Commonly known as "Earwigs'
and distingu~ shed by the presen~e ~f a pair of
unsegmented, chitino~ forceps at hind end of
the body.. Found mainly nearw,a terbodies,
under stones, leaf-litter, decaying books and
other similar p aces. All the 7 families recorded
species (12).. D,a rjilin,g shows the gr,e at,e st
species diversity (67), while there is no re,c ord
of this group ,' 0 many of the districts, obviously
due to lack of explorations.
Mantodea : Known as 'Prayin.g Mantis' as
,adults ho d their grasping for,elegs in Namaste'
4

from India are represented in t!1e state. Out of
320 Indian species, 79 species (24.68 percent)
under 36g,e nera ,a re known from the state.
Highest generic diversity (8) is exhibited by the
family Forficulidae, and the genus Forficula of
the same family ,contains highest number of
Ind ia
posture while w~tin,g for prey. Occur in gr,e en
vegetable and different plant parts. Out o.f 8
families:, 68 genera and 162 species occurring
in India, state has the share of 7 families, 24
genera and 35 species (Text-fig. IS). Darjiling
,contains the maximum number of species (1,5).
_ W st B ngal

,8 0
1 ,6 0
,4 0
120
10 0
80
60
40
20
o
G nus Sp I S

Fig. 15 : Diversity .n Mantodea of West Bengal as compared to India.

Dictyoptera . (Blattariae) : Includes
'Cockroaches, in which bead mostly or
completely covered above by a large shield-
pronotum .. Found under stones, e,a f litter,
drains; domestic dark areas, food corners, etc.
In India, 186 species spreadin.g over 58 genera
and 12 families occur, of which 23 species under
17 gener;aand 8 families are represented in the
state (Text-fig. 16). Highest generic diversity
(5) as well ,a s species diversity (7) is exhibited
in the family Blattidae. Maximum number of
species is known from Darjiling (17), follov.red
by Jalpaiguri and Maldah with 9 species each.

2010 8
1,8 0
1 60
1 40
1 20
In
10 0
'W f IS n .:II
80
60
40
20 12 8
0
F mily. G flU

Fig.. 16 : Diversity in Dictyoptera of West Bengal as comp,a red to India.


Isoptera : Inc udes ~Termites', recognized by
broad and grinding~bitting type of mandible.
Favoured habitats are logs; mud mounds; under
stones; wood-work, etc. In West Bengal, 52
species belonging to 23 genera and 4 families
occur ,as ,against 253 under 54 genera and 7
families of India (Text-fig,.17).. Family
Termitidae is est represented in the state in
300
250
,2 00
ISO
100
SO
7 4
Genus
Fig_ 17 ': Diversity in Isoptera of West Bengal as compar,ed to India.
Psocoptera : Psocids or 'Booklice' ,a re small,
soft-bodied, subglobular insects found amidst
old stalk of papers/books, and among foliage .
Out of 16 families occulTing in the country, as
many as 15 are found in the state harbouring
24 gener.a ,a nd 39 species, i.e., 43.33 percent of
the species reported from India. Ten out of 15
families of the .state have representative of one
genus each, whi e fami y Pseudocaeci iidae
contains ,a s many as four genera. Genus
Peripsocus of the family Perip~ocidae and genus
,Cae,cecilius of the family 'Caeciliidae coantain
five species each, Many of the districts, viz.,
Birbhum, Murshidabad, Nadia, Dinajpur, Koch-
Bihar, Maldah, Puruliya do not have any record
of Psocopteran insects, and Darjiling holds the
highest numberofspec'es (17). Species richness
in D,arjiling d' strict indlcates that absence of
these creatures in neighbouring districts is only
due to lack of proper taxonomic ,explor.ation,
Hemiptera : Known as "Bugs', have pier,cing
and sucking type of mouth parts. Found in
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
respect of number of genera (15) and species
(34), while the family Stylotermitidae is
monotyp· c, co tahiing single genus
Stylotermes,. Highest species divers·ty' (9) is
observed in the g,e nus Odontotermes of the
fami y Termitidae. 'T hese cre,a turesare well
represented in the forested tracts of DaIjiling
as 'well as urban areas of Kolkata, which support
29 and 5 species respectively.
253
India
• West Ben,g,a l
Spec ies
,aquatic, semiaquatic and terrest~ial habitats.
One of the largest exopterygote insect groups,
and there are about 6500 spec' es in India
distr 'buted over '77 families. From the state,
966 species (14.87 percent of countIy's total)
under 50S genera have been reported. Species
of the families Aphididae:, Membracidae,
Cercopidae, Fulgoridae, Cicadellidae,
Belostomatidae, N,ep· dae, G~rridae, Velidae,
etc. are well distributed throughout testate.
A good number of species are known from
almost all the districts; but Dmjiling surpasses
all others by 0 ding 4'74 species followed by
Kolkata (205).
Trichoptera : Hairy-w·nged insects,
popularly known as 'Caddis flies', Though as
many as 812 species under 112 genera and 19
fam' les ave been reported from India, only
44 spe,cies (5.41 of country's total) spreading
over 26 genera and 10 families (Text-fig.l,s) are
known from the state. Majority of the species
(34) are known from Darjiling, whi e no record
SANYAL et ,al. : Species Diversity in 'West Bengal 49

900
81 2
800
7100
600

500
India
400
W Sl B n al
300 '
200
1 12
100
1'9 0
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amily Genus Sp , j, s

Fig. 18 : Diversity in Trichoptera of West Beng.al as compared to India.

of thes,e insects could be found from
Murshidabad, Nadia, Medinipur, North-24
Parganas and others.
Thy,s anoptera : One of th,e smallest
Pterygote insects having fringe-wings; mainly
assoc· ated with plants. Out of fiv,e families
occurring in India, four viz., Aeolothripidae,
Merothripidae, Thripidae and Phlaeothripidae
occur in the state and represented by 124
species (17.89 percent of Indian species) under
75 genera. Highest number of species is found
in Darjilin,g (40).
Neuroptera : &ecognised by the fine network
of veins of generally transparent wings. Adults
mainly occupy grasslands, . folia,g e and cr,o p
fields. India harbours 335 species belonging to
125 genera ,a nd 13 families. Out of 13 families,
12 are represented in the state" harbouring 73
species (22.08 percent of Indian species)
beloD,g ing to 49 genera. Highest number of
spec·es (39) are met in Darjiling district.
Coleopte~a : Coleopteran insects or beetles
represent the largest groups of organism at the
order level a:n d are recognized by much
thi'c kened, veinless front wings. India holds
about 1.5,500 species and West Bengal shares
1.570 species under 524 genera and 25
families.
Highest number of speci1es (1100) are recorded
fromD,atjiling.
Strepsiptera : These ar'e entomopha,gus
parasitoids, commonly known as 'Stylops'. A
total of 14 species belonging to 7 g'e nera and 2
families have been recorded from the state.
Highest species diversity (5) is expressed by the
,genus Tridactylophagus of the family
Halictophagidae,. There is no record of these
insects from many of the districts, \"hile
Barddhaman has the highest number of speci1es
(12).
D.iptera : Comprises of mosquitoes" midges.
flies; exhibits a great diversity of habits,
habitats ,a nd species composition. India holds
nearly 6093 species under 1075 genera ,and 87
families of which West Bengal sharing 413
species (6.8 percent of country's total)
spr'e ading over 143 ,g enera and 21 families.
Maximum species diversity (187) is obser\'~d
in Darjiling distr"ct.
Lepidoptera; Scale-winged insects; includes
butterflies andmotbs which mainly occur on
green ve,getation. About IS00'O species under
84 families hav'e been reported from Indi.a~ of
which West Bengal bas the representath't's of
De,arly 1020 species (6.80 percent of the tota1
Indian species) distributed under 532 gene.",
and 33 families. In the state, highest gent.'ril'
diversity (110) is exhibited by the fa nd ly
Pyralidae" followed by Sphlngidae (72). (rer us
Dasychira of tbe family Sphingidae, and ]Vcptis
of the family Nymphalidae contain the hi~h\~st
number of species (14). Greatest nunlber of
50 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

speci'es (5 18) is known from Darjiling, followed
by Kolkata (314).
Hymenoptera : The Hymenopteran insects
include bees, wasps, ants, etc., and occur in
diverse habitats, such as, plants, soils, domestic
of tbeworld, two belonging to tw'o different
gener.a are found in India ,a nd both of them have
been recorded from Medinipur and South 24
Parganas districts of West Bengal.
I. S.D. Arachnida: Scorpions, spiders, ti,cks,
I

areas and also as parasites of other insects. 'O f
nearly 10000 Indian species, 430 (4.30
percent) species under 180 genera and 12
families have been reported from West Bengal.
DaIjiling contains the highest number of species
(250).
I.IS.C. Xiphosura : Composed almost
entirely of extinct forms and commonly known
as "King Crabs' or ' Horse shoe 'Crabs' ~ Occur in
marine, estuarine and occasionally in
fr,eshwaters. Out of four lOving known species
Fa lm ily
mites,etc., are included under this class and
charact~rized by absence of antennae, and body
of two parts, viz., cephalathorax and abdomen.
As 'm any ,a s 5818 specie,s of Arachnids
belonging to 7 orders are known from India.
Frpm the state though near y 1094 species have
been recorded, but majority of them belong to
two orders, viz., Araneae and Acari, while othe
orders are yet to be explored properly..
Diversity in some arachnid groups .n the state
is shown In figs. 19 and 20. The' r distribution
in the districts is shown in Table 21.
G enus Species

200

1 10 00

800

400

2QO

A(:~ri I( Mites & Ti k s ) S orpion

, ngal.

pid Scorpion Acari

230

150

100

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SANYAL et al. : Species Diversity in West Bengal 51

Table-21 : Distribution of species of arachnida in the districts of West Bengal.

Number of Species
Districts Acarina Other
Arachnida
Meta- Asti- Prosti- Meso-· Cryp- Total Ara- Scorp-
stig- . gmata gmata stig- tostig- Acari neae iones
mata mata mata

Bankura 3 x 22 9 7 41 4 x

Birbhum 2 x 9 4 73 88 14 x

Barddhaman 3 4 13 3 20 43 23 2

Kolkata 10 28 27 2 29 96 98 8

Dmjiling 17 2 52 39 118 228 103 2

Haora 3 4 10 4 11 32 20 1
.
Hugli 4 14 30 4 8 60 31 x

Jalpaiguri 15 x 25 16 60 116 208 x

Koch Bihar 3 1 8 7 7 26 14 x

Maldah 4 1 19 14 6 44 20 x

Murshidabad 3 x 14 15 12 44 16 x

Medinipur 6 6 51 17 21 101 24 3

. Nadia 3 4 42 3 22 74 29 x

North 24 Pgs. 6 1 12 7 29 55 80 2

South 24 Pgs. 4 x 52 16 46 118 73 1

Purulia 5 x 8 7 9 29 5 1

W. Dinajpur 3 x 5 4 9 21 11 x
52 Status of ,Biodiversity oj West Bengal

Araneae: Spiders are grouped under this Suborder Astigmata is best represented in
order. Out of 46 families., 240 ge ,e ra and 1035 Kolkata having ,28 species., while Datji ing oids
species of India ,3'7 families, 169 gener,a and 409 the maximum number of species for all other
(39.5 percent of Indian spe,cies) spec'es are suborders.
represented in the state,. Family Ar,a neidae 1.16. Mollusca: Soft-bodied. animals, but
includes the maximum number of genera (18), majority of the species covered by one or more
while the genus Oxyopes under t e family bard calcareO'us shel '. Adapted to diverse
Oxyopidae bolds the highest number of species habitats frO'm deep sea to' high bills. Overall
(15). District J alpaiguri exhibits richest sp'ecles species dive sity of Indian marine molluscs is
diversity (208), followed by Kol ata (98), much higher than that of the ,c ombined
A,cari : Comprising ticks and mites in which freshwater and terrestrial ecosystem. M,a rine
somatic segmentation is inconspicuous or Ecosystem in India contains ,3 440 species
absent. There are ,a bout 2186 Indian species under 521 genera and 247 fam·lies as against
spreading over 5 subO'rders, 207 familIes and 1712 species under 193 genera and 48 families
64,3 gen,e ra. All the suborders are fairly of freshwatet: and terrestrial ecosystems.
represented in the state and species diversity However, in the context of West Bengal,
under e,ach suborder .s provided in Table 22. reverse is true (Text. fig. 21). Fresbwater and
Tab e-22 : Species diversity of different terrestrial ec:osystems su port 180 species
suborders of Acari in West Bengal. ' under 70 genera and 35 fam' ieswhilethere are
94 spec'es belO'nging to ,65 genera, 42 families
Suborders No. of No. of No. of
F am
' •• in marine and estuarine ecO'systems. Family
_le~ Genera Species
Ariophantidae and Cyclophoridae show higbest
Astigmata ...
8 19 33 generic divesity (7) in land a d freshwater, and
MesO'stigmata 7 15 66 familyN'eritidae has highest numbe of genera
Metasti,gma a 'I 9 ,32 (5) in marine water. MO'st of the marine genera
CryptO'stigmata 61 are represented by single species, but Nactica
42 282
(F.amily Nact'cidae) and Stenothyr,a (Family
Prostigmata 29 121 2sB
StenO'thyridae), contain four speci,e s each.
i Total I
106 306 6'71 Among the freshwater and land molluscs, genus

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F· g. 21 : Faunal Diversity of Mollusca in West Bengal.

· SANYAL et ai. : Species Diversity in West Bengal 53

Macrochalamys (Family Ariophantidae) holds 1.18. Remichordata : A so-called notochord

as many as 18 species, followed by the genus
Parreysia (Family Amblemidae) containin,g 13
species. Highest number of land and fres water
mo us'c an species (94) reported from DaIjiling,
,and district South 24 Pgs. is richest (73) in
respect of marine mollusca.
1.17. Echinodermata: Characterised by
water vascular system of coelomic origin, with
radiating canals and pentamerous arrangement
of body organs. Occur in sandy, muddy, rocky
,and coral environments from intertidal zone to
deep sea. 'O nly a very small percentag'e of
Indian species (2.74 percent) is known from the
,s tate. There are 22 species spreading over 18
.genera, 14 families and 4 orders.reported from
Medin·pur, Sout 24Parganas and Hug i
present in the middle of the body. Occur from
intertidal zone to deep sea. Out of 12 Indian
species, only one under the genus Saccoglossus
has been recorded from saline marshy areas of
Sundarban.
1.19. Vertebrate : Vertebrat,e fauna of the
state comprises 36.75% of all known
vertebrates in the country ~ext. fig,. 22).
Pisces : PoikiIothermus, have gills for
respiration and one of the most important
components of aquaticecos~st,ems . .A total of
2634 species belonging to 969 ,g'e nera, 254
families have been estimated from Indian
waters. West Bengal represents 403 m,a rine
species under 25 0 genera, and 207 freshwater
1

districts. species under 113 gene a.

Familv GeniUS Species

900 846
800
700 610
600
500
400
300
200
100
o
Mammall R ptl"" A mphlbl.) Ish

'g. 22: V rt brat dh er it ' in We"t Bengal.

11

10
- Baa Birb UR)
Haora Hu~i
lidabad Nadia
Pundiy DPur

Fig. 23 : Amphibian Diversity in differ~nt districts of West Bengal.

54
. Amphibia : Poikilothermus, with smoot
skin. Lead a imodallife', water as well as on
land. From the country 289 species belong' g
to 38 genera, 3 families ,a nd 3 orders areimown,
out of which 39 species under 24 genera, 8
fa iliesand 3 orders recorded from the state.
Family DicrQglossidae i~ r,epresented by highest
number of gener,a (7) and species (14) .. Darjiling
not only contain~ highest number of species
(24), but also all the .three orders, viz., Anura:,
caudata and Gymnophiona, while in the rest of
the state only the order Anura has been
recorded. Diversity in amphib' an in differ,e It
districts of West Bengalis shown in fig. 23.
ig. 24 : Reptile dh ersity in diEt r nt distri t of W t B ngal
Puru . Din ~p
Fig. 25 : Avian diversity in d'fferent districts of West Bengal.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Reptili,a : Poiklltothermus, having body
covering of scales,. Found both in aquatic and
terrestrial environment. Nearly, 456 species
under 19 families and three orders are known
from India, out of which 148 species spreading
over 76 genera, 9 families and three orders
are found in West Bengal. A family of snakes,
viz., Colubridae under order Squam,a ta exhibits
the highest generic (30) ,as well as species (62)
diversity. Maximum number ofspecies (62)
reoorded from South 24 Parganas. Diversity in
reptilian spec·es in different districts of West
Bengal is shown in fig. 24.
Av,es : BoOdy covered with feathers.
Distributed over almoOst all the ecosystems.
73
36..
Otl ih
2 PO (N)
SANYAL et a.l. : Species Diversity in West Bengal
While India' has 12,3 2 species and subspecies
under 405 genera, 78 families and 20 orders,
West Bengal can boast of supporting 846
sp,ecies and subspecies under 271 genera, 57
families and 16 orders. However, many of the
species are only seasonal visitors of the state.
Greatest diversity could be observed in the
orders P,a sseriformes, containing 26 fam 'lies
104 gener,a ,a nd 276 species and subspe,eies.
District..;wise avi.an sp,e c'es d'versity is shown
in Te.xt. fig. 25. Darjiling holds the bi,g hest
number of species (424).
Mammalia: Body covered with hairs at least
during some period of life ,cycle. Found in all
types of habitats exhibitingg eatest adaptive
radiation. From the country ,3 97 species
- B. UDl
Hu_ I
Nadia
• Din ~p
Fig. 26 : M,a mmalian Diversity in different districts of West Beng,a t
II. Domestic biodive'r sity :
Since the earliest stage of human civilization,
a large number of plant and anim,al species are
being domesticated or brought under
cu tivation. During domestication, a large
number of breeds or varieties for each of the
species have been produced for getting better
yeild. However, after the introduction of Hi,gh
55
belonging to 1.07 genera, 47 families and 13
orders are known. West Bengal shares 188
species and subspecies under 110 g,e nera and
32 families, and 12 orders. Order Chiroptera,
containing the fiying mammals, ,exhibits ,greatest
species diversity (60) under 7 families, followed
by the order 'R odentia with 40 species ,a nd ,3
families. The order Carnivora holds the highest
number of families (8). District-wise
mammalian species diversity is shown in Text.
fig. ,2 6. District Darjiling repres'e nts the
'maximum number of species (122), followed by
Jalpaiguri (84). For the sake of conservation,
at least 65 mammalian species of West Bengal
found place in ,the Schedules of Indian Wildlife
(Protection) Act, 1972.
r
Yei ding Varieties, many .of tbese breeds IHlYt,
been wiped out..
IILl. Fauna: So far, only .a fe\v species of
animals have been dOlnesticated by the Inunan
bein,g s. In the state lnost .of th'e dOnlt'~l it-
species have a fairly good nUlnber of hrt\~'d~
and many of thenl were brought fronl ot hl'r
parts of the country, Sonle of the hnportan l
breeds are mentioned belo\\.
56 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

i. Cattle: native to -the state. According to Dr. A.

Milk breeds: a. Sahiwal, b. Sindhi, c. Gir,
d. Deoni Dual purpose breed (Haryana, Ongole,
Thar Parkar, Kankrej).
Draught breeds : a. Amrit Mahal, b. Malvi,
C. Kangayam, d. Siri, e. Halli Kar.
ii. Buffaloes :
a. Murrah, b. Jaffarabad, c.. Nili, d. Ravi, e.
Bhadawari, f. Surti.
iii. Goat:
a. Kashmiri, b. Gaddi, c. J amunapuri, d.
Barbari, e. Beetal, f. Berari, g. Surti, h. Bengal
Goat.
iv. Sheep:
a. Gaddi, b. Bhakarwal, c. Gurej, d. Chokla,
e. Magra, f. Nali, g. Marwari, i. Sonadi, j.
Kathiwari, k. Deccani, 1. Nellore, m. Bellary, n.
Mandya, o. Goral, p. Shahabadi.
v. Pigs:
a. Deshitype, b. Exotic types (Large white,
Middle white, Yorkshire, Landrace, Tamworth,
Saddleback, Hampshire).
vi. Poultry :
At least 16 breeds are found of which Rhode
Island Red, Leghorn, Sussex, Minorea and
Deshi are worth mentioning.
Though a large number of breeds of all the
above are maintained in the firms, poultry and
individual houses, but only few breeds are
Chatterjee, Ex-Director, State Veterinary
Department, following breeds inay be
considered original to the state.
Cattle : Siri-fum DaIjiling-Almost extinct.
Goat : a. Black Bengal Goat-South and
North 24 parganas and Hugli, b. Brown Bengal
Goat-Maldah, c. White Bengal Goat-North and
South Dinajpur.
Sheep : Goral-South 24 Parganas.
Poultry : Assel-Bankura, Birbhum,
Puruliya.
Apart from these, various breeds of dogs
(Canis sp.), native or exotic species of fish
(Salmotrutta ferio, Trouts-Salmo gairdneni,
Cyprinus carpio, Grass carp-
Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Silver carp-
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix, Tilapia-
Oreochromis mosambicus, Nile Tilapia-O.
niloticus, Gambusia-Labestes reticulatus, Thai
Magur-Clarias ganepenis), Prawns (Penaeus sp.
Palaemon sp.), crabs (Portunus sp., Potamon
sp.), Silk moths (Bombyx mori, B. fortunatus,
B. nistry) , Lac insect (Tachardia lacca) and
Honey bees (Apis mellifera, A. indica, A. florea)
have been brought under total or part
domestication.
III.2. Flora : Diverse and favourable
agroclimatic condition; special interest and
encouragement of Zamindars, Nawabs and

Fruit Crops Varieties

xvi. Mango Fajli, Langra, Himsagar, Bombai, Golapkhas, Lakshmanbhog,
(Mangifera indica) Champa, Chandankosa, Anaras, Gopalbhog, Safdar Pasand, Rani
Pasand, Shorikhas, Surjapuri, Ashwina, Kohitoor, Kalapahar,
Dilshad, GauIjit, Nawab Pasand, Sutan Pasand, Sinduria, Amrapali,
Mallika, Madhu Kulkuli, etc. and number is above 150.
ii. Banana Champa, Chini Champa, Manik Champa, Kanthali, Mulbhog,
(Musa sapientum) Dudha, Kalibow, Martaman, Sabri, Kabuli, Giant Governor,
Robusta, Amritasagar, Baise, Agnishwar, Kanaibashi, Anupam,
Duds agar, Beecha, Chini Beecha, Mandira, Beula, etc.
iii. Pineapple Giant Kew, Queen, Baruipur Local, Singapore, Ceylon, Jaldhup,
Mauritious.
SANYAL et ale : Species Diversity in West Bengal 57

iv. Litchi (Nephelium litchi) Bombai, Muzaffarpur, China, Elachi, Kashba, Purbi, etc.
v. Guava (Psidium guyava) Khaja, Kashi, L-49, Kafri, Apple, Safeda, Red Fleshed, Seedless.
vi. Papaya Washington, Honey Dew, Ranchi, Solo, CO 1 to CO 5.
vii. Sapota (A'chras sapota) Cricket Ball, Bahara, Gandevi Baroda, Dhakai, Small Oval, Badami.
viii. Citrus Fruits (Citrus sp.) Limes, Lemons (Gandharaj, Seedless, Kadamba), Pummelo
(Stalkart, Krishnagar 1, Krishnagar 3), Sweet Lime, Mandarin
Orange, Sweep Orange and many others.
ix. Coconut (Cocos EC Tall, WCT, Local, Hazari, Hybrid, TXD, DXT, Malayan Dwarf.
nucifera)
X. Cashew (Anacardium Depali, and few others.
accidentale)
B. Vegetables
i. Cauli flower Jawahor Moti, Early Kuanri, Early Patna, Kalimpong. Dania,
Snowball, Daina, Synthetic, Kalimpong Snowball, Pusa Dipali,
Benaras, Jaspanese.
ii. Cabbage Golden Acre, Pride of India, Kalimpong English Ball, Kalimpongl;
Eclipse Drumhead.
iii. Garden peas Early Giant, Meteor, Arkel Alderman, New Line Perfection,
(Psidium sativum) Bonneville, Jawahar Matar, Krishnagar Dwarf.
iv. Tomato (Lycopersicum Sioux, Pusa Ruby, S-12, Punjab Topic, Roma Super, Marglobe,
esculentum) Krishnagar S 20.
v. Raddish Kalpin Red, Kalimpong Red, Krishnagar Red Bombai, Contai, Long.
vi. Beet Crimson Globe, Detroit Dark Red.
vii. Carrot Pusa Kesar, Nantes.
viii. Turnip Purple Top, White Globe, Snowball.
xi. Onion (Allium cepa) Pusa Ratnar, Nasik Red, Pusa Red, Red Globe.
x. Lady's Finger Pusa Sawani, Parwani Kranti.
(Hibiscus esculentus)
xi. Chilli Suryamukhi, G-3, NP 46 A, Patnai, Pusa Jwala, Bullet, Sali, Siti
Sagar, Sundari.
xii. Pumpkin Chaitali, Barsati.
(Cucurbita pepo)
xiii. Cucumber Japanese Long green, Poinseti, Krishnagar Selection.
(Cucumis sativus)
xiv. Brinjal Pusa Kranti,Pusa Purple, Makra, Cluster, Pusa Purple Long,
(Solanum melongena) Muktakeshi, Noorki, Paiva Tuni, Rajpur Selection, Rajkrishna,
.Purple Round, Green Long.
xv. Bottle Gourd Pusa Summar, Desi Long, Bajoral Selection.
(Lagenaria vulgaris)
xvi. Sweet Potato Pusa sunheri, Pusa Safed, Pusa Lal.
(Ipomoea batalus)
58 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

wealthy pearsons; success of commercial particularly in areas where modern agricultural

horticulture and crop research centers; and
several other factors make West Bengal, not
only very rich in species of cereals, vegetables
and fruits but also varieties in each of them. A
glimpse of this richness in respect of variety is
provided below in a tabular form.
Above description of varieties within the
different species of fruits and vegetable is far
from the complete. Numerous unnamed
varieties of each of them are being cultivated
and maintained mainly by the tribals
facilities have not yet been reached.
In case of cereals, different kinds such as
indigenous, improved indigenous variety (IIV),
High yeilding variety (HYV), and Hybrids are
met with. Each of these kinds are represented
by a number of varieties. However, depending
on the agroclimatic condition and irrigation
facilities some amount of geographical variation
could be found in respect of number and
prevalent varieties under cultivation in the
different districts as detailed below.

Crops Varieties Number

DARJILING: KHARIF
Paddy Indigenous 1

IIV 3
HYV 2

Maize Indigenous 1

Hybrids 2

Finger Millet Indigenous Several

Buck Wheat . Indigenous 1

Mashiam Kalai Indigenous 1

Soyabean IIV 2

RABI
Wheat HYV 1

Mustard IIV 2

Rai Sag Indigenous 1

JALPAIGURI : KHARIF
Paddy (Aus) Indigenous 1
Paddy (Arnan) Indigenous 10

HYV 10

RABI
Italian Indigenous 1
Sesame Indigenous 1

HYV 1
Mustard Indigenous 1

IIV 2

Wheat HYV 2
SANYAL et· ale : Species Diversity in West Bengal 59

Crops Varieties Number

NORTH DINAJPUR : KHARlF
Paddy (Aus) 11V 1
HYV 10
Paddy (Arnan) Indigenous 6
IIV 2

HYV 28

Kulthi Kalai Indigenous 1

Arahar Indigenous 1
IIV 1
Kalai Indigenous 1
IIV 1
Maize Hybrid 3
Bajra Indigenous 1
RABI
Paddy (Boro) HYV 14
Wheat HYV 8

Lentis IIV 2

Gram Indigenous 1
Khesari IIV 1
Mustard IIV 3
.Groundnut IIV 3
Sesame Indigenous 1
IIV 1
KOCHBIHAR :
KHARIF
Paddy Indigenous 2

IIV 1
HYV 8

Bajra Indigenous 1
Jower Indigenous 1
RABI
Indian Millet Indigenous 2

Mustard IIV 2

Sesame Indigenous 1
IIV 1
Khesari Indigenous 1
60 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Crops Varieties Number

MURSHIDABAD :
KHARIF
Paddy (Aus) HYV 5
Paddy (Arnan) Indigenous 5
Kalai Indigenous 1

IIV 2

RABI
Wheat IIV 1

HYV 3
Gram Indigenous 1

IIV 3
Lentil Indigenous 1

IIV 2

HYV 5
Mustard Indigenous 1

Arhar IIV 1

SOUTH DINAJPUR : KHARIF

Paddy (Aus) Indigenous 1

IIV 1

Paddy (Arnan) HYV 8

RABI
Wheat HYV 2 2

Mustard IIV 3
Lentel Indigenous 1

IIV 1

Gram IIV 2

Khesari Indigenous 1

MALDAH :
KHARIF
Paddy (Aus) Indigenous 3
HYV 2
Paddy(Aman) HYV 8
Kalai Indigenous 2

IIV 2

Maize Indigenous 1
Hybrid 2
SANYAL et ale : Species Diversity in West Bengal 61

Crops Varieties Number

Arhar Indigenous 1

IIV 1

RABI
Gram Indigenous 1

IIV 2

Lentil Indigenous 1

IIV 2

Mustard IIV 5
BIRBHUM :
KHARIF
Paddy (Arnan) HYV 12

Arhar Indigenous 1

IIV 2

Kalai Indigenous 1

Sesame Indigenous 1

IIV 3
RABI
Wheat HYV 2

Gram Indigenous 1

IIV 4
Lentil Indigenous 1

IIV 2

Mustard IIV 2

BANKURA :
KHARIF
Paddy (Aus) IIV 2

HYV Many
Paddy(Arnan) Indigenous 2

IIV 2

HYV 9+
Sesame Indigenous 1

Kalai Indigenous 1

RABI
Wheat HYV 1

Mustard IIV 1
62 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Crops Varieties Number

HUGLI:
KHARIF
Paddy Indigenous 3
HYV 4
IIV 2

Kalai Indigenous 1

RABI
Paddy(Boro) HYV 5
Mustard IIV 3
Wheat Indigenous 1

HYV 1

EAST MEDINIPUR :
KHARIF
Paddy Indigenous Not Available
HYV 3
Kalai Indigenous 1

IIV 1

RABI
Mung Indigenous 1

IIV 1

Paddy )Boro) HYV 5

Khesari Indigenous 1

IIV 1
BARDDHAMAN :
KHARIF
Paddy (Aus) HYV 3+
Paddy (Arnan) IIV 2
HYV 9+
Kalai Indigenous 2

IIV 2

RABI
Wheat HYV 3
Mustard Indigenous 1
IIV V
Paddy (Boro) Indigenous 1
HYV 3
SANYAL· et ale : Species Diversity in West Bengal

Crops Varieties Number

WEST MEDINIPUR :
KHARIF
Paddy (Aus) HYV 8
Paddy (Arnan) Indigenous 2+
HYV 19
Arhar Indigenous 1

IIV 1
Mung IIV 3
Sesame Indigenous 1
Kalai Indigenous 1

IIV 3
RABI
Wheat HYV 4
Khesari IIV 2
Lentil Indigenous 1

IIV 3
Mustard IIV 1

NORTH 24 PARGANAS :
KHARIF
Paddy (Aus) Indigenous 1

HYV 3
Paddy (Arnan) Indigenous 7
HYV 11

Kalai Indigenous 1

IIV 1

RABI
Wheat HYV 2

Mustard IIV 3
Gram Indigenous 1

Lentil Indigenous 1

Khesari Indigenous 1

Paddy (Boro) HYV 5

SOUTH 24 PARGANAS :
KfIARIF
Paddy (Aus) Indigenous 1

HYV 1
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Crops Varieties Number

Paddy (Arnan) Indigenous 1

HYV 14
RABI
Wheat HYV 3
Mustard IIV 3
Mung Indigenous 1

IIV 1

Kalai Indigenous 1

PURULIYA:
KHARIF
Paddy (Aus) HYV 10
Paddy (Arnan) HYV 24
Maize Hybrid 2
Sesame Indigenous 1

IIV 2
Kalai Indigenous 1

. IIV 2
Arhar Indigenous 1
IIV 2
Mung Indigenous 1
IIV 2
RABI
Mustard IIV 3
Wheat HYV 3
Lentil Indigenous 1
IIV 1
Keshri Indigenous 1
IIV 1
Gram Indigenous 1
IIV 1
NADIA :
KHARIF
Paddy (Aus) IIV 1
HYV 5
Paddy (Arnan) HYV 13
Kalai Indigenous 1
SANYAL et ale : Species Diversity in West Bengal 65

Crops Varieties Number

IIV 2

RABI
Paddy (Boro) Indigenous 1

HYV 4
Wheat Indigenous 1

HYV 3
Gram Indigenous 1

IIV 3
Lentil Indigenous 1

IIV 2

Sesame Indigenous 2

IIV 2

Mustard IIV 6
Khesari Indigenous 1

IIV 1

HAORA:
I<HA.KIF
Paddy Indigenous 3
HYV 14

IIV 2

Sesame • Indigenous 1

IIV 1

RABI
Mustard IIV 1

Mung IIV
Wheat HYV 5
Khesari Indigenous 1

IIV 1
66
SPECIES OF SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE
The world stands today on the threshold of
major changes brought about by revolutionary
developments in the field of biotechnology.
Under the Convention on BIological Diversity
(CBD) regime, genetic resources are the
sovereign property of a country. As such value
has been added to each and every component
of biodiversity. However, there are many
species which deserve special mention and
stand very much significant in respect of their
taxonomic, zoogeographic, economic, medical,
evolutionary, endemism, conservation and
various other aspects. Biodiversity of West
Bengal contains numerous such species and
some of them are discussed below.
It has already been mentioned that
biodiversity in all the ecosystems is under
severe pressure resulting from commercial
clear felling and selective clear felling;
conversion for agriculture, settlements, roads,
mining, river valley projects; conversion to
monocultures; grazing; hunting and trade; fire;
pollution; introduction of exotics and high
yielding varieties and many others. As a result,
large number of species succumbed to the
changes of biotopes. Many of the species have
been wiped out from the state during last
hundred years or so. Quite a substantial number
of species have lost vast areas of their earlier
range and now restricted to certain pockets
with very small populations. Survival of them
depends totally on the species specific
conservation progrmme. Populations of several
others are dwindling at a very fast rate and
surviving mainly in certain protected areas.
The population status of major endangered
animals in West Bengal is shown in Table 23.
Among the species extinct or probably
extinct from the state following are worth
mentioning.
Mammals : J avan Rhinoceros - Rhinoceros
sondaicus, Asiatic two - horned Rhiniceros -
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Wild Buffalo -
Bubalus bubalis, Nilgai - Boselaphus
tragocamelus, Black Buck - Anti/ope
cervicapra introduced in Ballavpur), Musk
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Deer - Moschus moschiferus, Swamp Deer -
Cervus duvauceli (recently introduced in
Jaldapara), Snow Leopard - Uncia uncia,
Indian Pilot Whale Globicephala
macrorhynchus, Black Finless Porpoise -
Neophocaena phocaenoides.
Aves : Monal pheasant - Lophophorus
impejanus, Mountain Quail - Ophrysia
superaliosa, Pink - headed Duck - Rhodonessa
caryophyllacea.
Plants : Aldrovanda vesiculosa, an aquatic
plant belonging to Family Droseraceae was last
collected during 1957 (Now probably ,extinct
from West Bengal-Dept. of Environment &
Ramkrishna Mission, 2002), Makhana -
Euryale ferox (An aquatic dicot belonging to
Family Nympheaceae. Commercially cultivated
but there is no wild distribution - Dept. of
Environment & Ramkrishna Mission, 2002).
There are number of faunal species which
could not sighted within the territory of the
state for a long period. Surveys by specialists
in the probable areas of their occurrence are
urgently needed to determine the exact status
of these species in the state. This category
includes a large number of arthopods and other
invertebrates which are known mainly by the
type specimens only, and subsequent to the
original description no further material could
be obtained. Among the vertebrates following
species have not been recorded from the state
for last few decades.
Mammals Marbled Cat-Pardofelis
marmorata, Golden Cat-Catopuma temmincki,
Three-banded palm Civet-Arctogalidia
trivirgata.
Reptiles: Zaocys nigromarginatus, Mock
Viper - Psammodynastes pulverulentus (within
Indian limit recorded only from North Bengal),
Gore's Bronze Back- Dendrelaphis gorei,
Ahaetulla prosina, Muggar-Crocodylus
palustris (Occurrence in Damodar river
reported, but requires confirmation-
Chowdhary and Choudhury, 1994), Gharial-
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance

Table-23 : Major endangererd animals and their population status in West Bengal.
Year Gom- Buxa Jalda- Maha- Sundar- Other Total
mara para nanda bans areas
1979 7 27 12 10 205 35 296
1983 16 " 15 9 1 264 47 352
1989 8 33 7 8 269 36 361
1992 - 29 5 13 - - -
1993 - 29 9 12 251 34 335
1997 - 32 13 12 263 41 361

1999 - 33 12 13 284 23 365

2002 - 31 9 15 271 23 349
2004 - 27 6 16 274 21 344
2010 Data analysis being done using modern techniques

Leopard : (Schedule 1)

1984 14 8 7 12 - 41 82

1989 14 50 5 10 - 29 108

1992 - 63 - - - - -
1993 2 - 9 2 - 31 107

2002 47 149 33 18 - 84 331

2004 40-45 145-150 25-30 25-30 - 65-75 300-330

Gaur : (Schedule 1)

Year Total Number

1989 240

1993 425

1997 550
.
1998 530-560

2002 1180-1284

209-10 Not less than 901 (Gorumara NP & Chapramari WLS only)
68 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

.
Table-23 · Cont'd .
Elephant : (Schedule 1)

Year Total Number

1989 175

1993 186

1991 230-250

1998 230- 250

1999-2000 327

2000 3 27
2002 328*

2005 N.B. 300-350 + S.B. 96

2007 N .B. 300-350 + S.B. 25 (Excluding migratory population)

2010 S.B. 123 (Preliminary report)

Rhinoceros : (Schedule 1)
Year Jaldapara Gorumara Total

1969 75 12 87

1974 21 6 27

1978 19 8 27
1986 14 8 22

1989 27 12 39
1993 33 12 45
1996 42 14 56
-1997 44 14 58
1999 55 19 74
2000 54 19 73
2002 74 22 96
2004 96 25 121
2006 108 27 135
2008-09 12 5 31 156
200 9-10 125 (Figures 35 (32 in Gorumara + 1 in
from 2008-09 Chapramari + 2 in Buffer areas of
adopted) Gorumara NP & Chapramari WLS)
Source : Annual Report (2009-2010), Wildlife Wing, Directorate of Forests, Govt. of West Bengal.
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance

Gavialis gangeticus (Occurrence reported in Three Banded Palm Civet - Arctogalidia

Maldah, but requires confirmation-Chowdhary trivirgata, Hog Badger - Arctonyx collaris,
and Choudhary, 1994). Burmese Ferret Badger - Melogale personata,
Amphibians_: Bufo abatus, Megophrys Ratel - Mellivora capensis belong to this
robusta, Philautus jerdonii, Occidozyga tima category. Among birds, Bengal Florican-
Some of the invertebrate species of this Eupoditis bengalensis is only sporadically
category are : r~ported from the state. It is worthwhile to
mention that all the above species are found in
Odonota Epiophlebia laidlawi,
Indoscelimena jlavopicta, Ergatettix colossus the forests of North Bengal.
.Thysa!lura : Tricholepisma gravelyi Apart from the above, natural range and
populations of a large number of floral and
Dermaptera : Haplodiplatys lobatus, H.
faunal species of the state have dwindled to a
bidentatus, Paralabella julleri, Chaetospania
great extent. Some of them have already drawn
kurseongae
the attention of appropriate authorities and
Mollusca : Alycaeus lectus various measures are being taken for
There are some species which are surviving conservation of them and their habitats.
by a very small population in limited areas and However, vast majority of such threatened
only occasionally sighted or reported. A number species are yet to be covered by any specific
of mammalian species such as Himalayan Tahr- programme of conservation. A list of some such
Hemitragus jemlahicus, Pygmy Hog-Sus threatened species of the state along with region
salvanius, Hispid Hare - Caprolagus hispidus, of their main occurrence has been provided in
Asiatic Black Bear-Selenarctos thibetanus, Table 24.
Table-24 : Some of the threatened species of West Bengal along with the region of their main
occurrence. EWB = Entire West Bengal; SWB = Southern West Bengal; NWB =
Northern West Bengal; SWWB = South West Bengal.
Group SI. No. Name of the threatened Region of
species and IUCN status nBain occurrence
Flora 1 Anogeissus latifolicus SWB
2. Acanthus volubilis SWB
3· Avicennia alba SWB
4· Aeginlitis rotundifolia SWB
5· Antistrophe oxyantha NWB
6. Aristolochia tagala NWB
7· Arundinaria falconeri NWB
8. A. hookeriana NWB
9· Acer hookeri- Endangered NWB
10. A. osmastonii- Endangered NWB
11. Bambusa nutans NWB
12. Bauhinia macrostachya NWB
13· Boehmeria rugulosa NWB
14· Buchanania latifolia SWB
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
70

Table-24 : Contd.
Group SI. No. N arne of the threatened Region of
species and IUCN status main occurrence
15· Butea superba SWB
16. Bulleyia yunnanensis- Rare NWB

17· Begonia sa trap is- Rare NWB

18. B. scutata- Rare NWB

19· Caldesia oligococca -

20. C. pamassifolia -

21. Caesalpinia Crista NWB

22. Calamus erectus NWB

23· C. latifolius NWB

24· Canarium sikkimense NWB

25· Carissa spinarum NWB

26. Chisoheton paniculatus NWB

27· Cinnamomum cecidodaphe NWB

28. C. zeylanicum NWB
29· Crataeva religiosa SWB
30 . Cycas pectinata NWB
31. Ceriops tagal -

32. C. decandra -

33· Cleome monophylla SWB

34· Casearia graveolens SWB

35· Codonopsis affinis- Rare NWB
36. Christtella clarkei-Vulnerable NWB
37· Cissus spectabilis-Endangered NWB
38. Dalbergia latifolia NWB, SWB
39· Daphne cannabina NWB
40. Daphniphyllum himalayanse NWB
41. Dendrobium lituijlorum NWB
4 2. D. sulcatrum NWB
43· Desmodium gyrans V
44· Dioscorea bulbifera NWB, SWB
45· D. pentaphylla NWB
46. D.prazeri NWB
47· D.puber NWB
48. Dodonea viscosa NWB
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance 71

Table-24 : Contd.
Group Sl. No. Name of the threatened Region of
species and IUCN status nnain occurrence
49· Drosera burmannii SWB
50. D. peltata NWB
51. D. indica
52. Drypetes subsessilis NWB
53· Diplomeris hirsuta-Vulnerable NWB
54· Excoecaria agallocha SWB
55· Elaeocarpus aristatus NWB
56. E. ganitrus NWB
57· Elaeodendron glaucum NWB
58. Engelhardtia aolebrookiana NWB
59· Eriobotrya dubiq NWB
60. Eulophia bicallosa NWB
61. Feronia elephantina SWB
62. Firmiana pallens NWB
63· Flacourtia cataphracta NWB, SWB
64· Geodorum densiflora NWB
65. Gloriosa superba NWB
66. Gnetum scandens NWB
67. Grewia microcos NWB
68. Habenaria marginata NWB
69· H.oleosa NWB
70. Helicteres isora SWB
71. Homalium zeylanicum NWB
72 . Hova lanceolata NWB
73· H. globulosa NWB
74· Hymenodictyon flaccidum NWB
75· Heydyotis brunonis NWB
76. H. scabra NWB
77· Heritiera fomes SWB
78. Isoetes coromandelina
79· Ichnocarpus frutescens NWB, SWB
80. Juniperus pseudo-sabina NWB
81. Knema erratica NWB
82. Kandelin candal SWB
72 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-24 : Contd.
Group SI. No. Name of the threatened Region of
species and IUCN status nmain occurrence
83· Leycesteria belliana NWB

84· L. glaucophylla NWB

85· Livistonia jenldnsiana NWB

86. Luculia gratissima NWB

87· Lumnitzera recemosa SWB

88. Machilus clarkeana NWB

89· M. 9 laucescens NWB .

90. M. parviflora NWB

91. Mallotus philippinensis NWB, SWB
92. Medinilla rubicunda NWB

93· Michelia Montana NWB

94· Micromeles thomsoni NWB

95· Musa balbisiana NWB

96. Miliusa velutina SWB

97· Metathelypteris decipiens NWB

98. Neohouzeana dullooa NWB
99· Nervilia falcata NWB
100. "Nypa fruticans SWB
101. Najas marina
102. Oberonia ensiformis NWB
103· O. rufilabris NWB
104· Odina wodier NWB, SWB
105· Olea dioica NWB
106. Ormosia glauca NWB
107· Ougeinia oojenensis SWB
108. Ophiorrhiza lurida- Rare NWB
109· Podocarpus neriifolia NWB
110. Populus glauca NWB
111. Pseudo-gardneria angustifolia NWB
112. Pygmaeopremna herbacea NWB
113· Polygala arillata NWB
114· P. eroptera SWB
115· Pimpinella tongloensis-
Endangered NWB •
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance 73

Table-24 : Contd.
Group Sl. No. Name of the threatened Region of
species and IUCN status nmain occurrence
116. Polyalthia serasoides SWB
117· Rauvolfia serpentina NWB, SWB
118. R. tetraphylla SWB
119· Reevesia pubescens SWB
120. Rhododendron smithi NWB
121. Rhynchostylis retusa NWB
122. Saccopetalum longij1orum NWB
123· Salix daltoniana
124· Santalum album SWB
125· Semecarpus anacardium NWB, SWB
126. Siphonodon celastrineus NWB
127· Sorbus ursina NWB
128. Soymida febrifuga SWB
129· Spiranthus sinensis NWB
130. S. australis
131. Strychnos nux-vomica SWB
132. Styrax serrulatum NWB
133· Symplocos racemosa NWB, SWB
134· Solomonia ciliata SWB
135· S. polygala SWB
136. Sonneratia alba SWB
137· S. casaeolaris SWB
138. Scyphiphora hydrophylacea SWB
139· Ternstroemia japonica NWB
140. Tetracera sarmentosa NWB
141. Tiliacora acuminata SWB
142. Tylophora indica SWB
143· Utricularia bifida NWB
144· U. caerulea NWB
145· U. scandens NWB
146. U. stellaris
147· U. striatula
148. Vatica lancaefolia NWB
149· Vitex peduncularis NWB
74 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-24 : Contd.
Group Sl. No. Name of the threatened Region of
species and IUCN status nmain occurrence
150. Xylia xylocarpa SWB
151. Xylocarpus granalum SWB
152. Zeuxine nervosa NWB
Fauna :-Mammalia 153· Petaurista magnificus NWB
154· P. nobilis NWB
155· Ratufa bicolor NWB
156. Myotis annectans NWB
157· M. mystacinus NWB
158. Rhinolophus trifoliatus NWB
159· Manis crassicaudata EWB
160. Canis lupus SWWB
161. Cuon alpinus NWB, SWB
162. Melurnus ursinus NWS, SWWB
163. Ailurus fulgens-Sch. I NWB
164. Lutra lutra EWB
165. Aonyx cinerea NWB, SWB
166. Herpestes palustris-Sch. I SWB
167. Hyaena hyaena SWWB, NWB
168. Prionailurus bengalensis EWB.
169. P. viverrinus NWB, SWB
170. Neofelis nebulosa WWB
171. Panthera pardus EWB
172. Panthera tigris-Sch. I NWB, SWB

r
173· Elephas maximus-Sch. I NWB, SWWB
r

1--.
174· Capricorn is sumatraenis NWB
175· Caprolagers hispidus-Sch. I SWB, NWB
176. Rhinoceros unicornis-Sch. I NWB
177· Cervus duvaucelli-Sch. I SWB,NWB
178. Bos frontalis NWB
179· Bubalus bubalis-Sch. I SWB, NWB
180. Platanista gangetica-Sch. I SWB, NWB
181. Orcaella brevirostris-Sch. I SWB
Aves 182. Ardea goliath SWB
183. Ciconia ciconia NWB,
SANYAL et ala : Species of Special Significance 75

Table-24 : Contd.
Group SI. No. Name of the threatened Region of
species and IUCN status mmain occurrence
184· Leptoptilos dubius-Sch. IV SWWB, SWB
185· L. javanicus-Sch. IV EWB
186. Platalea leucorodia EWB
187· Dendrocygna bicolor NWB, SWB
188. Threskiornis aethiopica SWB
189· Aviceda jerdoni NWB
187· A. leuphotes NWB
191. Accipiter nisus NWB'
192. A. virgatus NWB
193· Haliaectus leucogaster SWB
194· Sarcogyps calvus SWB
195· Gyps indicus-Sch. I SWWB
196. G. bengalensis-Sch. I EWB
197· Pandion haliaetus SWWB, SWB
198. Falco peregrinus-Sch. IV SWWB
199· Polyplectron bicalcaratum NWB
200. Ithaginis cruentus NWB
201. Lophurus leucomelana NWB
202. Pavo cristatus NWB
203· Grus nigricollis NWB
204· Hatiaectus leucoryphus NWB
205· Tyto alba SWB
206. Aceros nipalensis NWB
207· Anthracoceros malabaricus NWB
208. Pellomeum palustris-Sch. IV NWB
Reptiles 209· Aspideretes gangeticus-Sch. I SWB
210. Aspideretes hurum-Sch. I SWB
211. Melanochelys tricarinata-Sch. I SWB
212. Gavialis gangeticus-Sch. I SWB
213· Crocodylus porosus SWB
214· Lepidochelys olivacea-Sch. I SWB
215· Batagur buska-Sch. I SWB
216. Eretmochelys imbricata-Sch. I SWB
217· Chelonia mydas-Sch. I SWB
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-24 : Contd.
Group Sl. No. Name of the threatened Region of
species and IUCN status main occurrence
218. Kachuga kachuga-Sch. I SWB
219· Geoclemys hamiltonii-Sch. I SWB
220. Eretmochelys imbricata-Sch. I SWB
221. Lissemys punctata NWB, SWB
222. Chitra indica-Sch. I SWB
223· Varanus bengalensis EWB
224· V. flavescens SWB
225· V. salvator SWB
226. Python molurus-Sch. IV NWB
227· P. reticulatus NWB
228. Elachistodon westermanii-Sch. I NWB
229· Ptyas mucosus EWB
230. Naja naja EWB
Amphibia 231. Trilototriton verrucosus-Sch. I EWB
Pisces 232. Ompokpabo
233· Carcharhinus gangeticus-Sch. I
234· O. bimaculatus
235· Ailia bengalensis
236. Bagrius bagarius
237· Eutropichthys vacha
238. Puntius sarana
239· Semiplolus semiplolus
240. Osphronemus nobilis
241. Labeo diacanthys
242. L. fimbriatus
243· L. gonius
244· Anabas testudineus
245· Notopterus notopterus EWB
246. N. chitala EWB
247· Pangasius pangasius
248. Balitora brucci
249· Gadusia chapra
250. Meastacembelus armatus
SANYAL et al. : Species of Special Significance 77
Table-24 : Contd.
.Group Sl. No. Name of the threatened Region of
species and IUCN status nBain occurrence
251. Mystas tangra
252. M. aor

253· Rasbora rasbora

254· Setipinna phasa
255· Bengala elonga
256. Wallago attu

257· Nandus nandus

258. Amblypharyngodon mola

259· Tor putitora NWB

260. T. tor NWB

261. Raiamas bola NWB

262. Barilius vagra NWB

263. Odontamblyopus rubicondus SWB

Arthropoda 264· Burmagomphus sivalikensis-Sch. I SWB, NWB

2 6 5. Lyriothemis tricolor-Sch. I SWB, NWB

266. Epiophlebia laidlawi-Sch. I SWB, NWB

267. Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda SWB

268. Tachypleus gigas SWB

269· Gerenia bengalensis NWB

270. Hypolimnas missipus EWB

271. Lethe distans WB

Mollusca 272. Alycaeus lectus EWB

273· Austenia annandalei EWB

Annelida 274· Scolioscolides bergtheili NWB

 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Ascription of a country (ies) of origin to any appear to be true for other groups. Firstly, the
genetic resource is evidently related to the number of genera and species to be handled is
patterns of geographical distribution of living extremely large; secondly, there has still not
organisms. Genetic resource or species confined been thorough surveys conducted for all groups
to a country/geographical region is considered in the country; thirdly, a good number of genera
as endemic to that country or region. In the and species are "known from their original
applications of Intellectual Property Right record only", giving the impression that they
(IPR) and patenting the genetic resources, are endemic there, which mayor may not be
documentation of endemic species in the true due to insufficient surveys; and fourthly
country level is the most important function the detail taxonomic studies of all orders and
particularly for countries with rich biological families occurring in India could not be
diversity. Alfred (1998) provided an estimate completed for want of experts. Analysis of the
of endemic faunal species of the country. fauna of West Bengal reveals that not only a
According to that estimate percentage of substantial percentage of Indian endemic
endemic species in different animal groups species occur in the state but also there are
varies from 1 to 100 percent. However, except many species which are exclusively endemic to
for higher vertebrates, there has been no West Bengal. Some of the Indian endemic
indepth and standard study of the enumeration species occurring in the State have been listed
of endemic taxa in India for various reasons. in Table 25, and those which are confined
Varshney (1998) has focused some of these within West Bengal along with main region of
reasons with reference to insect groups which occurrence are shown in Table 26.
Table-25 : Some Indian endemic species occurring in West Bengal alongwith main region of
their occurrence in the state. (Abbreviations as in Table 24)
Group Sl. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
Mammals 1. Anathana ellioti SWWB
Aves 1a. Perdicula manipurensis NWB
lb. Galloperdix lunulata NWB
Reptiles 2. Sitana ponticeriana EWB
3· Psammophilus blanfordanus SWWB, SWB
4· Japalura variegata NWB
Amphibia 5· Ichthyophis sikkimensis NWB
6. Rhacophorus tuberculatus NWB
7· Limnonectus mawphlangensis NWB
Pisces 8. Labeo gonius NWB
9· Noemacheilus devdevi NWB
10. N. multifascialus NWB
11. Balitora brucei NWB
..
Arthropoda 12. Platyrhop~lus denticornis SWB
Coleoptera 13· P. intermedius NWB
14· Neocollyris attenuata NWB
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance 79

Table-25 : Contd.
Group Sl. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
15· N. distincta NWB
16. N. juscitarsis NWB
17· Prothyma proxima SWWB
18. Heptodonta nodicollis NWB
19· Cicindela tetrastacta SWWB, SWB
20. C. dromicoides NWB
21. C. erudita NWB, SWB
22. C. grammophora NWB, SWB
23· C.ognata NWB
24· C. albopunctata NWB
25· C. bicolor EWB
26. C. haemorrhoidalis SWB
27· C. cyanea NWB
28. C. striatifrons NWB
29· Harpalus indicus NWB
30. Dioryche nagpurensis EWB
31. Oxycentrus parallelus SWWB, SWB
32. Pachytrachelus cribiceps NWB
33· Coleolissus perlucens SWWB
34· Laccophilus anticatus SWB, WWB
35· L. elegans WWB
36. L. rufulus EWB
37· Metheles indicus SWB
38. Guignotus fulvescens SWWB
39· G. regimberti SWB
40. Clypeodytes bufo SWB
41. C. indicus SWB
42. Uvarus quadrilineatus SWB
43· Hyphoprus oper SWWB, SWB
44· H. bengalensis SWB, NWB
45· Peschetius .quadriscostaius SWWB
46. Platynectes kashmirensis NWB
47· Rhanthus ovalis NWB
48. Cybister regulosus SWB
49· Orectochilus similis SWB
80 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-25 : Contd.
Group Sl. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
50. O. productus EWB
51. O. haemorrhous SWB
52. O. fletcheri SWWB, SWB
53· O. cylindricus SWWB
54· O. cardoni SWB
55· Haliplus prathii SWB
56. Spercheus gibbus SWB
57· Sphaeridium cameroni SWWB
58. Pachysternum cardoni NWB
59· P. stenvensi NWB
60. Laccobius rotundatus SWB
61. L. simulans NWB
62. Helochares lentus SWWB, SWB
63· Hydrophilus olivaceus SWWB
64· H. rufocinctus SWB
65· Hypocacculus malabaricus SWB
66. Abraeus paria NWB
67. Acritus tuberisternus NWB
68. Platylomalus oblisus NWB
69· Paraepierus corticicola NWB
70. Platylister atratus SWB, NWB
71. Atholus silvicola NWB
72. Micropeplus sikkimi NWB
73· Eupiestus sikkimi NWB
74· Eleusis sikkimensis NWB
75· Priochirus rubiginosus NWB
76. P.longicornis NWB
77· P. sikkimellsis NWB
78. Thoracochirus assamensis NWB
79· Pseudopsis prolixa NWB
80. Megarthrus chatterjeei NWB
81. M. Septempunctatus NWB
82. M. basicornis NWB
83. Anthobium sikkimi NWB
84· Planeustomus bengalensis NWB
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance 81

Table-25 : Contd.
Group Sl. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
85. Oxytelopsis andrewesi NWB
\

86. Anotylus laetus NWB

87· A·frater NWB
88. Osorius sikldmensis NWB
89· Stenus sikkimensis NWB
90. S. pictus NWB
91. S. fistulosus NWB
92 . S. kurseonginus NWB
93· Dianous annandalei NWB
94. D. cameronii NWB
95· D. versicolor NWB
96. Stenoesthelus quadrisulcatus NWB
97· Pinophilus depressus SWB
98. Palaminus indicus NWB
99· Oedichirus longipennis NWB, SWB
100. Astenus asitus NWB
101. A. Jlavipennis NWB
102. A. terminalis NWB
103· A. semibrunneus NWB, SWB
104· A. concolor NWB
105· Paederus himalayicus NWB
106. P. nigripennis NWB
107· P. conicollis SWB
108. Acanthoglossus testaceipennis NWB, SWB
109· Stilicopsis pallida NWB
109a. S. indica NWB
109b. Scopaeus andrewesi SWB
110. S. germanus NWB
111. Lobochilus granulicollis NWB
112. L. fortepunctatus NWB
113· Dibelonetes sikkimensis NWB
114· Thinocharis debilis NWB
115· Pachymedon shugnuensis NWB
116. Lathrobium triste SWB
117· L. unicolor NWB
82 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-25 : Contd.
Group SI. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
118. Stilicus parous NWB
119· S. velutinus NWB
120. Cryptobium sikkimense NWB
121. C. fluviatile SWB
122. Stiliderus umbratus NWB
123· Indoscitalinus dispilus
124· Platyprosopus fuliginosus SWB
125· Philonthus industanus NWB
126. Diceros childreni SWB
127· Rhomborrhina glaberrima NWB
128. Heterorrhina punctatissima NWB
129· H. nigritarsis NWB
130. Trigonophorus scintllans NWB
131. Protaetia aurichalcea SWB
13 2 . P. peregrina NWB
133· P. neglecta NWB
134· Oxycetonia jucunda NWB, S,WB
135· Chiloloba acuta NWB
136. Clinteria spilota NWB, SWB
137· Cymophorus pulchellus SWB
138. Heteronychus annulatus SWB
139· Parastasia ochracea NWB
140. Spilopopillia sexguttata NWB
141. Mimela horsfieldi NWB
142. M. globosa NWB
143· M. marginalis SWB
144· Anomala dorsalis
145· A. aegrota NWB
146. A. fulviventris NWB
147· A. signaticollis NWB
. 148. A. xanthoptera NWB
149· A. crythroptera NWB
150. A. pusilla NWB
Ephemeroptera 15I. Claeon variegatum NWB, SWB
152. Gilliesia hindustanica NWB
SANYAL et al. : Species of Special Significance

Table-25 : Contd.
Group SI. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
Odonota 153· Aciagrion olympicum NWB
154· Agriocnemis lacteola NWB, SWB
155· A. splendidissma NWB, SWB
155a. A. aborensis NWB, SWB
156. Coeliccia renifera WWB
157· Calicnemia miniata SWWB, NWB
158. Ceylonolestes cyanea NWB
159· Lestes thoracica
160. Philoganga montana NWB
161. Rhinocypha bifasciata NWB
162. R. immaculata NWB
163. R. trifasciata
164· R. bifenestrata NWB
165· R. unimaculata NWB
166. Anisopleura lestoides
167· A. comes NWB
168. Allogaster latifrons NWB
169· Jagoria martini NWB
170. Cephalaeschna orbifrons NWB
171. C. masoni NWB
17 2 . Gynacanthaeschna sikkima NWB
173· Periaeschna magdalena NWB
174· Gymacantha albistyla NWB
175· Polycanthagyna erythromeles NWB
176. Perissopgpmphus stevensi NWB
177· Burmagomphus sivalikensis NWB
178. Platygomphus dolobralus
179· Anisogomphus occipitalis NWB
180. A. bivittatus NWB
181. A. arites NWB
182. Stylogomphus inglisi NWB
183· Onychogomphus aureus NWB
184· Epophthalmia vittata NWB
185· Macromia flavicincta
186. Pseudotramea prateri NWB
187· Bradinopyga geminata NWB, SWB
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Table-25 : Contd.
Group Sl. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
Plecoptera 188. Amphinemoura luteipes NWB
189· Gibosia needhami NWB
190. Neoperla limosa NWB
19l. Cryptoperla torva NWB
Orthoptera 19 2 . Eucriotellix dohertyi NWB
193· Hebardittix quadratus NWB
194· Loxilobus assamus NWB
195· Synalibas perplexus NWB
196. Thoradonta pruthii SWB
197· Bolivaritettix dubius NWB
198. B. laticeps NWB
199· B. sikldmensis NWB
200. Hyboella conioptica NWB
20l. H.obesa NWB
202. H. tentata NWB
203· Teredorus frontalis NWB
204· Xistrella dromadaria NWB
205· X. inermis NWB
206. Paratettix rotundatus V
207· Velarifictorus sikkimensis NWB
208. Gyllodes sigillatus SWWB, SWB
209· Loxoblemmus macrocephalus NWB
210. . L. nigriceps NWB
21l. Pteronemobius pantelchopardorul n NWB
212. Cacoplistes rogenhoferi NWB, SWB
213· Holopercna darjeelingensis NWB
21 4. Chondronotulus bengalensis
215· Epistaurus sinetyi SWB, SWWB,
216. Peripolus pedarius NWB
217· Eupreponotus inflatus NWB, SWB
218. Paraconophyma scabra SWWB
219· Sanna reg a lis NWB
220. Eucocephalus incertus SWWB
Dermaptera 22l. Paradipplatys gladiator SWB, NWB
222. Diplaty$ sinuatus NWB
223· Haplodiplatys rileyi NWB
224· H. rufescens
225· Euborellia annandalei NWB
SANYAL et al. : Species of Special Significance 85

Table-25 : Contd.
Group SI. No. Species -
Main region of
occurrence
226. Antisolabis formicoides NWB
227· Forc ipula indica NWB
Dictyoptera 228. Trichoblatta sericea NWB
229· Stictolampra plicta EWB
230. Panesthia regalis NWB
Mantodea 231. Anaxarcha acuta NWB
232. Ephestiasula amoena SWB
233· Heliomantis elegans NWB
234· Hestiasula inermis NWB
235· Creobroter apicallis SWB
236. Dysaules longicollis
237· Leptomantis indica NWB
238. L. montana NWB
239· H eterochaetula tricolor SWB
240. Parananomantis brevis SWB
241. Amantis subirina NWB
242. A. biroi SWB
243· Gonypetyllis semuncialis SWB
244· Hierodula butleri NWB
245· Aethalochroa ashmoliana NWB
Psocoptera 246. Granthakita cuttackae SWB
247· Pachytroctes georgi SWB
Hemiptera 248. Machaerota planitiae SWB
249· Eugnathodus ocellatus NWB
250. Halotrichosiphum rusellae NWB
251. Pseudoastegopteryx himalayensis NWB
252. Pemphigus vulgaris NWB
Diptera 253· Microtytum strigatum NWB
254· M. trimelas NWB
255· Simulium tenuistylum NWB
256. S. dentatum NWB
Lepidoptera 257· Pseudopanthera himalayica NWB
258. Boarmia diversicolor NWB
259· B. atrostipata NWB
260. Apocalypsis velox NWB
261. Campsogene mansoni NWB
261a. Oxyambalyx matti NWB
262. Anambulyx elwesi NWB
263· Punacra moseri NWB
86 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-25 : Contd.
Group SI. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
Acari 264. Euteranychus maximae SWB
265. Oligonychus ma{1niJerus EWB
266. Malconothrus assamensis SWB
267. Basilobelba indica EWB
Mollusca 268. Parreysia lima NWB
269. Pisidium atkinsonianum NWB
270. Sphaerium indicum NWB
271. Cyclophorus aurora NWB
272. C. polynea SWB
273· Theobaldius phaenolopicus NWB
274· Clithon reticularis SWB
275· Scaphula celox SWB
276. Macrochlamys petrosa SWB, SWWB
277· Pterocyclus rupestris NWB
Rotifera 278. Lecane lateralis -
279· L. pawlowski -
Annelida
Oligochaeta 280. Dero indica SWWB, NWB
281. Branchiodrilus semperi EWB
Porifera 282. Corvospongilla lapidosa SWB
283. C. caunteri
Cnidaria 284. Edwardsia jonesli SWB
285. E. tinctrix SWB
286. Pelocoetes exul SWB
287. Phytocoetes gangeticus SWB
288. Nevadne glauca SWB
289. Diadumene schilleriana SWB
290. Paracondylactis indica SWB
Plants
291. Agrostris brachiata -
292. A. sikkimensis NWB
293· A. triaristata NWB
294· Arundinella decempedalis NWB
295· Bambusa balcooa NWB
296. Dendrocalamus petellaris NWB
297· Festuca leptopogon NWB
298. Alysicarpu homosus EWB
299· Cajanus villosus NWB
300. Dysolobium tetragonum NWB
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance

Table-26 : Some species exclusively endemic to West Bengal with region of their main occurrence.
Abbreviations a,s in Table 24.
Group Sl. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
Mammals I. Herpestes palustris SWB
Reptiles 2. Oligodon juglandifer NWB
Amphibia 3· Bufo abatus NWB
4· Megophryus robusta NWB
5· Rana senchalensis NWB
6. R. annandalii NWB
7· Rhacophorus jerdonii NWB
8. R. dubius NWB
Pisces 9· Puntius dukai NWB
Arthropoda
Strepsiptera 10. Trizocera pugipenis -
Coleoptera II. Omoglymmius darjeelingensis NWB
12. Heptodonta kraatzi NWB
13· Cicindela seriepunctata NWB
14· C. oberthuri NWB
15· Amblystomus bivittatus SWB
16. Chydaeus obscurus NWB
17· Laceophilus kempi NWB
18. Hydraena tenjikuana NWB, SWB
19· H. wittmeri NWB
20. Coelostoma subditum SWB
21. Crenitis orientalis NWB
22. Saprinus chalcites NWB
23-· Chaetabraeus fakir NWB
24· Cypturus bengalensis SWB
25· Apobletes bengalensis NWB
26. Hyposotenus bengalensis NWB
27· Chronus scaliformis' NWB, SWB
28. Hister pullatus SWB
29· Santalus parallelus SWB
30. Micropeplus vulcanus NWB
31. Apatetica sikkmi NWB
32. Eupiestus angulatus NWB
33· Siogonium indicum NWB
34· Holosus rugipennis NWB
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Table-26 : Contd.
Group SI. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
H. lopchuensis NWB
35·
36. Thoracophorus montanus NWB

37· Eleusis speculifer NWB

38. E. rotundiceps NWB

39· E. persimilis NWB

40. Priochirus bengalensis .NWB
41. P. micrognathus NWB
4 2. P. eucerus NWB

43· P. gardneri NWB

44· Thoracochirus denticollis NWB

45· Tetradelus trigonuroides NWB
46. Trogophloeus calcuttanus SWB
47· Oxytelopsis bengalensis NWB
48. Oxytelus punctipennis NWB
49· Anotylus gardneri NWB
50. Bledius suravius SWB
51. B. totias NWB
52. B. torsius NWB
53· B. baltus NWB
54· Osorius gardneri NWB
55· O. lopchuensis NWB
56. Mimogonus niger NWB
57· Oxyporus excellens NWB
58. O. terminalis NWB
59· O. tricolor NWB
60. Stenus vorticosus NWB
61. S. conj1uens NWB
62. S. obliteratus NWB
63. S. lopchuensis NWB
64· S. mangpuensis NWB
65· S. separandus NWB
66. S. pseudopictus NWB
67. Dianous championi NWB
68. D. obliquenotatus NWB
69· D. adjacens NWB
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance 89

Table-26 : Contd.
Group SI. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
70. D. wittmeri NWB
71. Edaphus binodulus NWB
72. E. brevipennis NWB
73· Aulacosthaetus indicus NWB
74· Pinophilus indicus SWB
75· Astenus bisalicus NWB
76. A. gracilentus NWB
77· Paederus atrocyaneus NWB
78. P. hingstoni NWB
79· Scopaeus bicuspis SWB
80. Sclerochiton indicus NWB
8l. Lobochilus brachypterus NWB
82. L.labralis NWB
83. L. brevipennis NWB
84. Dibelonetus bhaumild NWB
85. Charichirus immaculatus NWB
86. Dolicaon longipennis SWB
87. Leptacinus aethiops. NWB
88. Pachycorynus niger NWB
89. Mitimorphus brevipennis NWB
90. M. brachypterus NWB
9l. Xantholinus oeneus NWB
92. X. ruficaudatus NWB
93· Gauropterus marginalis NWB
94· Othius monticols NWB
95· Philonthus rupicola NWB
96. Macronota westoodi NWB
97· M. nigricollis NWB
98. Rhomborrhina microcephala NWB
99· R. mearesi NWB
100. Heterorrhina dispar NWB
10l. Trigonophorus saundersi NWB
102. Coenochilus cambelli NWB
103· Eupatorus hardwickei NWB
104· Anomata siligurio NWB
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
90

Table-26 : Contd.
S1. No. Species Main region of
Group
occurrence

Thysanura 105· Tricholepisma gravelyi SWWB

106. Atelura typhioponsis NWB

107· Stylifera wygodzinskyi SWB, SWWB

Ephemeroptera 108. Baetis tigroides NWB

109· B. thurbonis NWB

110. B. solitarius NWB
11l. Pseudocloeon inopinum NWB
112. Coenis pica SWB
113· C. piscina SWB
114· Ecdyonurus bengalensis NWB
115· Isca purpurea
Odonata 116. Himalagrion exclamationis NWB
117· Drepanosticta polychromatica NWB
118. Caconeura 0' doneli -
119· Orolestes selysi -
120. Rhinocypha cuneata NWB
12l. Allogaster hermionae NWB
122. Periaeschna unifasciata NWB
123· Gynacantha o'doneli SWB
124· G. rammohni SWB
125· Gamphidia williamsoni NWB
126. Macrogomphus seductus NWB
12 7. Burmagomphus hasimaricus NWB
127a. Go mph us o'doneli NWB
127b. Megalogomphus jlavicolor NWB
128. Lamelligomphus risi NWB
129· Onychogomphus M-jlavum NWB
130. O. duaricus NWB
13l. Macromia pallida NWB
132. M. flavovittata NWB
133· Idionys stevensi NWB
Plecoptera 134· Amphinemoura elegans NWB
135· A. pulchera NWB
136. Indonemouria indica NWB
137· I. shergaoni NWB
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance 91

Table-26 : Contd.
Group SI. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
138. Nemoura magnicauda NWB
139· Neoperla lushana NWB
140. N. montivaga NWB
141. Perla ~enocia NWB
Orthoptera 142. Oxyphyllum pennatum NWB
143· Epitettis elytratus NWB
145· Indoscelimena angulasta SWB
146. 1. jlavopicta SWB
147· 1. saussurei SWB
148. • Eucriotettix aequalis NWB
149· Hebarditettix lobatus NWB
150. Synalibs vagans NWB
151. Bolivaritettix ghumtianus NWB
152. B. singlaensis NWB
153· Systolederus graveli NWB
154· Teredorus carmichaeli NWB
155· Ergatettix callosus NWB
156. Hedotellix grossus NWB
157· Paratettix alatus NWB
158. Saussurella indica NWB
159· Teleogryllus himalayanus NWB
160. Melanogryllus carmichaeli NWB
161. Callogryllus pallidus NWB
162. Gryllopsis pubescens NWB
163. Nemobiodes sukhadae NWB
164· Pteronemobius rufipes NWB
165· Scottiola diverna NWB
166. S. elongata NWB
167· Speonemobius decolyi NWB
168. Speonemobius annandalei NWB
169· Paratrigonidium unifasciatum NWB
170. Madasumma gravelyi NWB
171. Dnopherula physopoda NWB
172. D. rubripes NWB
173· M eristopteryx rotundata NWB
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
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Table-26 : Contd.
SI. No. Species Main region of
Group
occurrence
Cercopephalus indica NWB
174·
Catantops erubescens NWB
175·
176. Gerenia bengalensis NWB
177· Diplatys brindlei NWB
178. Haplodiptalys kurseongensis NWB
179· H. bidentatus NWB
180. H.lobatus NWB
18l. Anisolabis bhowmiki NWB
182. Paralabella fulleri NWB
183· Apovostox bum NWB
184· Chaetospania kurseongae NWB
Mantodea 185· Cimantis fumosa NWB
186. C. testacea NWB
Psocoptera 187. Liposcelis bengalensis NWB
188. Tapinella fasciata SWWB
189. Caecilius bengalensis NWB
190. C. persimilaris NWB
19l. Dypsocus fucosus NWB
192. Stenopsocus pallidus NWB
193· Amphipsocus heterothrix NWB
194· Ectopsoeus ramburi SWB
195· E. bengalensis SWB
196. E. cinclus NWB, SWB
197· Peripsocus sinensis NWB
198. P. anoplus NWB, SWB
199· P. scierotus SWB
200. P. bhaktae NWB
20l. Heterocaecilius fusciplapus NWB
202. Allocaecilius heterothorax NWB
203· Psococerastis asiatica SWB
20 4. Myopsicus pattoni NWB
Diptera 205· Ammophilomima rufescens SWB
206. Leptogaster ophionea SWB
207· Laphlria furva NWB
208. L. gilvoides NWB
20 9. Laphystia indica NWB
210. Maria bicolor NWB
21l. Nusa bengalensis NWB
212. N. mukherjeei NWB
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance 93

Table-26 : Contd.
Group S1. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
213· Microstylum apicale NWB
21 4. Oldroydia scatophogoides NWB
215· S. nigrofasciatus NWB
216. Damolis claripennis NWB
217· Stchopogon bengalensis NWB
218. S. menoni NWB
219· Ommatius bengalensis NWB
220. O. gopalpurensis SWB
221. O. singlensis NWB
222. O. subgracilis NWB
223· Astochia femorata NWB
224· Heligmoneura bengalensis NWB
225· H. chaetoprocta SWB
226. H. yenpingensis NWB
227· Hoplopheromerus armatipes NWB
228. Machimus infrafemoralis NWB
229· Neoitamus bengalensis SWB
230. N. calcuttaensis NWB
231. Nemochtherus himalayensis NWB
232. Simulium dasguptai NWB
233· S. ghoomense NWB
234· S. gracile NWB
235· S. nemorivagum NWB
236. S. praelargum NWB .
237· S. purii NWB
238. S. darjeelingense NWB
239· S. asishi NWB
240. S. biforaminiferum NWB
241. S. nigrifacies NWB
242. S. tenuitarsus NWB
243· Diamesa bicornipes NWB
244· D. edentisyla SWWB, SWB
245· Ablabesmyia alba SWWB, SWB
246. A. ensiceps NWB
Lepidoptera 247· Gastropocha divaricata NWB
248. Kosala flavosignata NWB
249· Metanastria lineata NWB
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
94

.
Table-26 · Contd.
Group SI. No. Species Main region of
occurrence
250. M. obliquifascia NWB
251. Arguda bheroba NWB
252. Cosmotricha lidderdalii NWB
253· Dasychir cymata NWB
254· D.perdix NWB
255· D. bhana NWB
256. Aroa ochracea SWB
257· Cyllogenes suradeva NWB
258. Syntomis luciana SWB
259· S. insueta SWB
Hemiptera 260. Tricentrus cinereus SWB
261. T. dubius SWB
262. Gargara brevis SWB
Acari 263· Olgonychus sapienticolis NWB
264· Schizotetranychus cajani NWB
265· Colopodacus combretus SWB
267· Cosella ichnocarpasia SWB
268. Epicecidophyes clerodendris SWB
269· Allonothrus indicus SWB
270. H eterobelba restrata NWB
Mollusca 271. Alycaeus lectus NWB
272. Tanysiphon rivalis SWB
273· Pupilla barrackporensis SWB
274· Succinea crassinuclea SWB
Rotifera 275· Lecane vaishti -
276. Lepadella triprojectus -
277· Ptygura stephanion -
278. Rotaria ovata -
Phoronida 279· Phoronis bhaduraii SWB
Bryozoa 280. Membranipora hugliensis SWB
Porifera 281. Eunapis calcuttanus NWB, SWB
Plants 282. Acer osmastonii -
283· Bulbophyllum roxburghii -
284. Cardenthera uliginosa var.
birbhumensis
285· Cuscata sharmanum
SWWB
SWB
.
286. Hydrocotyle himalayica . NWB
287· Hypericum assamcum NWB
288. Dalbergia duarensis NWB
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance
The state also contains a large number of
floral and faunal species which deserve special
mention owing to their taxonomic,
evolutionary, distributional, economic,
medicinal and other signficance.
There are at least 15 species of carnivorous
plants belonging to the genera Drosera,
Aldrovanda and Utricularia found within the
limit of the state.
A number of primitive flowering plants and
animals occur in the state which serve as
evolutionary link and often considered as living
fossils. Among plants Betula alnoides,
Magnolia sp., Actinodaphne angustifolia,
Exbucklandia populnea while among animals
Carcinoscropius rotundicanda, Tachypleus
gigas, Epiophelbia laidlawi, Trilototriton
verrucosus are notable in this aspect.
West Bengal, particularly the northern part
contributes significantly to the conservation of
the world's genetic resources by way of
harbouring a number of monotypic families and
genera. Hippocastanaceae (Aesculus assamica),
Stachyuraceae (Stachyrus himalaicus),
Rhizophoraceae (Caralia integmma),
Datiscaceae (Tetrameles nudiflora) ,
Sonneretiaceae (Duabanga grandiflora),
Scrophulariaceae (Wrightia gigantea),
Proleaceae (Helicia erratica), Hamamelidaceae
(Exbucklandia populnea) are few monotypic
families of the state. At least 517 dicot and 171
Table-27 : Showing some discontinuously distributed faunal element (species and genera) of
the state.
Group SI.No Species/Genera
Porifera 1. Corvospongilla lapidosa
Annelida 2. Nais simplex
3· N. elinguis
4· Aelosoma bengalense
5· Dero indica
Mollusca 6. Succinea daucina
Arthopoda
Acari 7· Plateremaeus rotundus
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monocot monotypic genera are also represented
in the region. A large number of monotypic
faunal genera such as Anathana, Sco tozous ,
Cuon, Melursus, Ailurus, Arctonyx, Mellivora,
Arctogalidia, Paguma, Lutrogale, Neofelis,
Hyaena, Pardofelis, Elephas, Cannomys,
Nesokia, Caprolagus (all mammals), Netta,
Butastur, Hydrophasianus, Metopidius,
Philomachus (all birds), Catla, Rhinomugil
(Fish), Oxyphyllum, Melanogryllus,
Condronotulus, Meristopteryx (Orthoptera),
Nevadne (Cnidaria) and many others are also
found. As there are no closely related genomes
of these genera anywhere in the world, their
conservation is of special significance.
Many of the species and genera occurring in
the state exhibit extreme discontinuity in
distribution. They occur in Penninsular south
or West or even in Sri Lanka and other
continent with an extensive intervening areas
totally without them. Some examples of such
discontinuous distribution have been shown in
Table 27. There are also a large number of
floral and faunal forms which are mostly
confined to West Bengal and further north-east
but do not enter the Peninsular India. This
phenomenon- is best exemplified by the
distribution of Mammalian families, genera and
species such as Rhinocerotidae, Euroscaptor,
Megaerops niphanae, Microtus sikkimensis,
Cannymys badius, etc.
Region of occurrence
W.B., Maharashtra
W.B., Europe, N. America
W.B., Europe
W.B., Kerala, S. America
W.B., Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
W.B., Sri Lanka
W.B., Indonesia
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96

Table-27 : Contd.
Group Sl. No. Species/Genera Region of occurrence

Hemiptera 8. Coccosterphus obscurus W.B., Sri Lanka

Lepidoptera 9· Crambus atkinsoni W.B., Sri Lanka, Myanmar
10. Chartona consociella W.B., N. America
1I. Boarmia diversicolor W.B., Punjab
12. Oxyambulyx matti W.B., Karnataka
Coleoptera 13· Guignotus fulvescens W.B., Nicobar

14· Acritus pascua rum W.B., China

15· A. tuberisternus W.B.,Kerala
16. Hypocacculus malabaricus W.B., Kerala
17· Bacanius atomarius W.B., Honolulu
18. Platylomalus oblisus W.B., Andamans
19· Pachylister chinensis W.B., China
20. Priochirus longicornis W.B., Tamill Nadu
2I. Trogophloeus simplex W.B., Sri Lanka, Australia
22. Oxytelopsis andrewesi W.B., Tamil Nadu
23· Stenus pictus W.B., Tamil Nadu
24· S. fistulosus W.B., Tamil Nadu
25· Palaminus indicus W.B., Tamil Nadu
26. Astenus term ina lis W.B., Tamil Nadu
27· Scopaeus andrewesi W.B., Tamil Nadu
28. S. germanus W.B., Tamil Nadu
29· Anomala elata W.B., Tamil Nadu, Kamataka
Odonata 30. Macromia jlavicincta W.B., Maharashtra
Orthoptera 3I. Pteronemobius pantelchopardorum W.B., Kerala
32. Dnopherula decisus W.B., Maharashtra
Mantodea 33· Ephestiasula amoena W.B., Tamil Nadu, Kerala
Amphibia 34· I chthyophis W.B., N.E. India, Kerala
35· Rana keralensis W.B., Kerala
Aves 36. Garrulax W.B., N.E. India, Peninsular India
Mammals 37· Ratufa W.B., N.E. India, Peninsular India
38. Hemitragus W.B., Sikkim, Kerala
39· Harpiocephalus harpia W.B., N.E. India, Tamil Nadu
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance
Quite a large number of exotic floral and
faunal species have become an important part
of the natural biodiversity of the state. While
some of them were brought by the human beings
for some definite purpose, but many others got
the entry without the direct intention of the
people. Vast and rapid encroachment of few
exotic species is gradually becoming a threat in
many of the ecosystem, while many have been
naturalized or commercially grown. Director,
Botanical Survey of India (1997) provided the
following concise list of major weed flora of the
state in~genous to various countries and year
of their first report from West Bengal in
parenthesis.
1. North America: Alternanthera pungens
(1966), Calceolaria mexicana (1954), Cassia
corymbosa (1966), C. laevigata (1966),
Centrosema virgznzacum (1970),
Eleutheranthera ruderalis (1966),
Eupatorium adenphorum (1966), E.
erythropappum (1966), E. ligustrium
(1970), Gnaphalium purpurcum (1881),
Hyptis pectinata (1940), Melichia
pyramidata (1969), Nothosaerva brachiata
(1966), Oxalis Latifolia (1870), O. maritima
(1969), Parthenium hysterophorus (1978),
Petiviero alliacea (1961), Pseudo-
elephantopus spicatus (1961), Solanum
glaucum (1905), Tithomia diversifolia
(1966), Bromusunioloides (1975), Setaria
panicu~ifera (1970), Argemone mexicana
(1903), Malvastrum coromandelianum
(1903), Malachra capitata (19 0 3),
Passiflora suberosa (1903), P. foetida
(1903), Melochia pyramidota (1969),
Erigeron karvinskianus (1966), Opuntia
dillenii (1903), Neptunia plena (1903).
2. South America : Alternanthera fico idea
(1964), Boerhavia erecta (1978), Croton
bonplandianum (1905), Gompherna
celosioides (1966), Ipomoea carnea (1978),
I. congesta (1969), I. fistulosa (1966),
Solanum viarum (1970), Spermacace
latifolia (1976), Turnera subulata (19 69),
Echinochloa craspavonia (1970), Eichornia
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crassipes (1928), Paspalum dilatatum
(1976).
3. Africa : Cleome rutidosperma (1969),
Gressocephalum crepidioides (1976),
Euphorbia chamaesyee (1969), Gisekia
pharnacioides (1976), Hibiscus micranthus
(1966), Indigofera spicata (1969), Ludwigia
erecta (1969), L. hyssopifolia (1966),
Micrococca mercurialis (1966), Mitracarpus
verticillatus (1979), Brachiaria mutica
(1976), Melinus minutiflora (1970),
Rhynchelytrum villosum (1980).
4. Europe : Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
(1970), Convolvulus arvensis (1969),
Cuscuta campestris (1966), Lepidium
ruderale (1970), Rumex acetosella (1969),
Senecio vulgaris (1980), Anthoxanthum
odoratum (1966), Phalaris minor (1975),
Lathyrus aphaca (1903), Vicia sativa
(1903), Senebiera pinnatifida (1903),
Alyssum maritimum (1903), Lepidium
sativum (1903).
5. Malaysia and Australia: Cotula australis
(1969), Dentella serpyllifolia (1968),
Eryngium foetidum (1979), Ipomoea
quinata (1979), Lobelia radicans (1960),
Pseudarthia viscida (1979), Rothia trifoliata
(1966), Digitaria adscendens (1966), D.
prestii (1960), Poly trias amaura (1960).
6. China and Japan Hydrangia
macrophylla (1966), Viola thomsonii (1916),
Primula malacoides (1966).
7. Western Asia : Euphorbia helioscopia
(1978), Aeluropus lagopoides (1965),
Capsella bursa-pastoris (1903).
The major portion of the openwater
interface of the unmanged waterbodies of the
state are now occupied by exotic weeds mostly
of South American origin. Among these
Eichhomia crassipes and Alternanthera
philoxeroides are fairly common in most of the
waterbodies except in high altitudes. In addition
to these Sagittaria ,montividensis occupies
water edges of waste water canals. Free floating

aquatic weeds like Salvinia molesta and S.
cucullata are also common in the brackish and
nutrient rich water bodies. Submerged members
of the family Hydrocharitaceae are mostly old-
world species and considered as serious
weedpest of the aquatic ecosystem of the state.
Cabomba caroliniana, a strictly aquatic
submerged weed introduced in India through
aquarium plant and now becomes a part of the
natural flora of the state.
A number of exotic spice species have
enriched the state flora and exclusively
cultivated. Among these Capsicum - Capsicum
annuum (America), Coriander - Coriandrum
sativum (Mediterranean), Cumin - Cuminum
cyminum (Levant), Carcuma - Carcuma longa
(south east Asia), Fennel - Foeniculum vulgare
(Mediterranean) are worth-mentioning.
Gardens and avenues of the state are also
flourished with variety of exotic ornamental
floral species such as Snapdragon - Antirrhinum
majus (North America), Bougenvilla -
Bougainvillea spectabilis (South America),
Croton - Codiaeum variegatum (North
America), about 40 species of Cactus (Tropical
America), Guldaudi - Chrysanthemum indicum
(Japan), Gulmoho- Delonix regia (Madagascar),
Larkspur - Delphinium ajacia (South Europe),
Sunflower - Helianthus annus (North America),
Champa - Michelia champaca (China),
Surmaineel - In dig ofera articulata (Egypt),
Amarphal- Monstera deliciosa (Central
America), Ipomea creeper Mina lobata
(Mexico), Ashok - Polyalthea longifolia
(Malaysia), Rajinigandha - Polyanthes tuberosa
(Mexico), Gulab - Rosa alba (Turkey and
Arab), etc.
Not much documentation has been made as
regard the exotic invertebrate species of India
or West Bengal. However, many of the
invertebrate species particularly the arthropods
are soil inhabiting animals and associated with
agricultural crops, stored products and
parasitic to other animals including migratory
species of birds. As such, the chances of their
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
being transported/introduced from outside can
not be ruled out. The study of Venkataraman,
1992 and Venkataraman and Das, 1993, 1994
(in Alfred and Nandi, 2001) revealed the
occurrence of several temperate and palaeractic
species of cladocera as detailed below in the
flood plain wetlands of West Bengal. Migratory
birds might have played significant role in the
dispersal of Cladoceran species.
Exotic cladoceran species in West Bengal :
Daphnia similes, Diaphanosoma brachyurum,
D. senegalensis, chydorus flavifrons, C.
pubescens, Alona intermedia, A. rectangular,
A. costata, Camptocercus australis, Pleu~oxus
similis, Grimaldina brazzai, Graptoleberis
testudinaria. Leydigia australis, L.
acanthocercoides.
Country as well as the state of West Bengal
have long history of introduction of exotic fish
species for the purpose of bio-control, more
production and adding glamour to the
aquarium. The Gold fish - Carassius auratus
and C. carassius which occur in nature all over
China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the Tench or
shoemaker- Tinca tinca found in fresh water of
Europe had been introduced as sport and
ornamental fish. The Silver Carp,
Hypopthalmichthys molitrix, a native of South
and Central America was first brought to India
from Japan in 1959. The consignment of Grass
Carp-Ctenopharhyngodon idella (a riverine
freshwater fish of Amur region) was brought to
Kolkata in 1959. The Tilapia-Oreochromis
mossambica (original home-East Coast of
Africa) was brought to India in 1952 via
Bangkok. The Gourami - Osphronemus gorami
(natural habitats in Indonesia, Thailand,
Malayesia and Vietnam) was introduced in
Kolkata during the first half of nineteenth
century via Java. The common Carp - Cyprinus
carpio with three of its varieties (natural home
China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Europe),
Minnows-Gambusia affinis, Poecilia reticulates
(naturally found in America), Thai Magur-
Clarias gariepinus (Thailand) have been
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance
introduced at different times for natural
purposes. All the above species are well-
established in the different aquatic ecosystems
of the state as well as country. Some of exotic
food fishes like Silver Carp, Grass Carp, Tilapia,
Thai Magur, etc. have been incorporated in our
composite fish culture and helped in enhancing
aquaculture production in purely closed
system. However, the exotic fish species may
bring range of various diseases caused by
bacteria, fungi, viruses, etc. The ~ost virulent
and menacing one threatening many species is
the Epizootic Ulcerative Disease Syndrome
(EUS). It has wiped out large populations of a
number of native commercial and non-
commercial species in West Bengal, and the rest
of the country.
There are· stray accidental introduction of
exotic bird species in the state as well as
country, chiefly concerned with the escaped
imported pet birds like Javan Sparrow, but
such individuals gradually exterminated from
the wild within a short span after release. Until
recently, before the trade restriction, there has
been a considerable import of exotic bird
species of family Psittacidae land Phasianidae
mainly from southeast Asian countries,
Australia, South America and Africa. Among
the exotic species represented in captivity,
Macacow, Coccatoe, Lory, Pheasants, Cocatil,
etc., are very prominent.
At least two exotic mammalian species, viz.,
House Mouse-Mus musculus and the Norway
Rat- Rattus norvegicus have spread over
throughout the country. The former species has
been well-established in diverse habitats
alongwith number of subspecies.
From the published accounts on ethnobotany
of West Bengal more than 550 species are found
to be used by the tribals either medicinal or for
other economic purposes. Similarly, the
biomedical properties of more and more faunal
species are also being revealed. Leaving apart
the role of species yielding food, fuel, timber,
household accessories, fodder, fibre, wood,
feather, paint and many others, opportunity
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has been taken to focus the species of West
Bengal with bio-medical potential, as
pharmacological study on the bioresources of
the state as well as of India is still in the initial
stages.
Sponges have come to limelight in recent
years on account of certain chemical
compound they contain. Many of these
chemicals have biomedical potentials and
hence species of sponges are being screened for
'wonder drugs' Arabinose nucleosides
extracted from Tetya crypta is now used in the
treatment of blood cancers and certain
malignant tumours. Sea anemones and jellyfish
contain a number of antibiotics, useful in curing
a variety of cellular and bone diseases. Two
species of Horse-shoe crabs, viz.,
Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda and Tachypleus
gigas, are potential source of bioactive
substances-Carcinoscorpius Amoebocyte
Lysate (CAL) and Tachypleus Amoebocyte
Lysate (TAL). These reagent~ are highly
sensitive and use for the rapid and accurate
assay of gram negative bacteria. Annelids are
source of various valuable compounds which
can be extracted from their bodies for treating
variety of ailments like haemorrhoids, jaundice,
rheumatism, etc. 'Hirudin' an extract from
Leeches (Hirudinaria sp.) is being experimented
in research to understand the mechanism of
blood clotting. Venomous snake species are the
source of antivenin and other medically
important chemicals.
It has been said that each and every plant
species contains medicinal properties.
However, only a few of them have so far been
brought under the commercial arena, a. few
more are being used almost in crude forms by
the 'Baidyas' and 'Kabirajs', and a large number
of them are so far used mainly by the tribals.
An attempt has been made to provide a list of
some of the plant species of the state having
medicinal properties and which may be
commercially exploited in a sustainable way
(T~ble-28). However, the list is far fronl the
complete.
100 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Table-28 : Some plant species of West Bengal having medicinal potential and their parts in use.
SI. No. Scintific name Local name Parts in use

1. Abelmoschus moschatus Muskdana Seeds

2. Ambroma augusta Ulat Kambal Whole

Acontium ferox Katbish Root
3·
4· Alpina galanga Kalanjan Rizome

5· Acorus calamus Bach Rhizome

6. Aloe vera Ghritakumari Leaf

7· Atalantia missions Koklash Fruit

8. Andrographis paniculata Kalmegh Whole

9· Artemisia annua Vagdana Whole

10. Argemone mexicana Sitalkanta -
11. Abrus precatorius Lalgeri -
12. Acacia pennata Arare Kanta -
13· Aegale marmelos Bel Fruit
14· Adhatoda zeylanica Vasaka Leaf
15· Asparagus recemosus Satamuli Root
16. Azadirachta indica Neem Whole
17· Bargeris aristata Daruharida Stem
18. Bixa orellana Latkan Seed
19· Bacopa monnieri Brahmi Leaf
20. B.utea monosperma Palash Seed, Flower
21. Boerhavia repens Punarnaba Leaf
22. Berberis chima - Root
23· B. insignis - Root
24· Bergenia ligutata - Root
25· Centratherum authelminticum Somraj Seed
26. Calendula sp. Calendula, Bhimgaraj Whole
27· Cymbobogon sp. Lemon Whole
28. Cannabis sativa Ganja Whole
29· Cassi~ fistula Banar Lathi Fruit
"-

30. Cassia augustifolia Sonapata Whole

31. Catharanthus rose us Nayantara Whole
32. Cinchona sp. Cinchona Bark
33· Curcuma domestica Halud Rhizome
SANYAL et ale : Species of Special Significance 101

Table-28 : Contd.
SI. No. Scintific name Local name Parts in use
34· Croton tiglium Jayapala Seed
35· Centella asiatica Thankuni Leaf
36. Cordia dichotoma Boch Seed
37· Datura sp. Dutro Fruit
3B. Digitalis sp. Fox Glove Whole
39· Eclipta prostrata Keshut Leaf
40. Entada phaseoloides - Seed
41. Eupotarium triplinerve Ayapoma Whole
42. Eupatorium adenophorum - Whole
43· Emblica officinalis Amlaki Fruit
44· Fagopyrum cymosum - Seed
45· Glycyrrhiza glabra J ashtimadhu Root
46. Gloriosa superba Bighalanguli Seed, root
47· Gymnema sylvestris Merasingi Leaf
48. Ginkgo biloba Ginko Whole
49· Henidesmus indicus Ananatamul Root
50. Hedera nepalensis - Leaf, Seed
51. Hedyotis scandens - Leaf root
52. Hedychium spicalum - Root
53· Heracleum nepalense - Root
54· Imperata arundinacca - Root
55· Ipomoea digitata Bhuni Kumra Tuber
56. Kaempferia galanga Aekangi Rhizome
57· Lawsonia intermis Mehendi Leaf
58. Mentha arrensis Pudina Whole
59· Mucuna prusiens Alkushi Seed
60. Mahonia nepalense Berries
61. Martynia annua Baghnok Fruit
62. Nardostachys grandiflora Jatamansi Root
63. Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Shiuli Leaf
64· Ocimum sp. Tulsi Whole
65. Plantago ovata Isafgul Seed
66. Psoralca corzliJolia Babchi Seed
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Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

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Table-28 · Contd .
SI. No. Scintific name Local name Parts in use

67. Piper nigrum Gol Morich Fruit

68. P.longum Pipal Fruit

79· P. retrofractum Chai Stem

70. P. mullesus Paharl pan Fruit

71. Pelargonium graveolens - Whole

72 . Paederia foetida - Leaf

73· Polygala arillata - Root

74· Rauvolfia serpentina Sarpagandha Root

75· R. tetraphylla - Root

76. Rhododendron arboreum Rhododendron Flower

77· Rubia cordifolia Manjishthha Whole

78. Rheum emodi Bangala reperachini Rhizome

89. Strychnos nuxvomica Kuchilla Seed
80. Swertia chirayita Chirata Whole
81. Solanum surattense Konti Karl Whole
82. S. viarum - Fruit
83. Saraca asoka Asoka Bark
84. Tinospora crispa Gulancha Stem
85. T. cordifolia Gulancha Stem
86. Terminalia chebula Haritaki Fruit
87. T. bellirica Bhairah Fruit
88. T. arjuna Arjuna Bark
89. Tribulus terrestris Gokhur Fruit
90. Tylophora indica Antamue Leaf
91. Withania somifera Ashwagandha Root
92. Vitex negundo Nisinda Whole
93· Valeriana hardwickii - Root
94· Viscum articulatum - Whole
95. Xanthoxylum hamiltonianum - Fruit
96. Zingiber officinale Ada Rhizome
SANYAL et ale : Protected Areas in West Bengal
PROTECTED AREAS IN WEST BENGAL
It has already been stated that Protected
area Network of West Bengal is extended over
15 Wildlife Sanctuaries, 5 National Parks and 2
Tiger Reserves (Overlapping with National
Parks/sanctuaries) covering almost 34 percent
of the recorded forest land. Each of these
Protected areas has its own ecological
significance supporting a rich biodiversity. A
brief account of biodiversity contained in the
most important ones has been provided in
Annexure- I.
PRIORITISATION: PROTECTED
AREAS
Using an analytic methodology, a series of
global 'Hot-spot' areas have been designated for
prioritisation of conservation efforts. The 'Hot-
spot' approach identifies key localities of biotic
richness under acute threat. As such, it enables
conservationists to determine their priorities in
a more informed and methodical manner than
has often been the case to date. Based on the
local situation and richness of biodiversity,
certain areas of the state have already been
earmarked for conservation. All these areas
have been brought under the Protected Area
network of the country. Various conservation
measures and management programmes in
different scales are being carried in these
protected areas through state, national as well
as international support. In the present chapter,
based on available information regarding
ecological situation, floral and faunal richness,
number of threatened species, existing threats,
an attempt has been made to designate some of
these protected areas for prioritization of
conservation programme. However, this
prioritisation was not done on the basis of any
mathematical or statistical analysis, but simply
on the apparent floral-faunal richness, existing
threats and role in conservation of threatened
species. Though only three areas have been
identified, but conservation of other protected
areas is also no less imporant.
103
A. Sundarban Biosphere Reserve
Southern most part of West Bengal is
indented by numerous river openings. The
important rivers from east to west are
Harinbhanga, Gosaba, Matla, Thakuran,
Saptamukhi, Muriganga and Hugli, which
ultimately end up at the Bay of Bengal. On the
way they have encompassed nearly 100 islands
criss-crossed and intersected by numerous
creeks and delta distributaries. The region is
popularly known as Sundarban. With its
counterpart in Bangladesh Sundarban covers a
total land and water area of about 1,000,000
ha. The area supports the world's famous
mangrove block which is a well known
ecosystem of the Tropics. Nearly 9630 Sq. km.;
of the Indian Sundarban lying between 20 0 32'
north latitude and 22°40' and 80°05' and 89 0
east longitude has received the status of
'Sundarban Biosphere Reserve' in 1989. The
Biosphere Reserve includes both forest and
reclaimed area spreading mainly over civil
district of South 24 Parganas and to some
extent North 24 Parganas. Within the limits of
Biosphere Reserve comes Sundarban Tiger
Reseve (National Park, Sanctuary and Reserve
Forest), South 24 Parganas Forest Division,
Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary, and Halidaty
Island Wildlife Sanctuary. A part of it in
Sundarban Tiger Reserve has been considered
as the world Natural Heritage site since 1985.
The Biosphere is bounded by the Dampier-
Hodges line on the north, Bay of Bengal in the
south, Ichhamati- Kalindi- Raimangal on the
east and river Hugli on the West. It includes
4264 sq. km. of mangrove forests (Core zone:
1700 sq. km.; Manipulation zone (Forestry) :
2400 sq. km.; Restoration zone 200 sq. kIn.
App.). The balance area of the Biosphere
Reserve (5367 Sq. km.) comprises lands outside
the forests [Manipulation zone (AgrL)], but
within the intertidal zone.
104 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

The mangrove ecosystem of Sundarban is erosion, alongwith deposition. This is effecting

the only ecological habitat of Tiger, Panthera the plant communities to give rise to dynamic
tigris of its kind not only in India but also the changes. The plant communities are
world except in Bangladesh. The tidal forms and conti~uously adjusting to the new condition.
the mangrove vegetation in Sundarban are Two distinct types of mangrove forests, viz..
responsible for dynamic ecosystem with Littoral forest and Tidal Swamp forest could
vigorous nutrient cycling both terrestrial and be recognized in Sundarban. Each of these is
aquatic. The whole ecosystem is sensitive to further subdivided into three subtypes with
changes in salinity, and the continuous cycle of characteristic vegetation as shown in Table 29.
Table-29 : Forest types in Sundarban (adopted from Mitra and Pal, 2002).
TYPE SUB-TYPE DOMINANT VEGETATION
Littoral Forest CLASS-I Dolichandrone spathacea, Erythrina variegata, Hibiscus
tiliaceous, Ixora arborea, Tamarix troupii, Thespesia
populnea, Trewia nudijlora, Vitex negundo, V. trifolia~
CLASS - II Acanthus ilicifolius, Crotolaria sp., Lippia geminata,
Porteresia coarctata, Saccharum spontaneun,
MANGROVE Aegialitis rotundifolia, Avicennia alba, Ceriops decandra,
SCRUB Excoecaria agallocha, Phoenix peludosa, Acanthus
ilicifolius, Brownlowia lanceolata.
TIDAL SWAMP MANGROVE Avicennia alba, Bruguiera conjugata, Ceriops decandra,
FOREST FOREST Ceriops tagal, Exocoecaria agallocha, Kandelia candel,
Lumnitzera recemosa, Rhizophora sp., Sonneratia apetaia,
Xylocarpus granatum, X. mekongensis.
SALT WATER Aegialitis rotundifolia, Amoora cucullata, Avicennia
MIXED officinalis, Bruguiera conjugata, Ceriops decandra,
FOREST Excoecaria agallocha, Heritiera fornes, Xylocarpus
mekongensis, Nypa jruticans.
BRACKISH Avicennia officina lis, Bruguiera conjugata, Heritiera
WATER fomes, Sonneratia apetaia, S. caseolaris, Xylocarpus
MIXED memongensis, Amoora cucullata, Acanthus ilicifolius,
FOREST Acrostichum aureum, Brownlowia lanceolata, Nypa
jruticans, Ceriops decandra, Excoecaria agallocha, Phoenix
peludosa.

The variable salinity, pH, sandy and loamy
soil, daily inundation by high tides, different
grades of subsurface nutrient, weather hazard,
etc. of Sundarban support specialized group of
plants known as mangrove. The mangroves are
salt tolerant halophytic seed plants that range
in size from tall trees to shrubs with some
similarities in architecture and physiology. In
the mangrove forest of Indian Sundarban, a
total of 69 floral species belonging to 29
families and 50 genera have been recognized,
out of which 34 species are ture mangrove type
(Mitra and Pal~ 2002). Apart from the higher
plants, microbial community of deltaic
Sundarban is equally impressive, and encom-
passes a large range bacteria, cyanobacteria and
phytoplankton of the ambient aquatic phase.
Banerjee et ale (2002) recorded a total of 64
phytoplankton species from the brackish water
system of Indian Sundarban.
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Sundarban provides characteristic type of
habitat suitable for animals inhabiting vast tidal
swamp area. Because of their intimate
association with the estuarine environment,
sizeable portion of aquatic animal communities
are inter-related with the animals inhabiting the
land area. In terms of faunal species diversity,
mangals of Sundarban ranks first among the
different mangrove ecosystems of the country
with record of 1434 species representing 20
phyla (Das 2001). Faunal diversity includes
both resident and the visiting or transient forms.
Faunal diversity mainly comprises of Cnidaria
(33 spp.), Mollusca (142 spp.), Crustacea (240
spp.), Insecta (201 spp.), Arachnida (33 spp.),
Echinoderm~ta (20 spp.), Pisces (176 spp.),
Amphibia (8 spp.), Reptilia (58 spp.), Aves (163
spp.), Mammalia (40 spp.). However, there are
certain differences as regard the number of
species under different group (MandaI and
Nandy, 1989, Chaudhuri and Chaudhuri, 1994,
Das 2001). Though a number. of vertebrate
species like J avan Rhinoceros - Rhinoceros
sondaicus, Wild Buffalo - Bubalus bubalis,
Barking Deer - Mutiacus muntJac, White
Winged Wood Duck - Cairina scutulata etc.
have disappear~d from Sundarban, still at least
20 species considered as threatened have found
shelter in this ecosystem. It contains the
country's largest Tiger - P. tigris population in
its unique setting. Joint tiger Census with
Bangladesh in 2004, revealed 274 Tigers in
Indian Sundarban. The numerous creeks form
the safe home of the Estuarine Crocodile-
Crocodylus porosus, Salvator Lizard - Varanus
salvator, River Terrapin - Batagur baska.
Among the other threatened species of
Sundarban Gangetic Dolphin - Platanista
gangetica, Snub - nosed Dolphin - Orcaella
brevirostris, Fishing Cat - Prionailurus
bengalensis, Lesser Adjutant - Leptoptilos
javanicus, White - bellied Sea Eagle-
Haliacetus lencogaster, Osprey - Pandion
haliaetus, Indian Python - Python molurus are
worth-mentioning. The deltaic islands serve as
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the nesting ground of a number of globally
threatened marine turtles particularly for Olive
Ridley - Lepidochelys olivacea. Many
heronries are formed here during postmonsoon
and winter months. The area also serves as the
temporary home for two species of Horse-shoe
Crabs, viz., Carcinoscorpius rotundicanda and
Tachypleus gigas during premonsoon period of
high salinity. A number of plant species of
conservation significance such as Sundari-
Heritiera james, Golpata - Nypa jruticans,
Genwa - Excoecaria agallocha, Goran-
Ceriops decandra, etc. have also found suitable
ecological habitats in Sundarban.
There is no denying the fact that the
management of this most productive ecosystem
is very tough because of its difficult geographic
situation and hostile terrain, criss-crossed by a
net work of turbulant streams and having long
stretch of international boundary with
Bangladesh. Sea and rivers provide vast fishing
arena and draw thousands of trawlers,
mechnised boats, country boats. This induces
threats like poaching of animals, pilferage of
woods and also seepage of soil in the water
surface. Shooting of tiger prawn seed with nets
of small mesh size by the huge number of local
residents is also hampering the biodiversity ~o
a great extent. Construction of embankments
for the protection of reclaimed area is effecting
the salinity gradient of rivers and thus may
disrupt floral and faunal community structure.
Further, storm, cyclone, flood are the frequent
natural threats to Sundarban.
B. Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary
The sanctuary lies in the civil district of
Jalpaiguri, in between 20°58' and 27°45'
North latitudes, 89°08' and 89°55' East
longitude. It covers an area of 216·51 sq. knl.
In the flood plains of river Torsa and other
small rivers and support,s vast tracts of
grasslands. The Sanctuary is demarcated on the
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north by the international boundary with for the great Indian One-horned Rhinoceros-
Bhutan and Totapara village. Falakata-Koch Rhinoceros unicornis outside Nepal and Assam,
Behar Road forms the southern limit. Eastern and safeguards against any possible extinction
side is bounded by J aigaon, National Highway of wild Rhino population elsewhere due to
No. 31D, Reserve forests and Tea estates. unforeseen events. Some forest blocks of the
There are villages and cultivated fields on the Sanctuary provide excellent elephant habitat.
south western side which may be considered to Elephant herds can be kept confined inside the
be bounded by the Madarihat-Falakata Road. forest for longer duration if sufficient food,
Northwestern boundary is broadly demarcated water and cover are provided and biotic
by Hasimara-Madarihat railway line, several pressure is reduced. This, in turn, will
Tea estates and Reserve forests. However, in automatically reduce elephant depredation
consideration of the to and fro movement of incidences. The National Level Action Plan on
wild animals such as Rhinos, Gaurs, Elephants, Project Elephant has already identified this
Deers, Leopards, several species of birds, the Sanctuary as part of the extended Elephant
ecological boundaries of the Sanctuary have Reserve of Buxa- Manas Protected Areas.
extended far beyond the legal boundaries. The Sanctuary provides a wide range of
The sanctuary has great ecological wildlife habitats depending on the forest types
significance as it forms the genepool reserve (Table 30).
Table-30 : Forest types of Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary (Adopted from Management plan of
Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary 1997-98 to 2006-07 by Wildlife Circle, Govt. of West
Bengal, 1997).
TYPE SUB-TYPE DOMINANT VEGETATION
RIVERINE Acacia catechu, Dalbergia sissoo, Lagerstroemia parvijlora,
FORESTS Bischofiajavanica, Toona ciliata, Gmelina arborea, Trewia
nudij1ora, Anthocephalus in dicus, Bauhinia purpurea,
Grewia lavigata, Dillenia indica, Bombax ceiba.
SAL FORESTS Shorea robusta, Lagerstroemia parviflora, Dillenia
pentagyna, Sterculia villosa, Careya arborea,
Stereospermum tetragonum, Machilus villosa, Phoebe
attenuata, Terminalia sp., Meliosma simplicifolia, Michelia
champaca, Aphanamixis polystachya, Macaranga
denticulata, Bauhinia purpurea,Prema bengalensis, Leea
sp., Mikania sp., Mimosa sp., Albizzia sp., Amoora rohituka.
WETMIXED Syzygium sp., Amoora rohituka, Aphanamixis polystachya,
FORESTS Stereospermum chelonoides, Michelia champaca, Mesua
ferrea, Myristica longifolia.
SEMIEVER Bauhinia purpurea, Chukrasia tabularis, Gmelina arborea,
GREEN Michelia champaca, Schima wallichi, Toona ciliata,
FORESTS Duabanga grandiflora, Litsaea sp., Dysoxylum sp.,
Dendrocalamus hamiltonii.
EVER Shorea robusta, Bischofia javanica, Chukrasia tabularis,
GREEN Cinnamomum sp., Calamus sp., Dysoxylum sp.,
FORESTS Stereospermum sp., Mesuaferrea, Amoora wallichi.
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Table-30 : Contd.
TYPE SUB-TYPE DOMINANT VEGETATION
SAVANNAH MOIST SAL Shorea robusta, Careya arborea, Lagerstroemia parvijlora,
FORESTS SAVANNAH Bauhinia purpurea, EmbIica officina lis, Saccharum sp.,
Arundo donax, Phragmitis karka, Imperata cylindrica,
Themeda arundinacea.
LOW Bombax ceiba, Albizzia sp., Acacia catechu, Bischofia
ALLUVIOM javanica, Trewia nudijlora, and grass species similar to that
SAVANNAH of Moist Sal Savannah.
WOODLAND
EASTERN Almost pure grassland with species like Saccharum
ALLUVIAL spontaneum, S. procerum, Erianthus arundinacea, Arundo
GRASSLAND donax, Phrogmitis karka.
HYDROPHYTIC Typha angustifolia, Eleocharis palustris, E. retroflexa,
VEGETATION Ludwigia octovalvis, Alternanthera sessilis, Polygonum
barbatum, Panicum paludosum, Najas minor, Sagittaria
trifolia, Hydrilla verticillata, Leersia haxandra.
A large number of perennial and seasonal angusta, Costus speciosus, Dendrobium
streams flowing through the sanctuary which lituijlorum, Discoreafalcatum, D. bulbifera, D.
provide not only further diversity to the wildlife puber, Drosera peltata, Nervi/ia falcata, Musa
habitats but also a frequent changing scenario. balbsiana, Gloriosa superba, Rauvolfia
Torsa, the main river which flows through the serpentina, Utricularia bifida, U. coerulea, U.
sanctuary, is rising and falling with great scanadens, Zeuxine nervosa, etc. Further, vast
rapidity and changing its courses frequently. tracts of Savannah grassland have already been
Within the sanctuary, it has occupied different lost in North Bengal due to extension of
positions over a tract of about 20 km wide from agriculture and other developmental activities.
east to west, by shifting its courses time and The patches survived within the territory of
again in the last one and half century. As a result, Sanctuary provide ideal habitat for many
literally the whole tract comprises of a network threatened faunal species including Rhinoceros.
of water pools, dead streams with abondoned As such these grasslands are also of great
river beds. conservation significance. Faunal diversity,
Diverse soil formation (Alluvial, Terai, particulary in respect of invertebrate species,
Bhabar), huge ground water resource, good have not yet been totally worked out. However,
monsoons, combined with some amount of as many as 29 species of fish, 12 species of
altitudinal variations resulted a great diversity amphibians, 24 species of reptiles, 246 species
of floral species. Nearly 733 species of plants of birds and 39 species of mammals have
belonging' to 114 families have been listed from already been recorded from Jaldapara and its
the sanctuary apart from numerous species of surroundings. Apart from the great One horned
phytoplankton, mosses, fungi, etc. At least, 491 Indian Rhinoceros, several other threatened
species of plants occurring in the Sanctuary species including Tiger-Panthera tigris,
considerd as threatened in the state level. Leopard-P. pardus, Gaur-Bosfrontalis, Indian
These include Aristolochia togala, Pangolin-Manis crassicaudata, Bengal
Bulbophyllum striatum, B. trista, Calamus Florican-Eupodotis bengalensis, Hill Myna-
erectus, C. tenuis, C. latifolius, Calanthe Gracula religiosa, Pea fowl-Pavo cristatlls,
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Indian Soft-shelled Turtle- Lissemys punctata,
Python-Python sp. and many others are
protected within the sanctuary. Recently, a
small population of the Hispid Hare-
Caprolagas hispidus, a critically endangered
species, have been recorded from grasslands of
the Sanctuary (Maheswaran, 2002). This has
further increased the importance of Jaldapara
from the conservation point of view.
The entire sanctuary is under management
programme for a pretty long period. However,
the total ecological set up alongwith rich
biodiversity is under constant threat of erosion
owing to various biotic and abiotic pressure.
The flood of variable intensity is a frequent
feature, which not only takes a heavy toll of
wildlife species, but also changes the
composition of forest. Changes in habitats are
also very common on account of natural
process of succession, e.g., invasion of
grasslands by tree species. Fire, grazing, illegal
felling, collection of non-timber forest produce
and tourism are also resulting detrimental
effects on the carrying capacity of different
habitats. Poaching of rhino, elephant and other
species is also serious matter of concern. In
recent times, problem of insurgency is also
building up within the Sanctuary, which makes
the management activity more difficult.
c. Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary
The Sanctuary falls in the transition zone
between Peninsular Indian subregion and Indo-
Malayan subregion of Oriental region. It covers
an area of about 129.04 Sq. km. in the Terai
region of the Eastern Himalayas on the West
Bank of river Tista between latitudes 26°55' , 33
and 26°47" 54 North, longitudes 88°33" 31
and 880 23" 36 East. Roughly, 60 percent of the
sanctuary is hilly ranging from 150 M. to 1300
M. and comes under DaIjiling distrl<;t. However,
it also includes Latlong block of forest falling
within the district Jalpaiguri. The sanctuary is
characterized by moderate, steep to precipitous
mountain slopes and high ridges towards the
north and gently sloping to almost flat stretches
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of the terai and alluvial plains towards the
south. In fact, sanctuary is unique in its
topographical configuration as the Himalayan
range meets the Bhabar tract in a continuum.
Consequently there are a seasonal vertical
migration of some species, which adds to the
variety of fauna exhibited by the area. Further,
the sanctuary falls in the region east of the
Mechi river, a region reported to possess the
richest variety of avian species in India. It is
the largest compact block of forested habitat
situated at the western end of the elephant
migration route. It is, therefore, expected to
play an extremely significant role in the control
measures to be adopted for tacklin"g the
problem arising out of depredatory impact of
migratory elephant herd in North Bengal.
Owing to many zigzag turns, it is difficult to
describe the legal boundry of the sanctuary.
Broadly, in the north it is bounded by Ruyem,
Upper Ghoramara, Lat-panchar and Mana
forest blocks; in the east by river Tista; by
Latlong, Singimari, Hatisar, Mohorgong,
Chamta and Adalpur blocks in the south; while
Bandarjora, Punding, Kuklong, Adalpur and
Kyananuka block in the west. Many of the
forest blocks in north, south and west are
extended beyond the limit of the sanctuary and
act as spill over area for wild animal population.
Conversion of higher hills into tea estates and
Cinchona plantations has fragemented the
ecological boundary in the north.
Tista, a perennial snow fed river, flows down
along the eastern boundary. Many other water
courses, mostly spring fed, such as Mahanadi,
Gulmakhola, Choklong, Nandikhola, etc., are
found within the limits of the sanctuary. Except
Mahanadi and Gulmakhola, flow of water in
other rivers starts weakening from December
onwards and finally during May-June confined
to small pools along their courses. Presence of
at least three natural salt licks makes the
Sanctuary further suitable as Wildlife habitat.
Forest types and dominant vegetation of the
sanctuary are provided in Table 31.
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Table-3t : Forest types and dominant vegetation of Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary (Adopted
from Management Plan for Mahananda Wild life Sanctuary-1997-98 to 2006-07 by
Wildlife Cycle, Govt. of West Bengal, 1997).
REGION TYPES DOMINANT VEGETATION
PLAINS GRASSLAND Phragmitis karka, Saccharum munja
KHAIR-SISSO Acacia catechu, Dalbergia sissoo, Albizzia sp., Erythrina sp.,
FOREST Eupatorium odoratum, Mimosa himalayana, Saccharum
spontaneum.
SIMUL-SIRIS- Bombax ceiba, Albizzia sp., Erythrina sp., Adina sp., Tetramelas
FORESTS sp., Lantana sp., Tinospora sp., Dalbergia sp., Butea sp.,
MOIST SAL Shorea robusta, Schima wallichi, Chukrassia tabularis, Garuga
FORESTS pinnata, Prema bengalensis, Eupatorium odoratum, Mimosa
himalayana, Acacia himalayana, Lea sp., Terminalia crenulata,
Machilus gamblei, canes and ferns species.
DRY MIXED Shorea robusta, Dillenia pentagyna, Careya arborea Terminalia
FORESTS crenulata, Sterculia villosa, Bauhinia purpurea, Fagara budrunga,
Lea sp., Mimosa himalayana, Tinospora cordifolia.
WET MIXED Dillenia indica, Eugenia sp., Elaoecarpus lanceaofolius,
FORESTS Tetrameles nudiflora, Alpinia sp., Lafortea sp., Storchilanthes sp.,
ferns and canes species.
HILLS LOWER HILLS Shorea robusta, Schima wallichi, Terminalia crenulata, Careya
SAL FORESTS arborea, Lagerstroemia parvijlora, Albizzia sp., Machilus sp.,
Clerodendron viscosum, Bauhinia vahlii, Dalbergia stipulata.
LOWER HILLS Terminalia crenulata, Gmelina arborea, Cedrella toona, Sapidus
. DRY MIXED detergens, Ostodes paniculates, Melisome simplicifolia, Bauhinia
FORESTS purpurea, Wrightia tomentosa, Lea sp., Morinda certrifolia,
Butea parvij7.ora, Dalbergia stipulacea, Tinospora cordifolia,
Bamboo species.
LOWER HILLS Duabanga sonneratio-fraxinifolius, Cinamomus obtusifolia,
WET MIXED Macaranga sp., Callicarpa arborea, Machilus sp., Travesia
FORESTS pulmata, Clematis sp., Lea sp., Bamboos, Canes and ferns
MIDDLE HILL Schima wallichi, Castanopsis sp., Talacima hodgsonii, Betula
FORESTS alnoides, Phoebe attenuata, Macaranga sp., Wrightia tomentosa,
Baccaurea sepida, Polygonum molle, Maesa indica, Clematis sp.,
Imilax sp., Bamboos.

It is obvious that altitudinal variation
coupled with varied edaphic factors and
favourable monsoon have given rise to great
floristic variety. This in turn resulted
enrichment of faunal species. No detailed
inventory of species composition has so far
been made. However, a collaborative research
study on the 'Survey of Flora and Fauna of
Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary' in the year
1996 has provided a glimpse of biological
diversity. The project prepared herbarium
sheets for 39 species of trees, 55 species of
herbs, 54 species of shrubs and 22 species of
climbers. The actual number of floral species
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is much higher, as for a large number of very
common species such as Acacia catechu,
Dalbergia sisso, Bombax ceiba, Shorea
robusta, Dillenia pentagyna, Sterculia villosa,
Phragmitis karka, Saccharum munja and many
others which were described under forest type,
no herbarium sheet was made. Several
threatened species of plants, viz., Boehmeria
rug ulosa, Canarium sikkimense, Elaeocarpus
aristatus, Machilus parvi/1ora, Ormosia glauca,
etc. found protection in the sanctuary. In case
of faunal composition qualitative richness is
very much evident, but many of the species are
represented by very small and scattered
populations thus' deserving special
conservation measures. The project recorded
61 species of mammals, 253 of birds, 10 of
reptiles, 6 of amphibian, 29 of butterflies and
moths. Among the species of conservation
importance Tiger-Panthera tigris, Gaur-Bos
frontalis, Serow-Capricornis sumatraensis,
Himalayan Black Bear-Selenarctos thibetanus,
Hodgson's Frogmouth-Batrachostomas
hodgsoni, Indian White-backed Vulture-Gyps
bengalensis, Osprey-Pandion haliaetus, Kalij
pheasant-Lophura leucomelana and many
others have found shelter in Mahananda.
The entire ecological set up of the sanctuary
has become fragile owing to local socio-
economic situation. Since the reconstitution of
the sanctuary in 1976, commercial exploitation
of forest resources was stopped. This has
resulted in substantial reduction of employ-
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ment potential for both forest dwellers and
fringe poplulation and generating an element
of hostility against conservation practices.
Various illicit activities like poaching of wild
animals, cattle grazing, lopping of trees for
fodder, head and van loading of fuelwood are
building up to meet the needs of local people.
A section of city-based business community are
also exploiting local people in these operations.
Illicit timber removal is further facilitated due
to a large number of water ways passing through
the sanctuary. These when flowing in full
provide opportunities for rafting down illicitly
removed timber. Again, during summer, most
of the streams and jhoras inside the sanctuary
dry up resulting acute shortage of water.
Subsequently, typical migration of animals
from the dry zones to more wet zones takes
place. This congregation of animals developes
the acute intra-interspecific competition for
food and also increases the chances of being
poached. The metalled roads (NH 55, NH 31)
and railway tract pass through the Sanctuary.
This disrupts the free movement of animals and
increases the chances of 'Road Kills' The
Sanctuary is prone to natural fire hazards. The
fire is often caused by the sparks of railway
engine, throwing of burning match sticks or
cigarettes, deliberate burning by poachers and
graziers. Being in the vicinity of business center
and tourist spots, it is regulary visited by a large
number of tourists and obviously faces the
hazards of tourism activities.
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LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY AND CAUSES

The biodiversity in all the ecosystems of the chemical fertilizers and excessive siltation
state takes many pressures such as commercial from degraded catchments. Excessive
clear felling and selective clear felling, withdrawal of water from water-bodies for
conversion for agriculture; settlements, roads, industry, irrigation or domestic use, dredging
inundation for developmental projects like and reclamation of water bodies, excessive
multipurpose river valley projects, conversion fishing, building of dams and canals are other
to mqnoculture, army operation, grazing, factors adversely affecting the wetlands. West
mining, firewood collection, introduction of Bengal State Biodiversity and Strategy Action
exotics, fire and pollution, tourism, disease, Plan (Dept. of Environment and R.K.M.
natural calamities, wildlife trade and many Narendrapur, 2002) provided a item-wise
others. The marshes, river systems and other matrix on the loss of biodiversity and causes
wetlands are threatened mainly by domestic in the State. The same matrix is provided
pollutants and toxic effluents, agricultural below with slight alteration and additional
run-offs containing residues of pesticides and information.
Loss of Biodiversity and causes
Item Loss suffered Causes
I II III
A. Plants
1. Govt. Forest Land
i. Govt. Policy/Action
Related
a. Diversion of 1660 ha. since 1980 involing Ayodha Permission granted by Forests Dept.
forest land for Hills, North Bengal forests. for irrigation, road, army, hydel and
non-forest other projects.
purposes
b. Exotic tree Teak plantation in North Bengtal foot Practice of monoculture plantation in
monoculture hills and plains = 25,980 ha. Conifer West Bengal hills and plains after
plantations in North Bengal hills = clearing high forest consisting of broad
11,600 ha. Eucalyptus + Acacia leaved species communities. Pure
auriculiformis plantation in S.W. West block plantation of Eucalyptus and
Bengal = 2,59,000 ha. Acacia on blank and degraded sites of
S.W. West Bengal and Central Bengal.
c. I D due e d Landslide affected areas in North About 70 percent of landslide in North
landslide and Bengal hills = 290 sq. km. Areas Bengal hills are subjected to
soil erosion affected by sheet and gully erosion in accelerated erosive processes due to
S.W. West Bengal = 7500 sq.km. faulty land use policy, deforestation
and dearth of proper water disposal
systems. Erosion in ~.W. West Bengal
is due to bad land use in uplands, poor
watershed management, deforestation,
etc.
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Item Loss suffered
I II
d. Habitat loss Grassland habitat In Jaldapara
due to cons- Sanctuary = 5000 ha.
truction of Erosion of mangrove forest lands of
flood control Sundarban.
embankment
ii. Industry policy/Action related
a. Biodiversity 1.2 million m3 fuel wood and 2000
loss due to tonne green fodder are removed from
fuel wood and hills and plain forests of North Bengal
f 0 d d e r by tea garden labourers annually.
removal Expansion of tea gardens in the past
caused severe fragmentation in Duars
region.
Annually 1000 ha area in the buffer
zone of S.T.R. bearing mature crop, is
operated following the method of
selection-cum-improvement felling on
20 years cycle.
iii. Unorganised population action related
a. Tree felling There are on average 7000 detected
illegal tree feeling cases per annum
with seizure of 10,000 m3 timber. An
equal number goes undetected.
Therefore, annual loss is 20,000 m3
timber mainly from North Bengal
forests.
Deforestation leads to extinction of
symbiotic microbes that are host
specific and have poor dispersal
ability.
Owners of 26 saw-mill, 45 cane-
processing units and 4 veneer
factories in close proximity of B.T.R.
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Causes
III
Flood control embankment constituted
along the right bank of Torsa river had
resulted in loss of seasonal flood water
flow through prime rhino habitat in
Jaldapara sanctuary. This has caused
elimination of preferred habitat for the
ungulate and associated species.
Embankments around reclaimed areas
for defence against wave action,
resulting more pressure and erosion
on the forested islands of Sundarban.
There are 274 tea gardens in plains and
hills of North Bengal. About 60% of
these are abutting forests lands. Two
lakhs labour force of the tea gardens
plunder neighbourhood forest for fuel
wood and fodder due to inaction by the
industry concerned to provide
alternatives.
Twenty five percent of small wood and
fuel wood extracted from the annual
cropes of Sundarban are given to local
panchayets and rest of the produce is
sold in the local markets by the
allottees.
Forest and fringe dwelling poor people
are engaged by wood based industries
and mafia groups with interstate and
international linkages for illegal tree
felling at huge profits. Poor staffing
and infrastructural facilities of Forest
Depts., dearth of local level
participation, lack of inter-state and
across the boarder coordination
coupled with infiltration of militants in
the forested tracts have increased the
problems.
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Item Loss suffered Causes

I II III
have always looked greedily on the
resources of the reserve, and found
willing parterns among a large number
of unemployed or underemployed
.
youths for plundering the forests .
The habitat of STR shows evidence of
felling in the past and timber-smuggling
is still a threat to this Tiger Reserve.
b. F u e I woo d 5 million M3 fuel wood in green form Fuel wood collection from the forest
removal is removed from the forest every year has become a custom and tradition in
by the villagers-about 60 percent of rural areas fringing forest lands. This
this in South West West Bengal and resource drain has become alarming
balance in North Bengal. An estimate due to upsurcharge in population
revealed. that nearly 300 ladies visit growth and lack of cheap alternatives
Ayodhya hills daily and return in the at local levels. Social forestry
afternoon each with head load of about endeavours from 1987 outside forest
50 kg of wood. lands have not made any dent in the
situation due to perception of farm
forestry as an income generation
enterprise from poles and pulp wood
and not as a means to obtain fuel wood
from outside forest lands.
c. Cattle grazing Two third of the State Forest i.e. about Lack of grazing policy, loss of
8900 sq.km. area visited by nearly 7 traditiodnal common lands,
million cattle annually, causing severe uneconomic returns for development
damage to 10,000 ha. forest area of pastures, retention of unproductive
every year. Apart from damage due to cattle for slaughter, uncontrolled cattle
consumption, grazing also reduces the trade across the boarder.
regeneration capacity of grassland.

d. Encroachment Encroachment of forest lands even in Land hunger, influx of people across
the protected areas is very common the border, lack of consolidation
throughout for one or other purposes. efforts for forest land.
In the past large number deltaic islands
in Sundarban had been occupied for
human habitation. Seventy-three fixed
demand licensees and other 181
individu,als (including residents
of forest villages) have encroached
on to Reserve Forest Lands of B.T.R.
to establish 300 ha. of orange
orchards.
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Item Loss suffered Causes

I II III

e. Unregulated Excessive collection of leaves, fruits, Landless labours and huge number of
NTFP seeds, roots, climbers, etc., as NTFP unemployed persons have adopted this
removal without regulatory measures. This has practice for livelihood. Products are so
resulted a huge decline of biodiversity diverse and collectors are so many that
specially of species of medicinal the regulation and control is not
importance in North Bengal and S.W. possible through Government
West Bengal. intervention.
f. Trade Over collection has been disastrous for Lucrative price In national and
various species of orchids, cycads and international market. Not much
medicinal plants. achievement in respect of artificial
propagation. "
g. Weed in- Weeds and climbers are acute problem Timber smuggler's activities, creating
festation in North Bengal. The most common opening without biological safeguards
and proliferating weeds are Leea sp., against weed infestation.
Cassia tora, Mikania sp., Lantana
camara, Eupatorium sp., etc. Nearly
550 km. Forest lands comprised
mostly of plantation areas, riverine
tracts and the areas denuded by timber
smugglers are affected by pernicious
weed infestation - smothering natural
regeneration, and hindering seed
dispersal.
2. Non-Government Forest land
i. Unorganised sector action related

a. Habitat loss Vast areas of non-Government forest Partition of land among the family
due to lands, orchards destroyed throughout members; soaring prices and demand
urbanisation the state and this is particularly true of land for housing and industrial
for those lying around metropolies. purposes.
3· Non-forest land
i. Govt. policy/action related.
a. Encourage- During pre-independence period 1015 Campaign to grow more food.
ment of high indigenous and improved indigenous
yielding varieties of paddy were in cultivation,
agricultural at present only 255 are in the field.
crop Huge num~er of mostly non-descript
local varieties of pulses, oilseeds,
sugarcane, potato, jute, etc. which were
in cultivation during pre-independence
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Item Loss suffered Causes

I II III
period, are replaced by a few number
of better yielding varieties. The only
mung variety i.e. Sonamug endowed
with a characteristic scent has been
pushed to a backseat owing to its poor
productivity. The short duration
indigenous toria, part of the natural
diversity in its center of origin - the
foot hills of the Himalaya- is facing
extinction due to urge of the farmers
for higher productivity in rapeseed,
Brassica campestris, and subsequent
adoption to yellow sarson its place.
The precious genotype of Gitanjoli
variety of wheat known to withstand
moisture stress in the soils is getting
lost after the introduction of HYVs in
the uncultivated arena.
b. Diversion of Mangroves have been cleared in many High price of tiger prawn in the
Coastal Lands pockets of coastal West Bengal for international market; Export policy.
constructing shrimp. culture farms. In Tourism development without caring
Medinipur district coastal land is for ecological consequences.
excavated to retain the tidal water,
from which the salt is obtained. The
process increases the salinity of soil
and adjacent aquatic system. Various
mangrove species like H eritiera
jomes, Nypa sp. are threatened due to
these processes and there is change in
the orientation of pelagic commuity.
More than 230 ha. foreshore land on
Digha and Shankarpur beach have
been utilized for construction of hotels
and tourist facilities, fish stocking, etc.

ii. Unorganised sector action related

a. Conversion of 65,000 ha. village common lands, Land hunger, economic pursuits,
common land earlier used as pasture and 2,20000 promotion of social forestry.
and waste- ha. wastelands earlier used for
lands fuelwood/fodder collection have been
converted for agriculture/tree
farming.
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Item Loss suffered Causes

I II III
B. Animals
1. Govt. forest Land
i. Govt. Policy/action related
a. Loss of animal Elephant corridor disrupted over 150 Development and defence priorities.
corridor and km. length in North Bengal due to
fragmentation diversion of forest land for rails/
of habitats roads/irrigation and army camps.
Fragmentation leads to inbreeding
hazards among the populations of
confined area.
b. Loss of On an average, four elephants are Railway tracks, roadways, irrigation
animals killed every year on the railway track canals passing through the forests.
between Siliguri and Binnaguri. Road
kills are common affair in highways
passing through forests. Sudden release
of water from dams often washes away
animals including elephants.
ii. Unorganised sector action related
a. Loss of Large number of species and their Superstition, ego and supposed
species due to derivaties have great demand in the medicinal values have created a
poaching and national and international market. tremendous demand and soaring prices
illegal trade. Wide range of species from butterflies, for various wildlife and their products.
horse-shoe-crabs, sharks, sea-horse, Lack of man-power and non-
snakes, lizards, turtles molluscs, cooperation from neighbouring
echinoderms, birds, mammals, etc. are countries make it difficult to
victims of illegal trade. During the implement the legal action.
period 1997-98 to 2000-2001, at least
12 tiger skins, 9 leopard skins, 4 bear
skins, 5 rhino horns, 3 elephant tusks,
6 pangolins, 6068 birds, 25 kg. peacock
feather, 11075 turtles, 9609
amphibians and reptiles, 18 moths and
butterflies and many other wildlife
products involving flying squirrel,
mongoose, fshing cat, hog deer, etc.
have been seized by the State Forest
and other departments.
b. Loss of Ritual hunting on different auspicious Lack of awareness. Political reasons.
species due to days (Budh Purnima at Ayodhya and
ritual hunting neighbouring hills; Bengalee New-Year
day in North Bengal) involves mass
killing ot all the species sighted.
Protected species such as Leopard,
Pangolin, Spotted Deer, Peacock, etc.
are also not spared on these days.
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Item Loss suffered Causes

I II III
2. Non-Forest Land
i. Govt. Policy/Action related
a. Loss of indi- Over 1100 sq.km. of water bodies is Profit motive. Government
genous fish under cultivation of high yeilding fish encouragement with seeds, loans and
varieties due varieties including exotics. This has others.
to encourage- pushed back the population of
ment of high indigenous fish varieties. Various
yielding fish diseases have also arrived causing
varities harm to the native germplasm.

b. Conversion Vast stretches of wetlands and swamps Provide shelter and other amenities to
of wetlands are being filled up. Reclamation of Salt the evergrowing human poplulation.
Lakes for satellite township has taken Profit making.
a huge toll of avain and other
biodiversity. 248 species of birds had
been recorded from this area during
1964-69, reduced to only 135 during
1984-97. Only endemic mammalian
species of the State-Herpestes
palustris, and several other species
have almost been wiped out from the
area.
c. Soil erosion Soil erosion causing siltation of natural Destruction of forest in catchment
. and habitat water bodies causing eutrophication areas; to improve irrigation facilities
alteration in and reduction in the productivity and generation of hydel power.
both u p- of the water bodies and subsequently
stream and the loss of species. Construction of
down stream dams and barrages are spoiling feeding
of dams and and breeding grounds of aquatic
barrages species and their migration. This along
with the changes in the salinity
resulting the erosion of overall species
composition.
2. Unorganised sector Action related
a. Poaching Poaching of local birds, frogs in Poor economic condition and absense
different villages is a regular of alternative livelihood.
incidence. Collection of yellow
monitors by the tribals in S.W. West
Bengal for selling them to 'Hakim' for
medicines. Foxes, jackals, squirrels,
mongooses are being regularly hunted
for pelts.
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b. Iridiscrimate Microbial community of soil Increase of agricultural production.
pesticides significantly affected. Pesticides also
application results tremendous reduction in
earthworm population.
c. Wanton Fishermen in Nadia and Murshidabad Lack of awareness and to get quick
destruction districts often fish in deep pools in the return.
river courses using all possible gears,
ultimately removing all fish including
juvenile and brood fishes. In
J alp aiguri , Kochbehar and other places
barricades are created in a particular
section of shallow stream and extracts
of some plants are mixed to the
confined water. This kills not only all
the fishes but also other faunal
components:.. .
d. Prawn seed Several thousands of people specially Due to absence of hatchery in the
collection women and children in Sundarban are state, entrepreneurs of shrimp culture
engaged in the collection of tiger prawn depend on wild harvest of prawn seed.
seeds. Unregulated use of shooting
nets of small mesh-size results in
tremendous loss in faunal diversity. It
has been estimated for collection of
single seed of tiger prawn, 208
juveniles on average mostly belonging
to fishes, molluscs, crabs and other
prawns are destroyed and as such
creating a great pressure on the
ecosystem.
e. Lime Variety of molluscan species like Calcium carbonete. is the important
generation Telescopium sp., Saccostrea cucullata, component of molluscan shell and
Crassostrea gryphoides, Anadari sp., practically there is no measures in lime
etc., are sacrificied particularly in generation practices.
Medinipure and South 24 Parganas for
generation of lime from their shells.
3· Organised sector Action related
a. Antifowling Antifowling paints applied to the So far no regulatory measures have
paints and numerous fishing vessels, petroleum been devised to control this hazard.
hydrocarbons hydrocarbons including diseal fuel
originating in the harbours and ports
result bioaccumulation in the existing
flora and fauna of coastal water and
pose serious negative stress on the
planktonic community.
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CURRENT CONSERVATION INITIATIVES IN WEST BENGAL
Conservation has been defined as "...... the
management of human use of the biosphere (i.e.
all living things) so that it may yield the greatest
sustainable benefit to present generations while
maintaining its potential to meet the need and
aspiration of future generations" In India
conservation of biodiversity is integral to
mainstream forest management and West
Bengal has one of the oldest history of scientific
management of its forest, which dates back to
mid-nineteenth century. Detailed working plans
were prepared by the British Foresters for
management of this natural resources, which
depended heavily on economic aspect of value-
addition, but did not totally overlook the aspect
of Biodiversity conservation. In late nineteenth
and early twentieth century, the art and science
of artificial regeneration were perfected in the
lowly-productive, remote forest zones in North
Bengal. Some of the most picturesque and
beautiful plantations of conifer and other
broad-leaved species like teak, sal, champ, etc.
were raised during this period. The trend
continued till mid-seventies. Meanwhile, in
South-West West Bengal, in the districts of
Bankura, Puruliya, Medinipur and elsewhere,
large scale Eucalyptus and Akashmoni (Acacia
auriculiformis) plantations were raised during
sixties and seventies, as part of "Degraded
Forest Regeneration" Sal plantations were also
tried in degraded sal forest areas, however, with
limited success due to heavy biotic pressure in
the form of forest ground-fire, fuel-wood
collection and grazing.
Early eighties saw the global resurgence of
Biodiversity Conservation and renewed interest
in the preservation of the endangered flora and
fauna of the world. In keeping with the
international and national trend, West Bengal
too· shifted its priority in forest management
towards conservation of natural flora and fauna
in their natural habitats and also in ex-situ
condition. National Forest Policy of 1988 and
the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 put severe
restrictions on the harvesting of natural forests
and their conversion into monoculture
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plantations. The strategy of commercial
exploitation of forests received a back seat. In
the following a summary of current
biodiversity conservation related aspects in the
state has been provided.
1. Major Actors Relevant to Biodiversity
Issues:
With the increased importance of
Biodiversity Conservation, more and more
agencies in the Government as well as non-
Government levels are being involved directly
or indirectly in the process of conservation.
1.1. Government Agencies:
1.1.1. Central Government Agencies:
* Ministry of Environment and Forests
* Geological Survey of India * Anthropological
Survey of India * Regional Meterological
Centre, Kolkata * Bose Institute, Kolkata
* Central Soil and Salinity Research Laboratory
* ICAR * Border Security Force * Coast Guard
of India * Kolkata Port Trust * Indian Statistical
Institute, Kolkata * Central Groundwater Board,
Kolkata * National Atlas and Thematic Mapping
Organisation * Department of Science and
Technology * Department of Earth Science
* National Biodiversity Authority * Zoological
Survey of India * Botanical Survey of India
*Central Pollution Control Board.
1.1.2. State Government Agencies :
* Department of Environment/Coastal Zone
Authority * Department of Development and
Planning * Department of Forests * Fisheries
Department * Land and Land Reforms
Department * Panchayet and Rural
Development Department * Tribal Welfare
Department * Urban Development and
Municipal Affairs Department, * Public Health
Engineering Department * Irrigation land
Waterways Department * Water Investigation
and Development Department * Health and
Family Welfare Department * Department of
Science and Technology and NES * Zilla
Parishads in respective districts * West Bengal
Renewable Energy Development Agency
(WBREDA) * West Bengal State Pollution
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Control Board * Sundarban Development Board
* Haldia Development Authority * Digha
Development Authority * West Bengal Forest
Development Corporation * Eastern Forest
Rangers College (Kurseong) *Institute of
Environmental Studies and Wetland
Management (IESWM).
1.1.3. Institutions:
* Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
* University of Calcutta * J adavpur University
* Kalyani University * Bidhan Chandra Krishi
Vishwa Vidyalaya, Kalyani * West Bengal
University of Animal and Fisheries Science
* Burdwan University * North Bengal
University * Vidyasagar University * Indian
Institute of Management, Kolkata * Indian
Institute of Science Education and Research,
Kalyani.
1.2. Non-Government Organisations :
There are more than hundred Non-
Government Organisations working directly or
indirectly in the field of Biodiversity
Conservation in West Bengal. These
Organisations function mostly on the
programmes/projects approved by the local
administration, Central and State Governments.
They are often supported by the international
funding agencies as well as business houses like
TATA, GODREJ, etc. As listing of all the NGOs
is not within the scope of present report, some
important ones are mentioned below.
* World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF)
* WWF-India (Sundarban programme) * S.D.
Marine Biological Research Institute
* Ram Krishna Mission Lokasiksha Parish ad
* Pugmarks * Nature Environment and Wildlife
Society * Prakriti Samsad * IBRAD * Kolkata
Wildlife Society * Tagore Society For Rural
Development * Friends of Trees * Centre For
Study of Man and Environment * North Eastern
Society For Preservation of Nature * Society
For Wildlife Avifauna and Nature Study * Help
Tourism * Forest Protection Committees
* Ecodevelopment Committees, * Paschim
Banga Bigyan Mancha * ENDEV * Paribesh
Unnayan Parishad.
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2. Policy and Legal Structure :
Multifarious activities such as survey of
flora, fauna, forest habitat management,
afforestation and regeneration of degraded
areas; prevention and control of pollution;
establishment of protected areas; regulation of
hunting, felling and Wildlife-related trade;
protection of environment; international
collaboration and cooperation; research and
awareness programmes and above all socio-
economic development are intimately linked
with the success of Biodiversity Conservation.
All these activities are well supported and
guided by a set of legislative and regulatory
measures in the international, national and state
levels.
The 73rd Amendment Act 1992 of the
constitution of India on Panchayats, which adds
as 11th Schedule in the constitution has eight
entries that are linked to environmental
protection and conservation. Entry 8 of the 12th
Schedule added to the Constitution by the 74th
Amendment Act 1992 assign the function of
'Protection of Environment and Promotion of
Ecological Efforts' to urban and local bodies.
Different biodiversity related Action Plans
and Policies have also been adopted by the
Government of India. Indian Environmental
Action Plan (1993, 1996) identified
conservation and sustainable utilisation of
biodiversity related to ecosystem as one of the
seven priorities for further action. The
National Conservation strategy and Policy
Statement on Environment and Sustainable
Development (1992), National Forest Policy
(1998), National Wildlife Action Plan (1973,
2002) and National Biodiversity Action Plan
(2008) provided due consideration to the needs
of local people and their support as well as
involvement in the conservation of Biological
Diversity. Recently Ministry of Environment
and Forests, Govt. of India has published,
India's Fourth National Report to the
.Conservation of Biological Diversity (2009).
India is also a party to various international
Conventions and Agreements relevant to
biodiversity such as, CITES (1973), RAMSAR
(1971), World Heritage (1972), Bonn
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Convention on Conservation of Migratory
species of Wild Animals (1979), CBD (1992),
Convention on Wetlands (1971), Vienna
Convention on Ozone layer (1985), Montreal
Protocal on Ozone layer (1987), Basel
Convention on Hazardous Wastes (1989),
UNFCCC (1997), Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety (2000), UN Convention to combat
desertification (1994) and many others.
Adopting a consultative process with the
stake holders, a National Policy and Action
Strategy .on Biological Diversity has been drawn
up as a macro-level statement of strategies, gaps
and further actions needed for conserVation,
sustainable use and strategies and realization
of actual as well as potential value of Biological
Diversity.
Often the natural ecosystem areas are spread
over the boundaries of neighbouring countries,
e.g. Sundarban Mangrove in India and
Bangladesh. Again, population of a species
ranges different countries. Thus, for the
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cqnservation of such ecosystem or species,
regional agreements are necessary. India is a
member of South Asian Association of Regional
Co-operation (SAARC), South Asian Co-
operation for Environmental Programme
(SACEP) and others.
Above all, there is Indian Board for Wildlife
to devise ways and means for the conservation
of Wildlife, Promotion of public interest in
Wildlife and to advise Central Government on
related matters. •
West Bengal being a component state of
Union of India is guided by the Acts (Box I),
Actions and Policies adopted in the Central
level. However, depending on the local
situation, a number of Acts and Actions have
been implemented in the state level. To advise
State Government for formulating policy of
protection and conservation, State Wildlife
Advisory Board was established in 1955.
According to a directive of the Supreme Court,
a Green Bench has been established in Calcutta
High Court to dissolve the cases on various
environmental issues including felling of trees,
filling of Wetland, etc. In order to effectively
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draw up the charge sheets and persue the cases
in the court, one legal cell has been established
in all the divisions under the Wildlife Wing.
Orders related to Biodiversity Conservation
have also been issued by different departments
of the State Government. To Minimise the
incidental catch and fishery related mortality
of Olive Ridley Turtle, Fishery Department
issued order No. 3209-Fish/C-V/IA-2/90 pt.1,
dt. 17.11.2000 and Memo No. 1473-Fish/C-V/
IP-5/37, dt. 20.11.2000 regarding mesh size of
gill net and introduction of TED in fishing
vessels.
For the conservation of Wetlands, the State
Government has formulated several acts as
follows.
*Town and Country Planning Act, 1979 : To
control the land use change.
*Inland Fisheries Act, 1984 : For
conservation of fish species and management
of water bodies.
*Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1993 :
For proper management as well as conservation
of wetlands measuring 0.035 hal or more.
West Bengal State Biodiversity Strategy and
Action plan as a component of National
Biodiversity Strategy and Action plan has been
finalized and submitted in 2002. A set of ten
desirable Actions have been prioritized. The
most important Action suggested is the
formation of Biodiversity Conservation Board
at the state headquarters, which will have
overall autho{ity to obtain biodiversity related
information and spearhead conservation-
management initiatives in a sustained' manner.
The West Bengal State Biodiversity Board has
been Constituted and is Working in full swing.
During the years of activity the Board has
published several 'People's Biodiversity
Register' (PBR) and semitechnical books for
identification of animals and plants by the non-
scientific people. The most important
achievement of the State Board is publication
of State Biodiversity Rules (2005). Ghosh
(2008) published the, 'Status of Environmentn
in West Bengal-A Citizen's Report' In this
report he attempted to project the views with
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sufficient information/data to the maximum
extent on the environment related critical
issues including biodiversity.
3. IN-SITU CONSERVATION :
In West Bengal, the concept of conservation
of natural habitats and the species therein is
deep-rooted, as Senchal Wildlife Sanctuary was
notified as early as in the forties vide NO.10699
dt. 18.11.1940, Jaldapara sanctuary on
18.11.1940 vide No. 10694, Gorumara and
Chapramari Sanctuaries were notified vide
Nos.5181 dt. 2.8.1949 and 10694: dt.
18.11.1940 and No.8403 dt. 30.8.1941
respectively. All these notifications being issued
under the Indian Forest Act of 1927 prior to
promulgation of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
However, with the advent of the latter Act, the
conservation of natural habitat alongwith floral
and faunal diversity received a tremendous
booster and statutory support. Since then,
large-tracts of forest areas including water
bodies having ecological significance and
importance had been identified by the state and
declared as Protected Areas in the form of
National Parks, Sanctuaries and Tiger Reserves
to ensure an adequate network covering the
almost complete range of Biological Diversity
in the State. Further, considering the
importance of the bio-geographic region and its
unique biodiversity, the National Park area of
Sundarban Tiger Reserve was included in the
list of World Heritage Sites in 1985, and whole
Sundarban area was declared as Biosphere
Reserve in 1989. Till date, Protected Area
network of the state includes 5 National parks,
15 sanctuaries, 2 Tiger Reserves and 1
Biosphere Reserve (Table 10). The existing
Protected Area network comprises of 34
percent of state forest area and 4.6 percent of
state geographical area. It may be interesting
to note that in West Bengal, a unique effort was
made to conserve the Himalayan Newt or
Salamander by declaring sanctuary in its name
and consequently, the Jorepokhri Salamandar
Sanctuary was formed in Darjiling district. This
is the only sanctuary in the country to be
dedicated to the conservation of an amphibian
species.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Scientific management plans for each
Protected Area is a must to achieve the goal of
Biodiversity Conservation. The plan must be
based on the sound principles of Biology; it
must be practicable in context of the resources
at the command of the manager; must conform
to laws, policies and regulations in force; must
accord with the local socio-economical
situation and must be ethically acceptable. As
such making a management plan is a time taking
affair and requires huge amount of information.
West Bengal has made significant progress in
the preparation of management plans for
Protected Areas and the same for all the
Protected Areas except the names below have
been completed.
Box 1. Important Central and State
Acts with relevance to Biodiversity
~ Fisheries Act, 1897
~ Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914
~ Forest Act, 1927
~ Agricultural Produce (Grading and
Marketing) Act, 1937
~ Tea Act, 1953
~ Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960
~ Import and Export (Control) Act, 1980
~ Seeds Act, 1966
~ Customs Act, 1962
~ Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
~ Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Act, 1974
~ Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Cess Act, 1977
~ Marine Products Exports Development
Authority Act, 1972
~ Economic Zone and other Marine Zones
Act, 1976
~ Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986
~ Foreign Vessels Act, 1980
~ Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
~ Foreign Trade (Development and
Regulation) Act, 1992
~ New Seed Development Policy, 1988
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!l. Spices Board Act, 1986
!l. Hazardous Waste (Management &
Handling) Amendment Rules, 2000
!l. Biodiversity Act, 2000
!l. Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1951
~ West Bengal Forest Produce (Establishment
and Regulation & Saw Mills) Rules, 1982
!l. Town and Country Planning Act, 1979
4 Inland Fisheries Act, 1984
!l. Inland Fisheries (Amendment) Act, 1953
!l. Biomedical Waste (Management and
Handling) (Amendment) Rule, 2003
J'he management plans for Raiganj,
Ballavpur, Halliday and Lothian Island Wildlife
.Sanctuaries and Chintamoni Kar Bird Sanctuary
are under preparation (Annual Report, Wildlife
Wing Directorate of Forest, Govt. of West
Bengal, 2009-10).
Policy decisions were taken to handover
administrative control of Protected Areas to
Wildlife Wing for more intensive management
from wildlife conservation angle.
Regular intensive patrolling and maintaining
constant vigil over the PAs is the primary
condition for preventing poaching of wild
animals, illicit felling of timber, grazing,
encroachment and other deleterious activities.
For the purpose of patrolling, each Beat Officer
arrange for daily and intensive scanning of the
forest beat under his control, particularly the
sensitive habitat areas by staff on foot, elephant
back, launch and boats. During rainy season,
rafting of timber along river is a serious
problem in North Bengal. Temporary tree top
camps are establilshed during rainy season to
control such theft of drift timber. Similarly,
temporary camps are set up at regular intervals
along the course of rivers passing through the
PAs.
A host of activities are being regularly
carried out in and around PAs for the habitat
improvement. While these activities are
primarily directed for developing the habitats
for identified flagship species and sensitive
species, but at the same time sufficient care is
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taken for preserving the habitat and food base
of associated species living in the PAs. Some of
the habitat management activities in the
protected areas are mentioned below.
Overwood removal and fodder plantation :
Rhino and other herbivore species prefer
riverine grass land and savannah grassland for
food and shelter, controlling the invasion of
grassland by the pioneer tree species is an
important strategy for development of rhino
habitat. As such the process of overwood
removal followed by artificial regeneration for
maintaining grassland habitat is an extremely
important component of management and same
is done in a phase manner in Jaldapara,
Gorumara; Mahananda and others to halt the
encroachment of wood land in grass land.
Plantation of indigenous grasses : The
plantation of indigenous fodder grasses are
taken up in Mahananda, Gorumara, Jaldapara
and Buxa in degraded forest areas, or as follow
up action of weed eradication and overwood
removal. These plantations are done to increase
the fodder base for wild animals, so that they
get adequate food inside the PAs and do not
stray out of the PAs into the human habitation
or crop field. Such fodder plantations are being
done under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes
and State Plan. Only the indigenous species like
'Dhadda', 'Chepti', 'Malsa','Madhua', 'Ekra'
(Saccharum sp.), 'Nal', (Arundo donax),
'Khagra' (Phragmitis karka), 'Bhuttagrass' (Coix
lachrymajobi), 'Purundi' (Alpinia sp.), etc. are
locally collected and planted.
Weed eradication: Weeds and climbers are
acute problems in most PAs in North Bengal.
The most common and proliferating weeds are
Leea sp., Cassia tora, Mikania sp., Lantana
camara, Clerodendron bengalensis, etc., the
growth of which often surpasses that of grasses.
For eradication of Leea sp., uprooting is done
at the time of flowering, i.e., around Septeluber,
to prevent further propagation of the species
through its seeds. Similarly, cutting of Lantana
camara is done in the month of October. All
weed eradication operations are done manually
and no weedicides are applied.
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Table-to : Protected Areas of West Bengal (Source : Anon. 2002. Biodiversity Conservation in
West Bengal, Govt. of West Bengal).
SI. Name Of Protected Area Major Flora Major Fauna
No. Area & District (sq.
km.)
A. National Parks
1. Buxa N.P., Jalpaiguri 117.10 Sal, Simul, Siris, Khair, Tiger, Leopard (Black
Champ, Sidha, Toon, Lali, Panther also) Elephant,
Lampate, Mandane, Katus, Clouded Leopard, Himalayan
Teak, Orchids. Black Bear, Civet, Sambar,
Serow, Barking deer, Gaur,
Pangolin, Python, Raptors,
Black-necked Crane and
other birds, Moths,
Butterflies, etc.
2. Gorumara N.P., 79.45 Tropical moist deciduous Great Indian Rhinoceros,
Jalpaiguri Sal forests associated with Leopard, Elephant, Sloth
Odal, Lali, Katus, Dilenia, bear, Hog deer, Sambar,
Simul-Siris-Khair, Terai Wild boar, Python, Turtle,
grassland. Migratory birds, Peafowl,
Indian Pied Hombill.
3. Neora Valley, DaIjiling 88.00 Odal, Pterocarpus, Tiger, Leopard, Himalayan
Chlanune, Michelia, Black Bear, Sloth Bear, Civet,
Kawla, Katus, Buk, Oak, Golden cat, Barking Deer,
Bamboo, Rhododendron, Sambar, Wild Boar, Serow,
Tree ferns, Orchids. Goral, ~ed Panda, Wild dog,
Leopard cat, Gaur, Kalij
Pheasant, Satyr Tragopan
and other Hill birds.
4. Singalia N.P., DaIjiling 78.60 Highest located National Himalayan Black Bear, Red
Park In West Bengal. Panda, Couded Leopard,
Forest type changes with Leopard cat, serow, Wild
attitudinal Range at 2400- Boar, Pangolin, Pika, Barking
3636. Mailing bamboo, deer, Kalij pheasant, Satyr
Buk, kawla, Magnolia, Tragopan, Blood Pheasant.
Bhujpatra, Rhododendron,
Oak, Hemlock, Silver fir,
Juniper.
5· Sundarban N.P., South 1330.10 Largest Mangrove Forest Tiger, Fishing cat, Rhesus
24-Parganas with 64 species. Nipa Macaque, Estuarine-
palm, Phoenix, Avicennia, Crocodile, Water Monitor
Bruguiera, Ceriops Lizard, Wild boar, Fox,
Exeoccaria, Rhizophora, Spotted deer, White bellied
Xylocarpus Sea Eagle, Goliath Heron,
Migratory birds
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Table-10 : Cont'd.
Sl. Name Of Protected
No. Area & District
1. Ballavpur
2. Bethuadahari WLS,
Nadia
3· Bibhutibhusan WLS, N.
24-pgs.
4.' ' Buxa WLS, J alpaiguri
5. Chapramari WLS,
Jalpaiguri
,6. , Haliday Island WLS,
South 24-Pgs.
7. Jaldapara WLS,
Jalpaiguri
8. Jorepokhri Salamander
WLS, Darjiling
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Area Major Flora Major Fauna
(sq.
km.)
B. Wildlife Sanctuaries
2.021 Sal, Akasmoni, Sisoo, Spotted deer, Black Buck
Amla, Bahera, Ficus (introduced), Mongoose,
species, etc. (mainly Hare, Jackal, Bengal Fox,
plantations). common birds.
0.6686 Sal, Arjun, Teak, Sisoo, Spotted deer, Jackal, Bengal
Siris, Mango, Gamar and Fox, Porcupine, Common
other planted species .. r' Langur, Barking Deer,
Sambar, Jungle Cat
Parakeets, Indian Cuckoo,
Hawk, Cuckoo, Barbets and
other smaller birds, large
Pythons, etc.
0.64 Simul, Mingiri, Arjun, Spotted deer. Rich in
Siris, Bamboo etc., all common birds.
planted species.
267.92 A part of Buxa Tiger Elephant, Leopard, Gaur,
Reserve same as' Buxa Spotted deer, Sambar, jungle
National Park, Buffer cat, Fishing cat, Birds.
area.
9.60 Predominant Sal mixed Elephant, Gaur, Leopard,
forest lali, Chilaune, Sambar, Barking deer,
Kanchanan, Bahera, Rhesus and Assamese
Kawla, Dilenia, Mallotus, macaque, Hornbill, lesser
etc. Adjutant Stork.
Mangrove Forest of Spotted deer, wild boar,
Sundarban. barking deer, Rhesus
macaque, Tiger.
216.51 Terai Grass land, riverine Great Indian One horned
forest, sal forests, Simulo, Rhino, Tiger, Gaur, Elephant,
Kyair, Sisoo, Sidha, Badger, Leopard, Sloth Bear,
Gamar, Mallotus, Kawla, otter, Bengal Florican, Kind
Dilenia, Ficus. Cobra.
0.11 Developed into a tourist- One of the favourite breeding
spot very recently and ground of Himalayan Newt
artificially decorated. or Salamander (Trilotriton
verrucosus)
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Table-to: Cont'd.
SI. Name Of Protected
No. Area & District
9. Lothian Island WLS,
South 24-Pgs.
10. Mahananda WLS,
DaIjiling
11. Narendrapur WLS,
South 24-Pgs.
12. Raiganj WLS, N 1.30
Dinajpur
13. Ramnabagan WLS,
Barddhaman
14. Sajnekhali WLS,
South 24-Pgs.
15. Senchal WLS, Darjiling
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Area Major Flora Major Fauna
(sq.
km.)
38.00 Sundarban Mangrove Estuarine Crocodile, Olive
Forest. Ridley sea turtle, spotted
deer, jungle cat, Rhesus
Macaque.
158.04 Tropical moist deciduous Tiger, Leopard, Elephant,
Sal forests, Khair, Udal, Gaur, Goral, Spotted deer,
Lali, Champ, Teak, Jarul, Golden cat, Himalayan Civet,
Sisoo, Gamar, Mandane, Hornbill, Racket tail drongo,
Bamboos, Sidha, Ferns, very rich in birds.
Orchids.
0.07 . Orchard plantation. Rich in smaller birds,
specially paradise fly
catcher, Oriole, etc.
Kadam, Jarul Largest nesting place of open
(Lagerstromia spp.), bill stork (60,000-70,000
Sisoo, Teak, Khair, nests). Night Heron,
Saccharrum grasses, etc. Cormorant, Egrets,
Kingfisher, Wood peckers,
Barbets, etc., Jackal, Bengal
fox, Mongoose, monitor
lizards.
0.14 Teak and sal plantation, Spotted deer, common
jamun, Ficus and other langur, introduced species -
plated species. Black Buck.
362.4.0 Mangrove Forest. A part Spotted deer, Rhesus
of Sundarban Tiger Macaque, Wild boar, Tiger,
Reserve. Water monitor lizard, Fishing
Cat, Otter, Crocodile, Batagur
terrapin and Migratory birds.
38.88 Magnolia cambelii, Serow, Goral, Barking deer,
Rhododendron, Michelia Himalayan Black Bear,
Bamboo, Buk, Kawla, Utis, Leopard, Leopard cat, Jungle
Hemlock, Pipli and cat, Assamese macaque,
Crytomeria (planted Giant Squirrel, Flying
species) Squirrel, kalij, Hornbill,
Imperial pegion, Thruses,
and other hill birds.
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Table-l0 : Cont'd.
81. Name Of Protected Area Major Flora Major Fauna
No. Area & District (sq.
Ion.)
C. Tiger Reserves
1. Buxa Tiger Reserve 760.87 As above As above
(includinvg WLS & (Core:
N.P.), Jalpaiguri 385·02,
Buffer:
375.85)
2. MSundarban Tiger 2585.00 As above As above
Reserv~, South 24-Pgs. (Core:
& North 24-Pgs. 1330,
Buffer:
1255)
Biosphere Reserve
1. Sundarban Biosphere 9630 As above As above
Reserve, South 24-
Pgs., & North 24-Pgs.

Control burning of old grass plantations for
natural regeneration: Fodder grass plantations
in. North Bengal PAs when become more than
three years old start loosing their importance
as foraging areas, since the animals do not
prefer coarse grasses. Such three year old
plantations are usually brought under control
burning operations during winter. In order to
create minimum disturbance for animals and
to provide them shelter and fodder while
carrying out these operations, not more than
12 to 15 such patches of less than 5 ha. in each
PA are undertaken in a year.
Control of wild fire : Accidental and man-
made wild fire is common in most of the PAs of
North Bengal. Several fire protection measures
such as maintenance of fire line before fire
season, construction of tower/tree machan for
fire detection, engaging fire watchers during fire
season and publicity and public awareness, and
others have been adopted. Creation and
maintenance of firelines are usually done under
centrally sponsored scheme.
Control of grazing by livestock : Grazing by
livestock from fringe villages is a great threat
to the habitat. Domestic livestock not only
competes with the wild herbivores for food but
also spreads serious diseases. To minimize the
hazardous impact of grazing various actions are
being taken as detailed below.
* Extensive patrolling specially along the
forest boundaries and grazing prone areas.
* The camps situated on the main roads are
activated to prevent entry of cattle in the
PAs.
* Reduction of low yielding variety cattle
through castration of bulls and artificial
insemination for improvement of stock
* Regular immunization of domestic cattle
against Anthrax, FMD, HS, BQ diseases
* Replacement of low-yielding varieties with
high-yield variety.
* Involvement of Eco-developnlen t
Committee and seeking their cooperation to
prevent illicit grazing.
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Reforestation of degraded forest areas :
Substantial chunks of blank areas or degraded
forest areas along the boundaries of PAs in
North Bengal have been brought under
vegetation cover through plantation of
indigenous timber, fruit and tree fodder species.
Since the inception of Sundarban Biosphere
Reserve, plantations are raised in the mangrove
blocks, with special thrust on species like
Heritierafomes, Xylocarpus granatum and X.
mekongensis.
Joint Forest Management (JFM) outside the
PAs in West Bengal has its origin in the success
achieved in rejuvenating a patch of 1270 ha. of
degraded forests under a pilot project
implemented during 1972 near Arabari in
Medinipur. The JFM movement gathered
momentum when in 1989 a programme of
resuscitation and re-establisment of moribund
sal and other hardwood forests in the districts
of Medinipur, Bankura, Puruliya, Barddhaman
and Birbhum was initiated with the active
participation and involvement of local people
and panchayets. Simultaneously a Government
resolution was issued defining the principles of
sharing of duties, respo~sibilities as well as
benefit from the forests, with the participating.
local people living inside and in the fringe of
forests. The procedure for establishment of the
institution called Forest Protection Committee
(FPC), consisting the participants as members,
was formalized. The foundation of an
innovative participatory forest development,
protection and management system was thus
laid for the forests of southwestern Bengal
which now cover approximately 38 percent of
the total forest area of the state. JFM
contributed to conversion of vast tracts of
scattered, over-exploited and degraded sal and
miscellaneous scrub forests to productive pole
crop with great improvement in quality and
density in many regions of southwest West
Bengal. JFM picked up and gathered
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momentum after Government resolutions were
issued for Sundarban, forests of North Bengal
and those lying under the jurisdiction of
Darjiling Gorkha Hill Council. A detailed area-
wise number of FPC, total members, total
protected area and forest land Cha.) per FPC
members has been shown in Table 11. A
mangrove rehabilitation project already
launched envisages the afforestation of
embankments with mangrove species over
3,300 ha. and protection of degraded mangrove
forest land covering 25, 000 ha. through FPCs.
Eco-development project in and around
PAs: The concept of JFM in the traditional
forestry sector has been extended to the PAs
in the name of 'Eco-development' The
Government Order for the constitution of Eco-
development Committee CEDC) was issued in
the year 1996. The objective of the project is
to conserve the floral and faunal biodiversity
of the protected areas through direct
involvement of the fringe population but with
a clear distinction of non-sharing of products
of PA. The strategy is to carry out ecologically
sustainable economic development of fringe
polpulation, so that the biotic pressure on the
forests for subsistence of fringe population is
reduced with social control. Number of EDCs
formed around the PAs of West Bengal has been
shown in Table 12.
Others : Various activities such as thinning
of older plantation, conversion of monoculture
plantations into mixed plantation, soil and
water conservation measures, development of
salt-licks, mitigation of man-animal conflict'
.
census of wild animals and others are being
systematically carried out to achieve the goal
of in-situ conservation.
4. EX-SITU CONSERVATION :
The principal institutions holding Ex-situ
population of animal species are zoos, deer
parks, snake parks, aquaria, while that of plant
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species are botanical gardens, seed banks, gene
banks, etc.
4.1. ANIMALS : Zoos play the most
important role in Ex-situ conservation of
animal species. The Zoo Management concept
started changing drastically in the 20th Century
where it had been felt through out the world
that zoos have much important role to play
rather than being a place of mere amusement
and is now considered as an extension of forests.
Captive breeding of endangered animals is the
main aim of the modem zoo management and
the concept "Nature to Zoo" has changed to the
concept of "Zoo to Nature" The zoos are also
playing a role in developing the awareness
among the people and educating the people
about the importance and significance of
conservation. With the establishment of the
Central Zoo Authority (CZA) in February 1992,
a .systematic documentation of facts regarding
captiv~ breeding and exchange of the same with
various Zoos have been started. CZA also issues
guidelines to be fol~owed by every zoo with
respect to captive breeding, maintenance of
animals, exchange and loaning and others.
In West Bengal the concept of Zoo and
Menageries started long back mainly under
private capacity. Some of the oldest Zoos of
the state are :
* Barr~ckpur Menagerie, founded in 1801 and
closed in 1879
* Wazir Ali Shah's Menagerie, founded in
1830'S and wound up in 1880
* Alipore Zoo, founded in 1875 and
continuing.
* Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park
established in 1958 and continuing.
Alipore Zoological Garden is holding
nearly 350 specimens (35 species) of mammals,
1300 bf birds (65 species), 70 of reptiles (18
species) and 1000 of fishes. Animals are mostly
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kept in cages, but with the financial assistance
of the State Government and CZA, Open Air
Moated Enclosures have been constructed for
better housing of Sloth Bear, Tiger, Lion, Rhino
and others. Opening of a freshwater aquarium
in 1977 added a new dimension to the Alipore
Zoo. The Zoo has made significant achievement
in respect of captive breeding of a number of
native as well as exotic threatened species. This
includes Rhino, Lion, Tiger, Leopard, Leopard
Cat, Chinkara, Manipur Deer, Hog Deer,
Spotted Deer, Barking Deer, Giraffe, Common
Marmoset, Common Pea Fowl, Pheasants,
Painted Stork, Spoonbill, Marsh Crocodile and
many others. Research works on conservation
of wildlife in captivity are being regularly
carried out by the officers and veterinarians.
Regular awareness and training programmes are
also organized in collaboration with the NGOs
or other Government agencies.
Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological
Park (DaIjiling) is the only high altitude zoo in
this part of the world~ It posesses (till March
2000) 70 specimens of mammals, 191 of birds
and one of Reptiles. Most of its holdings are
high altitude species such as Snow Leopard,
Himalayan Wolf, Himalayan Black Bear, Red
Panda, Yak, Ussuri Tiger, Markhor, Chir
Pheasant, Kaleej Pheasant, etc. The zoo is
successfully carrying out captive breeding of
some of the endangered species of the
Himalayan ecosystems, such as, Red Panda,
Tibetan Wolf and Snow Leopard. It is also
initiating release of the captive bred animals in
their natural habitat.
Zoological Survey of India has opened on 4-
2-2003 the Marine Aquarium and
Research Centre at Digha for holding a
spectrum of animals of our Marine Ecosysten1s.
It is also educating, motivating and initiating
awareness campaigns among the local people,
students and tourists on the importance of
conservation.
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A number of Deer parks were established
in the state during post-independence era
mainly by the Forest Department. Some of
these Deer Parks such as Parmadan, Ballavpur ,
Bethuadhari were elevated to the status of
Sanctuary. Deer Parks mainly contain Cheetal
and Barking Deer. Besides, antelopes, Nilgai and
rescued specimens of other groups of mammals,
birds, reptiles are also reared in some of the
Deer Parks. Excess deer population from the
existing Deer Parks are often translocated in
the forested tracts particularly of South West
Bengal. Wildlife wing built up a Deer Research
Centre at Salt Lake in 1975 covering an area of
0.02 sq.km. Existing Deer parks of the state
are listed below.
* Deer Park, Dow Hill, Kurseong
* Gor Chumuk Deer Park, Haora
* Kumari Kangsabati Deer Park, Bankura
* Bellilias Park, Haora
* Corporation Park, Haora
* Jhargram Deer Park, West Medinipur
* Adina Deer Park, Maldah
* Garhmandaran Deer Park, Hugli
Two Snake Parks, one in Badu (North 24
Parganas) and other in Kolkata are being
maintained under private capacity. These are
also maintaining a fairly good collection of
reptiles and carrying out awareness
programmes to grow love and affection for
these creatures.
Captive hatching and rearing centers
have been established for Salt Water Crocodile,
Olive Ridley Turtle and River Terrapin at
Sajnekhali and Bhagabatpur by the Forest
Department. Wild laid eggs were collected and
brought to the centers for captive hatching.
Regular release of specimens to the wild is being
done successfully from both the centers.
Reintroduction of wild animal :
Scientists of Zoological Surveyof India are
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working on a project on reintroduction of once
present pygmyhog in Gorumara National Park
in collaboration with the department of forests,
Government of West Bengal. The state
government has decided to start a fesibility
study of reintroduction of rhinoceros in Buxa
National Park. This study will also be
undertaken by ZSI scientists.
In West Bengal, the rehabilitation and
restocking of some of the endangered wild
animals have been initiated like translocation
of more than 1100 Cheetal deers in the forest
of South Bengal, Sundarban and North Bengal.
The release of marsh Crocodile (421 Nos.) and
Batagur buska are being done regularly in
various creeks and rivers of Sundarban (Table-
13). In addition, two Red Pandas have been
released in Singalila National Park.
4.2 Plants : Large varieties of cereals,
vegetables, horticultural crops and forestry
related plants are traditionally under Ex-situ
conservation through the numerous seed banks,
nurseries, home gardens, etc. maintained by the
Department of Agriculture and Forest,
Agricultural Universities, as well as private
bodies including farmers, scientists and
business houses. In Darjiling district,
particulary in Kalimpong, artificial propagation
of orchids are being carried out in private
capacity. However, largest center for Ex-situ
conservation of plant species in West Bengal is
the Indian Botanic Garden, Haora under the
Botanical Survey of India.
The Indian Botanic Garden established way
back in 1787 is presently a center of excellence.
The Garden is the repository of more than
12,000 trees, shrubs and climbers representing
over 1400 species together with a large number
of wild and cultivated plants. The garden has
played a very important role in the economic
development of the country by introducing,
improving and distributing a number of
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economic plants, such as, Tea, Rubber, Jute,
Cinchona, Sugar cane, Mahogany, etc. It
preserves one of the best collection of native
and exotic plants and large number of curious,
rare and threatened species. Rich collection of
Bamboo" Screwpine, Palm, Waterlily, Orchid,
etc., are some of the proud possession of this
Garden.
There are ten medicinal plant gardens in the
state containing 150 species maintained by the
Sylviculture Division of the Forest Department
at Mirik, Darjiljng. The garden established by
the Darjiling Gokha Hill Council is one of the
finest of its kind.
5. Training and Awareness Programme:
No Conservation programme can be
successful without people's awareness,
involvement and support. A host of activities
thus directed towards educating common
people, decision makers, enforcement staff and
particularly the people living in multiple use
areas through Central and State Governments
as well as non-Government organisations.
Wildlife Institute of India (WI!) is the main
training center in order to train Indian Forest
Service (IFS) and State Forest Service (SFS)
officers as well as the Rangers. Further, WII
imparts training on Wildlife management,
captive breeding, ecodevelopment for
.Biodiversity Conservation, community
participation in Biodiversity Conservation,
wildlife study techniques, Tranquillisation and
chemical immobilisation of wild animals and
others. Regular tr.aining courses covering the
subject area of tree planting, nursery
techniques, etc. are being organized by the
Institutre of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding.
Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy
arranges professional training to the
probationers of the IFS officers to face
challenges in the profession on technical
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forestry and managerial aspects. For senior
forest officials training courses on 'Application
of Remote Sensing Techniques in Forestry' are
being organized by the Forest Survey of India.
Zoological Survey of India regularly organising
various training courses on collection,
preservation and identification of animals of
economic importance, field ornithology, basic
taxidermy and wildlife conservation for forest
officials, teachers, students and members of the
NGOs. Similarly, Botanical Survey of India
conducts regular courses on field survey,
herbarium methodology and identification of
floral species. State Forest Department also
organises various training programmes such
as veterinary care, capture and release of
wild animals, ecodevelopment (irrigation,
pisciculture, etc.), wildlife census, handling of
captive animals specially elephant, and others
for his own staff, EDC, FPC members as well as
NGOs.
Key of conservation success lies in the
nature education and awareness generation
among the common people. In recent years
'Environmental Science' has been included in
the curriculum at school and college level.
Dissemination of information on the
importance, ways and objectives of Wildlife
cum Biodiversity consevation is being done by
the Central and State Government, NGOs, and
business houses. through the following means.
* Establishment of well-equipped nature
interpretation centers at Madarihat,
Kunjanagar, Lataguri, Murti, Lava, Sukna,
DaIjiling Natural History Museum in North
Bengal and Bethuadahari and Sajnekhali in
South Bengal.
* Installation of hoardings at strategic points
on the National and State Highways, places
of tourist interest.
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* Circulation of leaflets, brochures, posters to
the common people, students, visitors of
PAs, highlighting the importance of
conservation as well as legal implications.
* Organising regular relevant film shows at
schools, colleges, fairs, panchayets and
others.
* Release of postage stamps depicting Wildlife.
* Releasing advertisements with appeal for
conservation through audiovisual media like
TV, Radio, Cinemas, Newspapers,
Magazines, etc.
* Organising nature camps, sit and draw
competition, debate, lectures for children
and youngs.
* Creation of ecotourism zone by involving
NGOs and Social Forestry Division.
* Rewarding commendable Biodiversity
Conservation initiatives to individuals/
groups
* Building up of public opinions particularly
by the NGOs to prevent any anti-
conservation action or policy.
* Celebration of World Environment Day,
Wildlife Week, Forest Week, Biotechnology
Day at Government and non-Government
level by organising lectures, workshops,
exhibition, distribution and planting of
seedlings, cleaning operation, film shows and
others.
* Following the suggestion of IBWL,.
PMonailurus viverrinus (Fishing Cat),
Halcyon smyrnensis (White-throated or
White-breasted Kingfisher), Alstonia
scholaris (Chhatim) and Nyctanthes
arbor-tristis (Shepali/Siuli) have been
identified as state animal, bird, tree and
flower respectively. This has a very positive
impact towards awareness and support for
conservation (Plat-I, p. 133).
6. Research :
This is a critical component of Biodiversity
Conservation. The objective of promotion of
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
research in multidisciplinary aspects of
environmental protection, biodiversity
conservation and development are to advance
the scientific understanding and to generate
information required to develop strategies,
technologies and methodologies for better
~anagement plan. It also aims attempting
solutions to practical problems of resource
management, conservation of biodiversity and
ecoregeneration of degraded areas. Large
number of organizations, such as, Zoological
Survey of India, Botanical Survey of India,
Wildlife Institute of India, Forest Survey of
India, Fisherey Survey of India, I CAR, CSIR,
Department of Science and Technology, State's
Forest, Fishery, Environment, Agriculture
Departments, Pollution Control Board,
Universities, NGOs like Bombay Natural
History Society, P.rakriti Samsad, Nature
Environment and Wildlife Society, Pugmarks,
WWF-India, IBRAD and many others are
carrying out extensive research work dealing
with the biodiversity of the state, Central and
State Governments are the main funding
agencies of these research organizations.
Further, project specific financial and technical
supports are also extended by the international
agencies like IUCN, UNDP, WWF-India,
International Develolpment Association and
Global Environment Trust, U.S. Embassy and
others.
It is not possible to provide the total range
of research activities. As such some of the
major areas of research works either completed
or in progress have been mentioned below.
Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and
Zoological Survey' of India (ZSI) carry out
surveys to inventorise and determine the status
of floral and faunal resources at the state and
national level. Documents of floral and faunal
resources at the district and State level are
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PLATE 1

West Bengal State Flower, Plant, Bird & Animal

State Flower State Plant

Nyctanthes ,arbor-tristis Alstonia scholaris

- (Shephalil (Chbatim)

State Bird State Animal

Halcyon smyrnensis Prion.oilurus viverrinus

(White Throated Kingfisher) (Fishing cat)
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being published by them. Identification manuals
for different groups have already been
published. Red Data Book for vertebrate species
and Lepidoptera have been completed and that
for invertebrate is under preparation. Recently
(2011) a book on critically endangered species
of India has been published by ZSI. Number of
volumes of Red Data Book on floral species
have been published. Recently Ghosh (2010)
has published a document on urban biodiversity
of Kolkata. A national data base on the
Bioperspective survey of plant resources to
identify economically as well as
ethnobotanically important ·species for their
conservation has been developed at BSI.
Similar database on faunal' diversity is being
developed by the ZSI. The Forest Survey of
India publishes every three years, a report on
the state of the forest in India based on remote
sensing and ground truthing. A compilation of
district-wise wetlands in West Bengal has been
prepared by the Institute of Environmental
Studies and Wetland Management (IESWM),
Department of Environment, Govt. of West
Bengal. The State Forest Department in
collaboration with R.R.S.S.C., Kharagpur is
carrying out forest change detection studies and
wetland mapping through digital image
processing of Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
Data. State Wildlife Wing have inducted local
universities, institutions and NGOs to undertake'
collaborative studies on ecosystems and
identified endangered species. Such studies
include i) Study of Red Panda and Satyr
Tragopan in Singalila N.P. (Darjiling Govt.
College), ii) Study of Bio-ecological Resoruces
of Neora Valley N.P. (North Bengal University),
iii) Food preference study of Rhino in Jaldapara
WLS (Raiganj University College), iv) Survey
of floral and faunal resources of Mahananda
WLS (NEWS), v) Entomological studies in Buxa
T.R. (Calcutta University). These studies were
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sponsored by G.O.I. Other collaborative studies
taken up under W.B. Forestry project (IDA-
assisted) include i) Studies on Gaur (WWF-
India), ii) Study on Control of illegal trade in
Wildlife (Wildlife Protection Society of India,
iii) Study on control of Tiger straying in
Sundarban (NEWS), iv) Survey of avi-fauna and
water quality monitoring in identified Wetlands
of W.B. (NEWS) and v) Fesibility study on
reintroduction of Pygmyhog in Gorumara
National Park (ZSI). Contract studies initiated
under the Wildlife and Biodiversity component
of W.B. Forestry Project include i) Study on
elephant (WII) , ii) Study of leopard (WWF-
India) and iii) Study of Rhino (WII).
Under "GOI-UNDP Sea Turtle project",
NEWS has conducted the survey of sea turtles
along the coast of W.B. on behalf of WII.
Centraly sponsored projects like i) Population
trends of some threatened species of W.B.
(NEWS), iD Ecological crop loss due to wild
harvest of prawn seeds in Sundarban Biosphere
Reserve (S.D. Marine Biological Research
Institute), iii) Identification of Wetlands of
Water fowl importance (SACON, Prakriti
Samsad) and many others have been
successfully undertaken.
Mapping of Environmentally Sensitive Zones
and Industrial Sites (Statewise) programme has
been taken up by Central Pollution Control
Board under the Environmental Management
Capacity Building Technical Assistance Projects
of the World Bank.
There are many more significant research
works related to conservation of biodiversity
and their list will be unending. As such, it is
concluded with the mention of WII's reviews
of the Protected Area net work of the country
(2002), which has suggested the extension of
some PAs in the state to ensure the conservation
of the species there in.
SANYAL et ale : Current Conservation Initiatives in West Bengal 135

Table-1t : Forest Protection Communities of West Bengal (Source : Dept. of Environment &
Ramkrishna Mission, Narendrapur 2002. West Bengal State Biodiyersity Stragety &
Action Plan. Ramkrishna Mission, Narendrapur).
Division Total No. Total Area Total No. Forest land
of FPC Protected of FPC (ha)/FPC
(ha.) Members Members
E. Medinipur 315 41274 44686 0·92
W. Medinipur 542 62629 44017 1.42
Kharagpur 82 12068 18677 0.65
Rupnarayan 182 25296 22258 1.14
-Bankura(N) 468 1
41 46 44210 0·93
Bahkura(S) . 538 40858 50192 0.81
Panchet 221 27618 24865 1.11
Puruliya 174 25479 17865 1.45
Kangsabati I 186 14033 15855 0.88
Kangsabati II 293 24900 28446 0.87
Barddhaman 57 16380 16249 1.00
Durgapur 21 3 0 53 2553 1.19
Birbhum 133 9068 8428 1.07
S-24 Parganas 23 39 167 9652 4·05
Datjeeling 41 7827 2699 2·90
Kalimpong 35 15486 1171 13·22
Kurseong 18 2590 906 2.86
Jalpaiguri 49 18204 12169 1.50
-Koch Bihar 21 5891 2872 2.05
Koch Bihar SF 22 3405 1458 2·33
. Baikunthapur 55 7657 6113 1.25
Buxa r.R. (E) 17 10288 3454 2·98
Buxa T.R. (W) 24 16213 4083 3·97
Sundarban T.R. 10 17565 3875 4·53
Total 3545 488095 386753 1.26

Table-12 : Ecodevelopment Committees around the National Park/Sanctuaries in West Bengal

(Source: Dept. of Environment & Ramkrishna Mission, Narendrapur, 2002. West
Bengal State Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan, Ramkrishna Mission, Narendrapur).
National Park/Wildlife Sanctuaries Total No. of EDC Total No. of families
Gorumara National Park 9 1418
Jaldapara Sanctuary 32 15022
Mahananda Sanctuary 11 1751
Singalila National Park 1 22
Sanchal Sanctuary 10 1277
Buxa Tiger ReServe 20 2524
Sundarban Tiger Reserve 16 4283
Total 99 26297
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Table-13 : Year wise record of release of Crocodile Hatchling from Crocodile Project,
Bhagabatpur under 24-Parganas (South) Division.
Year Male Female Total Progressive Place of Release
Total
1979 13 27 40 40 Parchamutli, Matla-II, Gosaba Pirkhali-I,
Pirkhali-II, Lothian
1982 3 22 25 65 Netidhopani, Gowa-II, Chamta
1983 6 12 18 83 Netidhopani, Matla, Chandkhali
1984 6 15 21 104 Netidhopani, Chamta-II, Bhurkunda Khali,
Bhagmari
1986 1 29 30 134 Netidhopani, Chotta Chamta, Arbiga
1987 17 13 30 164 Pirkhali-7, Chhota Hodi, Chamta-4
1988 15 12 27 191 Haldibari, Buridabri, Chamta
1989 1 12 13 204 Netidhopani, Panchamundi, Chamta-4
1991 11 9 20 224 Chamta-2 & 4, Netidhopani
1992 7 8 15 239 Matla-2 (Surajmukhi Khal)
1993 7 8 15 254 Khewra Shuli N arayantala, Chhoto
Chamta-1
1994 3 18 21 275 Chotto Hardy Camp-2, Chand Khali Camp-4
1995 2 12 14 289 Ejukhali, Matla-1, Netidhopani
1996 5 10 15 304 Chamta-4, (Chandra Duani)
1997 4 10 14 318 N~tidhopani, Chamta
1998 4 11 15 333 Netidh9pani, Chamta
1999 14 6 20 353 Sajnakhali, N etidhopani, Bakkhali &
Suddhannakhali
2000 - - - - -
2001 - - - - -
2002 5 15 20 373 Chamta, Netidhopani
2003 - - - - -
2004 1 1 2 375 Chulkati, Dhulibasani
2005 4 10 14 389 Chulkati-Sajnekhali
2006 2 4 6 395 Sundarikhati
2007 2 4 6 401 Sundarikhati khal in Ajmalmari-7 Reserved
Forest Block"
2008 - - - - -
2009 12 8 20 421 Chulkati~I

Source: Annual Report (2009-2010), Wildlife Wing, Directorate of Forests, Govt. of West Bengal.
SANYAL et aI. : Discussion 137

DISCUSSION taxonomic units, Medinipur district tops

Maintaining ~ehighest number of species
without considering their taxonomic position
makes little sense in -terms of b' odiversity.. .For
example ·80 percent of the total species on earth
occur in terrestrial ,ecosystem mainly because
vascular plants and insects are so numerous on
land accounting for 72 percent of all described
species. But the sea contai s greater proportion
of higbee taxonomic units. Marine eco~y'stem
con~ains representatives of .34 phyla while
terrestrial ,environments are home to only 28
pbYla. Within the limits of the state, Medinipur
may be considered as the maritime district and
South 24 .parganas to some extent. In tenns of
the list with representatives of Smajorand
minor faunal phyla amongtbe total 20 pby a
recorded so far from the state (Text-fig.. 27)..
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nearest to Medinipur district with the
occurrence of 16 phyla However, diversity in
respect of taxonomic unit is much less in
Murshidabad WIth representation of only 8
phyla. When faunal spe,c ies richness is
considered, Darjilin,g district ,comes frrst with
4387 .specie,s and Kolkata share the next
position with 2555 species (Text .. fig . 28).
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state show a negative correlaltion (r := -0.226) even to tbepoint of extinction in the state. Till
with the species richness comprising flora and r1e cently our priority hitherto has been-
fauna together (Te,xt-fig. 32). Development, with a capital D! Mainly to
Some of the previous chapters provide a accommodate the ever~ growing buma I

, panoramic glimpse of the rich and diverse plant populations, all out efforts are being done w' th
and animal life along with their rapid decline no r,e spect for nature, ' 0 thought for other
SANYAL et al. Discas,sion 139

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140 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

living beings, and no concern for the tomorrow. of survival of culturally diverse and sensitive
However, it is heartening to note that in recent traditional communities. These areas must
past scienario has been changed to a great remain inviolate from urban and industrial
extent. Since nineteen seventies there is pressures. However, the process of setting up
growing concern for wildlife and subsequently and managing the~e protected areas has also
the total aspects of biodiversity. As already resulted severe problems for local communities
stated various steps, policies, actions have been dependant on their natural resources for
adopted not only to protect and preserve what livelihood and sustenance. Almost always, areas
remains of our fauna, flora and natural habitats have been declared national parks or
but also to devise ways and means of sanctuaries without adequate consultation with
augmenting this priceless natural resource. Now these communities and have resulted in their
it is not necessary to plead the case for rights being terminated, acess to basic resources
biodiversity any more than it is necessary to
being cut off without adeqate provision of
argue for the continued existence of mankind.
alternatives. In this situation, a feeling of
The plain fact is that we can not live without it
hostility amongst local communities has quite
as we are a part of the unity called life on earth
naturally built up, resulting in conflicts of
and if any part is injured or des.troyed,
other parts will certainly be impaired in their 'various kinds. These conflicts threaten the
turn. This is the truth which just can not, be objectives of protected areas and also the local
ignored. communities which live in and around them.
This people - conservation conflict tends to take
As a component of National Biodiversity
attention away from the more deep - rooted
Strategy and Action Plan, West Bengal State
Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2002) problem facing both protected areas as also
and Status of Environment in West Bengal-A forest dwelling communities; over - exploitation
Citizen's Report (2008) have been finalized by of resources by dominant urban-industrial
a team. of experts from Government and non- interests. The major aim of protected areas is
Government sectors. The said plan worked out the conservation of biological diversity present
present status of environment and biodiversity in them. However, human settlements and
in the State, gaps in our knowledge, strategies, human modified ecosystems are a part of the
needed action, respective actors, time frame for systems being conserved. Traditional
each action and other related aspects. In the communities and their activities are as much a
meantime National Wildlife Action Plan (2002- part of the ecosystem as the wild plants and
2016), which is also concerned with the animals and their protection should be a part
conservation of biodiversity, has also been of the objectives of protected areas. Indeed
finalized. However, from the understanding of there are scientific evidences which suggest that'
the ecosystems and species diversity of the limited forms of human intervention may
state, existing gaps and problems of their actually increase local levels of biodiversity. At
conservation alongwith ever increasing human present by law, the wildlife wing of the Forest
populations certain further recommendations Department of the state has the responsibility
have been made in the following to ensure that of management of protected areas. Often the
we have sustainable development without serious problems arising from a, lack of
destruction, and that we can take of the coordination between various government
resources as we leave behind for the future
departments operating in and around protected
generations.
areas. Example of Sundarban may be given
I. Protected Areas : where often conflicts arising among he policies
Protected areas represent amongst our last of Forest, Fisheries, Tourism and other
reserves of biological diversity, as also the basis departments.
SANYAL et ale : Discussion
It is necessary to resolve the above problems
and to make conservation of biodiversity in
protected areas· as invocation of the local
people and not imposition. But to do so, there
is an urgent need for all concerned people and
agencies to unite, and to build partnerships of
joint decision making. As such Joint Protected
Area Management policy as far as practicable
is recommended. This is the conceptualization,
planning, ail.d management of protected areas
aJ)d their surrounds, ·with the objective of
conserving natural ecosystems and
biodiversity, therein, while ensuring the
livelihood security of local traditional
communities, through mechanisms which
ensure a partnership between these
communities, government agencies, and other
concerned parties. There is ~ need to study the
diversity of experiences on how either
government or community control had worked
towards conservation of natural habitats;
further, what could be the respective sharing
of powers, rights, responsibilities and function
of each partner (Community, Government
agency, NGO, etc.).
II. Human resource development and
perso~el planning
Information on the biota is a prerequisite for
undertaking appropriate conservation
strategies and this has been emphasized in the
CBD (1992). Documentation of biodiversity is
the primary requisite for biodiversity
conservation and therefore, in order to develop
scientific conservation strategies, it is necessary
to dev~lop taxonomic skill. With the
degeneration of taxonomic expert~se in the
. current. century, taxonomic investigations are
at crossroads. Fortunately headquarters of two
premier taxonomic institution viz., Botanical
Survey of India and Zoological SUlVey of India
are "located at Kolkata and both having
enormous series of comparative material. These
institutions should be provided with the fullest
support to carry out advanced taxonomic
researches and to render proper training for
building. up capacity of such researchers.
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Conservation of biodiversity and its
sustainable utilization is a challenging issue of
the day and requires committed biologists and
social workers who possess scientific
competence, organizing and planning ability
aided by communication skills. They also need
sharp detection and enforcement capabilities
against organized criminal elements nursed by
big-money illegal trade. Frontline staff equally
must have similar skills at the grassroots level.
The current capacity building, personnel
planning and management measures need to be
greatly strengthened for the conservation of
biodiversity which is distributed over dive~se
ecosystems and facing multifarious threats.
Several organizations like Wildlife Institute of
India (WII), Indira Gandhi National Forests
Academy (IGNFA), Indian Institute of Forest
Management (IIFM), Indian Institute of Public
Administration (lIPA), Zoological Survey of
India (ZSI), Botanical Survey of India (BS!),
Eastern Forest Rangers College (Kurseong) and
few NGOs organize regular training courses on
biodiversity research· and forest management.
These training programmes often do not
include the common people such as fishermen,
peasants, minor forest produce collectors, and
o!hers who are in regular interaction with the
local·biodiversity. As compared to the richness
and extension of the biodiversity and existing
threats, the number of staff engaged in the
conservation activities is far below the
requirement. Understanding this ground
reality, our Honourable Ex.Prime Minister,
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee stated in the 21St
meeting of Indian Board of Wildlife that State
Governments should increase the staff engaged
in conservation activities and give them better
training, facilities and equipment.
Under the above circumstances, it is
recomamended that training programmes on
biodiversity conservaton, management and
sustainable use to be organized at Panchayet
level taking common villagers, traders,
teachers, manufacturers, field staffs belonging
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to Forest, P.W.D., Tourism, Fisheries, Tribal
Welfare, Agriculture, Development and
Planning departments as target group. Faculty
members for such training programme should
primarily be comprised of specialists from local
Forest, Environment and Fisheries departments
and NGOs. As and when necessary service of
expertise from WII, IGNFA, IIPA, IIFM, ZSI,
BSI, and other organisations may be sought for.
However, care should be taken that language
of the speaker may not be a barrier for
understanding the subject. Special training
programmes to be organized for members of
different enforcement authorities such as
Forest, Police, Customs, Coast Guards, Border
Security Force, and others regarding
preliminary identification of Schedule and
CITES listed species; various legal implications
and procedures related to biodiversity
conservation. To combat with the poachers,
smugglers, and militants, ground staff of the
forest department should be equipped with
sophisticated arms and ammunition after
providing necessary training by the expertise
from Defence department. As the management
of biodiversity in different situation requires
full time service of large number of persons, it
is necessary to fill up immediately all the posts
lying vacant particularly at the field level in the
Forest, Fisheries, Environment and other
related department. It is a fact that the
resources of the State Government is limited.
However, as Honourable ex-Prime Minister
suggested, "This limitation can be considerably
over come through innovative initiatives such
as redeployment of surplus employees in other
departments, hiring local people on a voluntary
or honorary basis, raising donations from
business houses and other members of the
public in return for a greater role for them in
implementing programmes" Apart from the
basic training on the conservation of
biodiversity, advanced courses on the wildlife
census, use of Internet, GIS, Radio-telemetry
and related teachnology are to be imparted at
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
appropriate level. A data base for basic-trained
and another for advan.ce-trained persons to be
developed and maintained in a central office.
III. Monitoring and Research
It has been clearly stated in the National
Wildlfe Action Plan (2002-2016) that
monitoring and research are tools for a better
understanding of nature, its functions and to
enable optimum or sustainable utilization of its
resources, as well as to evaluate the
conservation status of species and habitats and
the extent of impact of conservation
endeavours undertaken. Such understanding
will also help to reduce man-animal ~onflicts.
Developmental projects are often undertaken
on expediency rather than hard data and this
sometimes results in permanent damage to
fragile ecosystems. There is no doubt numerous
long-term and short-term biodiversity related
re~earch projects are being carried out by the
universities, State and Central Government
Organisations, NGOs and others. Findings of
these researches helped a lot in the
management and conservation of biodiversity
in the State. However, several basic information
necessary for the proper management of
biodiversity are still lacking. Handbooks for
identification of threatened and CITES related
species are not yet available for many of the
groups; species-inventory of protected areas
are not complete; Methodology for sustainable
commercial use of most of the medicinally or
economically important plant and animal
species not yet developed; reintroduction and
restocking feasibility of threatened species not
been properly evaluated; and many others
indicate existing gaps in this regard.
It has already been stated that large number
of organizations are carrying active research
for the success of biodiversity conservation.
However, often there is lack of coordination
among these organizations. Thus it is
recommended that a committee may be· formed
with appropriate representatives of the
different organisations under the control of
SANYAL et ale : Discussion
State Biodiversity Board. The committee will
assess the current state of knowledge and
determine the priorty of the research projects
to be taken and help to build up necessary
coordination among different organizations.
Considering the local situation following aspects
of research may take priority in action.
a. Inventorisation of species in different
habitats and molecular characterisation of
the economically valuable species alongwith
,key stone, umbrella, rare, endangered
species.
b. Documentation, inventorisation and
utilization of ethnic knowledge for
conservation; sophistication of ethnic
. knowledge about various utilization of
bioresources for commercial viability.
c. Feasibility of reintroduction/restocking of
'threatened species.
d. ,Carrying capacity of Protected areas with
special reference to key species.
e. Mapping of sensitive sites and identification
of sensitive species.
f. Developing warning system against natural
calamities.
g. Veterinary aspects with special reference to
wildlife species.
h. Impact ot mass scale use of chemical
pesticides and fertilizers.
i. Identification of wild relatives of
domesticated plants and animal species.
j. Monitoring and mitigation of man-animal
conflicts owing to fragmentation of wildlife
habitats and success of JFM.
k. Utilisation of remote-sensing techniques in
the field of land use, flood control, weather
forcast, forestry, crop disease, marine
resource assessment, soil conservation,
limnological studies, etc.
1. Sustainable utilsation of species and
ecosystem.
m. Restoration of indigenous species lost due
to encouragement of high yielding varieties.
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n. Improvement of socio-economic condition
and alternate income generation.
O. Status of pollinators in different ecosystem.
IV. Management of natural habitats
outside the Protected areas
Vast stretches of natural habitats covering
patches of forests, wetlands, grasslands, coastal
lands, crop lands, orchards, wastelands, etc.
used to serve as hosts of large number of wild
species from micro-organisms to mammals.
Several districts of south and north Bengal
maintain sacred groves, which are declining
fast under the anthropogenic pressure and
continuing encroachment on land. In the tribal
belts of Puruliya and Medinipur such tradition
are still going on. In Medinipur fresh blood of a
fowl is offered at the base of a grove where their
deity "Marangburu" resides. 'Panchvati" in
Dakhineswat is also one such sacred grove
worshipped in a different way. Many other such
folk lores are associated with different rituals
performed by various sections of the common
masses in this state. Further, these lands are of
critical importance in respect of grazing, fishing,
fuelwood/fodder/medicinal plant collection,
animal corridor, spatial movement of spillover
species outside Protected Areas. More over, the
occurrence of a species in a protected area is
no guarantee of long-term security. It has
already been described that many of the
,protected areas are subject to continuing
pressures of encroachment, degradation and
hunting. Even areas which are adequately
protected are often too small to maintain the
viable populations of species which live at low
population density or which are nomadic or
migratory. These problems are becoming
increasingly pressing as habitats outside
protected areas become more and more altered
and degraded, leaving protected areas as
'islands' of natural or seminatural habitat.
Natural habitats outside Protected Areas are
rapidly lossing their characteristics and
degraded owing to encouragement of high
yielding agricultural crops, urbanisation,
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promotion of social forestry, construction of
roads, industrial development and others.
These has affected not only the biodiversity of
natural habitats but also increased pressures on
the forested tracts and disturbance in the
movement of forest dwelling species. Under the
circumstances, the areas outside protected area
are in need of more active management if they
are to be maintained for their ecological
integrity and continue to play their role in
preventing the extinction of species.
To restore the degraded natural habitat areas
and to prevent further. degradation, mapping
of district-wise avan~ble natural habitats
particu~arly those.i PH,~~i~~ private holdings to
be ~one o~ Prio~ty' basis. Any transformation
of maPl?ffirjireas for development or other
pl)rpp~~~" shqpJ:~: ,p!~ceded by impact
assessment on the biota .. In· a recent trend it
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has been noticed that age-old trees are being
cut or swamp areas are filled up without
considering the consequences on the
biodiversity. A definite policy is to be evolved
to curve this trend. Traditional and current use
pattern of private property, common lands and
waterbodies to be preserved. Specific
programmes to be framed through
participatory management for restoring
degraded or partly degraded areas and
subsequent monitoring of the impact.
Without doubt, the need to save the
biodiversity is of utmost urgency. Human ego,
greed and population pressure have already
done irreparable damage of the biodiversity.
Fortunately there is a growing awareness among
the policy makers and common people about
the significance of biodiversity conservation
and this is particularly true for the State of West
Bengal. Existing national and State
conservation strategy for living resource
conservation and sustainable development are
providing both an intellectual framework and
practical guidance for conservation actions.
However, certain gaps exist as regard to
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implementation and follow up actions. Lion
share of the budget is spent for high sounding
projects dealing with charismatic species
ignoring other equally important (if not more)
species living in the ecosystem. Often these
projects do not involve the son of the soils who
understand the situation and actual requirement
better than the people coming from outside. No
doubt expertise is required, but at the same time
involvement of local people alongwith their
traditional knowledge will contribute in the
better achievement and percolation of
resources at ground level. Base line data on the
population, behaviour, feeding and breeding
habits, habitat utilization, movement threats
and other ecological processes are important
requirements for planning management of
biodiversity. Authentic data in these aspects
can be procured from the local people easily
after providing appropriate scientific training.
Scientific processing and subsequent
interpretation of data thus obtained can be
utilized suitably. Such practice will
automatically improve the economic condition
of the poverty-stricken forest and rural people
which in turn automatically reduce the direct
pressure on biological resources. Strict
imposition of several biodiversity-conservation
related Acts have taken away the traditional
rights of the large section of economically
deprived people on the biological resources. For
livelihood they often become party to illegal
timber and other wildlife trade resulting
enormous permanent loss of biodiversity. As
such goals of conservation can only be achieved
not by prohibition but through sustainable
utilization of under used biological resources
and generating gainful employment in
conservation related activities.
SUMMARY
Huge amount of biodiversity related data of
West Bengal have been accumulated
particularly for higher groups of plants and
animals. Challenging issues of biodiversity
conservation and its sustainable utilization
SANYAL et ale : Summary
become complex and multifarious. Each state
or region within the country has specific
necessary elements concerned with
biodiversity, which need to be integrated into
the framework of action plan. It is the primary
requirement for regional policy makers and
managers of biodiversity to have status report.
Unfortunately, most of the valuable data on the
biodiversity of the state are very much
scattered and have limited use. It is essential
that relevant and user friendly data bases are
prepared and made available through modern
information technologies.
Owing to favourable agroclimatic condition,
West Bengal was always one of the most
populated states of the country. The problem
of population explosion has been aggravated
due to huge immigration from East Pakistan
(now Bangladesh) since 1947. As per census
2011, population of West Bengal has reached
913.471akhs (fourth among Indian provinces)
and population density standing 1029 per
sq.km. (second to Kerala). Since 1971, the
population of the state has become more than
double. This has created tremendous pressures
on the natural habitats and resources alongwith
transformation for agriculture, developmental
projects and urbanization.
Varied physical environment of the state
have given rise great diversity in ecosystems in
one region to other.' The recorded forest of
West Bengal is about 11,879 sq.km. i.e. 1.54
percent of the recorded foiest' of India and 13.4
percent of state's total geographical area. At
least 10 different kinds of forests can be found
within the limits of the state. Maximum diversity
of forest ecosystems are met within the
northern parts mainly due to altitudinal
variations. Northern Tropical Dry Deciduous
type has the greatest coverage (4,527 sq.km.)
but in a very much degraded state. Littoral and
Swamp (Mangrove) forest is extended over
4,263 sq.km in estuarine south West Bengal. It
is the only mangrove forest of the world (except
Bangladesh) which supports population of
145
Tiger - Panthera tigris. North Indian Moist
Deciduous forests alongwith its grasslands in
North Bengal provide second home to a Great
On - horned Rhinoceros - Rhinoceros unicornis,
and many other threatened species including
Hispid Hare - Caprolagus hispidus , Bengal
Florican - Eupodotis bengalensis, etc. Out of
five main grass covers of India, three, viz.,
Phragmites - Saccharum - Imperata type,
Themeda - Arundinella type and Temperate-
Alpine type are found in the state. There are
54 natural and nine man-made wetlands which
cover more than 100 ha. These alongwith
numerous small water bodies cover an area of
about 3,44,527 ha. which is nearly 8.5 percent
of the total wetland area in India. Diversity of
wetland plants of West Bengal is richest in India
and is represented by more than 380 species
belonging to 170 genera and 81 families.
.
With the increased importance of
biodiversity conservaton, more and more
agencies in the Government as well as non-
government levels are being involved directly
or indirectly in the process of conservation.
Multifarious activities such as survey of flora,
fauna, forests and wildlife; habitat management;
regeneration of degraded areas; prevention and
control of pollution; establishment of protected
areas; regulation of hunting, felling and wildlife
related trade; research and awareness; socio-
economic development; sustainable use of
natural resources; Ex-situ conservation;
international collaboration and cooperation
and many others are being taken. All these
activities are well-supported and guided by a
set of legislative and regulatory measures in the
international, national and state levels.
Different biodiversity related Action Plans and
Policies such as Indian Environmetnal Action
Plan (1993), National Forest Policy (1988),
National Conservation Strategy and Policy
Statement on Environmment and Sustainable
Development (1992), National Wildlife Action
Plan (1973, 2002), etc. provided due
considerations to the needs of local people and
14 6
their support. West Bengal State Biodiversity
Strategy and Acton Plan as a component of
National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
has been drawn up.
The known faunal diversity of the state
consists of at least 11042 species out of 91771
present in the country and 1239166 in the
world. The number of floral species goes upto
7000 against nearly 49000 species known from
India. A large number of species of both the
groups are represented by several subspecies,
varieties and races. This has resulted further
richness in respect of genetic diversity.
Explorations ofa number of districts are not
yet been done properly. However, districts of
DarjiIing and Kolkata exhibit higher species
richness. Domestic biodiversity of the state is
equally impressive. With large number of
varieties and breeds. An attempt has been made
to provide lists of species.
State biota is enriched by holding a
enormous number of species having
significance in respect of conservation,
zoogeography, taxonomy, economy, endemism
and other aspects. Some of these species have
been focussed and listed.
Biodiversity and significance of the
Protected Areas of the state have been
discussed. Sundarban, J aldapara and
Mahananda have been identified as top priority
areas in respect of conservation.
Various factors resulting loss of biodiversity
in different sectors have been dealt with
alongwith the causes behind them.
It has been found that species richness of
the state is directly proportional with the forest
cover, while the same is almost inversely
proportional with human population density.
Objectives of Protected areas often can not
be fulfilled owing to the resistance of the local
communities who were dependant on the
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
natural resources for livelihood and sustenance.
To resolve the problem there is urgent need
for all concerned people and agencies to unite,
and to build partnerships of joint decision
making. Thus, Joint Protected Area
Management Policy as far as possible has been
recommended.
The current ·capacity building and personnel
planni;ng and management measures need to be
greatly strengthened to meet the challenging
issues of conservation. Large number of
organizations are conducting training
programmes. However, such training
programmes often do not include common
people such as fishermen, peasants, minor
forest produce collectors and others who are
in regular interaction with the local biodiversity.
For human resource development, training
programmes to be organized at Panchayet level
taking common villagers and field staffs of
biodiversity related departments as target
groups. Care to be taken that the language of
the speakers may not be a barrier for
understanding the subject. A data base for basic
trained and another for advance . . trained
persons to be developed and maintaIned in a
central office.
Numerous biodiversity related researches
are being carried out. Findings of these
researches helping a lot in the management and
conservation of biodiversity. However,
researches related to the local situation should
be given priority in action. Further to obtain
authentic data, project authorities should
involve the local people living in and around
the natural habitat areas.
.Goals of conservation can only be achieved
not by prohibition but through sustainable
utilization of under used biological resources
and generating gainful employment In
conservation related activities.
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BACTERIA
1. Aeromones hydrophila
Habitat: Soil/Water/Sewage.
2. Aeromonas punctata
Habitat: Soil/Water/Sewage.
3. Agromonas fumefacieus
. Habitat: Soil/Water/Sewage.
4. Alcaligenes pagadoxus
Habitat : Plant gall forming.
5. Arthobacte~ globiformis
Habitat : Water/Soil/Sewage.
6. Arthrobacter vinelandii
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
7. Bacillus rubotibis
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
8. Bacillus cereus
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
9. Bacillus licheniformis
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
10. Bacillus maceraus
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
11. Bacillus plymixa
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
12. Bacillus sphaericus
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
13. Bacillus pumillus
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
14. Bacillus tunigensis
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
15. Bacterium erthrogens
Habitat : Water/Soil/Sewage.
16. Beigeriucuia sp.
Habitat : Water/Soil/Sewage.
17. Beggiatoa sp.
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
18. Bordefella perfusis
Habitat : Water/Soil/Sewage.
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19. Brucella abortus
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
20. Chlorobium thiosulphilum
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
21. Cifrobacter sp .
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
22. Clostridium butylicum
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
23. Clostridium perfringens
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
24. Clostridium tefani
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
25. Clostridium thermoaceticum
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
26. Corynebacterium diptheriae
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
27. cryptococcus neoformans
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
28. Desulfovibrio desulfericans
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
29. Enterobacter aerogenes
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
30. Escherichia coli
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
31. Salmonella typhiurium
Habitat: Water/Soil/Sewage.
32. Heamophilum irifluenzae
Habitat : Air.
33. Halobacterium salinasium
Habitat: Air.
34. Klebsiella sp.
Habitat : Soil/Air.
35. Lactobacillus acidophilus
Habitat : Soil/Air.
36. Lactobacillus brevis
Habitat : Soil/Air.

37. Lactobacillus lacns
Habitat : Soil/Air.
38. Leuconostor mesenteroides
Habitat : Soil/Air.
39. Methnococus sp.
Habitat : Soil/Air.
40. Methanobacillus omelianskii
Habitat : Soil/Air.
41. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Habitat : Soil/Air.
42. Neisseria gorolThoeae
Habitat : Soil/Air.
43. Neisseria meningitridis
Habitat : Soil/Air.
44. Nitrobacter winogradskyi
Habitat : Soil/Air.
45. Nitrococeus naobilis
Habitat : Soil/Air.
46. Nitrosomonas europaeea
Habitat : Soil/Air.
47. Noeardia asteroids
Habitat : Soil/Air.
48. Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Habitat : Soil.
49. Pseudomonas flava
Habitat : Soil.
50. Pseudomonas marina
Habitat : Soil.
51. Pseudomonas putida
Habitat : Soil.
52. Pseudomonas vesieularis
Habitat : Soil.
53. Rhodosprillum flavum
Habitat : Soil.
54. Rhodosprillum rubrum
Habitat : Soil.
55. Rhodosprillum tenue
Habitat : Soil.
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56. Saeina maxima
Habitat : Soil.
57. Saeina morrhuae
Habitat : Soil.·
58. SelTatra mareeeseeus
Habitat : Soil.
59. Shigella dysenteriae
Habitat : Soil.
60. Sphaerotrilus diseophorus
Habitat : Waste water.
61. Staphyloeoeus aureus
Habitat : Soil.
62. Staphyloeocus laens
Habitat : Soil.
63. Staphyloeocus bovis
H abUat : Soil.
64. Staphyloeoeus faeealis
Habitat : Soil.
65. Staphyloeoeus laems
Habitat : Soil.
66. Staphyloeocus pneumonae
Habitat : Soil.
67. Staphyloeocus pyoens
Habitat : Soil.
68. Staphyloeocus thermophilus
Habitat : Soil.
69. Staptomyees griseus
Habitat : Soil.
70. Staptomyees busmitus
Habitat : Soil.
71. Staptomyees nodosus
Habitat : Soil.
72. Staptomyees veneznelae
Habitat : Soil.
73. Su(folobus aeidoealdasius
Habitat : Soil.
74· Tetrahymena pyrtformis
Habitat : Soil.
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75. Thermoactinomycets sacchagi 81. Thiospirillum jenese

Habitat : Soil. Habitat : Soil.
76. Thermobactreium sp.
82. Vibrio cholerae
Habitat : Soil.
77. Thiobacillus ferroxidams Habitat : Soil.
. Habitat : Soil. 83. Vibrio comma
78. Thiobacillus thioxidans Habitat : Soil.
Habitat: Soil.
84. Xanthomonas rinicola
79. Thiobacillus intermedius
Habitat : Soil.
Habitat : Soil.
80. Thiosarcina sp. 85. Yersinia perlis
Habitat : Soil. Habitat : Soil.
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ALGAE
Kingdom PLANT KINGDOM 7. Aphanocapsa montana
Subkingdom CRYPTOGAMA Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Division THALLOPHYTES Habitat : Rice field.
Class CYANOPHYCEAE Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling, Haora,
Order CHROOCOCCALES Hugli and Murshidabad (Baharampur).
Family CHROOCOCCACEAE 8. Aphanocapsa roeseana fonna.
1. Aphanocapsa roeseana major
Life form : Plankton/soil algae. Life form : Plankton/soil algae.

Habitat: Rice field. Habitat : Rice field.

Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Canning), Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Medinipur
(Silda, Contai), Murshidabad (Beldanga,
Baharampur) and Nadia.
2. Aphanocapsa banaresensis
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Maldah, Medinipur (Contai,
Junput) and Nadia.
3. Aphanocapsa biformis
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Maldah, Medinipur (Kolaghat)
and Nadia.
4. Aphanocapsa greviZZei
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman and
Medinipur (Garbeta).
5. Aphanocapsa koorders
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling, Haora and
Hugli.
6. Aphanocapsa litloralis
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Barddhaman (Asansol),
Kolkata and Koch Bihar.
Distribution: J alp aiguri , Maldah, Medinipur
(Jhargram, Garbeta) and Nadia.
9. Aphanocapsa thennalis
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs .
(Dimond Harbour), Birbhum, Datjiling, Haora,
HugH and Murshidabad.
10. Aphanocapsa pulchra
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Dinajpur
(Islampur), Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad, North 24
Pgs. and South 24 Pgs. (Diamond Harbour).
11. Aphanotheca bulZosa
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum and Haora
(Sankrail).
12. Aphanotheca castagnei
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Kolkata.
13. Aphanotheca microscopia
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Dimond Harbour), Bankura (Harmasra),
Kolkata, Murshidabad (Baharampur) and Nadia.
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14. Aphanotheca naegelii
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Darjiling, Haora (Uluberia) and
Murshidabad (Ragunathgunj).
15. Aphanotheca pallida
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Kolkata, Haora, HugH and Medinipur
(Medinipur Sadar).
16. Aphanotheca sragnina
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
,Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura, Barddhaman, Kolkata
and Haora.
17. Chroococcus cohaerens
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura (Moynapur), Kolkata,
Koch Bihar, Darjiling, Dinajpur, Maldah and
Nadia.
18. Chroococcus minutes·
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Falta), Bankura, Birbhum, Koch Bihar,
Darjiling (Mirik'Lake), Dinajpur, Haora and
Medinipur (Contai, Garbeta).
19. Chroococcus pallidus
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Koch Bihar,
Darjiling, Dinajpu~ and Haora (Uluberia).
20.Gleocapsa calcarea
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Nurpur), Koch Bihar, Darjiling, Dinajpur and
Medinipur (Kolaghat).
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21. Gleocapsa crepidinum
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Kakdwip, Frazergunj), Maldah, Murshidabad
and Nadia.
22. Gleocapsa decorticans
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur), Kolkata,
Haora (Bagnan), Maldah and Murshidabad.
23. Gleocapsa luteo-fusca
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Darjiling, Dinajpur (Islampur), Jalpaiguri,
Maldah, Medinipur and Murshidabad
(Beldanga).
24. Gleocapsa montana
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
_ Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Nurpur),
Bankura, Koch Bihar, Darjiling, Jalpaiguri,
Maldah and Murshidabad.
25. Gleocapsa pleurocapsoides
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Saline area.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Murshidabad, Nadia and Puruliya.
26. Gleocapsa polydermatica
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Medinipur (Kolaghat,
Medinipur Sadar) and Puruliya.
27. Gleocapsa rupesms
Life form: Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Taki), South
24 Pgs. (Roychawk), Birbhum, Barddhalllan,
Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Murshidabad and Nadia.
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28. Gleothece membranacea
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Mathurapur),
Birbhum, Barddhaman (Memary), Medinipur,
Nadia and Puruliya (Bagmundi).
29. Gleothece rupesms
Life form : PlaI:1kton/ soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Joynagar),
Bankura, Haora, HugH, Medinipur and
Puruliya.
30. Gleothece samoensis
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Falta) and
Murshidabad.
31. Gleothece var. maxima
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhamall1
Maldah, Medinipur (Kolaghat) and Nadia.
32. Merismopedia conuoluta
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field:-
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur),
Birbhum, Barddhaman and Puruliya.
33. Merismopedia glauca
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
34· Merismopedia sp.
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban), Bankura and Puruliya.
35· Merismopedia tenuissima
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
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Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Maldah, Murshidabad and Nadia.
36. Microcystis aeruginosa
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Kolkata, Koch Bihar, Dinajpur, Medinipur,
Murshidabad and Nadia.
37. Microcystis benglensis
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dimond
Harbour), Bankura, Kolkata, Koch Bihar,
Dinajpur, Haora, HugH, Murshidabad and
Puruliya.
38. Microcystis elongata
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura (Onda), Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Haora, Hugli, Murshidabad and
Puruliya.
39. Microcystis flos-aquae
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Rice field Estuary.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Bankura
(Joyrambati), Birbhum, Barddhaman, Dinajpur,
Medinipur, Murshidabad and Nadia.
40. Microcystis litoralis
. Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Saline.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban) and Puruliya.
41. Microcystis pseudofilamentose
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Haora, HugH,
Jalpaiguri and Medinipur.
42. Microcystis robusta
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Dinajpur,
Medinipur and Murshidabad (Baharampur).
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43. Microcystis viridis Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.

Life form : Plankton/soil algae. (Falta), Bankura, Jalpaiguri and Maldah.
Habitat : Rice field. 50. Microchaete uberrima
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur). Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Family ENTOPHYSLIDACEAE Habitat : Rice field.
44. Chlorogloean fritschii Distribution: Maldah, Medinipur (Narajole)
Life form : Plankton/soil algae. and Nadia.
Habitat : Rice field. Family NOSTACACEAE
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. 51. Anabaena ambigua
(Falta), Haora, HugH, Medinipur and Nadia. Life form : Soil.
45. Johannesbaptistia pellucida Habitat: Rice field.
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Habitat: Rice field. Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman and Medinipur
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. (Haldia).
(Canning) and Murshidabad. 52. Anabaena anomana
Order CHAMAESIPHONALES
Life form : Soil.
Family DERMOCARPACEAE
Habitat : Rice field.
46. Stichosiphon sansibaricus
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Life form : Plankton/soil algae. Bankura and Murshidabad.
Habitat: Rice field. 53. Anabaena cercinalis
Distribution: Medinipur (Medinipur sadar) Life form : Soil.
and Murshidabad.
Habitat : Rice field.
Order P LEUROCARP SALES
Distribution: Bankura and Medinipur.
Fami~ PLEUROCARPACEAE
54. Anabaena fertilissima
47. Myxosarcina spectabilis
Life form : Soil.
Life form : Plankton/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. Distribution : Haora, Medinipur and
(Dimond Harbour, Sunderban), Kolkata, Murshidabad.
Medi¢pur (Digha) and Nadia. 55. Anabaena fuellebornii
Order NOSTOCALIS Life form : Soil.
Family MICROCHAETACEAE Habitat: Rice field.
48. Microchaete loktakensis Distribution Bankura, Birbhu111,
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Barddhaman and Medinipur (Panchmari).
Habitat: Rice field. 56. Anabaena gelatinicola
Distribution : Nadia. Life form : Soil.
49. Microchaete tenera Habitat: Rice field.
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Habitat : Rice field. Haora and HugH.
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57. Anabaena iyengarii 65. Anabaena oscillarioides

Life form : Soil. Life form : Soil.

Habitat: Rice field. Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Distribution : Kocl1 Bihar, Darjiling,
Medinipur and Puruliya.
Jalpaiguri and Medinipur.
66. Anabaena sphaerica
58. Anabaena iyengarii var. attenulata
Life form : Soil.
Life form : Soil. Habitat : Rice field.
Habitat : Rice field. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution: Bankura, Medinipur and 67. Anabaena spiroides
Puruliya. Life fonn : Soil.
59. Anabaena khannae Habitat : Rice field.
Life form : Soil. Distribution : Bankura, Murshidabad
Habitat: Rice field. (Baharampur) and Nadia (Kanchrapara,
Krishnanagar).
Distribution: Medinipur (Dharma, Contai).
68. Anabaena totulosa
60. Anabaena laxa
Life fonn : Soil.
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Rice field.
Habitat : Rice field. Distribution Bankura, Birbhum,
Distribution : Bankura. Barddhaman, Maldah, Medinipur (Contai) and
61. Anabaena nauiculoides Nadia.
Life form : Soil. 69. Anabaena utermohlii
Life fonn : Soil.
Habitat: Rice field.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Distribution: Murshidabad and Nadia
Birbhum and Barddhaman.
(Nabadwip).
62. Anabaena orientalis
70. Anabaena aginicola
Life form : Soil. Life form : Soil.
Habitat : Rice field. Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Maldah, Medinipur (Salboni, Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum and
Garbeta) and Nadia (Chakdha). Puruliya.
63. Anabaena orientalis var. 71. Anabaena uaginicola forma
ellipsospora fertilissima
Life form : Soil. Life fonn : Soil.
Habitat : Rice field. Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura and Medinipur.
Distribution : Bankura and Nadia.
72. Anabaena uariabilis
64. Anabaena oryzea
Life fonn : Soil.
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Rice field.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Darjiling, Dinajpur,
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Haora, Medinipur and Murshidabad
Dimond Harbour) and Medinipur (Narajole). (Baharampur).
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73· Anabaena ariabilis var. ellipsospora 81. Aulosira implexa

Life form : Soil. Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Rice field. Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura and DaIjiling. Distribution : Barddhaman, Medinipur and
74. Anabaena ariabilis var. kashiensis Murshidabad.
Life form : Soil. 82. Aulosira prolifica
Habitat: Rice field. Life form : Soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Habitat : Rice field.
75. Anabaena olzii Distribution : Bankura, J alpaiguri,
Life form : Soil. Medinipur (Dharma, Jhargram, Silda, Contai)
Habitat : Rice field. and Nadia.
Distribution : Medinipur (Jhargram, Contai, 83. Aulosira pseudodarmosa
Garbeta). Life form : Soil.
·76. Anabaena olzii var. crassa Habitat : Rice field.
Life form : Soil. Distribution: Barddhaman, HugH and
Habitat: Rice field. Medinipur (Thakurchak).
Distribution : Bankura. 84. Cylindrospermum alatosporium
77. Aulosira aenigmatica Life fornl : Soil/water bodies.
Life form : Soil. Habitat: Rice field.
Habitat: Rice field. Distribution : Bankura, Haora and
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Medinipur.
Dimond Harbour), Maldah, Medinipur (Digha) 85. Cylindrospermum cuvatum
and Murshidabad. Life form : .Soil/water bodies.
78. Aulosira fertilissima Habitat: Rice field.
Life form : Soil. Distribution : Kolkata.
Habitat : Rice field. 86. Cylindrospermum doryphorum
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Life form : Soil/water bodies.
pimond Harbour), Dinajpur (Raigunj),
Habitat : Rice field.
Medinipur (Digha) and Nadia (Santipur).
Distribution : Kolkata.
79. Aulosira fertilissima var. tenius
87. Cylindrospermum indicum
Life form : Soil.
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura, Koch Bihar, Dinajpur, Habitat : Rice field.
Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Medinipur and Puruliya. Distribution: Haora and Medinipur.
80. Aulosira fritschii 88. Cylindrospermum licheniforme
Life form : Soil. Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field. Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution Bankura, Birbhum, Distribution: Bankura, Darjiling, Dinajpur,
Barddhaman and Puruliya. J alpaiguri, Maldah and Nadia.
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89. Cylindrospermum licheniforme f. 96. Nodularia harveyana

lemmeranni Life form : Soil.
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Habitat: Rice field.
Habitat : Rice field. Distribution : Bankura.
Distribution: Bankura, Koch Bihar, DaIjiling, 97. Nodularia spumigena
HugH and Nadia. Life form : Soil.
90. Cylindrospermum majus Habitat: Rice field.
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Distribution : Bankura and Puruliya.
Habitat : Rice field. 98. Nostoc calcicola
Distribution Bankura, Medinipur Life form : Soil/water bodies.
(Jhargram). Habitat: Rice field.
91. Cylindrospermum michailoukoense Distribution: Barikura, Medinipur (NaIjole),
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Murshidabad and Nadia (Kalyani).
Habitat : Rice field. 99. Nostoc comminutum
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Bankura and Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Medinipur. Habitat: Rice field.
92. Cylindrospermum muscicola Distribution : Hugli, J alpaiguri and
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Medinipur.
Habitat: Rice field. 100. Nostoc commune
Distribution: Bankura (Onda), Kolkata, Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Medinipur (Contai) and Nadia. Habitat : Rice field.
93. Cylindrospermum muscicola yare Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
longispora Barddhaman, Kolkata, Haora, Hugli, Medinipur
Life form : Soil/water bodies. and Nadia.
Habitat: Rice field. 101. Nostoc depressum
Distribution : Bankura (Simlipal) and Life form : Soil/water bodies.
PuruHya. Habitat: Rice field.
94. Cylindrospermum sphaerica Distribution: Medinipur (Dharma).
Life form : Soil/water bodies. 102. Nostoc ellipsosporum
Habitat : Rice field. Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Habitat: Rice field.
Haora and HugH. Distribution : Bankura, Maldah (Kalichak,
95· Cylindrospermum stagnale Bamangola), Murshidabad (Baharampur) and
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Nadia (Goyeshpur, Ranaghat).
Habitat: Rice field. 103. Nostoc entophyton
Distribution Bankura (Jhilimili), Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Barddhaman (Asansol) and Medinipur Habitat: Rice field.
(Keshpur). Distribution : DaIjiling.
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104. Nostoc hatei 112. Nostoc spongiaefoMne

Life form ; Soil/water bodies. Life form ; Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field. Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura, Birbhum and Haora. Distribution; Bankura (Bishnupur), Birbhum
ios. Nostoc humifusum and Puruliya.
Life form : Soil/water bodies. 113. Nostoc spongiaeforme var. tenue
Habitat: Rice field. Life form ; Soil/water bodies.
Distribution : Darjiling and Medinipur Habitat : Rice field.
(Contai). Distribution: Bankura, Murshidabad and
106. Nostoc labatus Nadia.
Life form : Soil/water bodies. 114. Nostoc errucosum
Habitat : Rice field. Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Distribution; Murshidabad. Habitat : Rice field.
107. Nostoc linckia Distribution : Medinipur and Murshidabad.
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Pseudanabaena schidlei
115.
Habitat : Rice field. Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Distribution: Bankura (Onda), Barddhaman Habitat : Rice field.
and Medinipur (Dharma). Distribution: Bankura and Medinipur.
108. Nostoc mUSCOMLm
Wollea bharadwajae
116.
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat; Rice field.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Bankura and
Bankura and Dinajpur (Itahar).
Hugli.
109. Nostoc paludosum
Family OSCILLATORIACEAE
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Arthosporia gomotiana
117.
Habitat; Rice field.
Life form : Planktonic/soil algae.
Distribution : Bankura, Darjiling and
Habitat: Rice field.
Medinipur (Garbeta).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Bankura and
110. Nostoc piscinale
South 24 Pgs. (Dimond Harbour).
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Arthosporia jenneri
118.
Habitat: Rice field.
Life form : Planktonic/soil algae.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Habitat: Rice field.
Dimond Harbour), Barddhaman (Panagar),
Kolkata, DaIjiling and Nadia. Distribution : Jalpaiguri, Medinipur
~ (Medinipur Sadar) and Nadia.
111. Nostoc punctiforme
Arthosporia massartii
119.
Life form ; Soil/water bodies.
Life form: Planktonic/soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban), Bankura, DaIjiling, Maldah and Distribution Bankura, Maldah,
Nadia. Murshidabad and Nadia (Kalyani).
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120. Arthosporia massartii var. indica 128. Lyngbya allorgei

Life form : Planktonic/soil algae. Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field. Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura (Onda). Distribution : Darjiling and Medinipur
(Contai, BeIda).
121. Arthosporia plalensis var. tenuis
129. Lyngbya birgei
Life form : Planktonic/soil algae.
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Distribution: Bankura (Onda), Medinipur
Bankura, Birbhum and Medinipur (Haldia). (Garbeta) and Murshidabad (Baharampur).
122. Crinalium magnum 130. Lyngbya ceylanica
Life form : Soil algae. Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field. Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Falta). Pgs. (Matla, Diamond Harbour).
123. Hydrocoleum meneghinianum 131. Lyngbya ceylanica var.
Life form : Soil/water bodies. bunkurensis
Habitat : Rice field. Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Distribution: Murshidabad. Habitat: Rice field.
124. Hydrocoleum lyngbyaceum Distribution Bankura (Mayapur,
Bishnupur), Maldah, Medinipur (Garbeta) and
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Nadia.
Habitat : Rice field. 132. Lyngbya corifervoides
Distribution : Medinipur (Geokhali), Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Murshidabad and South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Habitat : Rice field.
Diamond Harbour).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
125. Lyngbya aerugineo-coerulae Pgs. (Sunderban).
Life form : Soil/water bodies. 133. Lyngbya cryptovaginata
Habitat : Rice field. Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur) and Habitat : Rice field.
Hugli. Distribution: Medinipur (Narajole).
126. Lyngbya aestuarii 134. Lyngbya hieronymusii
.
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Life form : Soil/water bodies .
Habitat: Rice field. Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Kolkata and Dinajpur. Distribution : Medinipur (Panskura,
127. Lyngbya agerheimii forma Dharma).
lacerata 135. Lyngbya lachneri
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field. Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Medinipur (Narajole). Distribution : DaIjiling (Mirik) and Haora.
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136. Lyngbya largerheimii
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur),
Medinipur and Nadia.
137. Lyngbya laxe$piralis
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura (Onda), Birbhum,
Barddhaman (Asansol), Medinipur (Garbeta)
and Puruliya (Jhalda).
138. Lyngbya magnifia
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Medinipur.
139. Lyngbya major
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Dinajpur, Haora
and Nadia.
140. Lyngbya majuscula
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Falta, Sunderban), Kolkata, Medinipur
(Tamluk).
141. Lyngbya martensiana
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Bakkhali), Bankura (Onda), Kolkata,
Medinipur (Haldia, Digha).
142. Lyngbya mesomcha
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
143. Lyngbya perelegems
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman and
Puruliya.
144. Lyngbya spiralis
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura (Kotalpur),
Barddhaman (Asansol) and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
145. Lyngbya stagnina
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution Bankura, Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Maldah and Nadia.
146. Microcoleus chthoJioplastes
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution Bankura, Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Medinipur (Garbeta, Silda) and
Murshidabad.
147. Microcoleus lacustris
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Darjiling, HugH, Jalpaiguri,
Maldah and Nadia.
148. Microcoleus lyngibyaceous
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura.
149. Microcoleus paludosus
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Darjiling and
Medinipur (Haldia, Kolaghat).
150. Microcoleus sp.
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
151. Microcoleus subtorulosus
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Medinipur (Digha) and
Murshidabad.
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152. Microcoleus vaginatus
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman and
Dinajpur.
153. Oscillatoria amphigranulata
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : 13ankura (Bishnupur),
Birbhum, Barddharhan, Jalpaiguri and
Medinipur.
154. Oscillatoria jascrvensis
Lifeform: Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Darjiling and Medinipur.
155. Oscillatoria proboscidae
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura (Moynapur),
Birbhum and Barddhaman.
156. Oscillatoria prolifica
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
157. Oscillatoria proteus
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura (Onda), HugH and
Medinipur (Jamtala).
158. Oscillatoria acuminata
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Haora, HugH and
Medinipur (Medinipur Sad~r).
159. Oscillatoria acuta
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Medinipur (Jhargram, Tumluk,
Silda).
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160. Oscillatoria agardii
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura.
161. Oscillatoria amaena
Lifeform: Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Canning) and Kolkata.
162. Oscillatoria amphibia
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura (Onda), Barddhaman
and Murshidabad.
163. Oscillatoria anguina
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura (Jairambati),
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata and Puruliya.
164. Oscillatoria anguina gomond
forma
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum and
Barddhaman.
165. Oscillatoria animalis
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution Bankura, Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Kolkata, Medinipur and Puruliya.
166. Oscillatoria annae
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Maldah, Medinipur
(Panskura) and Nadia.
167. Oscillatoria breis
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura.
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168.Oscillatoria breis yare 176. Oscillatoria limosa

nongranulata Life form : Soil algae.
Life form : Soil algae. Habitat : Rice field.
Habitat: Stagnant water in Rice field. Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
Distribution : Medinipur (Tumluk, Contai). (Sunderban), Birbhum, Haora and Medinipur.
Oscillatoria chalybea
-169. 177. Oscillatoria margaretifora
Life form : Soil algae. Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field. Habitat: Saline area.
Distribution Bankura, Birbhum, Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
Barddhaman, Haora, Hugli and Medinipur. (Sunderban).
170.Oscillatoria chilkensis 178. Oscillatoria mougeotii
Life form : Soil algae. Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field. Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Murshidabad. Distribution : Medinipur.
179. Oscillatoria obscura
Oscillatoria chlorina
171.
Lifeform : Soil algae.
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Distribution: Murshidabad.
Bankura (Onda), Dinajpur (Balurghat, Raigunj)
Oscillatoria cortiana
172. and Murshidabad.
Life form : Soil algae. 180. Oscillatoria okeni
Habitat: Rice field. Life form : Soil algae.
Distribution : Medinipur. Habitat: Rice field.
Oscillatoria curviceps
173. Distribution: Bankura and Medinipur
Lifeform : Soil algae. (Panskura)
Habitat : Rice field. Oscillatoria princeps
181.

Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. Life form : Soil algae.

(Kakdweep), Bankura, Koch Bihar and
Medinipur.
174. Oscillatoria earlei
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Medinipur
(Tamluk, Silda, Keshpur).
175.Oscillatoria formosa
Lifeform: Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Bankura and Medinipur (Jhargram).
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban) and Medinipur (Salboni, Haldia).
182. Oscillatoria pseudogeminata
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Koch Bihar and Jalpaiguri.
183. Oscillatoria pseudogeminata yare
unigranata
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur).
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184. Oscillatoria quadripunctuatulata
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura (Jairambati),
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata and Puruliya.
185. Oscillatoria rooi
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur) and Hugli
(Chinsura).
186. Oscillatoria scanta
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Medinipur.
187. Oscillatoria schultzii
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Kolkata, Medinipur (Ghatal,
Contai).
188. Oscillatoria simplicissima
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Medinipur.
18g. Oscillatoria splendida
Life form.: Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field
Distribution: Bankura (Jhilimili), Kolkata,
Haora and Puruliya.
190. Oscillatoria subbrevis
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Dimond Harbour), Bankura, Kolkata, Dinajpur
(Balurghat), Jalpaiguri, Medinipur and
Murshidabad.
191. Oscillatoria subbrevis forma
major
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Medinipur
(Haldia), Murshidabad and Puruliya.
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192. Oscillatoria tenuis
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Falta), Bankura
(Onda), Birbhum and Barddhaman.
193. Oscillatoria terebriformis
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Kolkata.
194. Phormidium angustissimum
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Kolkata and Dinajpur.
195. Phorinidium molle f. tenuior
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura.
196. Phormidium ambiguum
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura (Mukutmanipur),
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Medinipur (Panskura)
and Puruliya (Jhalda).
197. Phormidium ambiguum var. major
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Birbhum (Siuri) and Puruliya
(Bagmundi).
198. Phormidium anomala
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Maldah and
Nadia.
199. Phormidium bohneri
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Haora, Hugli and Medinipur
(Narajole).
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200. Phonnidium corium 208. Phonnidium luCidum

Lifeform : Soil algae. Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field. Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Maldah, Medinipur (Silda, Distribution : Bankura and Birbhum.
Salboni, Godapiasal) and Nadia. 209. Phonnidium molle

201. Phonnidium corium fonna major Lifeform: Soil algae.

Life form : Soil algae. Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Habitat: Rice field.
Haora and Medinipur (Medinipur Sadar).
Distribution : Medinipur (Salboni). 210. Phonnidium papyraceum
202. Phonnidium corium var. Life form : Soil algae.
capitatum Habitat : Rice field.
Life form : Soil algae. Distribution: Squth 24 Pgs. and HugH.
Habitat : Rice field. 211. Phonnidium purpurascens
Distribution : Bankura (Simlipal) and Lifeform: Soil algae.
Darjiling (Siliguri). Habitat : Rice field.
203. Phonnidium faeolarum Distribution: DaIjiling, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri,
Life form : Soil algae. Maldah and Murshidabad.
Habitat: Rice field. 212. Phormidium retzii
Life form : Soil algae.
Distribution : Bankura.
Habitat: Rice field.
204.Phonnidium faosum
Distribution: Bankura, Haora and HugH.
Life form : Soil algae.
213. Phormidium rotanda
Habitat: Rice field. Life form : Soil algae.
Distribution : Bankura, Haora and Hugli. Habitat : Rice field.
205. PhonJiidium fragile Distribution : Medinipur (Garbeta).
Life form : Soil algae. 214. Phonnidium stagnina

Habitat: Rice field. Life form : Soil algae.

Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum (Panagar) Habitat: Rice field.
and Medinipur (Digha). Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
206. Phonnidium jadinianum (Sunderban), Bankura, Haora and HugH.
215. Phonnidium tenue
Lifeform: Soil algae.
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Dinajpur (Raigunj), Maldah
Distribution : Bankura (Simlipal), Maldah,
(Ratua, Gazol) and Medinipur (Salboni, Contai).
Medinipur (Egra), Nadia and PuruHya (Jhalda).
207.Phonnidium laminosum 216. Phormidium uncinatum
Life form : Soil algae. Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field. Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura (Susunia) and Distribution : Bankura, Darjiling and
Birbhum (Santiniketan). J al paiguri.
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217. Phormidium ulderianum 225. Schizothrix rubella

Life form : Soil algae. Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field. Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Bankura, Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum and
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri and Nadia. Barddhaman.
218. Porphyrosiphon nostarisii 226. Schizothrix tamyl
Life form : Soil algae. Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Distribution: Bankura, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Habitat : Rice field.
Medinipur (Garbeta, Kharagapur, Keshpur) and Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Nadia. Pgs. (Dimond Harbour).
219. Schizothrix arenaria 227. Schizothrix telephoroides
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field. Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Maldah and Distribution : Bankura (Onda) and
Murshidabad. Medinipur (Garbeta, Panchmari).
220. Schizothrix calcicola 228. Spirulina labyrinthiformis
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Medinipur.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Murshidabad
and Puruliya. 229. SpiMllina major
221. Schizothrix friesii Life form : Soil algae.
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Habitat : Rice field.

Habitat : Rice field. Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,

Maldah, Medinipur (Haldia, Kolaghat),
Distribution : Darjiling, Medinipur (Keshpur)
Murshidabad and Nadia (Kalyani).
and Puruliya.
230. Spirulina meneghiniana
222. Schizothrix lacutris
Life form : Soil algae.
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura (Onda), Birbhum and
Distribution : Bankura and Barddhaman. Barddhaman.
223. Schizothrix muelleri 231. SpiMllina princeps
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field. Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Dinajpur, Medinipur (Garbeta) Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Murshidabad. and Medinipur (Narajole).
224. Schizothrix penicillata 232. SpiMllina subalsa
Life form : Soil/water bodies. Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat : Rice field. Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
(Dimond Harbour) and Medinipur (Salboni). Maldah, Medinipur (Haldia, Narajole) and Nadia.
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233. Symploea muralis
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum and
Medinipur (Salboni, Silda).
234. Triehodesmium th,ieb autii
Life form : Soil algae.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban, Dimond Harbour).
Family RIVULARIACEAE
235. Calothrix bharadwojae
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
236. Calothrix braunii
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura, Haora, Hugli, Maldah
and Nadia.
237. Calothrix brevissima
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Barddhaman
and Haora.
238. Calothrix breissima var.
moniliforme
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura and Puruliya.
239. 'Calothrix eastellii
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 21 Pgs.
(Sunderban), Haora and Medinipur.
240. Calothrix eastellii var.
somastipurensis
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Hugli and Puruliya.
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10. Calothrix eonarenii
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
24 2 . Calothrix elenkinii
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Haora and Nadia.
243. Calothrix fusea
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Medinipur (Dharma).
244. Calothrix fusea var. ~assa
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura (Joyrambati) and
Puruliya.
245. Calothrix ghosei
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Medinipur (Ghatal).
.246. Calothrix marchiea
, Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Bankura, Darjiling (Mirik) and
Di~ajpur.
247. Calothrix membranaeea
Life fornl : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Murshidabad and
Nadia.
248. Calothrix paMelina
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Barddhaman, Haora and HugH.
249. Calothrix scytonemieola
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
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Habitat : Rice field. 258. Gloeotrichia raciborskii

Distribution : Puruliya.
250. Caiothrix thermalis
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
251. Gloeotrichia pisum
Life form : Soil.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Bankura (Onda)
and Haora.
252. Gloeotrichia echinulata
Life form : Soil.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Baharampur).
253. Gloeotrichia ghosei
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura and Birbhum.
254. Gloeotrichia intermedia
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Kolkata, Medinipur and
Murshidabad.
255. Gloeotrichia intermedia var.
kanwaensis
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Medinipur (Keshpur) and
Murshidabad.
256. Gloeotrichia natans
Life form : Soil.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban), Bankura, Kolkata, Maldah,
Medinipur and Murshidabad (Baharampur).
257· Gloeotrichia pilgeri
Life form : Soil.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura and Puruliya.
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Bankura and
Medinipur (Dharma).
259. Gloeotrichia raciborskii kashi~e
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., HugH and
Medinipur.
260. Homeothrix juliana
Life form : Soil.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Dinajpur, Medinipur (Tamluk)
and Nadia.
Family SYTONEMATACEAE
261. Plectonema battersii
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
262. Plectonema indica
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : DaIjiling (Mirik).
263. Plectonema nostocorum
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Haora.
264. Plectonema notatum
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Medinipur
(Thakurchak) and Nadia.
265. Plectonema tomasinianum
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Barddhaman and Hugli.
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266. Scytonema bohneri
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Kolkata.
267. Scytonema buMltanicum
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Barddhaman, Haora and HugH.
268. Scytonema caldarium
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Barddhaman.
269. Scytonema ciricinnatum
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Medinipur and
Puruliya.
270. Scytonema coactile
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: Medinipur (Kolsanda).
271. Scytonema feMltyii
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Barddhaman and Medinipur.
272. Scytonema fritschii
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Barddhaman and Hugli.
273. Scytonema guyanense
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Barddhaman and Puruliya.
274. Scytonema hofmanii
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Birbhum, Koch
Bihar, Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri,
Maldah, Medinipur (Contai) and Nadia.
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275. Scytonema javanicum
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: Barddhaman, HugH and
Medinipur (Keshpur).
276. Scytonema leptobasis
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Haora and
Medinipur (Pachara).
277. Scytonema mirabile
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Dinajpur and
Puruliya.
278. Scytonema myochrous
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum and
Medinipur.
279. Scytonema schmidtii
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution : Barddhaman.
280. Scytonema simplex
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution Bankura, Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Haora, Hugli, Medinipur
(Jhargram) and Murshidabad.
281. Scytonema stuposum
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum and
Puruliya.
282. Scytonema tolypothrichoides
Life form : Soil/water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution : Bankura, Haora and Nadia.
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Order STIGONEMATALES 291. Hapalosiphon intricatus

Family MASTIGOCLADACEAE Life form : Soil.
283. Mastigocladus laminosus Habitat : Rice field.
Life form : Soil. Distribution : Bankura (Moynapur) and
Habitat: Rice field. Birbhum.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., 292. Hapalosiphon luteolus
Bankura, Barddhaman, Haora, HugH and Life form : Soil.
Nadia.
Habitat : Rice field.
Family STIGONEMATACEAE
Distribution : Bankura and Puruliya
284. Camptyionema indicum (Jhalda).
Life form : Soil. 293. Hapalosiphon welwitschii
Habitat : Rice field. Life form : Soil.
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur, Habitat : Rice field.
J oyrambati) and Puruliya.
Distribution : Medinipur (Panchkuri).
285. Camptylonemorpsis boldii
294. Hormidium subtilis
Life form : Soil.
Lifeform : Water bodies.
Habitat: Rice field.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
Distribution : Darjiling.
286. Camptylonemorpsis lahorensis
Life form : Soil. 295. Nostocopsis hangsgirgi

Habitat : Rice field. Lifeform : Water bodies.

Distribution : Nadia. Habitat: .Benthic.
287. Dennocarpa leibleiniae Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
~ife form: Water bodies. 296. Nostocopsis lobata
Habitat : Benthic. Life form : Water bodies.
Distribution : Kolkata. . Habitat : Benthic.
288. Dermocarpa sp. Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
Life form : Water bodies. 297. Raphidiopsis indica
Habitat: Benthic. Life form : Water bodies.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Habitat: Benthic.
Pgs. (Sunderban). Distribution : Bankura.
289. Fischerella muscicola 29B. Rivula.,..,.a manginii
Life form : Water bodies. Lifeform : Water bodies.
Habitat : Benthic. Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Darjiling.
290. Hapalosiphon fontinalis 299. Stigonema hormoides
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Water logged area.
Habitat : Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution: Bankura (Joyrambati). Pgs. (Sunderban).
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300. Stigonema ocellatum 308. Amphora sp.

Life form : Soil. Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Rice field. Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: Bankura, Birbhum, Maldah and Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Puruliya. Pgs. (Sunderban).
301. Stigonema tomentosum 309. Asteomphalus flabellatus

Life form : Soil. Life form : Planktonic.

Habitat: Estuary.
Habitat: Rice field.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Pgs. (Sunderban).
302. Synechocystis aquatitis
310. Asterionella Formosa
Life form : Water l:>odies. Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic. Habitat : Saline area.
Dis~bution : ~urshidabad. Distribution : Kolkata.
~tiellopsis prolifica 311. Asterionella japonica
Life form : Soil. Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Rice field. Habitat: Mangrove Estuary.
Distribution: Bankura (Onda) and Puruliya. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
304.J.renococcus acervatus
312. Bacillaria paradoxa
Life form : Water bodies.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
Pgs. (Sunderban).
Class BACILLARIOPHYCEAE
313. Bacteriastrum hyalinum
305. Achnanthes sp. Life form : Planktonic.
Life form : Planktonic. Habitat: Estuary.
Habitat : Estuary. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution : DaIjiling (Sinchallake). Pgs. (Sunderban).
306. Amphipora sp. 314. Bacteriastrum hyalinum var.
princeps
Life form : Planktonic.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban). Pgs. (Sunderban).
307. Amphora ovalis 315. Bacteriastrum varians
Life form : Planktonic. Life form ~ Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary. Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban). Pgs. (Sunderban).

316. Biddulphia heferoceros
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
317. Biddulphia longicruris
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
318. Biddulphia mobiliensis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
319. Biddulphia pulchella
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
320. Biddulphia sinensis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
_ Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
321. Caloneis madraspafensis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
322. Campylodiscus clypeus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
3 2 3. Chaefocerous curvisetus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
324. Chaetocerous diversus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
325. Chaefocerous indicus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
326. Chaefocerous lorenzianus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
327. Chaefocerous peruvianus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
328. Chaefocerous anheurckii
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary.
Distribution : North ·24 Pgs. ·and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
329. Climacodium frauenfeldianum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
330. Climacosphenia elongata
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
331. Cocconeis placentula var. englypfa
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchallake).
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332. Corethrone inerme 340. Cymbella aflins

Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban)
333. Coscinodiscus asteromphalus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
334. Coscinodiscus excentricus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
335. Coscinodiscus jonesianus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South
Pgs. (Sunderban).
336. Coscinodiscus oculotridis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South
Pgs. (Sunderban).
337. Coscinodiscus perforatus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary.
pistribution : North 24 Pgs. and South
Pgs. (Sunderban).
338. Coscinodiscus perforatus var.
pavillardi
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South
Pgs. (Sunderban).
339. Cyclotella sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pg~. (Sunderban).
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Saline area.
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchallake).
341. Cymbella aspera
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Saline.
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchallake).
342. Cymbella chandolensis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
343. Ditylum brightwellii
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
344. Ditylum sol
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
24 Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
345. Eucampia balaustium
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estu~ry.
24 Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
346. Eucampia cornuta
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
347. Eucampia zoodiacus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
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348. Eunotia pectinalis yare undulata
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Saline area.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Senchallake).
349. Eunotia pectinalis yare minor
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Saline area.
Distribution : DaIjiling (Mirik lake).
350. Eunotia sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
351. Eunotia yare minor
Life form :. Planktonic.
Habitat: Saline area.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mirik lake).
;;,
352. Fragillaria canica
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat , : Saline area.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
353. Fragillaria capucina
.Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Saline area.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Senchallake).
354. Frustulia sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
355. Gomphonema acumnatum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Saline area.
Distribution : Kolkata.
356. Gomphonema sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Saline area.
Distrihution : Darjiling (Senchallake).
Status of Biodiversity of West Be~gal
357. Gomphonema sphaerophorum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Saline area.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
358. Gyrosigma ballicum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
359. Hemiaulus sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
360. Hemidiscus cuneiformes
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
361. Isthmia enervis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
362. Lauderia annulata
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
363. Leptocylindrus danicus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
364. Lithodesmium undulatum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary~
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
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365. Melosira sulcata 374. Nitzschia closterium

Life form : Planktonic. Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary. Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban). Pgs. (Sunderban).
366. Navicula cryptocephaloides 375. Nitzschia linearis
Life form : Planktonic. Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary. Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : Darjiling (Senchallake). Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
367. Navicula mgna Pgs. (Sunderban).
Life form : Planktonic. 376. Nitzschia longissima
Habitat: Estuary. Life form : Planktonic.
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchallake). Habitat: Estuary.
368. Navicula similis Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Life form : Planktonic. Pgs. (Sunderban).
Habitat : Saline area. 377. Nitzschia pelagica
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Life form : Planktonic.
Pgs. (Sunderban). Habitat : Saline area.
369. Navicula sp. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Life form : Planktonic. Pgs. (Sunderban).
Habitat : Estuary. 378. Nitzschia scaleris
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and Life form : Planktonic.
"Darjiling (Sench~lllake). Habitat: Estuary.
370. Navicula stauroptera Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Life form : Planktonic. Pgs. (Sunderban).
Habitat: Estuary. 379. Nitzschia seriata
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling (Tonglu). Life form : Planktonic.
371. Navicula stauroptera yare Habitat: Estuary.
interrupta Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Life form : Planktonic. Pgs. (Sunderban).
Habitat : Estuary. 380. Nitzschia sigma
Distribution: Darjiling (Mirik). Life form : Planktonic.
372. Navicula viridis Habitat: Estuary.
Life form : Planktonic. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Habitat: Estuary. Pgs. (Sunderban).
Distribution : Kolkata. 381. Par-alia sp.
373. Nitzschia acuta Life form : Planktonic.
Life form : Planktonic. Habitat: Estuary.
Habitat: Estuary. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchallake). Pgs. (Sunderban).
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382. PinnulaMa gibha yare parva
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Saline area.
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchallake).
383. Pinnularia lebellaria
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchallake).
384. Planktoniella sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
385. Pleurosigma elongatum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
386. Pleurosigma normanii
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
?gs. (Sunderban).
387. Rhizosolenia alata
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
388. Rhizosolenia robusta
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
389. Rhizosolenia stigera
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
390. Rhizosolenia stolterfothii
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
391. Rhopalodid gibba
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Saline area.
Distribution : Kolkata.
392. Scheultia sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
393. Selectonema sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
394. Skeletonema costatum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
395. Slephanopyxis turris
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
396. SUMrella eximia
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Saline.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
397. Surirella linearis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchallake).
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398. Synedra ulna 406. Caloglessa leprieurii

Life f()rm : Planktonic. Lifeform : On water.
Habitat: Estuary. Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Kolkata and DaIjiling (Senchal Distribution : Kolkata.
lake). 407. Catenella ripae
399. Tetradinium sp. Lifeform : On water.
Life form : Planktonic. Habitat: Benthic.
Habitat: Estuary. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Pgs. (Sunderban). 408. Ceraminum gracillimum
400. Thalassiosirs coramandeliana Life form : On water.
Life form : Planktonic. Habitat : Benthic.
Habitat: Estuary. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. ~nd South 24 409. Ceraminum elegans
Pgs. (Sunderban).
Lifeform : On water.
401. Thalassiothrix frauenfeldii
Habitat: Benthic.
Life form : Planktonic.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Habitat : Estuary. Pgs. (Sunderban).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 410. Compsopogan lividus
Pgs. (Sunderban).
Lifeform: On water.
402. Thalassiothrix longissima
Habitat: Fresh water.
Life form : Planktonic.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Habitat: Estuary.
411. Compsopogan coeruleus
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Life form : On water.
Pgs. (Sunderban).
Habitat : fresh water.
403. Triceratium elengans
Distribution : Kolkata.
Life form : Planktonic.
412. Gygetina sp.
Habitat : Estuary.
Lifeform : On water.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban). Habitat: Benthic.
404. Tropidoneis elengans Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
Life form : Planktonic.
413. Polysiphonia angustissimum
Habitat: Estuary.
Lifeform : On water.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban). Habitat: Fresh water.
Class RHODOPHYCEAE Distribution : Kolkata.
405. Caloglessa adnata 414. Porphyra sp.
Lifeform: On water. Lifeform : On water.
Habitat: Benthic. Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban). Pgs. (Sunderban).
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Class DINOPHYCEAE 423. Protoperidinium depressum

415. Ceratiu11t hirundinella Life form : Planktonic.
Life form : Planktonic. Habitat: Estuary.
Habitat: Estuary. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
Distribution : Kolkata.
424. Pyropbacus borologicum
Class PYRROPHYCEAE
Life form : Planktonic.
416. Ceratium extensum
Habitat: Estuary.
Life form : Planktonic. Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Dinajpur.
Habitat: Estuary. Class PRASINOPHYCEAE
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 425. Halosphaera sp.
Pgs. (Sunderban).
Life form : Planktonic.
417. Ceratium furea
Habitat: Marine.
Life form : Planktonic. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Habitat : Estuary. Pgs. (Sunderban).
"Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Class EUGLENOPHYCEAE
Pgs. (Sunderban) and Koch Bihar. 426. Euglena viridis
418. Ceratium horridum Life form : Planktonic.
Life form : Planktonic. Habitat: Fresh water.
Habitat: Estuary. Distribution ~ Barddhaman and Kolkata.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 427. Phaeus pleuroneetes
Pgs. (Sunderban). Life form: On wa~er.
419. Ceratium mops Habitat : Estuary.
Life form : Planktonic. Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
Habitat : Estuary. (Sunderban), Barddhaman and Kolkata.
.Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 428. Phaeus triqueter
Pgs. (Sunderban). Life form : Plankton~c.
420. Dinophysis eandata Habitat: Estuary.
Life form : Planktonic. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
Habitat: Estuary.
Class CHAROPHYCEAE
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
429. Chara braunii forma schweinitzii
Pgs. (Sunderban).
Life form : Benthic.
421. Noetiluea sp.
Habitat: On water.
Life form : Planktonic.
Distribution : Murshidabad~
Habitat : Estuary. 430. Chara braunii yare eoromandelina
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Life form : Benthic.
Pgs. (Sunderban).
Habitat: On water.
422. Peridinium bre ipes Distribution : Kolkata.
Life form : Planktonic. 431. Chara eoralina yare walliehii
Habitat: Estuary. Life form : Benthic.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Habitat: On water.
Pgs. (Sunderban). Distribution : Birbhum.
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432. Chara el1Jthrogyna 441. Chara ulgaMs yare nitelloiodes

. Life form : Benthic. Life form : Water logged area.
Habitat: On water. Habitat: On water.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs.
433. Chara fibrosa yare fibrosa fonna 442. Chara zeylanica
longeorollata Life form : Benthic.
Life form : Benthic.
Habitat: On water.
Habitat: On water.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution : Kolkata. . Pgs. (Sunderban).
434. Chara flaccidus 443. Chara zeylanica var. zeylanica
Life form : Benthic. Life form : Benthic.
Habitat: On water. Habitat: On water.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Nadia.
435. Chara globularis yare 444. Nitella acuminata
leptospanna forma leptospenna
Life form : Benthic.
Life form : Benthic.
Habitat: On water.
HabItat: On water.
Distribution: Medinipur.
IDistribution : Kolkata.
445. Nitella furcata
436. Chara globularis yare virgata
Life form : Benthic.
Life form : Benthic.
Habitat: On water.
Habitat: On water.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution: Medinipur.
437. Chara hydropitys yare indica 446. Nitella gracillis var. corifer acea
forma major Life form : Benthic.
Life form : Benthic. Habitat: On water.
Habitat: On water. Distribution : Kolkata
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha) and Nadia. 447. Nitella hyaline
438. Chara setosa fonna Life form : Benthic.
presudobrachypus Habitat: On water.
.Life form : Benthic. Distribution : Kolkata, Murshidabad
Habitat: On water. (Baharampur) and Puruliya.
Distribution : Kolkata. 448. Nitella mucronata
439. Chara socotrensis fonna nuda Life form : Benthic.
Life form : Benthic. Habitat: On water.
Habitat: On water. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata. 449. Nitella polycarpa
440. Chara andalurensis Life form : Benthic.
Life form : Benthic. Habitat: On water.
Habitat: On water. Distribution : Medinipur, Murshidabad
Distribution: Murshidabad. (Baharampur) and Puruliya.
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450. Nitella tuberculata
Life form : Benthic.
Habitat: On water.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri, Medinipur
(Narajole) and Nadia.
Class XANTHOPHYCEAE
451. Tribonema bomybcinum
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Moist shady soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
452. LHchotomosiphon tuberosus
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Moist shady soil.
Distributio:-, : HugH.
453. Vaucheria alaskana
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Moist shady soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
454. Vaucheria aversa
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Moist shady soil.
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
455. Vaucheria germinata
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Moist shady soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
456. Vaucheria sessilis
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Moist shady soil.
Distribution: Kolkata and Murshidabad.
457. Vaucheria scssilis forma clavata
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Moist shady soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
458. Vaucheria sessilis forma repens
Life form : Soil.
Habitat: Moist shady soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Class CHLOROPHYCEAE
Order DESMIDS
459. Actinotaenium sp.
Life form : On water/on soil.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution : Darjiling.
460. Actinotaenium subglobosum
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat: Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution : Darjiling.
461. Bambusina brebissonii
Life form : On waterJon soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution : Medinipur.
462. Bambusina sp.
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution : Medinipur.
463. Closterium abrupum
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distributipn: Barddhaman and Medinipur.
464. Closterium acerosum
Life form : Straight fusiform.
Habitat: Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghoom, Mirik),
Maldah and Medinipur.
465. Closterium baillyanum
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution : Medinipur.
466. Closterium calosporum
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution : Medinipur and Puruliya.
467. Closterium cornu
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat: Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution : Darjiling (Mirik, Phalut,
Rimbick).
468. Closterium cynthia
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Mungpoo, Tonglu) and Medinipur.
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469. Closterium dianea
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mirik, Phalut) and
Medinipur.
470. Closterium eboracense
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Ghoom, Rimbick and
Sandakphu).
471. Closterium ehvenbergii
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
472. Closterium intermedium
Lifeform: On water/on soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution : Maldah.
473. Closterium lacoeolatum var.
parum
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat: Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution: Bankura and Medinipur.
474. Closterium lanceolatum
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution : Medinipur.
475. Closterium leibleini var.
intermedium
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Darjiling town, Lava,
Mungpoo) and Dinajpur (Balurghat).
476. C)osterium leibleini var.
recuratum
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution: D~iling (Kurseong, Mungpoo)
and Jalpaiguri.
477. Closterium leibleinii
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution: Darjiling (Manebhanjan, Mirik,
Tonglu).
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478. Closterium libellula
Life form : On water/on soil.
Habitat: Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution : Medinipur.
479. Closterium lineatum
Lifeform : On water/on soil.
Habitat : Planktonic/sediment.
Distribution : Medinipur.
480. Closterium moniliferum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution: DaIjiling, Dinajpur (Balurghat)
and Medinipur.
481. Closterium moniliferum var.
concaum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution : Puruliya.
482. Closterium moniliformis
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
483. Closterium paMJulum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Planktonic.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Dimond Harbour) and Darjiling (Mirik lake).
484. Closterium par ulum var.
angustum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution : Puruliya.
485. Closterium raffsii
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Planktonic.
Distribution: Medinipur.
486. Closterium rectimarginatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Planktonic.
Distribution: Barddhaman and Medinipur.
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487. Closterium striolatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Planktonic.
Distribution : Medinipur.
488. Closterium ulna
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling town,
Ghoom) and Medinipur.
489 .. Closterium enus
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution : Birbhum (Suri) and
Barddhaman.
490. Closterium enus yare debegenica
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong),
J alpaiguri and Maldah.
491. Cosmarium aeguale
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Planktonic.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Lachen, Lachung).
492. Cosmarium amoenum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Planktonic.
Distribution : Bankura, Murshidabad
(Baharampur) and Puruliya.
493. Cosmarium angulatum forma
majus
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution: Medinipur.
494· Cosmarium auriculatum yare
bogoriense
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution : Medinipur.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
495. Cosmarium bipunctatum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dimond
Harbour), DaIjiling (Mirik, Tonglu, Rimbick),
Medinipur, Murshidabad (Baharampur).
496. Cosmarium binum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong, Lava,
Sukna, Tista bazar).
497. Cosmarium ceylanicum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Planktonic.
Distribution : Darjiling (Mirik lake,
Mungpoo, Tiger Hill) and Medinipur.
498. Cosmarium connatum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution: Birbhum, Datjiling (Kalimpong,
Phalut) and Dinajpur (Balurghat).
499. Cosmarium connatum yare
dep~essum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Planktonic.
Distribution: Bankura and Medinipur.
500. Cosmarium contractum yare
ellipsoiedium
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: ·PlanktQnic.
Distribution : Medinipur.
501. Cosmarium contractum yare
minu'tum
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution : Bankura.
502. Cosmarium controversum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Planktonic.
Distribution : Darjiling (Mungpoo) and
J alpaiguri.
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503· Cosmarium CMLciferum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mirik lake).
504. CosmaMum cuneatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
505. CosmaMum cyclicum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat :- Aquatic (freshwater).
Distri!Jution : Mediniprir.
506. Cosmarium cyclicum var articum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Lava, Mungpoo,
Sandakphu, Yoksum) and Medinipur.
507. Cosmarium cylanicum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
'Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mirik, Mungpong,
Tiger hill) and Medinipur.
508. Cosmarium decoratum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
509. Cosmarium decoratum forma
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
510. Cosmarium depressum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Nayabazar, Tiger
hill, Tonglu), Maldah and Medinipur.
511. Cosmarium depressum forma
minor
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
512. Cosmarium depressum var.
aspertum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Birbhum (Siuri) and
Medinipur.
513. Cosmarium formosulum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mirik, Naya bazar,
Tiger hill, Tonglu), Jalpaiguri and Medinipur.
514. Cosmarium freemanii
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Hc;zbitat : Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
51!? Cosmarium freemanii var
verrucosum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Dinajpur (Balurghat).
516. Cosmarium garrolense
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling town,
Sandakphu).
517. Cosmarium geminatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum and
Barddhaman.
518. Cosmarium granatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Barddhaman and Darjiling
(Kalimpong, Batasi, Mungpoo, Tonglu).
519. Cosmarium granulatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (13atasi).
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520. Cosmarium hammeri
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Birbhum (Suri) and DaIjiling
(Nayabazar).
521. Cosmarium impressulum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution Darjiling (Kurseong,
Mungpoo).
522. Cosmarium laeve
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur and Nadia.
523. Cosmarium leave var.
octangulare
· Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur and Nadia.
524. Cosmarium lundellii
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghoom, Lava,
Mungpoo, Phalut), Jalpaiguri and PuruIiya.
525· CosmaMum lundellii yare
corpuptum
Life form. : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
526. CosmaMum lundellii yare
ellipticum
Life/orm : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Puruliya.
527· Cosma Mum margaMtatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Ghoom, Kalimpong).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
528. CosmaMum margartijeMlm
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mirik, Mungpoo),
Medinipur and Puruliya.
529. Cosmarium margispinatum
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Barddhaman and Medinipur.
530. CosmaMum meneghinii
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mirik lake).
531. CosmaMum nitidulum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mirik lake).
532. CosmaMum obsolatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
533. Cosmarium ocellatum yare
mamilla tum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: DaIjiling (DaIjiling town, Tiger
hills).
534. Cosmarium pardalis
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Puruliya.
535. Cosmarium perforatum var:' skujae
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Dimond Harbour).
536. Cosmarium phaseolus yare minutum
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
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,Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur)
and Puruliya.
537. Cosmarium planogranatum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
538. Cosmarium platydesminum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
539. Cosmarium polymorphum var
gronbladi
Life form : 01:1 water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Birbhum (Siuri) and Darjiling
(Ghoom, Kalimpong, Mungpoo).
540. Cosmarium portianum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
541. Cosmarium pseudobiremum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom).
542. Cosmarium pseudobroomei
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Puruliya.
543. Cosmarium pseudoconnatum
.Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Dimond Harbour), Darjiling (Darjiling town,
Kurseong, Mungpoo) and Medinipur.
544. Cosmarium pseudoconnatum
fonna minus
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Manebhanjang,
Mirik), Dinajpur (Balur ghat) and Medinipur.
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545. Cosmarium pseudoconnatum yare
minus
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
546. Cosmarium pseudoPllramidatum
fonna minor.
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
547. Cosmarium pseudo,.etusum var.
africana
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Barddhaman and Medinipur.
548. Cosmarium punctulatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Manebhanjan).
549. Cosmarium punctulatum yare
subpunctatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Ghoom, Sukna, Tsungthan, Tonglu) and
Medinipur.
550. Cosmarium pyramidatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
551. Cosmarium quadratum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater) .
Distribution: Darjiling (Batasi).
552. Cosmarium quadrilaterium
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
553. Cosmarium quadrum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Lava, Mungpoo,
Phalut), Maldah and Medinipur.
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554. Cosmarium quadrum yare minus
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
555. Cosmarium regulare
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Batasi, Darjiling
town, Lava).
556. Cosmarium retusum yare
angust~tum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Phalut, Sandakphu).
557. Cosmarium speciosissimum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman and
Medinipur.
558. Cosmarium speciosum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Batasi, Ghoom,
Kalimpong, Tonglu) and J alpaiguri.
559. Cosmarium speciosum yare
biforme
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : DaIjiling
560. Cosmarium speciosum
var.intermedium
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
561. Cosmarium stigmosum yare
hakalukiense
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Puruliya.
562. Cosmarium striolatum forma
intermedia
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution: Medinipur.
563. Cosmarium striolatum yare
nordstedtii
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Dimond Harbour).
564. Cosmarium subarulare yare
rugosum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura.
565. Cosmarium subauriculatum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Ghoom), Jalp~iguri
and Medinipur.
566. Cosmarium subauriculatum yare
truncatum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
567. Cosmarium subcrenatum
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Birbhum (Siuri) and DaIjiling
(Kurseong).
568. Cosmarium subspeciosum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Dinajpur (Balurghat).
569. Cosmarium subspeciosum yare
valdius
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Birbhum (Siuri).
570. Cosmarium subtumidum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
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Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Diamond Harbour) and Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Kurseong, Mirik).
571. Cosmarium subtumidum forma
minor
Life for:m : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Sukiapokhri).
572. Cosmarium uldulatum yare
crenula tum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Puruliya.
573. Cosmarium uldulatum yare
minutam
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom).
574. Cosmarium venus tum
Lifeform : On water/on· sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Barddhaman.
575. Cosmarium wenmanae
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
576. Cosmarium witrockii
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (DaIjiling town).
577. Cylindrocystis brebissonii
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : DaIjiling (Mungpoo, Phalut,
Rimbik, Senchal lake).
578. Cylindrocystis crassa
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mungpoo).
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579. Cylindrocystis sp.
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : DaIjiling.
580. Desmidium aptogonum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mirik lake).
581. Desmidium bailevi
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
582. Desmidium bailevi forma
tetragona
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : DaIjiling.
583. Desmidium bengalicum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura.
584. Desmidium coarctatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
585. Desmidium grevilli De Baryfa
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Birbhum (Siuri), Barddhaman
and Kolkata.
586. Desmidium grevillii
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Maldah.
587. Desmidium quardratum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchallake).
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588. Desmidium sp.
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling.
589. Desmidium swaetzii yare ambloydon
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Barddhaman.
590. Desmidium swarrzii
Lifeform : On water/on ~ediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater)~
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Diamond Harbour) and DaIjiling (Mirik lake).
591. Euastrum acanthophorum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Bankura al\d Medinipur.
592. Euastrum ~J1$atum
Lifeform : On water/on ~diment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshw·~ter).
Distribution : MedinipQl\
593. Euastrum ansatunt yare dideltiforum
Life form : On watert9J) sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (fr~water).
Distribution : Medinip\lr.
594 .. Euastrum ansa~m yare pyxidatum
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Miri~ lake).
595. Euastrum binale
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling town,
Mirik, Mungpoo, Tonglu) and Jalpaiguri~
596. Euastrum ceylanicum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Lava,
Sukna, Mungpoo).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
597. Euastrum cQralloides var.
trigibberum
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
598. Euastrum denticulatu!'l
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Birbhum (Siuri) and Darjiling
(Batasi, Ghoom, Phalut).
599. Euastrum didelta var bengalium
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
600. Euastrum dubium
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Kurseong, Mungpoo, Phalut), Dinajpur (Balur
ghat) and Medinipur.
601. Euastrum elegans
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
602. Euastrum gnathophorum var.
bulbuosum
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
603. Euastrum horikawae
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
604. Euastrum longicolla var
capitatum fonna
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
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605. Euastrum moebii
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura.
606. Euastrum sen-atum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
607. Euastrum sinuosum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
608. Euastrum sinuosum yare
ceylanicum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
609. Euastrum sinuosum yare
marchesoni
Life form. : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura and Puruliya.
610. Euastrum sp.
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura.
611. Euastrum spinulosum
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling and
Medinipur.
612. Euastrum spinulosum yare
bunnenese
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Diamond Harbour).
613. Euastrum spinulosum yare
intennius
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
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Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Birbhum (Siuri).
614. Euastrum spinulosum yare vaasii
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Maldah.
615. Euastrum subhexalobum yare
scrobiculatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
616. Euastrum sublabatum var
incrassatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling town,
Sukna) and Dinajpur (Balurghat).
617. Euastrum sublobatum yare
o b tusa tum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mungpoo).
618. Euastrum substellatum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong) and
J alpaiguri.
619. Euastrum turgidium var.
grunowii
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
620. Euastrum alidium
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
621. Gonatozygon aculeatum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater}.
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom, Sandakphu,
Tonglu).

622. Gonatozygon kinahani
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong, Lava,
Mirik) and Hugli.
623. Gonatozygon monotaenium
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Senchal
lake, Tiger hills).
624. Gonatozygon pilosum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Lower hills of
DaIjiling).
625. Gonatozygon sp.
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Maldah, Murshidabad
(Baharampur) and Puruliya.
626. Hyalotheca dissiliens
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura, Darjiling (Lava,
Mungpoo, Phalut) and Medinipur.
627. Hyalotheca sp.
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura and Birbhum.
628. Micrasterias alata
Life f.orm : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
629. Micrasterias foliacea
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
630. Micrasterias mahabuleahwarensis
yare surculifera
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
631. Micrasterias mahabuleshwarensis
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
632. Micrasterias mahabuleshwarensis
yare comperei
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling and Medinipur.
633. Micrasterias rotata
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
634. Netrium digitus
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum, Darjiling
(Sandakphu), Maldah and Medinipur.
635. Netrium sp.
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling.
636. Onychonema laeva
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong) and
Medinipur.
637. Onychonema laeva var malacense
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Aquati~ (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
638. Onychonema laeva yare malacense
forma granulatum
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
639. Onychonema laeva yare
sumatranum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : DaIjiling.
640. Onychonema sp.
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: DaIjiling.
641. Phymatodocis i.,.,.egulans
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura.
642. P~eurotaenium trabecula
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.,
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura and Medinipur
(Jamtala).
643. Pleurotaenium coroniferum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
644. Pleurotaenium ehrenbergii
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Kalimpong), Maldah, Medinipur and
Murshidabad (Baharampur).
645. Pleurotaenium eugeneum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Bankura and Medinipur.
646. Pleurotaenium i.,.,.egulare
,Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
647. Pleurotaenium kayei
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
648. Pleurotaenium lagerheimii forma
minor
Life form : On water/on sediment.
197
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur and Puruliya.
649. Pleurotaenium nodosum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Diamond Harbour) and Bankura.
650. Pleurotaenium ovatum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur (Keshpur).
651. Pleurotaenium sp.
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : DaIjiling.
652. Pleurotaenium subcoronulatum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur)
and Puruliya.
653. Pleurotaenium trabecula yare
elongatum
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura.
654. Pleurotaenium trabecula yare
elongatum
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
655. Pleurotaenium truncatum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Birbhum (Siuri) and DaIjiling
(Ghoom, Kurseong, Phalut, Sukna).
656. Pleurotaenium errucosum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : DaIjiling.

657. Spirof;aenia condenSata
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura and Medinipur.
658. Spirotaenia sp.
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura.
659. Spondyloslum nitens
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Phalut, Rimbick,
Sandakphu).
660. Spondyloslum nitens var.
tria~gulare forma
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Nadia.
661. Spondyloslum planum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
662. Spondyloslum sp.
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat.: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
663. Staurastrum aculeatum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Phalut, Sandakphu,
Tonglu).
664. Staurastrum bellum are simplicius
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Birbhum (Siuri), Barddhaman,
Kolkata, Maldah and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
665. Staurastrum borgeanum
·Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution : Darjiling.
666. Staurastrum corniculatum var.
anable
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura, Medinipur and
Puruliya.
667. StaurastnLm dejectum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mirik lake).
668. StaurastnLm furcatum fonna
richae
Llfeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater):
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Senchal
lake, Tiger hill).
669. Staurasfrum gladiosum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
670. Staurasfrum indentatum forma
minus
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur and Puruliya.
671. StaurastnLm longispinum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Birbhum (Siuri), Barddhaman
and Kolkata.
672. Staurasfrum polymorphum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom).
673. StaurastnLm saltans
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
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674. Staurastrum saltans var.
javanicum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
683. Staurodesmus cur atus var. latus
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura.
675. Staurastrum saltans var.
. polychara
Life form: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(l)iamond Harbour) and Medinipur.
676. Staurastrum sp.
Lifeform : On water/on seq.iment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling.
677. Staurastrum tohopekaligense
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
"Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mungpoo).
678. Staurastrum tohopekaligense
fonna minus
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
679. Staurasfrum wildemanii var.
horzontale
.,
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : .Aquatic (freshwater~.
Distribution: Bankura and Medinipur.
680. Staurodesmus andrzejewskii
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Puruliya.
681. Staurodesmus convergens
(Manebhanjang, Mirik, Mungpoo, Tonglu),
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Jalpaiguri and Medinipur.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur.
682. Staurodesmus convergens var.
ralfsii forma
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
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Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna).
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling town).
684. Staurodesmus dejectus
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom).
685. Staurodesmus dickiei var.
microspinus
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
686. Staurodesmus sp.
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Kolkata and Koch Bihar.
687. Tetmemorous laveis
Life form : On water/ on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling (DaIjiling town).
688. Tetmemorous sp.
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Darjiling.
689. TMploceras gracile
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution 'Bankura, Darjiling
690. Triploceras sp.
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling.
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691. Xanthidum acanthophorum var.
,.acibo,.skii
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Medinipur and Nadia.
692. Xanthidum antilopaeum
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Darjiling and Medinipur.
693. Xanthidum a.-matum var.
anguligerum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Birbhum (Siuri), Barddhaman
and Kolkata.
694. Xanthidum calca,.ato aculeatum
var. sudense
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat : Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Maldah.
69s.Xanthidum ~tatum
Lifeform : On wa~er/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura.
696. Xanthidum freemanii
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Barddhaman.
697. Xanthidum lepidum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
698. Xanthidum siolii
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Bankura.
699· Xanthidum spinosum
Life form : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution: Medinipur.
Status of Biodiversity of West. Bengal
700. Xanthidum superbum
Lifeform : On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Harbour).
701. Xanthidum sp.
Lifeform: On water/on sediment.
Habitat: Aquatic (freshwater).
Distribution : Kolkata and Koch Bihar.
Class CHLOROPHYCEAE
702. Aphanochaete repens
Life form : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata and
Murshidabad.
703. Aphanochaete sp.
Life form : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Barddhaman and Kolkata.
704. Bulbochaetae elatior
Life form : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Maldah and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
70 5. Bulbochaetae insignis var.
bengalensis .
Life form : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Birbhum.
706. Bulbochaetae nana
Life form.: Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Birbhum (Gusoro).
707. Bulbochaetae nigerica
Lifeform : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Birbhum (Bangchatra).
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708. Bulbochaetae nigeMca var. indica
Life form : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Barddhaman.
709. Bulbochaetae nordsledtii
Life form : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Birbhum (~usoro).
710. Bulbochaetae praereticulata
Lifeform : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Pilkunda).
711. Bulbochaetae sp.
Life fonn : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata.
712. Bulbochaetae tenus
Life fonn : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.·
Distribution Birbhum
Barddhaman and Kolkata.
713. Bulbochaetae wuhanensis
Life fonn : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Maldah, Murshidabad
(Bazarsau) and Nadia.
714. Caulerpa scalpeliformis
Lifeform : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
715. Caulerpa sp.
Lifeform : Water bodies.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
716. Cephaleuras laevis
Life form : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution :' Koch Bihar and Darjiling.
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717. Cephaleuras parasiticus
Life form: Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Koch Bihar and Daxjiling (Tista
bazar).
718. Cephaleuras sp.
Lifeform : Water bodi~s.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
719. Cephaleuras virescens
Life form : Water bodies.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Koch Bihar and Darjiling.
720. Ceratium furca
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban) and Koch Bihar.
721. Ceratium fusus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
(Gusoro), Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Koch Bihar.
722. Ceratium sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban) and Koch Bihar.
723. Ceratium trichoceros
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Koch Bihar.
724. Chaetomorpha linum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Kolkata.
725. Chaetomorpha sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban) and Kolkata.
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726. Characium apiculatum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Marine.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
727. Characium augustum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution: Kolkata and Murshidabad.
728. Characium oMssicum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
729. Characium sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : Kolkata and Murshidabad.
730. Chlamydomonas gleogama
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : Darjiling.
731. Chlamydomonas sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : Darjiling.
732. Chlorella sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata, Koch
Bihar and Dinajpur.
733. Chlorella conglomerat~
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : Kolkata.
734. Chlorella vulgaMs
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengell
735. Cladophora sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
736. Cladophora crispata yare genuina
Life form : P~anktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : Kolkata.
737. Cladophora glomarata
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Sout.' 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
738. Cladophora indica
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution: Kolkata, Medinipur and Nadia.
739. Coleochaete conchata
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Epiphytic on Vallisneria.
Distribution : Birbhum (Godadharpur) and
Murshidabad (Sagardighi).
740. Coleochaete leve
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Marine.
Distribution : Birbhum (Karidda).
741. Coleochaete pseudo-soluta
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Sagardighi).
742. Coleochaete pulvinata
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Pond.
Distribution : Birbhum (Bangachatra).
743. Coleochaete sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Koch Bihar and
Dinajpur.
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744. Cylindrocapsa geminella
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Water bodies.
Distribution : Birbhum (Kotasur).
745. Cylindrocapsa sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : Barddhaman and Kolkata.
746. Draparnaldipsis indica
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Aquatic.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
747. Draparnaldipsis sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Aquatic.
Distribution : J alpaiguri~
748. Entel·omorpha prolifera
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat .: Aquatic.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban) and Kolkata.
749. Enteromorpha sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Aquatic.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Kolkata.
750. Enteromorpha tuberosa
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Kolkata.
751. Fritschiella sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata,
J alpaiguri and Medinipur.
752. Fritschiella tuberosa
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
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Distribution : Birbhum, J alpaiguri and
Medinipur.
753. Gonium pectora Ie
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata.
754. Gonium sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata, Murshidabad and
Puruliya.
755. Hydrodictyon indicum
Life form : Planktonic.
Distribution : Maldah and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
756. Hydrodictyon reticulatum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata.
757. Hydrodictyon sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Koch Bihar and Dinajpur
758. Lychnothamnus barbatus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distrjbution : Kolkata.
759. Lychnothamnus sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat; Benthic.
Distribution ; Kolkata.
760. Microspora ilTegularis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
761. Mougeotia bangalorensis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
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Distribution : Birbhum (Tantipara),
Barddhaman and Kolkata.
762. Mougeotia cyanea
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution Birbhum (Bolpur),
Barddhaman and Kolkata.
763. Mougeof;ia droueti yare
Birbhumensis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Bhabta) and
Puruliya.
764. Mougeotia drouetii
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Birbhum (Murarai, Mitrapur),
Barddhaman and Kolkata.
765. Mougeotia jloridana
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Bazarsau) and
Puruliya.
766. Mougeotia laetavirens
Life form : 'Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Bidyapara) and
Puruliya.
767. Mougeotia longiarticulata
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Bazarsau) and
Puruliya.
768. Mougeotia macrocarpa
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution: Murshidabad and Puruliya.
769. Mougeotia mysorensis
Life form : Planktonic.
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Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Murshidabad.
770. Mougeotia poinciana
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution: Birbhum (Kotasur), Maldah
and Murshidabad (Bazarsau).
771. Mougeotia seminoleana
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Maldah and Murshidabad
(Marodighi).
772. Mougeotia sphaeroca,.pa
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution Birbhum (Mirapur),
Barddhaman and Kolkata.
773. Mougeotia sps.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata .and Koch Bihar.
774. Mougeotia viridis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Kandi).
775. Oedocladium prescotti
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban) and Barddhaman..
776. Oedocladium terrestris
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Barddhaman.
777. Oedocladium sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Bardhhaman.
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778. Oedogonium multisporium
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Medinipur (Narajole) and
Nadia.
779. Oedogonium sociale
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Darjiling (Mirik lake) and
Jalpaiguri.
780. Oedogonium sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Barddhaman and Kolkata.
781. Padiagtrum clathratum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata.
782. Padiagtrum simplex
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata.
783. Padiagtrum tetras
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
784. Padiagtrum sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata.
785. PandoMna morum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchallake).
786. Pandorina sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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787. Panium navicula var. inJlatum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Darjiling (Lower hills of
Darjiling).
788. Panium sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
789. Pediestrum duplex
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
790. Pediestrum simplex
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Estuary.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
791. Peridinium globulus
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
792. Peridinium granii
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
793. Peridinium hyaline um
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
794. Peridinium sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
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795. Phymatodocis sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : Bankura.
796. Pithophora oedogonia
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata.
797. Rhizoclonium riparium
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban) and Kolkata.
798. Rhizoclonium sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
799. Scenedesmus oblicues
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata.
800. Schizomeris leibteinii
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution Birbhum (Tatipara),
Murshidabad (Baharampur) and PuruHya.
801. Sirocladium himalayensis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata.
802. Sirocladium kumaoense
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata.
803. Sirocladium maharashtrense
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
804. Sirocladium sp.
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
805. Spirogyra anomala
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
806. Spirogyra bellis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Koch Bihar.
807. Spirogyra brunna
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
808. Spirogyra condensala
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Koch Bihar.
809. Spirogyra corrugata
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Koch Bihar.
810. Spirogyra crenulata
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Koch Bihar.
811. Spirogyra daedalea
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Darjiling (Mungpoo), Haora
and HugH.
812. Spirogyra elliptica
Life form : Planktonic.
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Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Koch Bihar.
813. Spirogyra farlowii
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Koch Bihar.
814. Spirogyra gujaratensis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution Maldah, Medinipur,
Murshidabad and Nadia.
815. Spirogyra hunanensi's
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution: Darjiling, Haora and Hugli.
816. Spirogyra kundaensis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Koch Bihar.
817. Spirogyra maxima
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Kolkata, Koch Bihar and Dinajpur.
818. Spirogyra minor
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna), Haora and
Hugli.
819. Spirogyra neglecta
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata and Koch Bihar.
820. Spirogyra nitida
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Kolkata and Koch Bihar.
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821. Spirogyra orentalis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
822. Spirogyra porticalis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat : Benthic.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Koch Bihar.
823. Spirogyra rhizobrachialis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Koch Bihar.
824. Spirogyra setiformis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Koch Bihar.
825. Spirogyra sulcata
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Darjiling.
826. Spirogyra texensis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kalimpong).
827. Spirogyra wabshensis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : DaIjiling (Sukna).
828. Stigeoclonium farclum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Birbhum (Mitrapur),
Barddhaman and Kolkata.
829. Stigeoclonium aestivale
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
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Distribution Birbhum (Tatipara),
Barddhaman and Kolkata.
830. Stigeoclonium curvirosfrum
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Murshidabad
and Puruliya.
831. Stigeoclonium fasciculore
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Birbhum (Dubrajpur),
Barddhaman and Kolkata.
832. Stigeoclonium flagellifera
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution Birbhum (Nannur),
Barddhaman and Kolkata.
833. Stigeoclonium geraldii
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Birbhum (Bangshatra),
Barddhaman and Kolkata.
834· Sngeoclonium geraldii var.
bengalensis
Life form : Planktonic.
Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman and
Kolkata.
835. Stigeoclonium indicum
Life form : On soil.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman and
Kolkata.
836. Stigeoclonium longipilum
Life form : On soil.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman and
Kolkata.
837· Stigeoclonium pachydeM1tum
Life form : On soil.
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Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman and
Kolkata.
838. Stigeoclonium penicillatum
Life form : On soil.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
839. Stigeoclonium pusillum
Life form : On soil.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman and
Kolkata.
840. Stigeoclonium tenue
Lifeform : On bark/on rock.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman and
Kolkata.
841. Trentepholia abiedna
Lifeform : On bark/on rock.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Tiger hills).
842. Trentepholia abienna var.
cras~epta
Lifeform : On bark/on rock.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling (Tonglu).
843. Trentepholia annulato
Life form : On bark/on rock.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling hills).
844. Trentepholia arboreum
Life form: On bark/on rock.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution: Darjiling (DaIjiling hills).
845. Trentepholia aur.ea
Lifeform: On bark/on rock.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling hills).
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846. Trentepholia aurea yare lanosa Habitat: Epiphytic.

Life form : On bark/on rock. Distribution: DaIjiling (DaIjiling hills).
Habitat: Epiphytic. 856. Trentepholia villosa
Distribution: Darjiling (DaIjiling hills). Life form : Planktonic.
847: Trentepholia cuculata Habitat: Benthic.
Lifeform : On bark/on rock. Distribution: DaIjiling (DaIjiling hills).
Habitat: Epiphytic. 857. lnothrix fimbriata
Distribution : Darjiling (Phalut). Life form : Aquatic.
848. Trentepholia dialepta Habitat: Epiphytic.
Life form : On bark/on rock. Distribution: Murshidabad.
Habitat : Epiphytic. 858. lnothrix munaliformis
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong). Life form : Aquatic.
849. Trentepholia diffracta Habitat: Epiphytic.
Lifeform : On bark/on rock. Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman and
Habitat: Epiphytic. Kolkata.
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu). 859. Ulothrix ariablis
850. Trentepholia jucunda Life form : Aquatic.
Life form : On bark/on rock. Habitat: Epiphytic.
Habitat: Epiphytic. Distribution : Darjiling (Mirik lake) and
Distribution : Darjiling. Murshidabad (Baharampur).
851. Trentepholia lagerheimii 860. Ulothrix orida
Life form : On bark/on rock. Life form : Aquatic.
Habitat : Epiphytic. Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling (Rimbick). Distribution: DaIjiling (Mirik lake).
852. Trentepholia odorata 861. Ulothrix zonata
Lifeform : On bark/on rock. Life form : Aquatic.
Habitat: Epiphytic. Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution: Darjiling (Rimbick). Distribution : Birbhum and Kolkata
853. Trentepholia santurcensis 862. Ulva lobata
Life form : On bark/on rock. Life form : Aquatic.
Habitat: Epiphytic. Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Sandakphu) Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
854. Trentepholia sps. Pgs. (Sunderban).
Life form: On bark/on rock. 863. Ulva sp.

Habitat : Epiphytic. Life form : Aquatic.

Distribution : Koch Bihar, Darjiling and Habitat: Benthic.
Dinajpur. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs.
855. Trentepholia umbrina 864. Uronema gigas
Lifeform : On bark/on rock. Life form : Aquatic.
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Habitat: Benthic. 870. Zygnema pectinatum

Distribution Birbhum (Tatipara), Life form : Aquatic.
Barddhaman and Kolkata. Habitat: Benthic.
865. Vaucheria sessilis Distribution: Kolkata and Koch Bihar.
Life form : Aquatic. 871. Zygnemorpsis benghalensi$
Habitat : Benthic.
Life form : Aquatic.
Distribution : Kolkata and Murshidabad.
Habitat: Benthic.
866. Volvox aureus
Distribution : Birbhum (Rajnagar) and
Life form : Aquatic.
Barddhaman.
Habitat: Benthic.
872. Zygnemorpsis pseudolahaulensis
Distribution : Kolkata, Koch Bihar and
Dinajpur.
Life form : Aquatic.

867. Vaucherier sessilis Habitat : Benthic.

Life form : Aquatic. Distribution : Birbhum (Bakreswar) and
Habitat: Benthic. Barddhaman.

Distribution : Murshidabad. 873. Zygnemorpsis scrobiculata

868. Zygrrema kiangsiense Life form : Aquatic.

Life form : Aquatic. Habitat : Benthic.
Habitat : Benthic. Distribution : Murshidabad (Bazarsau) and
Distribution: Kolkata and Koch Bihar. Puruliya.
869. Zygnema majus 874. Zygnemorpsis sp.
Life form : Aquatic. Life form : Aquatic.
Habitat: Benthic. Habitat: Benthic.
Distribution: Kolkata and Koch Bihar. Distribution : Birbhum and Barddhaman.
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FUNGI
Kingdom PLANTAE
Sub kingdom CRYPTOGAMA
Division THALLOPHYTA
Sub Division FUNGI
1. Absidia blakesleeana Lender
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
2. Acanlopage pectospora Drechs
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Nadia.
3. Mucor..,janseni Lander
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
4. Mucor lamprosporus Lender
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
5. Mucor mucedo L. : Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
6. Rhizopus cambodja (Chrasziz) Yuill.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
7. Rhizopus nigricans Ehrenb.
Life form : Saprophyte.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata , Haora.
8. Rhizopus rhizopodiformes (Cohn)
Zopf.
Life form : Saprophyte.
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Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Haorah.
9. Rhizopus stolonifer (Ehrenb : F) Linb
Life form : Saprophyte.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family CAPNODIACEAE
10. Acanthostoma wattii (Syd. & Bntl.)
·Theiss.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family DOTHIDEACEAE
11. Achorella indicum Cast.
Life form· : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: .Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
12. Achlya klebsiana Pieters
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Pond water.
Distribution : Kolkata.
13. Aulographum maculare Berk. & Br.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litter/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
14. Appendiculella colostroma (Desm.)
Hohn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
15. Armatella cinnamoni Hansf. & Thirum.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution: Darjiling.
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16. Asteromassaria macrocarpci (Desm) Habitat: On soil/Leaves.

Hohnel. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. 24. Aspergillus atropurpureus Zirnrn.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/ Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
leaves. Habitat: On soil/Leaves.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Distribution : Kolkata.
17. Botryospaeria ingae Kar & Maity 25. Aspergillus glaucus Link.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves. Habitat: On soil/Leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata and Nadia. Distribution : All districts.
18. Ceuthospora diospyri 26. Aspergillus porositieus Speore
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves. Habitat: On soil/Leaves.
Distribution : Nadia. Distribution : All districts.
19. Chaetothyrium javanicum (Zimm.) 27. Aspergillus ruber (Bremer) Thorn &
Boedijn. Raper
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves. Habitat: On soil/Leaves.
Distribution: Darjiling. Distribution : All districts.
20. Endodothella bambusae (Raben) 28. Aspergillus rugulosus Thorn & Raper
Theiss. & Syd.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial Colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/Leaves.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : All districts.
Distribution : Kolkata.
29. Aspergillus tamarii Kita
Family MONILIACEAE
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
21. Acremonium argemonis
Habitat: On soil/Leaves.
Purk & Malik
Distribution : All districts.
Life form : Parasites.
30. Aspergillus terreus Thorn.
Habitat: Leaf surface.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution: North 24 Pags.
Habitat : On soil/Leaves.
22. Acrophialophora fusispora (Sak.)
Samson Distribution : All districts.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. 31. Aspergillus aculeatus Lizuka
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/ Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
leaves. Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
Distribution : Nadia. leaves.
23. Aspergillus argentum Rai & Distribution : Darjiling.
Chowdhury 32. Aspergillus candidus Link
,I
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
33. Aspergillus clariflori
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
34. Aspergillus drimycorpi
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
35. Asperg,illusjlavipes (Bain. & Start.)
Thorn. & Churt
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : HugH.
36. Aspergillus aculeatus Lizuka
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
37. Aspergillus candidus Link
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
38. Aspergillus clariflori
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed . litters/
leaves.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
39. Aspergillus drimycorpi
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil! decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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40. Aspergillusjlavipes (Bain. & Start.)
Thorn. & Churt
L.ife form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Hugli.
41. Aspergillus jlavus Link
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
42. Aspergillus fumigatus Fees
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
43. Aspergillus luchuensis Cnui
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : H ugli.
44. Aspergillus nanus Mont.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
45. Aspergillus ochraceus Withelm.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling.
46. Aspergillus pseudonidulans Yuill.
Life form: Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
47. Aspergillus raianum Chowdhury
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters!
leaves.
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Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Habitat: Leaves.

48. Aspergillus striatus Rai
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
49. Aspergillus violaceo fuscus Casp
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
56. Castellania pasutropicales
(Schw.) de not
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
• Distribution : Kolkata.
57. Cephalosporium curtipes Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.I

Distribution: HugH. Distribution : Haora.

50. Aspergillus jlavus Link 58. Cephalosporium eichhorniae
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Padwick
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/ Life form : Parasite.
leaves. Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Kolkata.
\
51. Atractium indicum Chona & Munjal 59. Ceratophorum hypodennum Naissl.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/ Habitat : Leaves.
leaves. Distribution : Haora.
Distribution : Darjiling. 60. Cercosporidium tinosporae
52. Bipolaris halodes (Drechs) Shoem. Kar & Ray
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/ Habitat: Leaves.
leaves. Distribution : Nadia.
Distribution : Hugli. 61. Cladosporium fulvum eke.
53. Bispora antennata (Pers : Pers) Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Mason Habitat: Leaves.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Kolkata.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/ 62. Cladosporium herbarum (Pers.)Link.
leaves.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Habitat : Leaves.
54. Botrytis cinerea Pers.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Pgs.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/ 63· Cladosporium indicum
leaves. Rai, Tewari & Mukherjee
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
55. 'Candida ghosi Mitra Habitat: Leaves.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Birbhum.
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64. Cladosporium macrocarpum Preuss. 72. Dactylaria endermata Drechs

Lifeform : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves. Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Distribution : Nadia.
Pgs. 73. Drechslera chattopadhyagi MandaI
65. Cladosporium sphaerospermum & Dasgupta
Penz Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat : On leaves.
Habitat: On leaves. Distribution : Birbhum.
Distribution : Kolkata. 74. Drechslera spicij'era (Bain) Nicot.
66. Cylindrocladium camelliae Venkat Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Yank. Ram Habitat: On leaves.
Life form : Parasite. Distribution : Kolkata.
Habitat: On leaves. 75. Endocalyx melanoxanthus
Distribution : Darjiling. (Berk. & Br.) Petch
67. Cladotrichum foliecola (Niess) Ferr. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On leaves.
Habitat: On leaves. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Distribution : Kolkata. 76. Favotrichophyton discoides (Sabour)
Lemaire
68. Coniosporium donacis (Nie~sl.) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
77. Trichophyton craterijorme Sabour.
69. Coniothyrium phragmites
Purakayastha & Malik Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On soil.

Distribution : Kolkata.
Habitat : On leaves.
78. TMchophytonferruJineum (Ota) Lang.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
70. Corynespora caliciodea (Berk. &Br.) Habitat: On soil.
Ellis Distribution : Kolkata.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. 79. Trichophyton niveum Sabour.
Habitat : On soil. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Habitat: On soil.
Pgs. Distribution : Kolkata.
71. Dactylaria dasguptii Shome & Shome 80. Trichophyton tonsurans Mahn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil. Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Nadia. Distribution : Kolkata.
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81. Trichophyton rubrum (Cast.) Sabour
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
82. Trichophyton violaceum Sabour.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
83. Trichurus gragonifer Bain.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
84. Trichurus spiralis Hess.
Life form : Saprophyte.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling and Kolkata.
85. Ulocaladium botrytis (Preuss.) Simn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
86. Verticillium cinnabarium (Corda)
Reink.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
87. Volutella indica (Niesel) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
88. Xenosporium indieum Panwar
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family PUCCINIACEAE
89. Aecidum mori Barclay
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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90. Aecidum pygei Syd.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
91. Chnoopsora butleri Diet. & Syd.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
92. Uredo discorenae P. Henn.
Life form : Saprophyte.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
93. Uromyces setarie italicae (Diet.)
Yashino
Life form : Parasite.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family AGARICACEAE
94. Agaricus burkillii Moss
Life form : Saprophyte.
Habitat: On soil/litter.
Distribution : Kolkata.
95. Agaricus campesms L.
Life form : Saprophytes.
Habitat: On soil/litter.
Distribution : All districts.
96. Agaricus exalatus Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
97. Agaricus silvaticus Schaelf
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
98. Agaricus squalidus Mass
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/ Family CAPRINACEAE

leaves.
108. Agrocybe preceox (Pers : Fr.) S. F.
Distribution : Kolkata. Gray
99. Chnoospora butleri Diet. & Syd. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
Habitat : Leaves. leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Kolkata.
100. Pholiotoa examinans Berk
109. Annularia burldllae(Schultz.) Gill.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
Distribution : Kolkata.
leaves.
101. Lepiota delicolum Berk.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
110. Coprinus comatus Fr.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: On soil.
102. Lepiota cepaestipes Sow.

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Kolkata.

Habitat: On decayed wood. 111. Coprinus disseminatus (pers.: Fr.) S.
F. Gray
Distribution : Kolkata.
103. Lepiota erminea Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On soil.
Habitat : On decayed wood. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata. 112. Coprinus hookeri Berk.
104. Lepiota jlavophylla Mass. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On soil.
Habitat: On decayed wood. Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Kolkata. 113. Coprinus micaceus (Bull.)Fr.
105. Lepiota mimica Mass. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On soil.
Habitat: On decayed wood. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
114. Coprinus niveus (Pers.) Fr.
106. Lepiota sericea Mass.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution: Birbhum , Kolkata and Nadia.
Distribution : Kolkata.
115. Coprinus vellereus Berk.
107. Thielavia angulata Das
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil. Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution: Darjiling.
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Family ALBUGINACEAE Distribution : Darjiling.

Albugo bliti (Biv.) Kuntze
116.
Life form: Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution: Maldah.
Albugo platenis (Speg.) Swingle
117.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata, Dinajpur and Haora.
Family HUMARIACEAE
118.Aleuria aurantia (Pers.: Fr.) Fuckel
Life for11} : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Mo~st soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Barddhaman and DaIjiling.
119.Aleuria balfour-browneae Waraitch
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
120. Cheilymenia coprinaria (Cki) Boud
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
124. Lamprospora lobata (Berk.& Curt)
Seaver.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
125. Neottiella vivida (Nylander) Dennis
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distributio.n : Darjiling.
126. Scutellinia badioberis Berk: Cke
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
127. Scutellinia kergulensis (Berk.)
Kunze
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
128. Scutellinia supsba
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Tricharia creta (Cki) Boud
129.

Distribution : DaIjiling. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.

121. Cheilymenia stercorea (Pers.: Fr.) Habitat : On soil.
Boud. Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophYtes. TMcharia gilva Boud.
130.
Habitat: Leaves. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Habitat : On soil.
122. Cheilymenia theleboloides (Alb. & Distribution : DaIjiling.
Schw.: Fr.) Boud. 131. TMcharia opculata Bruhal & Sen
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves. Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : DaIjiling.
123. Lachnellula himalyensis Kar & Pal Family DEMATIACEAE
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. 132. Alternaria alternata (Fr.) Keissler.
Habitat: On soil. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/ 140. Alternaria triticina Prashad &

leaves. Prabhu
Distribution : Dinajpur and Nadia. Life form : Parasite.
133. Alternaria brassicola (Schw.) Willshire Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. leaves.
Habitat : Moist soil/ decomposed l~tters/ Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani).
leaves. 141. Alternaria uiolae Gall. & Dorsett.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
134. Alternaria chartarum Preuss. Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. leaves.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/ Distribution : Kolkata.
leaves.
142. Alternaria zinniae Pape
Distribution : Kolkata.
Life form : Parasite.
135. Alternaria citri Ellis & Pierce
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
Life form : Parasite. leaves.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/ Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani).
leaves.
143. Annellophora mussaendae
Distribution: Kalimpong (Darjiling).
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
136. Alternaria crassa (Sacc.) Rsnds.
Habitat: Leaves.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution: Dinajpur.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves. 144. Cercospora adinicola (Kar &
MandaI)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Barddhaman, Kolkata and J alpaiguri. Life form : Parasite.
137. Alternaria dianthi Steve & Hall Habitat : Leaves.
Life form : Parasite. Distribution : Medinipur.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/ 145. Cercospora albizziae Kar & MandaI
leaves. Life form : Parasite.
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani). Habitat : Leaves.
138. Alternaria gomphurenae Togashi. Distribution: Medinipur.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. 146. Cercospora allophylorum Kar &
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/ MandaI
leaves.
Life form : Parasite.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Habitat : Leaves.
139. Alternaria solani (Ell. & Mart.) Jones
Distribution: Medinipur.
& Grant.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. 147. Cercospora amomi Kar & Mondal
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/ Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
leaves. Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution: Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
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148. Cercospora antidesmatis Kar &
Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
149. Cereospora angulo-maculae
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Medinipur.
150. Cercospora bagdorensis Kar & Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
151. Cercospora brassicicola P. Henn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
152. Cercospora cannabina Wakef.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
153. Cercospora cannae Kar & Ray
Life form : My~elial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
154. Cercospora celosiarum Kar &
Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
155. Cercospora chenopodii Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
156. Cercospora commelinae Kar &
MondaI
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution : Medinipur.
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157. Cercospora cosmicola Kar & Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Koch Bihar.
158. Cercospora daemiae Kar & Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution : Barddhaman.
159. Cercospora daemiicola
Kar & Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution: Medinipur.
160. Cercospora daspurensis Kar &
Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution: Medinipur.
161. Cercospora davaliae Kar & Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : DarjiIing and Medinipur.
162. Cercospora diclipterae Kar & Maity
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
163. Cercospora ecbolii Kar & MondaI
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Ha~itat : Leaves.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
164. Cercospora eupatoMcola Govindu &
Thirym.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
-Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Haora.
165· Cercosporajici Heald & Wolf.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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166. Cercospora gangetica Purkayastha &
Malik
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
167. Cercospora haematoxylonis Chupp.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
168. Cercospora hemidesmi Kar &
Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution : Murshidabad.
169. Cercospora ichnocarpi
Kar & Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
. Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
170. Cercospora launaeae asplenifoliae
Kar & Mondal
Lifeform : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
171. Cercospora leeae macrophyllae
Kar & Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution : Medinipur.
172. Cercospora marsdeniicola
Kar & Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution : Medinipur.
173. Cercospora oroxyli Kar & Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Nadia.
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174. Cercospora oxyphyli Pavgi & Singh
Life form : Parasite.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution : Medinipur.
175. Cercospora oxysporae Kar & MandaI
Life form : Parasite.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution: Darjiling.
176. Cercospora phyllitidis Hume
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Medinipur.
177. Cercospora polygomiae
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
178. Cercospora polygonicola Kar &
Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : J alpaiguri
179. Cercospora pongamiae Kar &
Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Haora.
180. Cercospora pulchella Ramakr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
181. Cercospora roxburghii Purkayastha
& Mallick
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution: Birbhum, Kolkata and Nadia.
182. Cercospora stachytarphetae
CEn & Ev)
Life form : Parasite.
Habitat: Leaves.
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Distribution : Darjiling.
183. Cercospora subsessilis Syd.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution : Birbhum, Haora and Nadia.
184. Cercospora tagetis Kar & Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
185. Cercospora trewiae Kar & Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
186. Cercospora tragiaefolii Kar &
MondaI
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
187. Cercospora fyphonii Munjal. Lall &
Chona
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
188. Cercospora urarium Kar & Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
189· Cercospora withaniae H. & P. Syd.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leav.es.
Distribution : Darjiling.
190. Cercospora wedeliae Kar & MandaI
Life form : Parasite.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
191. Cercospora zehneriae Kar & Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves.
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Distribution : Darjiling.
192. Cercospora zingibericola Kar &
Mondal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
193. Dwendsyphion vinosum (Berk.&
Curt.) Hughes
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
194. Epicoccum oryzae Ito & Iwad
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Nadia.
195. Helminthosporium aUro-
olivaceum Cke. & Marlm.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
196. Helminthosporium hawaiiensis
Boug.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
197. Heterosporium interseminatum
(Berk. & Rav.) Atk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
198. Jhonstonia colocasiae Mo Bo Ellis
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
199· Nigrospora oryzae (Berko & Br.)
Petch
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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200. Paecilomyces varion Bain Volvariella delicatula Mass

209.
•
Life form : Parasite. Life form : Saprophyte.
Habitat: On soil. Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Kolkata and Haora.
201. Stemphyliomma sarciniformae 210. Volvariella diplasia Berk. & Br.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Saprophyte.
Habitat: On soil. Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Kolkata and Haora.
202. Snlbum erythrocephalum Ditm. 211. Volvariella terasteria (Berk. & Br.) Sing
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Saprophyte.
Habitat: On soil. Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Kolkata and Haora.
203. Trichoderma Karmingii Family XYLARIACEAE
Life form : Parasite. 212. Anthostomella pandani (Rab.) Sacco
Habitat: On soil. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : Kolkata. Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
204. Trichoderma lignorum leaves.
Life form : Parasite. Distribution : Kolkata.
Habitat : On soil. 213. Anthostoma ingae Monohar & Rama
Distribution : Kolkata. Rao
205. Trichoderma viride Pers. : Fr. Life form : Saprophyte.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On soil.
Habitat: On soil. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Distribution : Kolkata. 214. Dalelinia vermicosa (Schro) Ces.
DeNet
Family AMANITACEAE
Distribution : DaIjiling.
206. Amanitopsis regalis (Berk.) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
215. Hypoxylon bovei var microspora
Miller
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Habitat: On soil/leaves.
207. Termitomyces eurhizus (Berk.) Heim
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Hypoxylon fragariae Ces.
216.

Habitat: On soil. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.

Distribution : ~olkata. Habitat: On soil/leaves.
208. Termitomyces microcarpus (Berk.
Distribution : Darjiling.
& Br) Heim 217. Hypoxylon papillatum Ell. & Ev.

Life form : Saprophyte. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.

Habitat: On soil. Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Nadia. Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
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218. Hypoxylon rutilum Tul. 227. Xylana mellisii (Berk.) Ckoi

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves. Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : DaIjiling.
219. NummulaMa suborbiculans (Welw. 228. Xylana regalis Ckei.
& Currey) Sacco Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On soil.
Habitat : On soil/leaves. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Distribution : Kolkata. 229. Xylana tabacina (Kick.) Berk.
220. XylaMa brasiliensis (Theiss.) Lloyd. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat : On soil.
Habitat: On soil. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Distribution : DaIjiling. 230. Xylana ustorum (Pat.) Denmis
221. XylaMa dealbata Berk. & Curt. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life'form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat : On soil.
Habitat : On soil. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Distribution : DaIjiling. 231. Xylana apiculata Cke.
222. XylaMa digitatae (L.) Cuv. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat : On soil.
Habitat: On soil. Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling. 232. Xylana hypoxylan (L.) Grev.

223· Xylana englossa Fr. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.

Life form :. Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat : On soil.

Habitat: On soil. Distribution : Darjiling.

Distribution : DaIjiling. 233. Xylana fulvella

224· XylaMafiliformis (Alb. Escho) Fr. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On soil.

Habitat : On soil. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24

Pgs.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
234· Xylana multiplex (Kunz.). Dennis.
225· XylaMa graminicola Gerald.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution : DaIjiling. Pgs.
226. Xylana grammica (Mont.) Fr. 235· Xylana nigripes (KI.) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil. Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : Kolkata.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
236. Xylana polym0'1'ha (Pers.) Grev.
~ife form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
237. Xylaria pyramidata Berk.& Br.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
238. Xylaria tricolor
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family DIAPORTHACEAE
239. Apiospora montagnei Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
240. Ceratosphaena ervatamiicola
Kar & Maity
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
241. Diaporthe taxicola Sacco & Syd.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family EUROTIACEAE
242. Arachriotus indicus var major
Chattop.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution: HugH.
243. Eidamella actoni Datta
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
225
244. Eurotium herbariorum Link
Life form ; Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddharnan,
Kolkata, Medinipur and Nadia.
245. Eurotium repens de Bary
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Birbhum, Kolkata, Medinipur and Nadia.
246. Penicillium chrysogenum Thorn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
247. Penicillium cyaneum (Bain & Sart.)
Biourage
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat; On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
248. Penicillium decumbens Thorn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora and Hugli.
249. Penicillium digitatum Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora and Hugli.
250. Penicillium frequentanes Thorn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : DarjiIing.
251. Penicillium notarum Westling.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Darjiling.
252. Penicillium oxalicum
Currie & Thorn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
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Distribution : Kolkata.
253. Penicillium pinophilum Hedgcock.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
254. Penicillium rubrum Stoll.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
255. Penicillium simplicissimum
(Oudern.) Thorn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
256. Penicillium luteum Zukal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora and Hugli.
257. Penicillium nigricans (Bain). Thorn
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora and Hugli.
258. Penicillium ochrochoron Bionrge
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora and Hugli.
259. Penicillium spiculosporum Thorn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora and Hugli.
260. Penicillium stipitatum Thorn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora and Hugli.
261. Penicillium tenellum Cke
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora and Hugli.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
262. Penicillium varia bile Scopp
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora and Hugli.
263. Penicillium wartmanii Kloeck
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora and Hugli.
264. Thielavia angulata Das
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
265. Thielama terricola (Grif. & Abbot.)
Emm.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family ARCYRIACEAE
266. Arcyria cinerea (Bull.) Pers.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
267. Arcyria denudata (L.) Wettst.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moi&t soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
268. Arcyria feJTUginea Santer
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
269. Arcyria globosa Schw.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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270. Oligonema flavidum (Peck) Peck
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/Leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
271. Perichaena duadrata Macbr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family TRICHOLOMATACEAE
272. Armillaria dicupella Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
273. Armillaria duplicata Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
274. Armillaria ho,.,.ens Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
275. Armillaria mallea (Vahl.) Qual.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
276. Armillaria multicolor Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
277. Armillaria omnitenus Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
278. Calocybe indica Park & Chand
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
227
Habitat: Soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
279. Clitocybe incongrua Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Soil.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
280. Clitocybe pumila Mass.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
281. Collybia albuminosa (Berk.) Petch
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
282. Collybia ambusta Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
283. Collybia blandula Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Soil.
Distribution: Darjilirlg and Jalpaiguri.
284. Collybia camptoproda Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless· thallophytes.
Habitat: Soil.
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
285. Collybia lutea Mass.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
286. Collybia mimica W. G. Smith
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
287. Collybia napipes Hook.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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288. Collybia papaveracea Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
289. Collybia raphanipes Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
290. Collybia rhodelia Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
291. Collybia stillaticia Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
292. Collybia undabunda Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
293. Collybia ustipes Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless th~llophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
294. Collybia velutipes (Curt.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
295. Marasmius erythropus Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling
296. Marasmius campanella Holt.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
297. Marasmius haematocephalius
(Mont.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
298. Mycena bicrenata Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
299. Mycena broomiana Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
ifabitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
300. Mycena myriadea Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
. Distribution : Darjiling.
301. Mycena rubiaetincta Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
302. Mycena rufata Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
303. Mycena rufopicta Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
304. Mycena russulina Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
305. Nothopanus hygropaitus (Mont.)
Singer : Peg.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Haora.
306. Omphalia fuliginosa Mass.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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307. Omphalia oedipus Mass.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
308. Omphalotus clerious (Dc : Fr.) Singer
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
309. 'I'richoloma cremoMceps Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
310. 7Hcholoma giganteum Mass.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
311. Tricholoma lobayense Heim
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family SPHAEROPSIDACEAE
312. Aschersonia coffeae P. Henn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Ascochyta rhej
313.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
314. Diplodia cacaoicola P. Henn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah, Medinipur
and Nadia.
315. Diplodia calecutriana Tassi
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
316. Diplodia embryoperidis Cke
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution: Birbhum, Barddhaman, Raora
and Maldah.
317. Discosia tenzingii Tilak
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
318. Lasmeniella globulifera (Rabenh.)
Petrak & Syd
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On decayed wood.
Distribution : Kolkata.
319. Macrophomina phaseolina
(Maubl.) Ashby
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Birbhum.
320. Phoma canscorae Rabenth.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Phoma casuasinae Tassi
321.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
322. Phoma pipsis bette Maity & Khatna
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution: Nadia.
323. Phoma desmonchi Rabenth
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Hab'itat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Haora.
324. Phoma oryzae Cke & Mass
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Haora.
325. Phoma putaminum Speg.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Haora.
326. Phyllostricta bucklandii Shrr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
327. Septoria cestri (Mont.) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
328. Septoria rosae Desm.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
329. Septoria tabacina Died
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
330. Urohendersonia indica Syd.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family ASCOBOLACEAE
331. Ascobolus carbonanius Karst.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
332. Ascobolus lignatilis A. & S. Cow
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
333. Ascophanus striatus Thind,
Cash & Singh
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
334. Pyronema omphalodes (Bull.) Fuck.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
335. Thecotheus pelletieri (Cr. & Cr.)
Boud.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family HELOTIACEAE
336. Ascocoryne javanica (Penz. & Sacc.)
Thind & Singh
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
337. Bulgaria chalybea (Berk.)
Ck. & Mass.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
338. Bulgaria inquinaus (Pers.: Hook.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
339. Chlorosplenium aerugineum
(Berk.) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
340. Hymenoscyphus
subcomplicatium Thind & Singh
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
341. Hymenoscyphus subcortinus
(P. Henn. & Nym) Dennis
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Darjiling.
342 • Hymenoscyphus crocatus (Mont)
Thind & Singh
Life form: Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/lE~aves.
Distribution: Darjiling.
343. Hymenoscyphus javanicus
(P. Henn) & Dennis
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
344. Hymenoscyphus miniatus (Pat.)
Dennis
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Darjiling.
345. Hymenoscyphus subcortinus
(P. Henn. & Nymm) Dennis
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
346. Lanzia luteovirescens
(Robem. & Desm.) Dumont. & Korf.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
347. Lanzia rufocornea (Berk. & Br.)
Dumont
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
348. Lanna velutinosa Tewari & Singh
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family DIATRYPACEAE
349. Astrocystis capparidis Kar. & Maity
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
350. Cochliobolus heterotrophous
Drechs.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : soil.
Distribution : Maldah.
351. Diatrype disciformis (Hoffm.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Nadia.
352. Diatrypella citricola Ell. & Ev.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
353. Diatrypella quercina (Pees.) Nits
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
354. Eutypa ludibunda Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
355. Eutypa murrayae Kar & Maity
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
pgs.
356. Eutypella citricola Speg.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
357. Eutypella erythrinae Kar & Maity
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Nadia.
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358. Eutypella nabagramensis
Kar & Maity
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Murshidabad.
359. Eutypella MlSsodes (Lassch.) Nits
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution: Barddhaman.
360. Gelasinospora sp.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed bark.
Distribution : Darjiling.
361. Metasphaeria boehmeriae
(Rabenth.) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
362. Penizigia orientalis Rawla & Narula
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family AURICULARIACEAE
363. Auricularia auriculajude (L.)
Schroet
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habita.t : Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
364. Auricularia fuscosuccinea (Mont.)
Farl.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
365· Auricularia tenuis «Lev.) Farl.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
366. Hirneola delicata (Fr.) Bros.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
367. Laschia intestinalis
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
368. Laschia lamellose
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
369. Laschia subuelutinosa
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family PHYSARACEAE
370. Badhania capsulifera (Bull.) Berk.
Life fonn : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
371. Craterium concinnum Rex.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
372. Craterium leucocephalum (Pers.)
Ditm.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
373. Craterium minutum (Leers.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
374. Craterium rubronodum G. List.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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375. Physarum contextum (Pers.) Pers. 384. Physarum superbum Hage.

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil. Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
376. Physarum durjoylingam Lister 385. Physarum variegatum
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Thind & Oh.
Habitat: On soil. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : Darjiling. Habitat: On soil.
377. Physarum echinosporum Lister. Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Family DERMATEACEAE
Habitat: On soil. 386. Belanopsis bambusae
Distribution : Kolkata. Thind & Singh
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
378. Physarum leucopus Link.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: Moist soil/decomposed litters/
leaves.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Kolkata.
387. Mollisia subglobosa Rodw.
379. Physarum me Ileum (Berk & Br.)
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Mass.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: On soil.
388. Pezicula rubi (Lib.) Niessl.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
380. Physarum nutans Pers.
Habitat: On soil.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Habitat: On soil.
Family ENTOMOPHTHORACEAE
Distribution : Darjiling.
389. Blastocystis hominis Brompt.
381. Physarum sessilis Brand.
'Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : .Kolkata.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family BOLETACEAE
382. Physarum spinulosum Thind &
Sehgal 390. Boletus delphinus Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil. Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
383. Physarum sulphureum Alb. & Schw. 391. Boletus ustalis Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil. Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution: Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
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392. Mollisia subglobosa Rodw. Habitat: Leaves.

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Kolkata.
Habitat : On soil/leaves. 401. Chaetomium chartaMlm Berk.
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
393. Pezicula rubi (Lib.) Niessl. Habitat : Leaves.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Kolkata.
Habitat : On soil. 402. Chaetomium nigricolor Ames.
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Family TREMELLACEAE Habitat: Leaves.
394. Calocera viscosa (Pers.) Fr. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Pgs.
Habitat: Leaves. Family PHYLLACHORACEAE
Distribution : Haora. 403. Chaetosphaeria indica Niessl.
395. Cunthospora diospyri Wint Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat : Leaves.
Habitat: Leaves. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata. 404. Chaetosphaeria pulviusula (Clint.)
396. Dacryomitra glossoides (Pers.) Booth.
Bref. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat : Leaves.
Habitat : On soil. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution : Kolkata. Pgs.
397. Tremella protensa Berk. 405. Gnomonia appendiculata
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Kar & Maity

Habitat : On soil. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.

Distribution : Darjiling. Habitat : On decayed bark.

39B. Tremella fusifonnis Berk. Distribution : Darjiling.

Lif~ form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. 406. Kretzchmaria clavus (Fr.) Sacco
Habitat: On soil. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : Kolkata. Habitat : On soil/leaves.
399. Tremellodon gelatinosum (Scop.) Distribution : Darjiling.
Pers. 407. Kretzchmaria microspora P. Henn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil. Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
Family CHAETOMIACEAE 40B. Trabutia ficum Sacco & Ronm.
400. Chaetomium brasiliense Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes ..
Batista & Poutual Habitat : Leaves.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Kolkata.
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Family CHOANEPHORACEAE 417. Clathrus pusillus Berk.

409. Chaonephora circinens Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
(Nayan & Howak) Hessel Habitat : Leaves.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Kolkata.
Habitat ; Leaves.
Family CLAVARIACEAE
Distribution : Kolkata.
418. Clavana anguilospora Pat.
410. Choanephora cucurbitarum Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
(Berk. & Rav.) Thaxt
Habitat: Leaves.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Habitat: Leaves.
419. Clavana asterella Atk.
Distribution : Nadia.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
411. Choanephora infundibuifera
(Currey) Cunn.
Habitat: Leaves.

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.

Distribution : Haora.

Habitat: Leaves. 420. Clavana incarnata Weinn.

Distribution : Kolkata. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.

412. Choanephora simpsoni Cunn

Habitat : Leaves.

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Darjiling.

Habitat: Leaves. 421. Clavana lacticolor Berk. & Curt.

Distribution : Kolkata. Life form: Mycelial colourless thallophytes.

Family SCLEROTINIACEAE Habitat : Leaves.

413. CiboMOpsis brunii Kar & Pal Distribution : Kolkata.

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. 422. Clavana pulchra Peck
H.abitat : ~aves.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution: Darjiling. Habitat : Leaves.
414. Rustroemia symingtoniae Distribution : Darjiling.
Thind & Singh 423. Clamlina limosa Thind E Sharda
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Leaves. Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : DaIjiling.
415. Spathularia Jlavida Main 424. Clamlina ornatapes (Peck) Corner
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless ,thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves. Habitat: Leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
Family CLATHURACEAE 425. Clavulinopsis milluta (Berk.)
416. Clathrus delicatus Berk.& Br. Conol.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Leaves. Habitat : Leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Darjiling.

426. Dejlexula subsimplex (P. Henn.)
Corner
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family PLEOSPORACEAE
427. Coccoidea quercicola P. Henn &
Shirai
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
428. Sporomiella longisporosiS
Ahmed & Cair
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: Soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family COLEOSPORACEAE
429. Coleosporium bletiae Diet
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : Soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
430. Coleosporium xanthoXyli Diet.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family MELANCONIACEAE
431. Colletotrichum anonicola Speg.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution: Medinipur.
432. Colletotrichum capsici (syd.)
Butl. & Bisby
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman and
Medinipur.
433. Colletotrichum clerodendri Died.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Maldah.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
434. Colletotrichum corchorum
Ikata & Tanaka
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata, Medinipur
and Nadia.
435. Co lie to trichum hibisci Poll.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
436. Colletotrichum curcumae
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : H ugli.
437. Colletotrichum jatrophae (Speg.)
Butl. & Bisby
Life form : Myceiial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
438. Co lie to trichum longa Peck
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
439. Col'etotrichum punctiforme
(Niesl.) Butl. & Bisby
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
440. Cryptosporium calami Niessl.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
441. CylindrospoMum leucosceptri
Keissler
Life form : Mycellial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
442. Ellisiella caudata (Peck) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Birbhum and Kolkata.
443· Gloeosporium kurzianum Niessl.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed bark.
Distribution : Kolkata.
444. Pestalotia acaciae De Not
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
445. Pestalotia calophylli P. Henn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
446. Pestalotia macospera Kleb.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
447. Pestalotia theae Swada
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
448. Pestalotiopsis venmcosa
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family CLAVI CEP ITACEAE
449. Cordyceps capitata (HoI. : Fr.) Link
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.~
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
450. Cordyceps ophioglossoides
(Ehren. : Fr.) Link
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
451. Cordyceps sphecocephala (Kl.) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family TRICHIACEAE
452. Cornuvia serpula (Wigand) Rostaf.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
453. Hemitrichia karstenii
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
454. TrichaMa opculata Bruhal & Sen
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family CORTICIACEAE
455. Corticium sasaldi (Shirai)
Matsumoto
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Haora.
456. Craterellm comu~opioides
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman,
Kolkata and Nadia.
457. Merulius lignosus Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
458. Merulius similis Berk & Br.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Hugli.
459. Metasphaeria boehmeriae
(Rabenth.) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

460. Pellicularia koleroga Cke Family NIDULARIACEAE

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. 468. Cyathus limbatus Tul.
Habitat: On soil/leaves. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : Kolkata. Habitat : On soil.
Family CRIBARIACEAE Distribution : Kolkata.

461. CMbaria VUlgaris Schrad. 469. Cyanthus striatus (Willd.) Pers.

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
470. Cyathus intermedius (mont.)Tul.
Family GEOGLOSSACEAE
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
462. Corynetes atropurpurascens
(Bats: Fr) Dur. Habitat: On soil.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Kolkata.
Family DACRYMYCETACEAE
Habitat: On soil.
471. Dacryopinax spathularia (Schw.)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Martin
463. Cudonia lutea (Peck) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : HugH.
Distribution : DaIjili~g.
Family POLYPORACEAE
464. Cyanthus camelliae
472. Daedalea bosei Lloyd
Life for1'1l: : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil. Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution: Kolkata, Haora and Medinipur.
465. Geoglossum affine (Durr.) 473. Daedalea emodensis Berk.
Sacco & Trav.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Habitat: On decayed bark.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
474. Daedalea quercina (L.) Pers.
466. Geoglossum fallax Durr. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On decayed.wood.
Habitat: On decayed bark. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Darjiling. 475. Daedalea stereoides Fr.
467. Geoglossum sphagnophilum Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Ehrenb. & Schw. : Fr. Habitat: On decayed wood.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat : On decayed bark. 476. Daedalea subsulcata Berk.& Br.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
Habitat : On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling.
477. Favolus brasiliensis Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
478. Fomes adamantinus (Berk.) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
479. Fomes albomarginatus (Lev.) eke.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
480. Fornes durissi~us lloyd.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution: Kolkata.
481. Fomes dUMlS (Jungh.) eunn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
482. Fomes fastuosus Lev.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
483. Fornes fomentarius (L.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
484. Fornes hypoplastus Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
485. Fornes igniarius (L.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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486. Fornes lamaenris (Muer.) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
487. Fornes leucophaeus (Mont.) Pat
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
488. Fornes ligmosus (Kr.) Bros.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
489. Fornes merrillii (Murrill) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
DistriQution : Kolkata.
490. Fornes mimosus Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
491. Fornes pachyphloeus Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
492. Fornes pectinatus Kl.
Life J(!rm : IMycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
493. Fornes pinicola Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
494. Fornes sena Nees & Mont.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
495. Fomitopsis ochroleuca (Berk.)
Cunn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
496. Grammothele cineracea Bres.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed bark.
Distribution : Kolkata.
497. Grammothele effu.so-refl.~xa
Banerjee
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed bark.
Distribution : Kolkata
498. Hexagonia kurzii Curry
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
499. Hexagonia pulchella Lov.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
500. Jrpex manmus (Brot.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
501. Lentinus blepharodes Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Kolkata.
502. Lentius cornatus Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Haora.
503· Lentinus decaisneanus Lev.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Haora.
504· Lentinus hepaticus Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
505. Lentinus hookerianus Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling.
506. Lentinus subdulcis Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
507. Lentinus subnudus Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
508. Lennnus velutinus Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Kolkata.
509. Lenzites enmia Berk. & Curt.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution: Darjiling.
510. Lenzites imbricata Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling.
511. Lenzites malaccensis Sacco & Cub.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
512. Lenzites repanda (Mont.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Kolkata.
513. Lenzites tricolor (Bull.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed WOO?
Distribution : DaIjiling.
514. Lenzites unicolor (Fr.) Cunn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution: Darjiling.
515. Lloydella bicolor (Pers.)
Hohn. & Lit.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling.
516. Pleurotus verrucanus Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
517. PolypoMlS aganceus Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Darjiling.
518. PolypoMlS anthelminticus Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
519. PolypoMlS bicipes Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora, HugH and
Darjiling.
520. PolypoMlS bosci Bres
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
521. PolypoMlS brumalis (Perr.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
522. Polyporus calcuttaensis Bose
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
523. Polyporus dictyopus Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
524. PolypoMlS digitalis Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Darjiling.
525. PolypoMlS dissitus Berk. & Br.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
526. Polyporus fumosa olivaceous
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
527. PolypoMlS fumosus
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
528. Polyporus gilvus Schw
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
529. Polyporus guhae Bose
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
530. Polyporus hooken Uoyd
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
531. Polyporus intybaceus Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
532. Polyporus luzonensis Mur.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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533. Polyporus personatus Berk. & Br.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH and
Darjiling.
534. Polyporus platyporl1:S Berk.
Life form ; Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, H ugli and
DaIjiling.
535, Polyporus radiatus Sow.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution ; KQlkata, Haora, HugH and
DaIjiling.
536. PolypoMlS rhodophaeus Lev.
Life form : Mycelial ~olourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
537. PolYPfJru5 Mgidus Lev.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On d~ayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH and
Darjiling.
538. PolyPQru5 rubidus Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH and
DaIjiling.
539· Polyporus rufescens. Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH and
Darjiling.
540. Polyporus semilaccatus Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH and
DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity, of West Bengal
541. Polyporus semiplicatus Peck
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, H ugli and
Darjiling.
542. Polyporus squamosus (Huds.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH and
Darjiling.
543. Polyporus sanguineus Kl.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
544. Polyporus shoreae Wakef.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On decayed woods.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Barddhaman, Medinipur and Nadia.
545. Polyporus tabulaeformis Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH and
Darjiling.
546. Polyporus thawaitesii Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH and
Darjiling.
547. Polyporus mcholoma Mont.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH and
Darjiling.
548. Polyporus violaceo cinerascens
Petch
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
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Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH and
Darjiling.
549. Polyporus zonalis Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Darjiling, Haora and Hugli.
550. Polystictus affinis Nees
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Barddhaman, Kolkata, Haora, Hugli and
Medinipur.
551. Polystictus asper Jungh
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
552. Polystictus caperatus Perk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
553. Polystictus cichoriaceus Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
554. Polystictus cinnabarinus (Jacq.)
Mont.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
555. Polystictus elongatus Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
556. Polystictus fibula Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
557. Polystictus flabelliformes Kl.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH,
Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
558. Polystictus gallopavorus
Berk & Br.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
559. Polystictus grammocephalus
Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
560. Polystictus hutchingri Uoyd.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
561. Polystictus leoninus Kl.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
562. Polystictus lichnoides Mont.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Darjiling.
563. Polystictus menzissi Berk
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
564. Polystictus nilgheriensis Mont.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayea woods.
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Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, H ugli,
Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
565. Polystictus occidentalis Kl.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
566. Polystictus ozonioides Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Elabitat·: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
567. Polystictus personatus Berk. & Br.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
568. Polystictus persoonii Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
569. Polystictus proteus Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, H ugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
570. Polystictus sanguineus L. Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, H ugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
571. Polystictus sarbadhi Kari Bose
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
572. Polystictus steinheilionus
Berk & Lev.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
573. Polystictus velutinus Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallo.phytes.
Habitat : On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.·
574. Polystictus tabacinum Mont.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
575. Polystictus xanthopus Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata, Raora, Hugli,
Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
576. Trametes cincia Bose
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
577. Trametes cingulata Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
578. Trametes colliculosa Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
579. Trametes crenulata Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
580. Trametes floccose Bres.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
581. Trametes hololeuca (Kal.) Lloyd.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
582. Trametes hooken Berk.
Lifeform : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
583. Trametes karii Bose
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
584. Trametes lac tinea Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
585. Trametes meyeri Kl.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
586. Trametes muelleri Be~k
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
587. Trametes picta Berk & Br.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
588. Trametes serpens Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
589. Trametes versatilis Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution: Kolkata.
590. Truncospora ochroleuca (Berk.)
Pilot
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
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Distribution : Kolkata.
Family HYALOSCYPHACEAE
591. Dasyscyphus fuscescens
(Pers. : Fr.) Rehm.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling.
592. Dasyscyphus nudipes var. minor
Dennis
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
593. Dasyscyphus oblongus allipticus
Kar. & Pal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling.
594. Dasyscyphus papyraceus (Karst.)
Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
595. Dasyscyphus varians Rehm.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family DIDYMIACEAE
596. Didenna chondriodenna
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution: Darjiling.
597. Didenna Datjilingense
Thind & Sehgal
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
598. Didymium clavus (Alb. & Schw.)
Rab~
Life form : Mycelial colourless thal1ophyt~.
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Habitat: On soil. Family OLPIDIOCEAE

Distribution : Kolkata. 607. Entophlyctis lobata Will. & Town.
599. Didymium discoideum Thind & Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Sehgal Habitat: On leaves.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Dinajpur.
Habitat: On soil. Family USTILAGINACEAE
Distribution : Darjiling. 608. Entyloma crastophilium Sacco
600. Didymium nignpes (Link) Fr. Life form : Mycelial colourless thalloph~es.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On leaves.
Habitat : On soil. Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling. Nadia.
601. Didymium ochroideum G. List 609. Ustilago maydis CDC) Corda
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil. Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Darjiling.
Family ONYGENACEAE
610. Ustilago rebenhorstiana Kuen
602. Elaphomyces Daljilingensis
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Thind & Sharma
Habitat: On soil.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : Kolkata and Haora.
Habitat: On leaves.
611. Ustilago repalensis Liro
Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form ; Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Family ENTOLOMATACEAE
603. Entoloma cystopodum Berk.
Habitat: On soil.

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Darjiling.

Habitat: On leaves. Family ERYSIPHACEAE
Distribution : Darjiling. 612. Erysiphae cichoracearum DC

604. Entoloma goliath Hook.f. Life form ; Mycelial colourless thallophytes.

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On leaves.
Habitat: On leaves. Distribution : Nadia.
Distribution : Darjiling. Family EXOBASIDIACEAE
605. Nolaena nana mass. 613. Exobasidium indicum Syd. & Butl.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form ; Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves. Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Darjiling.
606. Rhodocybe subgilva 614. Exobasidium pieridis P. Henn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil. Habitat: On leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata. Distribution : Darjiling.
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615. Exobasidium vexans Mass. ~22. Fusarium solani (Mart.) App. &
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Wolle
Habitat: On leaves. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : Darjiling. Habitat: On leaves/soil.
Family FISTULINACEAE Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Barddhaman, Kolkata, Hugli, Maldah and
616. Fistulina hepatica Fr. Nadia.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Family CORTINARIACEAE
Habitat: On soil. 623. Galera burkilli Mass
Distribution: Darjiling. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Family TUBERCULARIACEAE Habitat : On decayed bark.
617. Fusarium acuminatum Ell. & Ev. Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. 624. Galera tenera (Schaeft) Fr.
Habitat: On leaves/soil. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., SO\lth 24 Pgs., Habitat : On decayed bark.
Birbhum, Kolkata, Haora, HugH, J alpaiguri, Distribution : Darjiling.
Maldah, Murshidabad, Nadia and Puruliya. 625. Galera zyelanica Petch
618. Fusarium avenaceum (Fr.) Sacc Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat : On decayed bark.
Habitat: On leaves/soil. Distribution : Haora.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. Family GANODERMATACEAE
and Darjiling. 626. Ganoderma annulare Uord
619. Fusarium moniliforme Sheld. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form :. Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On decayed bark.
Habitat: On leaves/soil. Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., 627. Ganoderma applanatum (Pers.) Pet.
Birbhum, Kolkata, Darjiling, Medinipur, Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Murshidabad and Puruliya. Habitat: On decayed bark.
620. Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata, Haora, HugH
Habitat: On leaves/soiL and MaIda.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., 628. Ganoderma clossus (Fr.) Bres.
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Darjiling, Haora, Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
J alpaiguri, Maldah, Medinipur and Habitat: On decayed bark.
Murshidabad. Distribution : Kolkata.
621. Fusarium semitectum Berk. 629. Ganoderma lucidum (Leyss.) Karst.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On leaves/soil. Habitat: On decayed bark.
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata, Haora and Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Nadia. Birbhum, Kolkata, HugH and Nadia.

630. Gelasinospora retispora Cain
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On decayed bark.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family TILLETIACEAE
631. Graphiola borrassi Syd. & Butl.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On decayed bark.
Distribution : Birbhum.
632. Sphacelotheca dine brae Mund K.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
Family DACYMETACEAE
633. Guepinia ramosa Currey
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed bark.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family HELVELLACEAE
634. Helvella elastica Bull. : St. Amans
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
635. Helvella ephippium Lev.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family HYDNACEAE
636. Hydnum coralloides Scop
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
637. Hydnum gilvum Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thalloph}tes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
638. Hydnum undum Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family HYMENOCHAETACEAE
639. Hymenochaecte aspera Berk. &
Curt.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
640. Hymenochaete nigricans (Lev.)
Pat.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family STROPHARIACEAE
641. Flammula dilepis Berk.& Br.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
642. Flammula macrophala (Berk.)
Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
643. Hypholoma artichum Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
644. Hypholoma castanophyllum Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
645. Hypholoma condensum Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
646. Hypholoma fasciculare (Huds.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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647· Hypholoma hemisodes Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
648. Hypholoma sublateritium
(Schaeff.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
649. Hypholoma velutinum (Pers.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family HYPOCREACEAE
650. Hypocrella javanica (Penzing &
Sacc.) Petch.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
651. Hypocrella semiamplexa (Berk.)
Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family LABOULBENIACEAE
652. Laboulbenia pherosophi Thaxt.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family LACHNOCLADIACEAE
653. Lachnocladium brasiliensis Lav.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
654. Lachnocladium ornatipes (Peck)
Burt
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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Family SCLEROTINIACEAE
655. Lambertella bonachawensis
Dumont
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
656. Lambertella cryptomeriae
Thind & Singh
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution: Darjiling.
657. Lamprospora lobata (Berk. & Curt)
Seaver.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family STEMONITACEAE
658. Lamprodenna scintillanus
(Berk. & Br.) Morgan
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family THELEPHORACEAE
659. Limacella guttata (Pers. : Fr.) Konr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family HYPODERMATACEAE
660. Lophodenninum pini-excelsae
Ahmad
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family LYCOPERDONACEAE
661. Lycoperdon hyemale (Bull. : Fr.)
Vitt.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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662. Lycoperdon microspermum Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling.
663. Lycoperdon perlatum Pers.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling.
664. Lycoperdon sericellum Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling.
665. Lycoperdon xanthospermum Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On decayed wood.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family PLEOSPRACEAE
666. Massarina capparicola
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Puruliya.
Family MELAMSPORACEAE
667. Melamp~oridium inerme Singh &
Pande
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
668. Melampsora eucalypti Rabenh.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata.
Family HYMENOGASTERACEAE
669. Melanogaster trappei Thind
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family MYCELIASTERILIA
670. Melanogramma senchalii
Kar & Maity
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
671. Rhizoctonia solani Koehn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Darjiling.
672. Sclerotiella megalospora Woronin
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family MELIOLACEAE
673. Irenopsis crotonis (Stev. & Tehon)
Steve
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
674. Irenopsis tenuissima Kar & Maity
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
675. Meliola bucklandiae Kar & Maity
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
676. Meliola capensis (K. & C.) Theiss.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
677. Meliola eugeniae jambolioides
Kar & Maity
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
678. Meliola glycosmidis Kapoor
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
679. Meliolajasmincola P. Henn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
680. Meliola motatanensis Hansf.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
681. Meliola palmicola Wint.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata.
682. Meliola tawoensis Hansf.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Haora.
683. Meliola torricelliae Kar & Maity
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
684. Meliola tabeMtaemontanicola
Hansf. & Thiru.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
Family MYCOSPHAERELLACEAE
685. Mycosphaerella malinverniana
(Catt.) Miyake.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
686. Sphaerella bhauria Cke
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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687. Sphaerella rosignea Ell. & Ev.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family MYRIANGIACEAE
688. Myriangium duriaei Mont. & Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family NECTRIACEAE
689. Nectriajlavo-lanata Berk. & Br.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
690. Nectriajungneri P. Henn.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
691. Nectria mammoidea Phil. & Plour.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
692. Nectria musae Pat.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
693. Nectria ochroleuca (Schw.) Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution: Darjiling.
694. Nectria quisquiliaris Cke.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
695. Nectria viridescens Booth.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
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Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Habitat : On soil/leaves.

Pgs. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family OLPIDIACEAE 704. Paxillus sulphureus Berk
696. Olpidiopsis pythiae (But.) Karling Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Habitat : On soil/leaves. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Distribution : Kolkata. Family PEZIZACEAE
697. Rozellopsis injlata (Butler) Karling 705. Peziza aurantia Pers.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil. Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family ORBILIACEAE 706. Penza cerea Swirby : Mitra
698. Orbrlia obscura Ghosh Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On soil.
Habitat: On soil/leaves. Distribution : DaIjiling.

Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 707. Penza lividula Phil.

Pgs. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Family MICROTHYRIACEAE Habitat: On soil.
699. Palawania grandi (Niessl.) Syd. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
708 . Peziza multiguttulata Kar & Pal
Habitat: On soil/leaves.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Habitat: On soil.
700. Parasterina pemphiclioides (Cke.)
Theiss Distribution : Kolkata.

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. 709. Peziza repanda Pers

Habitat : On soil/leaves. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.

Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
701. Vuella conferta (Ckr.) Sacco
Family POLYSTIGMATACEAE
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
710. Phyllochora bauhiniae (Wint.)
Habitat : On soil/leaves.
Theiss
Distribution : Dinajpur.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Family PAXILLACEAE
Habitat: On soil.
702. Paxillus chrysites Berk
Distribution : Kolkata.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
711. Phyllachora leea-elatae
Habitat: On soil/leaves. Kar & Maity
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
703. Paxillus pinguis Hook. F. Habitat : On soil.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : J alpaiguri.
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712. Phyllochora quercae (Kar & Gupta) Habitat: On soil.

Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
713· Phyllochorella michelioe Syd.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Kolkata.
721. Preussia multispora (Saito& Min.)
Coir
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
722. Pterula inayati Syd.

714. Phyllosticta glomorum Ell. & Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Tracy Habitat : On soil.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: On soil. Family PYTHIACEAE
Distribution : Kolkata. 723. Pythium cucurbitarum Takimoto
715. Phyllosticta indicii Shre Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life(orm : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat : On soil.
Ha6itat : On soil. Distribution : Nadia.
Distribution : Kolkata. Family ENDOMYCETACEAE

716. Phyllosticta pinna sacco 724. Rhinosporidium seeberi (Liermicke)

Seeber
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
717. Phyllosticta sterculiae Trav
Family RHIZIDIACEAE
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
725. Rhizidium veJTUcosum Karling
Habitat: On soil.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Habitat : On soil.
Family CRIPTOCOCCACEAE
Distribution : Darjiling.
718. Pityrosporum ovale Bizz.
Family HELVELLACEAE
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
726. Rhizina zonata Berk.
Habitat: On decayed woods.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : Kolkata. Habitat : On soil.
Family PLEUSPORACEAE Distribution : Darjiling.
719. Preussia aurantiaca Rai & Tewa~ Family HYSTERIACEAE
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. 727. Rhytidhysterium n,ifilum (Spreng.)
Habitat : On soil. Speg.
Distribution : Kolkata. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
720. Preussia dispersa (clum) Cain. Habitat : On soil.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Darjiling.
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Family RUSSULACEAE 736. Stereum crenatum Hav.

728. Russula emetica Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
729. Russula grossa Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family SCLERODERMATACEAE
730. Scleroderma nitidum Berk.
Life form' : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family PERONOSPORACEAE
731. Sclerophthora macro-spora
Thireum. & Narasitim
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Birbhum.
Family STEMMITACEAE
732. Stemonitis flavogenitia John
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
733· Stemonitis oxifera (Bull.) Macbr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
734. Stemonites smithii
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family STEREACEAE
735· Stereum bicolor (Pers:Fr.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes .•
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
737. Stereum ferreum
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
738. Stereum fuscum (Schrad.) Quel
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
739. Stereum glabrescens Berk & Curt
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
740. Stereum hirsutum (W.) Fr.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soiL
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
741. Stereum limbrinum Berk. & Curt
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
742. Stereum nitidulum Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
743. Stereum papyrinum Mont.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
744. Stereum percome
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata.
745· Stereum petaloides Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
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Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
746. Stereum purpureum Pers.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
747. Stereum sehomburghii Berk
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling.
\ 748. Stereum scytale Berk
\
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
Family OSTROPACEAE
749. Stietis bengalansis
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
H o:bitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
750. Syneh~,tium maerosporum
..' 'Karling
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
751. Synehytium sisymbMjolium Cke.
Life form ; Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
752. Synehytium solani Mass.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family RHYTISMATACEAE
753. Tryblidiopsis arendholzii Sharma
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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Family OTIDEACEAE
754. Wynnea gigantea Berk. Curt
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
755. Wynnea intennedia Waraitch.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
756. Wynnea macrons (Berk.) Berk.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family VALSARIACEAE
757. Valsaria cryptomeri.ae
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
758. Valsaria reticulata Kar & Maity
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes .
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution: Medinipur.
759. Xenosporium indicum Panwar
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family USTULINACEAE
760. Ustulina zonata (Lev.) Sacco
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family DOTHIDIACEAE
761. Xylosphaeria maltlandi Dennis
Lifeform : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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Family TRICHOSPHAERIACEAE 770. Asterinia natsiata Kar & Maity

762. Zignoella prorumpens (Rehm.) Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Sacc. Habitat : On soil.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
Habitat: On soil. 771. Asterinia zanthoxyli Yamaro
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Pgs.
Habitat: On soil.
Family ASTERIDIELLOCEAE
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
763. Asteridiella maliosmae Kar & Maity
Family CANTHARELLACEAE
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
772. Craterellus coniiioopioides (L.) Fr.
Habitat: On soil.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
Habitat: On soil.
764. Asteridiella ochiana Kar & Maity
Distribution : Kolkata.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
773. Physodenna corchori Ling
Habitat: On soil.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
Habitat: On soil.
765. Asteridiella pentapterygi
Kar & Maity Distribution : Nadia.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Family CHYTRIDIACEAE
Habitat : On soil. 774. Rhizophlyctis fuscis Karling
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
766. Asterinia claviflori Kar & Maity Habitat: On soil.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Distribution : Nadia.
Habitat: On soil. Family BERONOSPORACEAE
Distribution : Darjiling and Jalpaiguri. 775. Sclerospora andropogonis Gorghii
767. Asterinia delicatula Syd. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Habitat: On soil.
Habitat : On soil. Distribution: Barddhaman.
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri. Family LASIOSPHAERIACEAE
768. Asterinia jambolanae Kar & Maity 776. Sordana bosensis Das
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat: On soil. Habitat: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling and Jalpaiguri. Distribution : Kolkata.
769. Asterinia myrsines Kar & Maity 777. Sordana papillosa Bayes
Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes. Life form : Mycelial colourless thallophytes.
Habitat : On soil. Habitat,: On soil.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri. Distribution : Kolkata.
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LICHEN
Kingdom PLANT KINGDOM Habitat: Corticolous.
Sub kingdom CRYPTOGAMA Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Haora
Division THALLOPHITA (Botanical Garden).
Class LICHENS 9. Arthonia subvelata Nyl.
.Family ARTHONIACEAE Life form : Crustose.
1. Arthonia antiZlaMLm (Fee) Nyl. Habitat: Corticolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Darjiling
Habitat: Corticolous. (Oodlabari).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Kolkata, Haora Arthonia tumidula (Ach.) Ach.
10.
(Botanical Garden) and Medinipur (Haldia). Life form : Crustose.
2. Arthonia caribaea (Ach.) Massal. Habitat: Corticolous.
Life form: Crustose. Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Kolkata, Haora
Habitat: Corticolous. (Botanical Garden) and HugH.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. Arthothelium abnonne (Ach.)
11.
3. Arthonia cytisi Massal. Mull.Arg
Life form : Crustose. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Corticolous. Habitat : Corticolous.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
4. Arthonia impolitella Nyl. and Haora (Botanical Garden).
Life form : Crustose. 12. Arthothelium anastomosans (Ach.)
Habitat: Corticolous. Arn.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Haora Life form : Crustose.
(Botanical Garden). Habitat : Corticolons.
5. Arthonia platygraphidea Nyl. Distribution: Darjiling (Oodlabari).
L.ife form: Crustose. 13. Arthothelium chiodectoides (Nyl.)
Habitat: Corticolous. Zahlbr.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. Life form : Crustose.
6. Arthonia quintana Nyl. Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden).
Life form : Crustose. 14. Arthothelium conjertum
Habitat: Corticolous. (A.L.Smith) Makh.& Patw.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. Life form : Crustose.
7. Arthonia radiata (Pers.) Ach. Habitat: Corticolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distribution: DaIjiling (Chunabati).
Habitat: Corticolous. 15. Arthothelium distentum (Vainio)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Zahlbr.
Kolkata and Darjiling. Life form : Crustose.
8. Arthonia subgyrosa Nyl. Habitat: Corticolons.
Life form: Crustose. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
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16. Arthothelium macrothecium (Fee) 24. Arthpyrenia planorbella (Nyl.)

Mull. Arg Zahlbr.
Life form : Crustose. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. Distribution : Haora, Puruliya, North 24 Pgs.
17. Arthothelium subcyrtodes (Ulilley) and South 24 Pgs.
Hasse. Family TRYPETHELIACEAE
Life form : Crustose. 25. Laurera madreporifonnis (Esehw.)
Habitat : Cortieolous. Riddle
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. Life form : Crustose.
18. Cryptothecia sp. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distri~ution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
Habitat: Cortieolous. and Darjiling (Chunabhati).
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangit river valley). 26. Pyrenula leucotrypa (Nyl.) Upreti
19. Cryptothecia candida (Krempelh.) Life form : Crustose.
R. Sante Habitat: Cortieolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden).
Habitat: Cortieolous. 27. Pyrenula suliindica Upreti
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangit River valley).
Life form : Crustose.
20. Cryptothecia effusa (Miill.Arg.)
Habitat: Cortieolous.
R. Santo
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Life form : Crustose.
Darjiling (Oodlabari) and Haora (Botanical
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Garden).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mumsong).
28. TlYpethelium assimile Stirton
21. Cryptothecia subnidulans
Life form : Crustose.
Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangit river valley).
D~rjiling (Oodlabari), Haora (Botanical Garden)
22. Cryptothecia subtecta Stirton
and Medinipur.
Life form : Crustose.
.29. Trypethelium catervarium (Fee)
Habitat: Cortieolous. Tuck.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong- Life form : Crustose.
Mumsong road).
Habitat: Corticolous.
Family ARTHOPYRENIACEAE
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
23. Arthpyrenia alboatra (Kremelh.)
Haora (Botanical Garden) and Medinipur.
Miill.Arg.
Life form : Crustose. 30. TlYpethelium eluteriae Sprengel

Habitat: Cortieolous. Life form : Crustose.

Distribution : Haora (Botanical Garden) Habitat : Corticolous.
Puruliya, South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Kolkata. Haora (Botanical Garden) and Medinipur.
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31. Trypethelium luteum Taylor 39. Rinodina colobina (Ach.) Th. Fr.
Life form : Crustose. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat : Corticolous. Habitat : Corticolous.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Haora (Botanical Garden) and Medinipur. Kolkata and Puruliya.
32. TJYpethelium tropicium (Ach.) 40. Rinodina conradi Korb.v. megaspora
Mull. Arg. (Awasthi & Agarwal) Awasthi
Life form: Crustose. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Corticolous. Habitat : Lignicolous.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Haora '(Botanical Garden) and Medinipur 41. Rinodina intrusa (Krempelh. in Nyl.)
(Haldia). Malme
Family ARTHPYRENIACEAE Life form : Crustose.
33. Anthrocothecium libricoloum Habitat : Corticolous.
Life form: Crustose. Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Habitat: Corticolous. Puruliya.
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden). 42. Rinodina sophodes(Ach.) Massal.
Family BUELLIACEAE Life form : Crustose.
34. Buella aggredians (Stirton) Zahlbr. Habitat: Corticolous on Mango Tree.
Life form: Crustose. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Habitat: Corticolous. Family CONIOCYLIACEAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata, 43. Chaenotheca brunneola (Ach.)
Darjiling and Haora (Botanical Garden). Mull.Arg.
35. BiLella disciformis (Fr.) Mudd. Life form : Crustose.
Life form: Crustose. Habitat: Corticolous.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
Birdti) and Haora (Botanical Garden). Family LETROUITIACEAE
36. Buella inornata Ny!. 44. Letrouitia leprolyta (Nyl.) Haf.
Life form : Crustose. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Corticolous. Habitat: Corticolous.
Distribution: Darjiling (Oodlabar). Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban)
" 37. Diplotomma alboatrior (Ny!.) and Haora (Botanical Garden).
Szat.ex Awasthi. 45. Letrouitia domingensis (Pers.)
Life form : Crustose. Haf.& Bellem.
Habitat : Corticolous. Life form : Crustose.
Distribution: Darjiling (Chunabadi). Habitat: Corticolous.
38. Diplotomma lauricassiae(Fee) Scat. Distribution: DaIjiling (Oodalbari).
Life form : Crustose. Family OPEGRAPHACEAE
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. 46. Chiodecton intermissum
and Haora (Botanical Garden). Life form : Crustose.
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Habitat: Corticolous. Habitat: Corticolous.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
47. Chiodecton punctalatum
Life form : Crustose.
Habitat : Corticolous.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
48. Enterodictyon indicum Mull. Arg.
Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Corticolous.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
55. Sarcographa tricosa (Ach.)
Miill. Arg.
Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Corticolous.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
56. Schismatomma abietinum (Ehrh.)
Massa!.

Distribution: DaIjiling (Oodalbari). Life form : Crustqse.

49. Enterodictyon oblongellum Habitat : Corticolous.
Mull. Arg. Distribution : .South 24 Pgs.
Life form : Crustose. 57. Schismatomma glaucomoides (Ny!.)
Habitat: Corticolous. ZahIbr.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Life form : Crustose.
Pgs. Habitat: Corticolous.
Family GRAPHIDIACEAE Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Kolkata and
50. Gyphis duriuscula Stirton Haora (Botanical Garden).
Life form: Crustose. 58. Schismatomma kurzii
Habitat: Corticolous. (Krempelh. in nyl.) Zahlbr.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. Life form: Crustose.
51. Gyphis cicatriosa Ach. Habitat: Corticolous.
Life form: Crustose. Distribution :' South 24 Pgs. and Haora
Habitat: Cortlcolous. (Botanical Garden).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Kolkata and Family CLADONIACEAE
Haora (Botanical Garden). 59. Cladonia chlorophaea
Family OPEGRAPHACEAE (FIorke in Sommerf.) Sprengel
52. Lecanactis premnea (Ach.) Arnold Life form: Crustose.
Life form: Crustose. Habitat: Corticolous.
Habitat: Corticolous. Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong-Munsong
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Kolkata, Haora road).
(Botanical Garden) and Medinipur (Haldia). 60. Cladoniafurcata v. pinnata (Huds.)
53. Lecanactis salicina Schrader
Life form: Crustose. Life form: Crustose.
Habitat: Corticolous. Habitat: Corticolous.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
Family GRAPHIDIACEAE Family COLLEMATACEAE
54· Sarcographa labyrinthica (Ach.) 61. Collema pullcellum Ach.
Mull. Arg. Life form: Crustose.
Life form: Crustose. Habitat: Corticolous.
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Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Family CYPHELIACEAE

Koikata and Haora. 70. Tylophoron moderatum Nyl.
62. Collema nigrescens (Huds.) DC. Life form : Crustose.
Life form : Foliose. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna, Rangit river
Distribution: Darjiling (Oodalbari, Sukna). valley).
63. Collema subJUrvum 71. Tylophoron pulchellum
Life form : Foliose. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat : Cortieolous. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong). Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, Rangit
river valley).
64. Collema subnigrescens .Degel.
Family THELOTREMATACEAE
Life form : Foliose.
72. Diploschistes bryophilus
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Life form: Crustose.
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangit river valley).
Habitat: Terricolous.
65. Leptogium azureum (Swartz) Mont.
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahanadi).
Life form : Foliose.
73. Diploschistes scruposus (Schreb.)
Habitat: Terrieolous. Norman
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahanadi). Life form : Crustose.
66. Leptogium cyanescens (Rabenh.) Habitat: Saxieolous.
Korb. Distribution: Darjiling (Mahanadi).
Life form : Foliose. Family GRAPHIDACEAE
Habitat: Cortieolous. 74. Graphina adscribens
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahanadi, Kurseong, Life form : Crustose.
Oodlabari, Sukna). Habitat : Cortieolous.
67. Leptogium javanicum Mont. Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
Life form : Foliose. 75. Graphina aeola (Stirton) ZahIbr.
Habitat : Cortieolous or saxieolous. Life form : Crustose.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong). Habitat: Saxieolous.
68. Leptogium moluccanum (Pers.) Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda).
Vainio 76. Graphina canaliculata (Fee)
Life form : Foliose. Miill. Arg.
Habitat: Cortieolous or terrieolous. Life form : Crustose.
Distribution: Darjiling (Oodalbari, Sukna). Habitat: Corticolous.
69. Leptogium trichophorum Miill. Arg. Distribution: Darjiling (Rangit river valley).
Life form : Foliose. 77. Graphina gracilis (Fr.) Miill. Arg.
Habitat: Supra-saxa. Life form : Crustose.
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahanadi, Habitat: Corticolous.
Kurseong). Distribution: Darjiling (Oodlabari).
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78. Graphina leucocarpoides (Nyl.) 86. Graphis ceylanica Zahlbr.

Zahlbr. Life form : Crustose.
Life form : Crustose. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. 87. Graphis duplicata Aeh.
79. Graphina leuconephala (Nyl.) Life form : Crustose.
Zahlbr. Habitat : Cortieolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distribution : DaIjiling (Kurseong).
Habitat: Cortieolous. 88. Graphis elegans (BoITer ex Sm.) Aeh.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Haora Life form : Crustose.
(Botanical Garden). Habitat : Cortieolous.
80. Graphina obtecta (Nyl.) Mull. Arg. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Life form : Crustose. 89. Graphis illinata Esehw. In Martius
Habitat: Cortieolous. Life form : Crustose.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Habitat : Cortieolous.
Darjiling (Oodlabari, Sukna) and Haora Distribution: DaIjiling (Rangit river valley).
(Botanical Garden). 90. Graphis implexula Stirton
81. Graphina perstriatula (Nyl.) Zahlbr. Life form : Crustose.
Life form : Crustose. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Distribution: DaIjiling (Chunabati).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. 91. Graphis inetrmediella Stirton
82. Graphiita platycarpa (Esehw.) Zahlbr. Life form : Crustose.
Life form : Crustose. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Habitat : Cortieolous. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Distribution: Daljiling (Oodlabari). 92. Graphis lineola Aeh.
83. Graphina spilota (Stirton) ZahIbr. Life form : Crustose.
Life form : Crustose. Habitat : Cortieolous.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna).
Distribution: Daljiling (Oodlabari). 93. Graphis longiramea Miill.Arg.
Life form : Crustose.
84. Graphina tuberculosa (Stirton)
Zahlbr. Habitat : Cortieolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distribution: Darjiling (Lebong).
Habitat: Cortieolous. 94. Graphis scripta (L.) Aeh.
Distribution: Daljiling (Sukna). Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Cortieolous on Mango tree.
85· Graphis capillacea Stirton
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Life form : Crustose.
Daljiling (Oodlabari, Kalimpong -Monsong Rd.),
Habitat: Cortieolous. Haora (Botanical Garden) and Medinipur
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Haldia).
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95· Graphis venninosa Miill.Arg. 104. Opegrapha subsulcata Mull. Arg.

Life form : C~rtcose. Life form: Crustose.
Habitat : Cortieolous. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Tindharia, Lebong). Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and DaIjiling
96. Melaspilia insitiva Stirton (Rangit river valley).
Life form : Crustose. 105. Opegrapha vividis (Pers. in Ach.) Nyl.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Life form: Crustose.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Habitat: Cortieolous.
97. Melaspilia occtomera Mull.Arg. Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
Life form : Crustose. Family GRAPHIDIACEAE
Habitat: Corticolous. 106. Phaeographina caesiopruinosa (Fee)

Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Mull.Arg.

Family OPEGRAPHACEAE Life form: Crustose.
9B. Opegrapha bonplandii Fee Habitat: Cortieolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distribution: DaIjiling (Oodlabari).
107. Phaeographina cirrhata
Habitat: Corti eol ous.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Lifeform: Crustose.

99. Opegrapha herpetica Aeh. Habitat: Corticolous.

Life form : Crustose. Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
Habitat: Corticolous. loB. Phaeographina colligata

Distribution: South 24 Pgs, Darjiling (Rangit Lifeform: Crustose.

river valley). Habitat: Corticolous.
100. Opegrapha laeta Stirton Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Life form: Crustose. 109. Phaeographis divaricoides Rasanen

Habitat: Corticolons. Lifeform : Crustose.

Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban). Habitat: Cortieolons.
101. Opegrapha leptoterodes Nyl. Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden).
Life form: Crustose. 110. Phaeographina exertissima

Habitat: Corticolous. Life form: Crustose.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Habitat: Corticolous.
102. Opegrapha martii Krempelh. in Nyl. Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
Life form: Crustose. 111. Phaeographina exserta

Habitat: Corticolous. Life form: Crustose.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Habitat: Corticolous.
Kolkata and Haora (Botanical Garden). Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
103. Opegrapha stirtonii Zahlbr. 112. Phaeographina grisea

Life form: Crustose. Life form: Crustose.

Habitat: Cortieolous. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban). Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
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113. Phaeographis insusta (Ach.) 121. Phaeographina wattiana MOO.Arg.

Mull.Arg. Life form : Crustose.
Life form : Crustose. Habitat: Corticolous.
Habitat: Corticolous. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family OPEGRAPHACEAE
114. Phaeographis leprosulans
122. Lecanactis sp.
Mull.Arg.
Life form : Crustose. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat : Corticolous. Habitat : Corticolous.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Haora (Sibpur) and Medinipur (Haldia). Family
115. Phaeographis medusiformis HAEMATOMMATACEAE
(Krempelh.) Mull.Arg. 123. Haematomma leprarioides (Vainio)
Life form : Crustose. Vainio
Habitat: Corticolous. Life form : Crustose.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Habitat: Corticolous.
116. Phaeographis megistocarpa
Distribution : Drujiling (Kalimpong).
(Leighton) Mull.Arg.
124. Haema~omma puniceum (Sm.in
Life form : Crustose.
Ach.) Massal.
Habitat: Corticolous.
Life form : Foliose.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
Habitat : Corticolous.
117. Phaeographina nepalensis
Awasthi & K. Singh Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and DaIjiIing
(Kalimpong-Munseong Road).
Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Corticolous. 125. Haematomma wattii (Stirton)'
Zahlbr.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
118. Phaeographina pyrrhochroa
Life form : Crustose.
(Mont. v.d. bosch) Zahlbr. Habitat : Corticolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
Habitat : Corticolous. Family BAEOMYCETACEAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Icmadophila coronata
126.
119· Phaeographina scalpturata (Ach.) Life form : Crustose.
Mull.Arg.
Habitat: Corticolous.
Life form : Crustose.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Habitat : Corticolous.
127. Icmadophila eMcatorum (L.) Zahlbr.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Life form: Crustose/ Fruticose (Stipitate).
120. Phaeographis submarcescens
(Leighton) Zahlbr Habitat : Corticolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Habitat: Corticolous. 128. Lecania pertenera
Distribution: DaIjiling (Oodlabari). Life form : Crustose.
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Habitat :' Corticolous. Family BACIDIACEAE

Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban). 137. Bacidia phacodes Korber
Lecanora achroella Nyl.
129. Life form : Crustose.
Life form : Crustose. Habitat : Corticolous.
Habitat : Corticolous. Distribution: Darjiling (Oodlabari).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. 138. Bacidia convexula (Mull.Arg.) Zahlbr.
130. Lecanora allophana Nyl. Life form : Crustose.
Life form : Foliose. Habitat: Corticolous.
Habitat: Corticolous on mango tree. Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban)
Distribution: Darjiling (Oodalabari, Sukna). and Medinipur (Haldia).
131. Lecanora chlarona 139.Bacidia fuscorubella
Life form : Crustose.· Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Corticolous on mango tree. Habitat: Corticolous.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
132. Lecanora distans and Darjiling (Oodlabari, Munsong).
Life form : Crustose. 140. Bacidia luteola
Habitat : Corticolous on mango tree. Life form : Crustose.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Habitat : Corticolous.
Kolkata and Haora (Botanical Garden). Distribution: Darjiling (Munsong).
133.Lecanora leprosa Fee 141.Bacidia medialis (Tuck.in Nyl.) Zahlbr.
Life form : Crustose. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat : Corticolous on mango tree. Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Haora (Botanical Garden).
134. Lecanora subfusca (L.) Ach. 142. Bacidia phaeolomoides (Mull.Arg.)
Life form : Crustose. Zahlbr.
Habitat : Corticolous on mango tree. Life form : Crustose.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Haora Habitat : Corticolous.
(Botanical Garden). Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong-
Family PERTUSARIACEAE Munsong road).
135. Ochrolechia pallescens (L.) Massal. Bacidia rubellovirens
143.
Life form : Foliose. Life form : Foliose.
Habitat : Corticolous on mango tree. Habitat: Corticolous on Mango tree.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Family OPEGRAPHACEAE Pgs.
136. Graphidastra byssiseda (Miill.Arg.) 144. Bacidia subannexa (Nyl.) Zahlbr.
Thor Life form : Crustose.
Life form : Crustose. Habitat : Corticolous.
Habitat: Corticolous on mango tree. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Lebong). Pgs.
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145. Baddia submedialis (Nyl.) Zahlbr 152. Lecidea caliginosa Stirton

Life form : Crustose. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat : Corticolous. Habitat: Corticolou$(
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
and Haora (Botanical Garden). Pgs.
153. Lecideafuscorubida Nyl.
Family MYCOBILIMBIACEAE
Life form: Crustose.
146. Mycobilimbia hunana (Zahlbr.)
Awasthi Habitat: Corticolous.
Life form : Foliose. Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Habitat: Terricolous. 154. Lecidea granifera (Ach.) Vainio
Distribution: DaIjiIing (Munsong). Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Corticolous.
Family CATILLARIACEAE
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
147. Catillaria endochroma Fee) Zahlbr.
and Darjiling (Rangit river valley).
Life form : Crustose.
Family PSORACEAE
Habitat : Corticolous.
155. Protoblastenia russula (Ach.)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Rasmen
Pgs.
Life f01m : Crustose.
148. Catillaria indica
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distribution: DaIjiling (Munsong).
Habitat: Corticolous. 156. Lecidea russula var. leprosa
Distribution : Medinipur (Haldia). Life form: Crustose.
149. Catillaria leptocheiloides Habitat: Cortieolous.
(Nyl. in Crombie) Zahlbr.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
Life jorm : Crustose. and Medinipur (Haldia).
Habitat : Corticolous. 157. Lopadium pezizoideum
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Lifeform: Foliose.
Pgs. Habitat: Supramuscos.
150. Catillaria leptochelia (Tuck.) Riddle Distribution : DaIjiling (Kurseong).
Life form : Crustose. Frunily MYCOBLESTACEAE
Habitat : Cortico~ous. 158. Mycoblastus indicus
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. awasthi & Agarwal
and DaIjiling (KaIimpong- Munsong road). Lifeform: Crustose.
151. Catillaria terrena Habitat: Corticolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
Habitat: Corticolous. Family PERTUSARIACEAE
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 159· Pertusaria multipuncta (Tum.) Nyl.
Pgs. Life form : Crustose.
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Habitat : Corticolous. 167. Coccoccarpia e'1lthroxyli (Sprengel)

Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Swinscow & Krog
Pgs. Life form : Foliose.
160. Pertusaria velata (Turn.) Nyl. Habitat : Terricolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distribution: Darjiling (Mahanadi, Sukna).
Habitat: Corticolous. 168. Coccoccarpia cornia var.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 isidiophylla
Pgs. Life form : Foliose.
Family OPEGRAPHACEAE Habitat: Corticolous.
161. Chiodecton micrographum Distribution: Darjiling (Chunabati).
Life form : Foliose. 169. Coccoccarpia cornia var.
Habitat : Corticolous. smaragdina
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Life form : Foliose.
Kolkata and Haora (Botanical Garden). Habitat: Saxicolous.
162. Enterographa pallidella (Nyl.) Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
Redinger Family PARMELIACEAE
Life form : Foliose. 170. Hypotrachyna adducta (Nyl.) Hale
Habitat: Corticolous. Life form : Foliose.
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden). Habitat : Corticolous.
163. Opegrapha prosodea Ach. Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong-Munsong
Life form : Crustose. Road).
Habitat: Corticolous. 171. Hypotrachyna bostrychodes
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangit river valley). (Zahlbr.)

164. Opegrapha subvulgata Nyl. Life form : Foliose.

Life form : Crustose. Habitat : Corticolous.

Habitat: Corticolous. Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).

Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. 172. Flavoparmelia caperata (L.) Hale
and Darjiling (Rangit river valley). Life form : Foliose.
165. Opegrapha vulgata Ach. Habitat: Corticolous.
Life form : Foliose. Distribution : Medinipur (Haldia).
Habitat: Corticolous. 173. Everniastrum cirrhatum (Fr.) Hale
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden), Life form : Foliose.
South 24 pgs. Habitat: Corticolous.
Family COCCOCARPIACEAE Distribution : Darjiling (Kursong).
166. Coccoccarpia palmicola (Sprengel) 174. Parmotrema cristiferum (Taylor)
L. Arvidsson Hale
Lifeform: Foliose. Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Corticolous. Habitat: Corticolous.
Distribution: Darjiling (Oodlabari). Distribution: Darjiling (Rangit river valley).
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175. Hypotrachyna jlexilis (Kurok.in
Hara) Hale
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat : Cortieolous.
Distribution: Darjiling (Munsong).
176. Hypotrachyna osseoalba (Vainio)
Park.& Hale
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
177. Parmotrema hababianum (Gyelnk.)
Hale
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
178. Myelochroa irrugens (Nyl.)
Elix & Hale
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat : Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
179. Hypotrachyna infirma
(Kurok.in Hale & Kurok.) Hale
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong,
Munsong).
180. Bulbothrix isidiza (Nyl.) Hale
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong,
Oodlabari).
181. Hypotrachyna koyaensis (Asahina)
Hale
.Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahanadi).
182. Bulbothrix meizospora (Nyl.) Hale
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Tindharia,
Kurseong).
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183. Everniastnl.m nepalense (Taylor)
Hale
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat : Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
184. Parmotrema praesorediosum
(Nyl.) Hale·
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat : Cortieolous.
Distribution: Darjiling (Oodlabari).
185. Parmotrema pseudonilgherrense
(Asahina) Hale
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Tindharia,
Kurseong).
186. Rimelia reticulata (Taylor)
Hale & Fletcher
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong,
Munsong).
187. Parmelia subcrinita
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Supra saxa.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong,
Kalimpong).
188. Parmotrema sanctae-angelii
(Lynge) Hale
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong-Munsong
Road).
189. Parmelia subaurulenta
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat : Cortieolous .
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong-Munsong
Road).
190. Parmelaria thomsonii (Stirton)
Awasthi
Life form .: Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Tindharia,
Mahanadi).
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191. Parmotrema tinctorum (Nyl.) Hale Family PERTUSARIACEAE

Lifeform : Foliose. 19B. Permsaria pertusa (Weig.) Tuck.
Habitat : Cortieolous. Life form : Crustose.
Distribution: Darjiling (Oodlabari, Sukna, Habitat : Cortieolous.
Munsong, Kurseong). Distribution: Darjiling (Chunabati).
Family PHYSCIACEAE
192. Everniastrum vexans (Zahlbr.) Hale
199. Heterodennia awasthii (Kurok.)
Life form.: Foliose. Awasthi
Habitat : Cortieolous. Life form : Foliose.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong-Munsong Habitat: Cortieolous.
Road). Distribution: Darjiling (Munsong).
193. Parmelinella wallichiana (Taylor) 200. HeterodeT'ntia coronata (Kurok.)
Elix & Hale Awasthi
Life form : Foliose. Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Habitat .:. Cortieolous.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Distribution: Darjiling (Manhanadi, Lebong, 201. Heterodermia diademata (Taylor)
Kurseong). Awasthi
194. Myelochroa xantholepis Life form : Foliose.
(Mont. & v.d. Bosch) Elix & Hale Habitat: Cortieolous.
Life form : Foliose. Distribution : Darjiling (Oodlabari,
Habitat : Cortieolous. Mahanadi, Kurseong).
202. Heterodennia dissecta (Kurok.)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
Awasthi
Family PELTIGERACEAE Life form : Foliose.
195. Peltigera dolichorMza (Nyl.) Ny!. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Life form : Foliose. Distribution: Darjiling (Tindharia).
Habitat: Terrieolous. 203. Heterodermia finnula (Ny!.)
Trevisan
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
Lifeform : Foliose.
196. Peltigera polydactyla (Neck.)
Habitat: Saxicolous.
Hoffm.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
Life form : Foliose. 204. Heterodermia flabellata (Fee)
Habitat : Terrieolous. Awasthi
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong). Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
197. Peltigera polydactyla var pruinosa
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
Gyeln
205. HeterodeMtlia himalayensis
Life form : Foliose.· (Awasthi) Awasthi
Habitat : Terrieolous , museieolous. Life form : Foliose.
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahanadi, Habitat: Cortieolous.
Kurseong). Distribution: Darjiling (Chunabati).
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206. Heterodermia incana (Stirton) Awasthi 214. Heterodermia speciosa (Wulfen)

Life form : Foliose. Trevisan
Habitat : Cortieolous & Saxicolous. Life form : Foliose.
Distribution Darjiling (Munsong, Habitat : Cortieolous.
Kalimpong). Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
207. Anaptychia isidiophora (Vainio) 215. Dirinaria applanata (Fee) Awasthi
Awasthi Life form : Foliose.
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Habitat: Corticolous.
Distribution: Darjiling (Oodlabari).
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
216. »irinaria applanata var.
208. Heterodermia japonica (Sato)
endochroma
Swinse. & Krog
Life form : Foliose.
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: CorQcolous. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Distribution: Darjiling (Oodlabari).
Munsong). 217. Dirinaria conJluens (Fr.) Aw~sthi
209. Heterodermia leucomela (L.) Poelt Life form : Foliose.
Life form : Foliose. Habitat: Corticolous.
Habitat: Corticolous. Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong). and Haora (Botanical Garden).
210. Heterodermia obscurata 218. Dirinaria coJifluens var. coccinea
(Nyl.)Trevisan
Life form : Foliose.
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Corticolous.
Habitat : Cortieolous.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong-Munsong
Haora (Botanical Garden).
Road).
211. Heterodermia pseudospeciosa 219. DiMnaria consimilis (Stirton)
(Kurok.) W. Culb. Awasthi
Life form : Foliose. Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Habitat : Corticolous.
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangit river valley). Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
212. Heterodermia punctifera (Kurok.) Darjiling (Chunabati) and Haora (Botanical
Awasthi Garden).
Life form : Foliose. 220. Dirinaria.picta (Swartz)
Habitat: Cortieolous. Clem. & Shear
Distribution: Darjiling (Munsong). Life form : Foliose.
213· Heterodennia Mlbescens (Rasanen) Habitat: Corticolous.
Awasthi Distribution: DaIjiling (Oodlabari).
Life form : Foliose. 221. DiMnaMa aegialita (Mz.in Ach.)
Habitat: Cortieolous. Moore
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kalimpong). Life form : Foliose.
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Habitat: Cortieolous. Family PYRENULACEAE

Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) 229. Anthracothecium dimorphum
and Kolkata. (Vainio) Zahlbr.
222. P~aeophyscia endococcinia (Korli.) Life form : Crustose.
Moberg Habitat: Cortieolous.
Life form : Foliose.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Habitat: Saxieolous. Pgs.
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahanadi). 230. Anthracothecium fulvum Miill. Arg
223. Physcia obscura (Ehrh.) Harne Life form : Crustose.
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Habitat: Saxieolous.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs.
Pgs.
231. Anthracothecium himalayense
224. Pyxine cocoes (Swartz) Nyl. (Rasanen) Awasthi
Life form : Foliose. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat : Cortieolous. Habitat : Cortieolous.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Distribution : Darjiling (Kufseong,
Kolkata, Darjiling (Sukna) and Haora (Botanical
Kalimpong).
Garden).
232. Anthracothecium manipurense
225. Pyxine meissneri.na Nyl.
Miill.Arg
Life form : Foliose.
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Corticolous.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South. 24 Pgs.,
Kolkata and Haora (Botanical Garden). 233. Anthracothecium papilliferum
(Nyl.)Mull.Arg.
226. Pyxine phillippina Vainio
Life form : Crustose.
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat : Cortieolous.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Chunabati, Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
Kurseong).
227. Pyxine retirugella var. 234. Anthracothecium parvinucleum
(G. Meyer & Flotow) Zahlbr.
macro theca
Life form : Foliose. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Habitat: Cqrticolous.
Distribution : Darjiling (Chunabati, Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Mahanadi). Pgs.
228. Pyxine sorediata (Aeh.) 235. Arthopyrenia analepta
Mont. in Sagra Life form : Foliose.
Life form : Foliose. Habitat : Corticolous.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna, Manabari). Pgs.
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236. Arthopyrenia bifonnis 243. Microthelia micula Korber

Life form : Foliose. Life f9rm : Crustose.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Habitat : Cortieolous.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
Pgs.
237. Arthopyrenia cinefaciens (Nyl.)
244. Mycomicrothelia nonensis (Stirton)
Zahlbr.
D. Hawksw.
Life form : Foliose.
Life form : Crustose.
Habitat : Cortieolous.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban). Habitat: Cortieolous.
238. Arthopyrenia confonnis (Ny!.) Herr. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Life form : Foliose. Pgs.
Habitat: Cortieolous. 245. Polyblastiopsis floMdana Fink
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Life form : Crustose.
Pgs. Habitat: Cortieolous.
239. Arthopyrenia majuscula (Nyl.)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
Zahlbr.
and Darjiling (Rangit river valley).
Life form : Crustose.
Family TRICHOTHELIACEAE
Habitat : Cortieolous.
246. honia internigrans (Nyl.)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. Mull.Arg
Family TRICHOTHELIACEAE Life form : Crustose.
240. Clathroporina anoptella (Stirton) Habitat : Cortieolous.
ZahIbr. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24'
Life form : Crustose. Pgs.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
247. honia interspersa (Ny!.) Zahlbr.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. . Life form : Crustose.

Family ARTHOPYRENIACEAE Habitat : Cortieolous.

241. Microthelia conothelena (Ny!.) Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
D. Hawksw. Pgs.
Life form : Crustose. 248. honia interstes (Nyl.) Harm.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Life form : Crustose.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Habitat: Cortieolous.
Darjiling (Oodlabari), Haora (Botanical
Garden). Distribution: Darjiling (Chunabhati).
24 2 • Microthelia dissepta A. L. Smith 249. honia luteopallens (Nyl.) Zahlbr.
Life form : Crustose. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. Pgs.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity 273

Family PYRENULACEAE 257. Pyrenula nodulata (Stirton)

250. Pseudopyrenula pupula (Ach.) Mull. Zahlbr.
Arg. Life form : Foliose.
Life form : Crustose. Habitat: Corticolous.
Habitat: Corticolous. Distribution : Darjiling (Oodlabari).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. 258. Pyrenula scutata (Stirton) Zahlbr.
and DaIjiling (Kurseong).
Life form : Crustose.
251. Pyrenula interducta (Nyl.) Zahlbr. Habitat : Corticolous.
Life form: Foliose.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
Habitat: Corticolous. and Darjiling (Oodlabari, Sukna, Rangit river
Distribution : DaIjiling (Mahanadi, Kurseong, valley).
Munsong). 259. Pyrenula subducta (Nyl.) Mull.Arg.
252. Pyrenula aspistea (Abz.ex Ach.) Life form : Crustose.
Ach. Habitat: Corticolous.
Life form: Crustose. Distribution: Darjiling (Munsong).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 260. Pyrenula subnitidella (Nyl.)
Pgs. Mull.Arg.
253. Pyrenula herrei Fink Life form : Crustose.
Life form: Crustose. Habitat: Corticolous.
Habitat: Corticolous. Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 and Haora (Botanical Garden).
Pgs. Family STEREOCAULACEAE
254. Pyrenula mamillana (Ach.) 261. Stereocaulonfoliolosum (Nyl.)
Trevisan Life form: Fruticose.
Life form: Crustose. Habitat: Saxicolous.
Habitat: Corticolous. Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 262. Stereocaulon massartianum Hue
Pgs. Life form: Fruticose.
255. Pyrenula nitida (Weig.) Ach. Habitat : Saxicolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Habitat: Corticolous. 263. Stereocaulon piluliferum Th. Fr.

Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Life form: Fruticose.

Haora (Botanical Garden) and Medinipur Habitat: Saxicolous.
(Haldia). Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
256. Pyrenula nitidella (Florke) Family LOBARIACEAE
Mull.Arg 264. LabaMa isidiosa Milll.Arg.) Vainio
Life form : Crustos~. Life form: Foliose.
Habitat : Corticolous. Habitat: Terricolous & Musicolous.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban). Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
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Sticta weigelii (Ach.) Vainio

265. Habitat : Saxicolous.
Life form : Foliose. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Sou.th 24
Habitat: Supra-Saxa. Pgs.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong). 273. Leptotrema oxysporum
Family STRIGULACEAE Life form : Foliose.
266. Ponia mastoidea (ach.) Mull. Arg Habitat: Saxicolous.
Life form : Crustose. Distribution: North· 24 Pgs.and :South ·24
Habitat : Corticolous. Pgs.
Distribution : Haora (Botanical Garden). 274. Leptotrema phaeosporum
267. Strigula elegans (Fee) Mull. Arg Life form : Foliose.
Life form : Crustose. Habitat : SaxicQlous..
Habitat: Folicolous. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South· 24
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs.
Pgs. 275. Leptotrema ravenelii
268. Strigula subtillissima (Fee) Life form : Foliose.
Mull. Arg Habitat : Saxicolous.·
Life form : Crustose. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Habitat : Corticolous. Pgs.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 276. Myriotrema wightii (Taylor) Hale
Pgs. Life form : Crustose.
Family TELOSCHISTACEAE Habitat : Saxicolous.
269. Caloplaca aurantia (Pers.) Hellb. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Life form: Crustose. Pgs.

Habitat: Corticolous. 277. Ocellularia aniplior (Nyl.) Redinger

Life form : Crustose.
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden).
Habitat: Corticolous.
270. Caloplaca encephalarti
(Krempelh. In Nyl.) Zahlbr. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
Life form: Crustose.
278. Ocel'ularia leptosporum
Habitat: Corticolous.
Life form : Crustose.
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden).
Habitat: Corticolous.
Family GRAPHIDIACEAE
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
271. Gyrostomum syphiliferum Pgs.
(Ach.) Nyl.
279. Phaeotrema discissa
Life form: Crustose. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Corticolous. Habitat: Saxicolous.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Haora Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
(Botanical Garden) and Medinipur (Haldia). Pgs.
272. Leptotrema bahianum 280. Thelotrema albidopallens Nyl.
Life form: Foliose. Life form : Crustose.
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Habitat: Cortieolous. 287. Melanotheca subincruenta

Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Life form : Foliose.
Pgs.
Habitat : Cortieolous.
281. Thelotrema dehiscens (Stirton) Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
ZahIbr. Pgs.
Life form : Crustose. 288. Tomsasellia cinchinarum
Habitat : Cortieolous. Life form : Crustose.
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna). Habitat : Cortieolous.
282. Thelotrema tetrasporum (Stirton) Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Awasthi
289. Tomsasellia himalayensis
Life form : Foliose.
Life form : Crustose.
Habitat : Cortieolous. Habitat : Cortieolous.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong,
Pgs. Kalimpong-Munsong Road, Lebong).
Family TRYPETHELICEAE 290. Trypethelium inamoennum
283. Laurera madrepoJiformis (Esehw.) Mull. Arg.
Riddle Life form : Crustose.
Life form : Crustose. Habitat : Cortieolous.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. 291. Trypethelium indutum Stirton
and Darjiling (Chunabhati). Life form : Crustose.
284. Melanotheca aggregata (Fee) Habitat: Cortieolous.
Mull. Arg. Distribution: Darjiling (Oodlabari).
.Life form : Crustose. 292. Trypethelium straminicolor
Habitat : Cortieolous. Life form : Crustose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Darjiling (Oodlabari). Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Haora (Botanical Garden).
285. Melanotheca indica Nyl.
293. Trypethelium virens Tuck.
Life form : Crnstose. In Darlingt.
Habitat : Cortieolous. Life form : Crustose.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Habitat: Cortieolous.
Darjiling (Oodlabari) and Haora (Botanical Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
Garden). Family RAMALINACEAE
286. Melanotheca leucotrypa Nyl. 294. Ramalina calicaris
Mull. Arg Life form : Frutieose.
Life form : Crustose. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Habitat : Cortieolous. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. Kolkata, Haora (Botanical Garden) and
and Darjiling (Oodlabari). Medinipur (Haldia).
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

295. Ramalina conduplicans Vainio 30 4. Usnea bismolliuscula Zahlbr.

Life form : Frutieose. Life Form : Frutieose.
Habitat: Cortieolous, temperate. Habitat : Cortieolous.
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri. Distribution : Darjiling.
296. Ramalina farinacea 305. Usnea cineraria Mot.
Life form : Foliose. Life Form : Frutieose.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. Habitat; Cortieolous.
and Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling~
297. Ramalina gracilis (Pers.) Nyl.
306. Usnea cornea
Life Form : Frutieose.
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat : eortieolous.
Habitat : Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
29B. Ramalina himalayensis Rasanen
Life Form : Frutieose. 307. Usnea dendritica Stirton
Habitat : Cortieolous & saxieolous. Life Form : Frutieose.
Distribution : Darjiling hills. Habitat: Cortieoions.
299. Ramalina angulosa Distribution : Darjiling.
Laur. In tho Fr.
308. Usnea diademensis
Life form : Frutieose.
Life form : Foliose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Koikata. Habitat : Cortieoions.
300. Ramalina leiodea (Nyl.) Nyl. Distribution : Darjiling (Munsong).
Life Form : Frutieose. 309. Usnea eumitrioides Mot.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Life form : Frutieose.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban). Habitat: Cortieoions.
301. Ramalina subcomplanata (Nyl.) Distribution: Darjiling (Munsong).
Kashiwadani
310. Usneafragilis Stirton
Life form : Frutieose.
Habitat: Cortieolous. Life Form : Frutieose.
Distribution Darjiling (Kurseong, Habitat: Cortieoions.
Munsong). Distribution : Darjiling.
'.,
Family Usneaeeae 311. Usnea himalayana Bab.
302. Usnea aciculifera Vainio Life Form : Frutieose.
Life Form : Frutieose.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
Habitat : Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
303· Usnea baileyi (Stirton) Zahibr. 312. Usnea longissima Aeh.
Life Form : Frutieose. Life Form : Frutieose.
Habitat : Cortieolous. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling Distribution : DaIjiling.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity 277

313. Usnea montis fuji Mot Habitat : Cortieolous.

Life Form : Frutieose. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat : CortieoIous. 319. Usnea splendens Stirton
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Frutieose.
314. Usnea pangiana Stirton Habitat: Cortieolous.
Life Form : Frutieose. 'Distribution: Darjiling.
320. Usnea subsordida Stirton
Habitat : CortieoIous.
Life form : Frutieose.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Cortieolous.
315. Usnea pseudosinensis
Asahina in Hara Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).

Life Form : Frutieose. 321. Usnea thomsonii Stirton

Habitat: Cortieolous. Life Form : Frutieose.

Habitat: Cortieolous.
Distribution : Darjiling.
316. Usnea robusta Stirton
Distribution : DaIjiling

Life Form : Frutieose. 322. Usnea undulata Stirton

Habitat: Cortieolous. Life Form : Frutieose.

Distribution : DarjiIing. Habitat: Corticolous.
317. Usnea rubicunda Stirton Distribution : DaIjiling.
Life form : Frutieose. Family Verrucariaceae
Habitat : Cortieolous. 323. Polyblastia intercodens
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangit river valley). Life form : Foliose.
318. Usnea sordida Mot. Habitat: Cortieolous.
Life Form : Frutieose. Distribution: DaIjiling (Chunabhati).
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

BRYOPHYfA
The list of Bryophyt~ of West Bengal is incomplete due to non-availability of literature. The
forth coming publication on Bryophytes of West Bengal by Botanical Survey of India will help to
complete the list.

Kingdom PLANT KINGDOM 8. Cyathodium sp.

Sub kingdom CRYPTOGAMA Life Form: Thalloid.
Division BRYOPHYTA Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Family ANTHOCEROTAE Distribution : 24 Pgs (N), 24 Pgs (S),
1.Anthoceros himalayensis Bankura, Birbhum, Burdwan, eoch Bihar,
Life Form : Thalloid. DaIjiling, Dinajpore (N), Dinajpore (S), ~ugli,
Habitat: Moist & Shady. Hoara, J alpaiguri, Maldah, Midnapore,
Distribution : DaIjiling. Murshidabad, Nadia and Puruliya.
2. Anthoceros erecfus 9. Dumorti sp.

Life Form : Thalloid. Life Form: Thalloid.

Habitat: Moist & Shady. Habitat : Moist & Shady.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : DaIjiling.
3. Notothylus indicus 10. Fossombronia himalayensis
Life Form : Thalloid. Life Form: Thalloid.
Habitat: Moist & Shady. Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : DaIjiling.
4. Notothylus levieri 11. Frullania sp.
Life Form : Thalloid. Life Form : Leafy thalloid.
Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family HEPATICAE
12. Lejeunea flexuosa
5. Asterella sp.
Life Form : Leafy thalloid.
Life Form : Thalloid.
Habitat : Moist & Shady.
Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : DaIjiling.

6. Calobryum indicum 13. Loplcozia sp.

Life Form : Thalloid. Life Form : Leafy thalloid.

Habitat : Moist & Shady. Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : DaIjiling.
7. Conocephalum sp. 14. Lunularia sp.
Life Form : Thalloid. Life Form : Thalloid.
Habitat: Moist & Shady. Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : DaIjiling.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
Marchantia sp.
15.
Life Form : Thalloid:
Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution: eoch Bihar, Darjiling and
J alpaiguri.
16. Marchantia polymorpha
Life Form: Thalloid.
Habitat: Moist & ~hady.
Distribution : eoch Bihar, Darjiling and
Jalpaiguri.
17. Metzgeria sp.
Life Form: Leafy thalloid.
Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution : Darjiling.
18. Pellia epiphylla
Life Form : Thalloid.
Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution : Daljiling.
19. Plagiochasma sp.
Life Form : Thalloid.
Habitat: Moist & Sl)ady.
Distribution : Darjiling.
20. Porella campylophylla
Life Form : Leafy thalloid.
Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution : Darjiling.
21. Rebauilia sp.
Life Form : Thalloid.
Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution : Darjiling.
22. Riccia discolor
Life Form : Thalloid.
Habitat: Moist & Shady
Distribution: Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri
23. Riccia gangetica
Life Form : Thalloid.
Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution : 24 Pgs (N), 24 Pgs (S),
Bankura, Birbhum, Burdwan, Cooch Bihar,
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Darjiling, Dinajpore (N), Dinajpore (S), Hugli,
Hoara, Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Midnapore,
Murshidabad, Nadia and Puruliya.
24. Takakia ceratophylla
Life Form : Thalloid.
Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution : Darjiling.
25. Targionia sp.
Life Form : Thalloid.
Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family MUSel
26. Andreaea rupestris
Life Form: Errect leafy.
Habitat: Moist exposed.
Distribution : Darjiling.
27. Archidium binnannicum
Life Form : Errect leafy.
Habitat: On bark.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
28. Barbula constricta
Life Form: Errect leafy
Habitat: On bark
Distribution : Darjiling.
29. Bryum coronatum
Life Form : Errect leafy.
Habitat: On bark.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
30. Fissidens ceylonensis
Life Form : Errect leafy.
Habitat : Moist shady.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
31. Funaria hygrometrica
Distribution: DaIjiling.
32. Hydrogonium arcuatum
Life Form: Errect leafy.
Habitat: On bark.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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33. Philonotis sp.
Life Form: Moist exposed.
Habitat: On bark.
Distribution : Darjiling.
34. Polytrichum densifolium
Life Form : Errect leafy.
Habitat: Moist exposed.
Distribution : Darjiling.
35. Polytrichum formosum
Life Form : Errect leafy.
Habitat : Moist exposed.
Distribution: Darjiling.
36. Polytrichum juniperinum
Life Form : Errect leafy.
·Habitat: Moist exposed.
Distribution: Darjiling.
37. Polytrichum xanthopilum
Life Form : Errect leafy.
Habitat: Moist exposed.
Distribution : Darjiling.
38. Polytrichum alpinum
Life Form : Errect leafy.
Habitat : Moist exposed.
Distribution: Darjiling.
39· Pogonatum microstomum
Life Form : Errect leafy.
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Habitat: Moist exposed.
Distribution: Darjiling.
40. Sphagnum khasianum
Lfe Form: Errect leafy.
Habitat: Moist & Shady,
Distribution: Darjiling.
41. Sphagnum ovatum.
Life Form: Errect leafy.
Habitat : Moist & Shady.
Distribution : Darjiling.
42. Sphagnum palustre
Life Form: Errect leafy.
Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution: Darjiling.
43. Sphagnum squamosum
Life Form: Errect leafy.
Habitat: Moist & Shady.
Distribution: Darjiling.
. 44. Semibarbula orientalis
Life Form : Errect leafy.
Habitat: On bark.
Distribution: Darjiling.
45. TQXithalium nepal~e
Life Form: Errect leafy.
Habitat: On bark.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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PTERIDOPHYTA
Kingdom PLANTAE
Subkingdom CRYPTOGAMA
Division PTERIDOPHYTA
F~llnily HUPERZlACEAE
1. Huperzia squarrosa
Life Form : Fern allies.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2. Huperzia subulifolia
Life Form : Fern allies.
Habitat: Terrestrial, epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
3. Huperzia herteriarta
Life Form: Fern allies.
Habitat : Terrestrial, epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
4. Huperzia serrata
Life Form: Fern allies.
Habitat: Terrestrial, epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
5. Huperzia selago
Life Form: Fern allies.
Habitat: Terrestrial, epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
6. Huperzia ·pulcherriana
Life Form : Fern allies.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
7. Huperzia hamiltonii
Life Form : Fern allies.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
8. Phlegmanurus phlegmana
Life Form : Fern allies.
Habitat: Lithophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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Family LYCOPODIACEAE
9. Lycopodium japoiticum
Life Form : Fern allies.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
10. Lycopodiastrum casuarinoides
Life Form : Fern allies.
Habitat: Lithophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
11. Palhinhaea cernua
Life Form: Fern allies.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
12. Diphasiastrum ·complanatum
Life Form : Fern allies.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
13. Diphasiastrum alpinum
Life Form : Fern allies.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family SELAGINELLACEAE
14. Selaginella chrysocaulos
Life Form : Fern allies.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
15. Selaginella bisculcata
Life Form : Fern allies.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
16. Selaginella involvens
Life Form: Fern allies.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution: Darjiling.
17. Selaginella indica
Life Form : Fern allies.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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18. Selaginella pennata Family EQUISETACEAE

Life Form : Fern allies. 27. Equisetum arvense
Habitat: Terrestrial. Life Form : Fern allies.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Habitat : Terrestrial.
19. Selaginella' 'monospora Distribution : Precise locality not available.
Life Form : Fern allies. 28. Equisetum dtffusum
Habitat: Terrestrial. Life Form : Fern allies.
Distribution : DaIjiIing. Habitat: Terrestrial.
20. Selaginella nepalensis Distribution : Darjiling.
Life Form : Fern allies. 29. EquisetuTh. ramosissimum ssp.
Habitat: Terrestrial. de bile
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form: Fern allies.
21. Selaginella bryopteris Habitat : Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern allies. Distribution : Precise locality not available.
Habitat : Xerophytic. Family HELMINTHOSTACHYACEAE
Distribution : DaIjiling. 30. Helminthostachys zeylanica
22. Selaginella subdiaphana Life Form : Fern allies.
Life Form: Fern allie~.
Habitat: Terr.estrial.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Haora, -Hugli, South 24 Pgs.,
Distribution : Darjiling. North 24 Pgs., Nadia, Murshidabad -and
23. Selaginella pentagona Barddhaman.
Life Form : Fern allies. Family BOTRYCHIACEAE
Habitat: Terrestrial. 31. Botrychium daucifolium
Distribution : DarjiIing. Life Form : Herbaceous fern.
Family ISOETACEAE Habitat: Terrestrial.
24. Isoetes coromandelina ssp. Distribution : DaIjiling.
coromandelina
32. Botrychium lunaria
Life Form : Fern allies.
Life Form : Herbaceous fern.
Habitat : Aquatic.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Precise locality not available.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
25. Isoetes coromandelina ssp.
brachyglossa 33. Botrychium ternatum
Life Form : Fern allies. Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Aquatic. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Precise locality not available. Distribution : DaIjiling.
26. Isoetes indica 34. Botrypus lanuglnosum
Life Form: Fern allies. Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Aquatic. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Precise locality not available. Distribution : DaIjiling.
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Family OPHIOGLOSSACEAE 44. Osmunda regalis

35· Ophioglossum costatum Life Form: Fern.
Life Form : Small fern. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Habitat : Terrestrial. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Distribution : No precise locality mentioned. Family PLAGIOGYRIACEAE
36. Ophioglossum gramineum 45. Plagiogyrea coerulescens
Life Form : Small fern.
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution: No precise locality mentioned.
Distribution: No precise locality mentioned.
37. Ophioglossum nudicaule var.
macrorrhizum 46. Plagiogyrea euphlebia

Life Form : Small fern. Life Form : Fern.

Habitat: Terrestrial. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution: No precise locality mentioned. Distribution : DaIjiling.
38. Ophioglossum petiolatum 47. Plagiogyrea rankanensis
Life Form : Herbaceous fern. Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution: Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
39. Ophioglossum pendulum Family
Life Form : Fern. DICRANOPTERIDACEAE
Habitat: Terrestrial. 48. Dicranopteris linearis
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Malda, Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
40. Ophioglossum reticulatum Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form : Herbaceous fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 49. Dicranopteris taiwanensis
Distribution: No precise locality mentioned. Life Form : Fern.
Family ANGIOPTERIDACEAE Habitat: Terrestrial.
41. Angiopteris evecta Distribution : Darjiling.
Life Form : Large fern.
50. Diplopterygium blotianum
Habitat : Swampy forest.
Life Form: Straggling and climbing fern.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Family OSMUNDACEAE
Distribution : Darjiling.
42. Osmunda cinnamomea
51. Diplopterygium gla~cum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial. Life Fo)·m : Gregarious straggling fern.
Distribution : Darjiling. Habitat: Terrestrial.
43. Osmunda clatoniana Distribution : Darjiling.
Life Form: Fern. Family GRAMMITIDIACEAE
Habitat: Terrestrial. 52. Ctenopteris subfalcata
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Small fern.

Habitat : Lithophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
53. Prosaptio khasyana
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
54. Sceroglossum sulcatum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
55. Xiphopteris sikkimensis
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Dinajpur, Darjiling.
Family LOXOGRAMMACEAE
56. Loxogramme porcata
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic, Lithophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family POLYPODIACEAE
57. Arthromeris lehmanni
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic, Lithophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
58. Arthromeris wallichiana
Life Form : Beautiful Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic, Lithophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
59. Belvisia revoluta
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
60. Dendroglossa minutula
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
61. Drymoglossum heterophyllum
Life Form : Fern ..
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Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
62. Lepidogrommitis rostrata
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
63. Phymatopteris crenatopinnata
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
64.Phymatopteris ebenipes
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic, Lithophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
65. Phymatopteris erythrocarpa
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic, Lithophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
66. Phymatopteris griffithiana
Life Form : Epiphytic.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
67. Phymatopteris hastatus
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
68. Phymatopteris integerrima
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
69. Phymatopteris malacodon
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
70. Phymatopteris nigrovenia
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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71. Phymatopteris oxyloba Habitat: Epiphytic.

Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Epiphytic. 81. Lepisorus contortus
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form: Fern.
72. Phymatopteris quasidivaricatum Habitat: Epiphytic.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Lithophyte. 82. Lepisorus kuchensis
Distribution: Darjiling. Life Fonn : Fern.
73. Phymatopteris stewartii Habitat : Epiphytic.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Epiphytic. 83. Lepisorus lorifonnis
Distribution: Darjiling. Life Fonn : Fern.
74. Phymatopteris stracheyi Habitat: Epiphytic.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Epiphytic. 84. Lepisorus morrisonensis
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form: Fern.
75. Phymatosorus cuspidatus Habitat: Epiphytic.
Life Form -: Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Epiphytic. 8S. Lepisorus nudus
,Distribution : Darjiling. Life Fonn : Fern.
76. Phymatosorus longifolia Habitat: Epiphytic.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Epiphytic. 86. Lepisorus oligolepidus
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Fonn : Fern.
77. Phymatosorus longissimus Habitat: Epiphytic.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Epiphytic. 87. Lepisorus sublinearis
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Fonn : Fern.
78. Leptochilus axillaris Habitat : Epiphytic.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Epiphytic. 88. Lepisorus thunbergianus
Distribution : Koch Bihar and Darjiling. Life Fonn : Fern.
79. Leptochilus decurrens Habitat : Epiphytic.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution: Darjiling.
Habitat: Lithophyte. 89. Lepisorus ussuriensis
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Fonn : Fern.
80. Lepisorus amaurolepidus Habitat: Epiphytic.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : DaIjiling.
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90. Goniophlebium amoenum Habitat: Terrestrial.

Life Form : Fern. Distribution ; DaIjiling.
Habitat: Epiphytic. 100. Colysis hemionitidea
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
91. Goniophlebium argutum Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Epiphytic, Lithophyte. 101. Co lysis pendunculata
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
92. Goniophlebium hendersonii Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat : Epiphytic. 102. Colysis pothifolia
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
93. Goniophlebium manmeiense Habitat : Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern allies. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Habitat : Epiphytic. 103. Colysis pteropus
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
94. Goniophlebium microrhizama Habitat : Terrestrial.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Habitat : Epiphytic. 104. Drynaria mollis
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form: Fern.
95· Goniophlebium subamoenum Habitat: Epiphytic.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Habitat : Epiphytic. 105. Drynaria propinqua
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
96. Goniophlebium subauMculatum Habitat : Epiphytic, terrestrial.
Life Form : Giant Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat : Terrestrial. 106. Drynaria quercifolia
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
97· Christiopteris tricuspis Habitat: Epiphytic.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 107. MicroSOMum membranaceum
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
98. Colysis dilatata Habitat: Epiphytic, terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 108. Microsorium ovatum
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
99. Colysis elliptica Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
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10 9. Microsorium nOMnale Habitat: Lithophytic.

Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat : Terrestrial. 119. Pyrrosia nuda
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
110. Microsorium punctatum Habitat : Lithophytic.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Epiphytic. 120. Pyrrosia porosa
Life Form : Fern.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Habitat: Lithophytic.
111. Microsorium zippelli
Distribution : Darjiling.
Life Form : Fern.
121. Py.,.,.osia subfurfuracea
Habitat : Epiphytic, Lithophytic.
Life Form: Fern.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Habitat : Lithophytic.
112. Lemmaphylum carnosum Distribution: Darjiling.
Life Form : Fern. 122. Tricholepidium normaIe
Habitat: Epiphytic. Life Form : Fern.
Distribution : Darjiling. Habitat: TerrestriaL
113. Lepidogrammitis rostrata Distribution : Darjiling.
Life Form: Fern. Family DIPTERIDACEAE
Habitat: Epiphytic. 123. Dipteris wallichi
Distribution : DaIjiling. Life form : Fern.
114. Ma~ginaria polypodiodes Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Life Form : Fern.
Family PLATYCERIACEAE
Habitat: Epiphytic.
124. Platycerium alcicorne
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Life Form : Fern.
115. Pseudodrynaria coronans
Habitat: Epiphytic, lithophytic.
Life Form : Large fern.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
Habitat : Epiphytic. Family LYGODIACEAE
Distribution : Darjiling. 125. Lygodium flexuosum
116. Pyrrosia lanceolata Life Form : Climbing fern.
Life Form : Fern. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Habitat : Lithophytic. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling (Tonglu). 126. Lygodium japonicum
117. Pyrrosia lingua yare heteracta Life Form : Climbing fern.
Life Form : Fern. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Habitat: Lithophytic. Distribution: Darjiling.
Distribution: Darjiling (Lopchu). Family SINOPTERIDACEAE
118. Pyrrosia mannii 127. Cheilanthes anceps
Life Form : Fern. Life Form: Fern.
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Habitat: Terrestrial. 137. Notholaena marantae

Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form: Fern.
128. Cheilanthes bicolor Habitat : Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. Family
Distribution : Darjiling. CRYPTOGRAMMACEAE
129. Cheilanthes chrysophylla 13~t Cryptogramma brunoniana

Life Form: Fern. Lifo Form z Small fern allies.

Habitat : Terrestrial. Habitat: Higher elevations,terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution: Darjiling.
130. Cheilanthes donian" 139. Onychium cryptogrammoides
Life Form : Fern. Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial. Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Datjiling.
131. Cheilanthes faMnosa 140. OnJlchium japonicum
Life Form: Fern. Life Form ! Fern,
Habitat: Terrestrial. Habitat ~ terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution: DaIjiling.
132. Cheilanthes grisea 141. Onychium lucidum
Life Form : Fern. Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
133· Cheilanthes MJfa 142. Onychium siliculosum
Life Form : Fern. Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : DaIjiling.
134· Cheilanthes subvillosCl Family
Life Form : Fern. ACTINIOPTERIDACEAE
Habitat: Terrestrial. 143. Actiniopteri.s radiata
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
135· Cheilanthes tenuifolia Habitat: On dry rocks.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
Habitat: Terrestrial. Family PTERIDOACEAE
Distribution : Darjiling, J alpaiguri and Koch 144. Pteri.s aspericaulis
Bihar. Life Form : Fern.
136. DOlYopteri.s concolor Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 145. Pteris barbigera
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form: Fern.
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Habitat: Terrestrial. 155. Pteris quadriaurita var. major

Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form: Fern.
146. Ptens biaurita Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 156. Pteris semipinnata
Distribution: Darjiling. Life Form: Fern.
147. Pteris cretica Habitat : Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 157. Pteris setuloso-costulata
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form: Fern .
.148. Pteris dactylina Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat : Terrestrial. 158. Pteris stenophylla
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form: Fern.
149. Pteris' ensifonnis Habitat : Terrestrial.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 159. Pteris subindivisa
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form: Fern.
150. Pteris excelsa Habitat : Terres~al.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 160. Pteris vittata
Distribution : DaIjiling. Life Form: Fern.
151. Pteris linearis Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
161. Pteris wallichiana
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Life Form: Fern.
152. Pteris longipes Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Family ACROSTICHACEAE
Distribution : Darjiling. 162. Acrostichum aureum
153. Pteris puberula Life Form: Fern.
Life Form : Fern. Habitat : Coastal region.
Habitat: Terrestrial. Distribution : Medinipur and South 24 Pg~
Distribution: Darjiling. Family AD IANTACEAE
154. Pteris quadriaurita 163. Adiantum cauda tum
Life Form: Fern. Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
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164. Adiantum capillus-veneris
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
165. Adiantum incisum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
166. Adiantum lunulatum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
167. Adiantum radianum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
168. Adiantum venus tum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family HEMINOITIDACEAE
169. Anogramma leptophylla
Life Form : Small fern.
Habitat: Lithophytic.-
Distribution : Darjiling.
170. Coniogramme caudata
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
171. Coniogramme denticulato-selTata
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
172. Coniogramme falcatum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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173. Coniogramme fraxinea
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
174. Coniogramme indica
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
175. Coniogramme intermedia
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution: Darjiling.
176. Coniogramme procera
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
177. Coniogramme purpurea
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
178. Coniogramme subcordata
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
179. Pityrogramma calomelanos
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution: Haora, Hugli, Nadia, South 24
Pgs., North 24 Pgs., Barddhaman and
Medinipur.
180. Pityrogramma calomelanos var.
aureojlava
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution: Haora, Hugli, Nadia, South 24
Pgs., North 24 Pgs., Barddhaman and
Medinipur.
181. Syngramme vestita
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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Family ANTRO LP HYACEAE
182. Antrophyrum obovatum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
183. Antrophyrum paMJulum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic, terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
184. Antrophyrum reticulatum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial, epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family VITTARIACEAE
185. Vittari,! caricina
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
186. Vittaria elongata
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
187; Vittaria Jlexuosa
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
188. Vittaria himalayensis
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
189. Vittaria ophiopogonoides
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic
Distribution : DaIjiling.
190. Vittaria sikkimensis
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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191. Vittaria taeniophylla
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
192. Vittaria wattii
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family PARKERIACEAE
193. Ceratopteris thalictroides
Life Form : Herbaceous dimorphic fern.
Habitat: Aquatic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family MARSILEACEAE
194. Marsilea minuta
Life Form : Heterosporous fern.
Habitat: Amphibious.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and North 24
Pgs.
Family HYMENOPHYLLACEAE
195. Hymenophyllum simonsianum
Life Form : Filmy fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
196. Mecodium badium
Life Form : Filmy fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic, Lithophytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
197. Mecodium levingei
Life Form : Filmy fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic, Lithophytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
198. Mecodium polyanthos
Life Form : Filmy fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic, Lithophytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
199. Trichomanes auriculatum
Life Form : Filmy fern.
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Habitat: Epiphytic, Lithophytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
200. Trichomanes radicans
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
201. TMchomanes proliferum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family DICKSONIACEAE
202. Cibotium baromefz
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family CYATHEACEAE
203. Cyathea andersonii
Life Form : Tree fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
204. Cyathea chinensis
Life Form : Tree fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
205. Cyathea gigantea
Life Form: Tree fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
206. Cyathea khasyana
Life Form : Tree fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
207. Cyathea spinulosa
Life Form : Tree fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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Family DENNSTAEDTIACEAE
208. Dennstaedtia appendiculata
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Swampy locality.
Distribution : Darjiling.
209. Dennstaedtia scabra
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaJjiling.
210. Aficrol~ia dubia
Life Form : Beautiful fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : DarjiIing.
211. Aficrol~ia neostrigosa
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
212. Microlepia rhomboidea
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DarjiIing.
213. Microlepia speluncae
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
214. Microlepia strigosa
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling..
Family MONACHOSORACEAE
215. Monachosorum henryi
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family HYPOLEPIDACEAE
216. Histiopteris inma
Life Form: Fern allies.
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Habitat: Terrestrial. 225. Ampheneuron immersum

Distribution : DaIjiling. Life Form : Creeping fern.
217. Hypolepis glandulifera Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 226. Christella appendiculata
Distribution : DaIjiling. Life Form: Fern.
218. Hypolepis sikkimensis Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 227. Christella anda
Distribution : Darjiling Life Form: Fern.
Family PERIDACEAE Habitat: Terrestrial.
219. Pteridium revolutum Distribution : Darjiling.
Life Form: Fern. 228. Christella clarkei
Habitat: Xerophytic. Life Form : Fern.
Distribution : Darjiling. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Family LINDSAECEAE Distribution : Darjiling.
220. Lindsaea lobata 229. Christella cylindrothrix
Life Form: Fern. Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
221. Lindsaea odorata 230. Christella dentata
Life Form : Fern. Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.

222. Lindsaea odorata yare 231. Christella papilio

darjeelingensis Life Form : Fern.
Life Form : Fern. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Habitat: Epiphytic. Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling. 232. Christella papyracea
223. Sphenomeris chinensis Life Form : Fern.
Life Form : Fern. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Habitat: Terrestrial calciferous soil. Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling. 233. Chnstella semisagittata
Family THELYPTERIDACEAE Life Form: Fern.
224. Ampelopteris prolifera Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form : Creeping fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 234. Christella subpubescens
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
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Habitat: Terrestrial. 244. PronephMum lakhimpurense

Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form: Fern.
235. Coryphopteris hirsutipes Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : DaIjiling.
245. Pseudocyclosorus canus
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
236. Cyclogramma auriculata
Distribution : Darjiling.
Life Form : Fern.
246. Pseudocyclosorus falcilobus
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
237. Cyclogramma squamaestipes
Distribution : Darjiling.
Life Form : Fern.
247. Pseudocyclosorus folciloba ·var.
Habitat: Terrestrial. lalior
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
238. Cyclosorus interrupus Habitat : Terrestrial.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat : Terrestnal. 248. Pseudophegopteris aurita
Distribution : DaIjiling. Life Form : Fern.
239. Dictyocline griffithii Habitat : Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat : Terrestrial. 249. Pseudophegopteris hirtirachis
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
240. Glaphyropteridopsis erubescens Habitat : Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 250. PseudophegopteMs paludosa
Life Form : Fern.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
241. Mam;othelypteris ontata
Distribution : Darjiling.
Life Form : Large spiny fern.
251. Pseudophegopteris pyrrorhachis
Habitat: Swampy locality.
var. glabrata
Distribution : Darjiling. Life Form : Fern.
242. Macrothelypteris to.,.,.esiana Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form: Fern. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 252. Stenogramma aspleniodes
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri. Life Form : Fern.
243· Pronephrium nudatum Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form : Fern. Distribu"tion : Darjiling.
Habitat: Terrestrial. 253. Thelypteris khasiensis
Distribution : DaIjiling. Life Form : Fern.
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Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
254. Trigonospora ciliata
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family ASPLENIACEAE
255. Asplenium borneese
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
256. Asplenium bullatum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
257. Asplenium cheilosorum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
258. Asplenium delauayi
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution: Darjiling.
259. Asplenium dalhousiae
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
260. Asplenium ensiforme
Life Form : Leathery fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial, Lithophytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
261. Asplenium finalysonianum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
262. Asplenium griJ1ithianum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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263. Asplenium gueinzianum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
264. Asplenium laciniatum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
265. Asplenium norma Ie
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
266. Asplenium pellucidum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
267. Asplenium phyllitidis
Life Form: Fern
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
268. Asplenium pseudolaserpitiifolium
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution: Darjiling.
269. Asplenium tenuifolium
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
270. Asplenium nidus
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Lithophytic.
Distribution: Darjiling.
271. Asplenium unilaterale
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Lithophytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.

272 . Asplenium unilaterale var.
delicatulum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Lithophytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
273. Asplenium unilaterale var. udum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Lithophytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
274. Asplenium varians
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Lithophytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
275. Asplenium yoshinage yare
planicaule
Life Fonn : Beautiful fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic, Iithophytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family WOODSIACEAE
276. Cheilanthopsis stl-aminea
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
277. Woodsia elongata
Life Fonn : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family ATHYRIACEAE
278. Anisocampium cumingianum
Life Form : Herbaceous fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
279. Athyrium · anisopterum
Life Form : Herbaceous fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
280. Athyrium clarkei
Life Form : Beautiful basket shaped fern.
Habitat: Swampy locality.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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281. Athyrium cuspidatum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Daxjiling.
282. Athyrium drepanopterum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
283. Athyrium jimbriatum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
284. Athyrium flabe"u'atum
Life Form: Fern
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
285. Athyrium foliolosum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial~
Distribution : DaIjiling.
286. Athyrium micropteMLm
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
287. Athyrium nigripes
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
288. Athyrium pecnnatum
Life Form : Fragile fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
289. Athyrium praeteMRissum
Life ,Form : Fragile fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
290. Athyrium puncticaule
Life Form : Fragile fern.
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Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Datjiling.
291. AthYMum MLpicola
Life Form : Fragile fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Datjiling.
292, AthYMum schimpeM
Life Form : Fragile fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Datjiling.
293. Athywum setiferum
Life Form : Fragile fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
"Distribution : Darjiling.
294. AthYMum sikkimense
Life Form : Fragile fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling
!!9S. AthJJrium solenopteris
Life Form : Fragile fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
296. AthYMum spinulosum
Life Form : Fragile fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
297. AthYMum strigillosum
Life Form : Fragile fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution: Dcujiling.
298. Cystopteris fragilis
Life Form : Delicate fern.
Habitat : Lithophytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
299. Cystopteris tenuirecta
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat :" Lithophytic.
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
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300. Cornopteris opaca
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
30l. DepaMa acrostichoides
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
302. Deparia allantodiodes
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution: Darjiling.
303. Deparia bo-ryana
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
304. Deparia japonica
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
305. Deparia lancea
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
306. Deplaziopsis javanica
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
307. Diaplazium esculentum
Life Form : Large fern.
Hab~tat : Along water channels.
Distribution: Darjiling.
308. Diaplazium heterophlebium
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
309. Diaplazium himalalayense
Life Form : Fern.
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Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
310. Diaplazium maximum
Life Form; Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
311. Diaplazium maximum var.
sublatifolium
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
312. Diaplazium muricatum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
313. Diaplazium polypodiodes
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
314. Diaplazium sikldmense
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
315. Diaplazium stenochlayms
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
316. Diaplazium stoliczkee
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
317. Diaplazium succulentum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Daljiling.
318. Diaplazium viridissimum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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319. Diaplazium frondosum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family HYPODEMATACEAE
320. Hypodematium crenatum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family TECTARIACEAE
321. Tectaria cicutaria
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
322. Tectaria coadunata
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
323. Tectaria coadunata var. hirsuta
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
324. Tectaria decuJTens
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
325. Tectaria fuscipes
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
326. Tectaria ingens
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
327. Tectaria polymorpha
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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Family PERANEMATACEAE
328. Acrophorus nodosus
Life Form : Beautiful Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial, higher elevations.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family ASPIDIACEAE
329. AcroMlmorha dfffracta
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
330. Dryopsis apiciflora
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat :. Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
331. Dryopsis manipurensis
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
332. Dryopsis nidus
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution: Darjiling.
333. Pteridrys zeylanica
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
334. Pteridrys syrmatica
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
335. Pleocnemia winitii
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
336. Cyrtomum hookerianum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: TerrestriaL
Distribution : Darjiling.
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337. Cyrtomum caryotideum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
338. Didymochlaena truncata
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family DRYOPTERIDACEAE
339. Arachniodes assamica
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Oarjiling.
340. Arachniodes nipponica
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution: Darjiling.
341. Arachniodes spectabilis
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
342. Dryopteris acuto-dentata
Life Form : Delicate Fern.
Habitat: Higher elevation.
Distribution : Darjiling.
343. Dryo~ '-ens alpestris
Life Form : Delicate ~ern.
Habitat : Higher eleva ion.
Distribution : Darjiling.
344. Dryopteris afrata
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
345. Dryopteris barbigera
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Higher elevation.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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346. Dryopteris blandfordii
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
347. Dryopteris chrysocoma
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
348. Dryopteris costalisora
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
349. Dryopteris gamblei
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
350. Dryopteris juxtaposita
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
351. Dryopteris lepidopoda
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
352. Dryopteris marginata
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
353. Dryopteris nigropaleacea
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
354. Dryopteris adonotoloma
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
355. Dryopteris panda
_.hife Form: Fern.
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Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Drujiling.
356. Dryopteris pulvinulifera
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
357. Dryopteris redactopinnata
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
358. Dryopteris rejlexosquamata
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
359. Dryopte~ scottii
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
360. Dryopteris sparsa
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
361. Dryopteris splendens
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
362. Dryopteris stenolepis
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
. 363. Dryopteris subimbressa
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
364. Dryopteris wallichiana
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
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36s.lhyopteris wallichina ssp. himalaica
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
366. Ihyopteris xanthomelas
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
367.lhyopteris sparsa
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling (Lebong).
368. Ihyopteris zygoparentalis
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
369. Nothoperanema squamisetum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
370. Polystichum acutidens
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
371. Polystichum atkinsonii
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
372. Polystichum chunnii
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
373. Polystichum discretum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution: Darjiling.
374. Polystichum harpophyllum
Life Form: Fern.
30J
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution: Darjiling.
375. Polystichum lentum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
376. Polystichum levingei
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
377. polysiichum longipaleatum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
378. Polystichum manmeiense
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
379. Polystichum nepalense
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
380. Polystichum punctiferum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
381. Polystichum scariosum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution: Darjiling.
382. Polystichum semifertile
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: TerrestriaL
Distribution : Darjiling.
383. Polystichum squarrosum
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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384. Polystichum stimulans
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
385. Polystichum subapicifloMlm
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
386. Polystichum thomsoni
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family BOLBILIDACEAE
387. Bolbitis appendiculata
Life Form : Dimorphic fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
388. Bolbitis heteroclita
Life Form : Dimorphic fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
389. Bolbitis semicordata
Life Form : Dimorphic fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
390. Bolbitis virens var. deltigera
Life Form : Dimorphic fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family ELAPHOGLOSSACEAE
391. Elaphoglossum marginatum
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
392. Elaphoglossum stigmatolepis
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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Family NEPHROLEPIDACEAE
393. Nephrolepis auriculata
Life Forln : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
394. Nephrolepis cordifolia
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
395. Nephrolepis hirsutula
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family OLEANDRACEAE
396. Oleandra musaefolia
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic, Lithophytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
397. Oleandra pistillaris
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic, Lithophytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
398. Oleandra wallichii
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic, Lithophytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family DAVALLIACEAE
399. Araiostegia hooken
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
400. Arqiostegia membranulosa
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
401. Araiostegia multidentata
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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402. Araiostegia pulchra
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
403. Davallia bullata
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
404. Davallia solida
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Epiphytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
405. llu~ata assa~ica
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
406. Hu~ata gMffithiana
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
407. llu~ata repens
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
408. Leucostegia i~~ersa
Life Form: Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family GYMNOGRAMMITIDACEAE
409. Gy~nogra~~itis dareifo~is
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Epiphytic.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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Family BLECHNACEAE
410. Brainea insignis
Life Form : Large fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution: Darjiling.
411. Blechnu~ orientale
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat : Terrestrial.
Distribution: Medinipur, Nadia, Haora,
HugH, North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. and
Barddhaman.
412. Woodwardia unige~~ata
Life Form : Fern.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family STENOCHLACEAE
413. Stenochlaena palustris
Life Form : Climbing fern.
Habitat: Marshy locality.
Distribution : Darjiling and Haora.
Family SALVINIACEAE
414. Salvinia cucullata
Life Form : Free floating fern.
Habitat: Aquatic.
Distribution: Dinajpur and Murshidabad.
415. Salvinia natans
Life Form : Freefloating fern.
Habitat: Aquatic.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
Family AZOLLACEAE
416. Azolla pinnata
Life Form : Free floating forms.
Habitat: Aquatic.
Distribution : Allover W. Bengal.
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GYMNOSPERM
Kingdom PLANT KINGDOM 9. Picea smithiana
Sub-kingdom PHANEROGRAMA Life Form : Tree.
Division GYMNOSPERM Habitat: Terrestrial.
Order CONIFERALES Distribution : Darjiling.
1. Abies spectabilis 10. Pinus paetula
Life Form : Tree. Life Form : Tree.
Habitat : Terrestrial. Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling (exotic species,
2. Arauc~a cookii planted).
Life Fonn : Tree. 11. Pinus roxburghii
Habitat: Terrestrial. Life Form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling. Habitat: Terrestrial.
3. Callistris sp. Distribution : Darjiling.
Life Form : Tree. 12. Pinus wallichiana
Habitat: Terrestrial. Life Form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling. Habitat: Terrestrial.
4. Cedrus deodara Distribution : DaIjiling.
Life Form : Tree.
13. Podocarpus nerifolius
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Life Form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling and South Bengal
Habitat : Terrestrial.
(Planted). .
Distribution : DaIjiling.
5. Cephalotaxus manii
14. Pseudotsuga sp.
Life Fonn : Tree.
Habitat: Terrestrial. Life Form : Tree.

Distribution : Darjiling. Habitat: Terrestrial.

6. Cryptomeria japonica Distribution : DaIjiling.
Life Form : Tree. 15. Tcaus baccata ssp. wallichiana
Habitat: Terrestrial. Life Form : Shrubs.
Distribution: Darjiling (Planted). Habitat: Terrestrial.
7· ~pressus torulosus Distribution : DaIjiling.
Life Form : Tree. 16. Thuja oMentalis
Habitat: Terrestrial. Life Form : Tree.
Distribution : Coch Bihar, Darjiling and Habitat: Terrestrial.
J alpaiguri. Distribution : Coch .'Bihar, Darjiling and
8. Juniperus communis Jalpaiguri (Planted).
Life Form: Tree. 17. Tsuga dumosa
Habitat: Terrestrial. Life Form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling. Habitat: Terrestrial.
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Distribution : DaIjiling.
18. Tsuga brunoniana
Life Form : Tree.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Order CYCADALES
19. Cycas beddomei
Life Form : Tree.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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20. Cycas pectinata
Life Form : Tree.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
DaIjiling, Medinipur and Nadia.
Order GINKGOALES
21. Ginkgo biloba
Life Form :. Tree.
Habitat: Terrestrial.
Distribution : DaIjiling (Planted).
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MONOCOTYLEDON
Kingdom PLANTAE
Sub kingdom PHANEROGAMAE
Division ANGIOSPERMAE
Class MONOCOTYLEDONAE
CERATOPHYLLACEAE
Family
1. Ceratophyllum demersum L. (1753)
Common name: Jhanji.
Life form : Submerged, Rootless, aquatic
herb.
Habitat: Common in ponds, Ditches &
pools, Associated with Hydrilla.
Distribution: Nadia, Medinipur, Koch Bihar,
South 24 Pgs., Jalpaiguri, Birbhum, Hugli,
North 24 Pgs, Barddhaman, North Dinajpur,
South Dinajpur, Haora (Uluberia), Murshidabad
(Baharampur, Farakka), Maldah (Manikchak)
and PuruHya.
Family HYDROCHARITACEAE
2. Blyxa japonica (Miq.) Maxim. ex
Aschers. & Gurke (1889)
Life form : Submerged herb.
Habitat: Ponds & ditches.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs, Medinipur,
HugH and Nadia (Birnagar).
3. Blyxa octandra (Roxb.) Planch. ex
Thw. (1864)
Common name : Patasiala.
Life form : Submerged dioecious fresh water
plant.
Habitat: Ponds, puddles.
4· Hydrilla verticillata (L. f.) Royle (1839)
Life form : Submerged fresh water plsnt.
Habitat: Jheels & Beels.
Distribution : Nadia, Puruliya, Maldah
(Pakuya), Murshidabad (Jiagunge), South
Dinajpur, North Dinajpur, Haora, Barddhaman,
Hugli, Bankura, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, North 24
Pgs., Koch Bihar, South 24 Pgs. and Medinipur.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
5. Nechamandra alternifolia (Roxb. ex
Wight) Thw. (1864)
Life form : Submerged or floating dioecious
fresh water herb.
Habitat: Puddles, ponds & ditches.
Distribution: Birbhum, Koch Bihar, Maldah,
Murshidabad (Bhagirathi, Baharampur,
Baranagar), South Dinajpur, Haora
(Moniktola.), Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman,
Puruliya, Medinipur, North 24 Pgs, Nadia,
South 24 Pgs and North Dinajpur.
6. Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers. (1805)
Common name : Panikalla.
Life form : Submerged herb.
Habitat: Ponds & shallow lakes.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Murshidabad
(Baranagar), Maldah (Ratuya), Medinipur,
North Dinajpur, Haora, Jalpaiguri, Nadia, South
24 Pgs., HugH and North 24 Pgs.
7. Vallisneria spiralis var.
denseserrulata Makino (1914)
Common name : Siala.
Life form : Glabrous herb.
Habitat: Ponds & ditches.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Jalpaiguri,
Maldah (Ratuya), Medinipur, Birbhum, Koch
Bihar, Barddhaman, South Dinajpur, Bankura,
North Dinajpur, Haora, Murshidabad (Lalbagh,
Chandpara beel), Hugli, South 24 Pgs., Nadia
and Puruliya.
Family ORCHIDACEAE
8. Acampe praemorsa (Roxb.) Blatt. &
McCann (1932)
Life form : Epiphytes.
Habitat: Occasional; epiphytic on Mangifera
indica.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Murshidabad
and Nadia.
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9· Agrostophyllum breuiceps King &
Pantl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
10. Agrostophyllum cailosum Reichnb. f.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
11. Anoectochilus lanceolatus Lindl.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
12. Anthogonium gracile Lindl.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution: Darjiling.
13. Arundina graminifolia (D. Don)
Hochr.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
14. Bulbophyllum odoratisssimum
(Sm.) Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
15. Bulbophyllum reptans Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
16. Calanthe breuicorau Lindl.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
17. Calanthe plantaginea Lindl.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
18. Calanthe puberula Lindl.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
19. Calanthe tricarinata Lindl.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution: Darjiling.
20. Calanthe trulliformis King & Pantl.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
21. Chiloschita usneoides (D. Don) Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
22. Coelogyne corymbosa Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
23. Coelogyne cristata Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
24. Coelogyne ochracea Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
25. Coelogyne stricta CD.Don) Schl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
26. Cremastra appendiculata (D. Don)
Makino
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
27. Dendrobium amoenum Wall. ex
Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
28. Dendrobium hookerianum Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
29. Dendrobium longicornu Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
30. Dendrobium nobile Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
31. Dendrobium porphyrochillum
Lindl.
Life form: Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
32. Diplomeris hirsuta Lindl.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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33. Epigenium amplum (LindI.)
Summerh.
Life form : E;,iphytic undershrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
34. Epigenium rotundatum (Lindl.)
Summerh.
Life form : Epiphytic undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
35. Eria convalarioides Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
36. Eria coronaria (Lindl.) Reichnb.f.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
37. Eria excavata Lindl. ex Hk.f.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
38. Eria graminifolia Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
39. Galeola lindleyana (Hook.f. &
Thoms.) Reichnb. f.
H abi~at : Root parasite.
Distribution : Darjiling.
40. Gastrochilus calceolaris (Sm.) D. Don
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
41. Goodyera hemsleyana King & Pantl.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
42. Habenaria arienna Hook. f.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
43· Herminium lanceum (Thunb.) Vaijk
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
44. Herpysma longicaulis Lindl. ex Wall.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
45. lone bicolor Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
46. Kingidium taenia lis (Lindl.) Hunt
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
47. Liparis deflexa Hook.f. var. deflexa
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
48. Liparis deflexa Hook.f. var.
breviscapa A.P. Das & Chanda
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
49. Liparis resupinata Ridley
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
50. Liparis tigerhillensis A.P. Das &
Chanda
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
51. Malaxis acuminata D. Don
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
52. Malaxis musciftra (Lindl.) Kuntze
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
53. Nervilia macroglossa (HooK.f.)
Schlech.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
54. Nervilla discolor (Blume) Schltr. (1911)
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Nadia.
55. Nervilla plicata (Andr.) Schltr.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Raora.
56.Oreorchis micrantha Lindl.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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57. Otochilus albus Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
. Distribution : Darjiling.
58. Otochilus porrectus Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
59. Peristylus aristatus Lindl.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
60. Peristylus goodyeroides (D. Don)
Lind!.
Life form : Gewophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
61. Platenthera biermaniana (King &
Pantl.) Kruz
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
62. Platenthera clavigera Lindl.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
63. Platenthera latilabris Lindl.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
64. Pleone humilis (Sm.) D. Don
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
65. Pleone praecox (Sm.) D. Don
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
66. Satyrium nepalense D. Don
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
67. Spiranthes sinensia (Pers.) Ames
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
68. Vandopsis undulata (Lindl.) J.J. Smith
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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69. Zeunne affine Benth. ex Hook. f.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
70. Zeuxine goodyeroides Lindl.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
71. Zeuxine strateumatica (L.) Schltr.
(1911)
Common Name : Swethuli/SadahuH.
Life form : Terrestrial herb.
Habitat : Occasional on moist shady
localities in bamboo grooves.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Lalbagh),
Bankura (Manikchak), Haora (Andul), Nadia,
North 24 Pgs., HugH and North Dinajpur.
72. Geodorum densiflorum (Lam.) Schltr.
(1919)
Life form : Terrestrial herb.
Habitat : Occasional in bamboo grooves
under shade.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Katgolarbagan),
North 24 Pgs., Haora (Damjoor,
Jagatballavpur), Hugli and Nadia (Tehatta).
73. Eulophia graminea Lindl. (1833)
Life form : Terrestrial herb.
Habitat: Occasional in forest areas.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Maldah, Nadia
and Hugli.
74. Habenaria plantaginea Lind!. (1835)
Life form : Terrestrial slender herb.
Habitat: Shade loving scrub jungle plant.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Kashimbazar),
Maldah, Haora, Nadia, HugH, North 24 Pgs. and
Medinipur.
75. Rhynchostylis retusa (L.) Bl. (1825)
Common name : Fox tail orchid.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Habitat: On Samanea sam an tree.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Hugli, Koch Bihar.
Barddhaman, North 24 Pgs., Maldah,
Medinipur and Murshidabad (Baharalnpur).
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76. Yanda tessellata (Roxb.) Lodd ex G.
Don (1832)
Common name: Rashna.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Habitat: Usually on Mangifera indica.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Bhagawangola,
Baranagar), Maldah (Altor, Kharba), Haora
• Distribution : Darjiling.
(Bagnan), Nadia, J alpaiguri, Birbhum,
Medinipur, North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Hugli,
Barddhaman, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur
and Puruliya.
77. Yanda roxburghii R. Br. (1820)
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Habitat: Usually on Mangifera indica.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Bhagawangola,
Baranagar), Maldah (Altor, Kharba), Haora
(Bagnan), Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Birbhum,
Medinipur, North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Hugli,
• Barddhaman, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur
and Puruliya.
78. Didymoplexis pallens Griff. (1844)
Life form : Terrestrial.
Habitat : Under shade of dense bamboo
clumps & thickets.
Distribution Haora (Damjoor),
Murshidabad, Hugli and Puruliya.
Family :Musaceae
79. Musa paradisica L. (1753)
Common name : Kala.
Life form : Tree with pseudo stem ca. 15 m.
tall.
Habitat : Commonly cultivated in the
villages.
Distribution: Puruliya, Hugli, Nadia, South
24 Pgs., Maldah (Makdampr), Darjiling,
Murshidabad (Baharampur & other places
throughout the district), Birbhum, South
Dinajpur, Koch Bihar, Medinipur, Haora
(different parts of district), Bankura, North 24
Pgs., Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri and North
Dinajpor.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
80. Musa balbisiana Colla
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family ZINGIBERACEAE
81. Ammomum subulatum Roxb.
Life form : Geophyte.
82. Alpinia calcarata Rosc. (1807)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Cultivated in garden.
Distribution : Darjiling, Koch Bihar and
J alpaiguri.
83. Curcuma aromatica Salisb. (1805)
Distribution : Maldah, Barddhaman, North
Dinajpur, Haora, Darjiling, South Dinajpur,
Medinipur, Hugli, Birbhum, Nadia, Maldah
(Nakail), Murshidabad, North 24 Pgs.,
Jalpaiguri, South 24 Pgs., Koch Bihar and
Bankura.
84. Costus speciosus (Koening) Smith (1791)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Shrubberies & viII. surroundings
under shade.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Bhabta, Kuli) ,
Maldah (Chanchal), Haora (Uluberia), Nadia,
Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Medinipur,
North 24 Pgs., Hugli, Barddhaman, South
Dinajpur and Puruliya.
85. Cautleya gracilis (Sm.) Dandy yare
gracilis
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Note: Typical variety occurs in West Bengal.
86. Globba bulbifera Roxb. (1810)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Damp shady banks of streamlets
in hilly areas.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
87. Globba berscteolata Wall. ex Baker
(1890)
Life form : Herb.
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Habitat: Shady moist places.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Bhagwangola),
Maldah (Chanchal), Haora (Damjoor,
Thana~akua), Nadia, J alpaiguri and Koch
Bihar.
88. Globba hookerii C.B.Clarke
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
89. Globba marantina L. (1771)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Shady banks.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Maldah
(Nanachuni), Haora, Hugli, Nadia and
Murshidabad (Sabjikatra, Lalbagh).
90. Hedychium acuminatum Roscoe
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
91. Curcuma amada Roxb. (1810)
Common name: Am-ada.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Mostly cultivated.
Distribution : Maldah, Koch Bihar,
Medinipur, Darjiling, Haora, North 24 Pgs.,
Hugli, Nadia (Banpur, Kalyani), Jalpaiguri and
Murshidabad.
92. Curcuma domestica
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Shady places.
Distribution : North Dinajpur, Koch Bihar,
South Dinajpur, Haora, South 24 Pgs.,
Barddhaman, Medinipur, Hugli, Puruliya,
Maldah, Nadia, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, North 24
Pgs., Bankura, Murshidabad and Darjiling.
93. Curcuma ardmatica Salisb. (18 0 5)
Common name: Halud.
Life form : Large herb.
Habitat: Shady places of the hills.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Bankura,
Maldah, Haora, Nadia, Darjiling, Jalpaiguri,
Koch Bihar, Birbhum, Medinipur , North 24
Pgs., South 24 Pgs., HugH, Barddhaman, South
Dinajpur and North Dinajpur.
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94. Roscoea purpurea J.E. Smith var.
auriculata (Schum.) Hara
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
95. Zingiber capitatum Roxb. (1810)
Common name: Jangli ada.
Life form : Aromatic herb.
Habitat: In forest as an undergrowth & also
on grass lands.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri and Darjiling.
96. Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith (1806)
Common name: Ban ada.
Lifeform: Herb., Stout herb.
Habitat: Shady wet places, Damp shady hilly
forests.
Distribution : Hugli, Darjiling, Maldah,
Haora (Damjoor), Murshidabad (Lalbagh,
Sarupnagar), Nadia and Jalpaiguri.
97. Zingiber officinale Roxb.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Shady places.
Distribution : Darjiling, Maldah, Nadia,
Murshidabad, Puruliya, Koch Bihar,
Barddhaman, South Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri,
Medinipur, Bankura, Hugli, Birbhum, Haora,
South 24 Pgs., North Dinajpur and North 24
Pgs.
Family CANNACEAE
98. Canna indica L. (1753)
Common name : Sarbajaya.
Life form : Perennial rhizomatous herb.
Habitat: Common garden plant, waste
marshy places.
Distribution : North Dinajpur, Koch Bihar,
South Dinajpur, Haora (Andu}), South 24 Pgs ..
Barddhaman, Medinipur, Hugli, Puruliya,
Maldah (Adina), Nadia, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri,
North 24 Pgs., Bankura and Murshidahad
(Saragachi).
99. Canna edulis Ker-Gawler (1817)
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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100. Canna indica L.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family AMARYLLIDACEAE
101. Crinum asiaticum L. (1753)
Common name: Barakansm.
Life form : Bulbose herb.
Habitat: Common on muddy bank of ponds,
canals.
Distribution : Maldah (Milki) , Hugli,
Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Murshidabad
(Baharampur), Nadia, North 24 Pgs.,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. and Haora (Kona,
Bally, Damjoor, Uluberia.).
102. CMnum defixum Ker-Gawler (1817)
Common name: Sukh-darsan.
Life form : Bulbose herb.
Habitat ; Margins of ponds, cultivated.
Distribution Hugli, Murshidabad
(Baharampur, Baranagar.), North 24 Pgs.,
Maldah and Haora (Kona, Bally, Damjoor,
Uluberia).
103. Zephyranthes cannata Herb.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
104. Zephyranthes citrima
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
105. Zephyranthes cannata
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution : J alpaiguri and DaIjiling.
106. Pancratium zeylanicum
Life form: Herb.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
Family TACCACEAE
107· Tacca leontopetaloides (L.)
O. Kuntz (1893)
Life form : Perennial herb.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Habitat: Among rocky ground of hilly·
forests.
Distribution : Murshidabad {Raigarh hill
(Ranibandh)} .
Family DIOSCOREACEAE
108. Dioscorea bulbifera L. (1753)
Common name: Rat-alu.
Life form : Climber with bulbils.
Habitat: Common in scrub jungles &
thickets.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Hugli,
Murshidabad (Baharampur, Baranagar),
Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Milldah
(Pakuya), Nadia and Haora (Chengail, Andul,
Uluberia.).
109. Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. ex Griseb.
var. sikkimensis
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling and Maldah
(Chanchal).
110. Dioscorea esculenta (Lour.) Burkill
(1917)
Common name: Susni Alu.
Life form : Climber.
Habitat : Thicket near village.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Beldanga),
Bankura, Maldah (Milki), Haora (Kona), South
Dinajpur, North Dinajpur, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Maldah, Nadia, Barddhaman, Hugli,
Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
111. Dioscorea glabra Roxb. (1832)
Common name : Shora alu.
Life form : Climber.
Habitat: Scrub jungle.
Distribution : J alp aiguri , Maldah (Amriti) ,
Puruliya, Haora (Andul), Koch Bihar,
Murshidabad (Sabjikatra, Lalbagh, Azimgunge)
and Darjiling.
112. Dioscorea hispida Dennst. (1818)
Lifeform: Climber.
Habitat: Hedge.
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Distribution : South Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri,
Koch Bihar, Murshidabad (Sarupnagar,
Farakka), North 24 Pgs., North Dinajpur,
Maldah, Nadia, Barddhaman, HugH and Haora
(Andul.).
113. Dioscorea oppositifolia L. (1753)
Life form : Large climber.
Habitat: Hedge.
Distribution : North Dinajpur, South
Dinajpur, Puruliya, Nadia and Maldah (Gour).
114. Dioscorea pentaphylla L. (1753)
Common name : Kanta Alu.
Life form : Large twiner.
Habitat: Hedge and Scrub jungle.
Distribution : Maldah (Gobindapur,
Sadullapur, Altor), Haora (Jagatballavpur,
. Chengail) and Puruliya.
Dioscorea pubera Blume (1827)
115.
Common name: Kukur Alu.
Lifeform : Unarmed climber.
Habitat: In midest of scrub jungle.
Distribution : Maldah, North 24 Pgs.,
Murshidabad (Sabjikatra), Hugli, Barddhaman,
South 24 Pgs., North Dinajpur, Nadia and South
Dinajpur.
116. Dioscorea belophylla (Prain) Voigt
ex Haines
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
117. Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
118. Dioscorea deltoidea Wall. ex Kunth
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution: Darjiling.
119. Dioscorea kamoonensia Kunth
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
120. Dioscorea prazeri Prain
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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Family HYPOXIDACEAE
121. Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. (1788)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common in shady areas & pastures
with moisture.
Distribution: Haora (Common throughout
the district.), Nadia and Hugli.
Family LILIACEAE
122. Allium cepa L.
Common name : Piyaj.
Life form : Bulbose.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution: Medinipur, Nadia, Koch Bihar,
Maldah, South Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Hugli,
North 24 Pgs., North Dinajpur, Haora,
Birbhum, Puruliya, Murshidabad, South 24
Pgs., Bankura and Barddhaman.
123. Allium sativum L.
Common name: Lasun
Life form : Bulbose.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution: Medinipur, Nadia, Maldah and
Bankura.
124. Asperagus racemosa WHId. var.
javanicus (Kunth) Baker (1875)
Common name: SatamuiL
Lifeform : Under shrub.
Habitat: Common.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Sarulia),
Bankura, Maldah, Haora, Nadia, Birbhum,
Medinipur, North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Puruliya, Hugli, Barddhaman, North Dinajpur
and South Dinajpur.
125. Asparagus g..;otthii Baker
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution ; Darjiling.
126. Asphodelus tenuifolius Caven (1801)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Common.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Beldanga,
JibantL), Maldah (Aatgama) and Nadia.
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127. Campylandra aurantiaca (Wall.)
Baker
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
128. Cordy line australis Hook. f.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : D~rji1ing.
129. Disporum calcaratum Wall. ex D. Don
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
130. Glonosa superba L. (1753)
Common name: Bishalangali.
Lifeform: Climber.
Habitat: Shrubberies & hedges, waste places.
Distribution : Maldah (Adina), Puruliya,
Murshidabad (Lalbagh), North 24 Pgs., South
Dinajpur, Hugli, Nadia, Barddhaman,
Jalpaiguri, North Dinajpur, Birbhum, South 24
Pgs., Haora (Deulti), Koch Bihar and
Medinipur.
131. Dianella ensifolia (L.) DC. (1802)
Life form : Climber.
Distribution: Hugli, North 24 Pgs. and
Maldah (Eklakshmi).
Hemerocallis fulva L.
132.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
133. Ophiopogon clarkei Hook.f.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
134. Ophiopogon intermedius D. Don
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
135· Ophiopogon parviflorus (Hook. f.)
Hara
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
136.Paris polyphylla" Sm.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
137. Polygonatum cirrhifolium (Wall.)
Royle
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
138. Polygonatum oppositifolium
(Wall.) Royle
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
139. Polygonatum puncta tum Royle ex
Kunth
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
140. Sansuvieria roxberghiana Schultes
(1829)
Common name: Suchi-mukhi, Murga.
Life form : Herb, rootstock creeping.
Habitat : Mostly cultivated or naturalized
inshrubberies and village surroundings.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Majjampur,
Jiagunge), Maldah (Gour), Raora (Ulberia),
Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Medinipur,
North 24 pgs., South 24 Pgs., Hugli,
Barddhaman, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur
and Puruliya.
141. Tupistra clarkei Hook. f.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
142. Aloe vera
Common name : Ghritakumari.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Succulent, cultivated.
Distribution : Maldah, Haora, North
Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad,
Barddhaman, Puruliya, Birbhum, North 24
Pgs., South Dinajpur, Medinipur, Hugli, Nadia
and South 24" Pgs.
Family AGAVACEAE
143· Agave angustifolia Haw. (1812)
Common name : Koya.
Life form : Trunk stout, procumbent.
Habitat: Prefers laterite soil.
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Distribution : Murshidabad (Dadpur),
Medinipur, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Hugli,
North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., North Dinajpur,
Maldah (Amriti), Nadia and Raora.
144. Agave vera-cruz Mill.
Common name: Kongy.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Soil binder.
Distribution: North Dinajpur, Bankura,
Barddhaman, Haora, M urshidabad, North 24
Pgs. and Medinipur.
Family SMILACACEAE
145. Smilax perfoliata Lour. (1790)
Common name: Kumarika.
Life form : Climber.
Habitat: Shrubberies & thickets.
Distribu~ion Medinipur, Hugli,
Murshidabad (Farakka), Barddhaman, Nadia,
Jalpaiguri, South 24 Pgs., North 24 Pgs.,
Maldah (Makdampur), Koch Bihar and Raora
(Panpur, Dulagori, Makardah).
Family PONTEDERIACEAE
146. Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms
(1883)
Common name : Kachuripana.
Life form : Floating aquatic with spreading
stolons.
Habitat : Common in ponds causes
eutrophication.
Distribution: Birbhum, North 24 Pgs.,
Nadia, South Dinajpur, Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri,
Mur.shidabad (Motijil, Chandpara),
Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs., Medinipur, Maldah
(Horishchandrapur), North Dinajpur, Hugli,
Puruliya and Raora (Damjoor).
147. Monochoria vaginata (Burm. f.)
Presl ex Kunth (1843)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat: Wet lands.
Distribution: Birbhum, Nadia, Hugli, North
Dinajpur, Barddhaman, South Dinajpur, Koch
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Bihar, Maldah, Murshidabad, Bankura, South
24 Pgs., Medinipur, North 24 Pgs., Puruliya,
Haora and Jalpaiguri.
148. Monochoria hastata (L.) Solms (1883)
Life form : Marsh plant.
Habitat: Sides of canal.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Motijil,
Chandpara beel), Maldah (Horischandrapur),
Raora (Panchpara) and North Dinajpur.
Family COMMELINACEAE
149. Amischotolype hookeri CRassk.)
Hara
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
150. Aneilema scabarrimum (Blume)
Kunth
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
151. Commelina beghalensis L. (1753)
Common name : Kanchira.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Shady damp places:
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Hugli,
Murshidabad (Jiagunge, Murshidabad), North
Dinajpur, Maldah (Sagardighi), Birbhum,
Bankura, Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Barddhanlan,
Haora (BaluhatL), Koch Bihar, South Dinajpur,
DaIjiling, North 24 Pgs., Nadia and Puruliya.
152. Commelina d(ffusa Burm. f. (1768)
Life form : Creepin or diffuse herb.
Habitat : Moist places.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Nadia, North 24
Pgs., Medinjpur, Barddhaman, Murshidabad
(Khosbagh), Jalpaiguri, Birbhum, Haora
(Bhakultala, Amta.), Maldah (Singhabad), Hugli.
North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur and South 24
Pgs.
153. Commelina erecta L. (1753)
Common name: Jata kanchira.
Life form : Erect or suberect Herb.
Habitat: Not very common.
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Distribution : Maldah (Sagar Dighi) and
Murshidabad (Kandi, Sarulia).
154. Commelina longifolia Lam. (1791)
Common name : Pani kanchira.
Life form : Diffuse spreading herb.
Habitat : Not very common in ditches &
other moist places.
Distribution: Haora (Mourigram, Kulgachia,
Amtha) and Murshidabad (Jadupur, Dadpur).
155. Commelina paludosa Blume (1827)
Common name: Jata kanchira.
Life form : Stout herb.
Habitat: Common.
Distribution Hugli, Murshidabad
(Baranagar, 'Dhulian.) and Nadia.
156. Commelina cristata (L.) D. Don
(1825)
Life form : Herb, stem creeping.
Habitat: Moist shady places.
Distribution : Medinipur and Murshidabad
(Jadupur, Jalangi).
157. Cyanotis cristata (L.) Schult. (1830)
Life form : Herb, stem creeping below.
Habitat: Moist ground, dilapidated walls.
Distribution : Nadia, Barddhaman, North
Dinajpur, Maldah (Adina) and Haora (Amta.).
158. Cyanotis vaga (Lour.) J.R. & G. Forster
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
159. Amischophacelus axillaMs (L.)
R. S. Rao & Kammathy (1966)
Common name : Baghanula.
Life form : Annual diffuse herb.
Habitat: Marshy, swampy places.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Kandi, Jalangi),
Maldah (Goindapur, Adina, Chanpur), Haora
(Baluhati, Horishpur) and Nadia.
Floscopa scandens Lour.
160.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
161. Murdannia nudiflora (L.) Brenan
(1952)
Common name : Kanduli.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Shady marshy places.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Puruliya,
Birbhum, South Dinajpur, J alpaiguri,
Barddhaman, H ugH, Nadia, Haora
(Dakshinmaju, Ranihat), Murshidabad (Kandi,
Sarupnagar), South 24 Pgs., North 24 Pgs.,
Medinipur, Darjiling, North Dinajpur and
Maldah (Roypur, Golapgunge,
Panchanandapur).
162. Murdannia spirata (L.) Bruckner
(1930)
Life form : Profusely branched herb.
Habitat: Shady marshy places, paddy fields
bunds with grasses.
Distribution: Nadia, Maldah (Eklakshmi),
Haora (Baluhati, Horishpur) and Murshidabad
(Baranagar, Bhabta).
'163. Streptolirion volubile Edgw.
Life form : Climber-annuaL
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family FLAGELLARIACEAE
164. FlagellaMa indica L. (1753)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Sides of the swamps.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Beldanga.) and
Haora (Chengail.).
Family XYRIDACEAE
165. Xyris pauciflora Willd. -(1794)
Life form : Tufted annual.
Habitat : Occasional, marshy places; wet
paddy fields.
Distribution : Murshidabad (SaragachL).
Family PALMAE (ARECACEAE)
166. Borassus flabellifer L. (1753)
Common name : Tal.
Life form : Unbranched tree.
Habitat: Common.
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Distribution : Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.,
Maldah (Pakur), North 24 Pgs., Bankura,
~olkata, Murshidabad (Chhiruti, Kuli) ,
Birbhum, Haora (very often planted),
Barddhaman and HugH.
167.Calamus fasciculatus Roxb. (1832)
Life form : Stout tufted ratten, with climbing
stem.
Habitat: Common in jungle.
Distribution: Maldah (Milki) , Jalpaiguri,
Koch Bihar, Murshidabad and DaIjiling.
168.Phoenix sylvestris (L.) Roxb. (1832)
Common name: Khejur.
Life form : Unbranched tree.
Habitat: Common & planted.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Bhagwangola),
Hugli, South 24 Pgs., Maldah (Pakur), Haora
(Wild in drier parts of district), Medinipur,
Bankura, Birbhum, Nadia, North 24 Pgs. and
Barddhaman.
169. Plectocomia himalayana Griff.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
170. Trachycarpus martianus (Wall.)
Wend!.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
171. Corypha umbraculifera
Common name: Narikel, Dab.
Life form : Unbranched tree.
Habitat: Cultivated in garden.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri and DaIjiling.
172. Corypha utans
Common name: Narikel, Dab.
Life form : Unbranched tree.
Habitat : Cultivated in garden.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
173.Roystonea regia
Common name: Narikel, Dab.
Life form : Unbranched tree.
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Habitat: Cultivated in garden.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
174. Cocos nucifera
Common name: Narikel, Dab.
Life form : Unbranched tree.
Habitat : Cultivated in garden.
Distribution : Darjiling, Jalpaiguri and
Kolkata.
Caryota mitis
175.
Common name: Narikel, Dab.
Life form : Unbranched tree.
Habitat: Cultivated in garden.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri and DaIjiling.
Family TYPHACEAE
176. Typha domingensis Pers. (1807)
Common name: Hogla.
Life form : Marshy aquatic herb.
Habitat: Common in marshes.
Distribution: Hugli, Haora (Andu}) , North
24 Pgs., Nadia, Murshidabad (M~tiji~,
Chandpara beel), South 24 Pgs., JalpalgUrI,
Maldah (Pakuya), Medinipur, Koch Bihar,
North Dinajpur and Barddhaman.
Family ARACEAE
177. Arisaema condinum Schott
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
178. Arisaema consanguinatum Schott
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
179. Arisaema costatum (Wall.) Mart.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution: Darjiling.
180. Arisaema griJlithii Schott
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
181. Arisaema speciosum (Wall.) Mart
yare speciosum
Life form : G:eophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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182. Arisaema speciosum (Wall.) Mart
var. mirabile (Schott) Hara
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution: Darjiling.
183. Arisaema tortuosum (Wall.) Schott
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
184. Gonatanthus ornatus Schott
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
185. Gonatanthus pumilus (D. Don)
Engler
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DarjiHng.
Lasia spinosa (L.) Thw. (1864)
186.
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat: Swampy areas.
Distribution : HugH, Nadia, Murshidabad,
North 24 Pgs., Maldah and Raora (Dafarpur).
187. Aloeasia Jomieata (Roxb.) Schott
( 18 54)
Common name : Salukachu.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: shady damp places.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Baranagar,
Krishnapur), Maldah (Makdampur), HugH and
Barddhaman.
188. Aloeasia macrorrhiza (L.) G. Don
(1839)
Common name : Mankachu.
Life form : Stout herb.
Habitat: Common in dampy places.
Distribution: Maldah (Makdampur), Nadia,
North 24 Pgs. and Murshidabad (Kuli, Kandi).
189. Amorphophallus bulbifer (Roxb.)
Blume (1837)
Common name : Amlabela.
Life form : Tuberous herb.
Habitat : Common along railway tracts &
shrubberies.
Status of' Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, South 24 Pgs.,
Medinipur, Barddhaman, North Dinajpur, Koch
Bihar, Hugli, Haora (Damjoor, Andul), Nadia,
Murshidabad (Bhagawangola), Maldah (Milki)
and North 24 Pgs.
190. Amolphophallus eampanulatus
(Roxb.) Blume ex Decne. (1835)
Life form : Tuberous herb.
Habitat : Common along railway tracts &
shrubberies.
Distribution : Puruliya, Raora (Damjoor,
Andul.) and Nadia.
191. Amolphophallus paeoniifolius
(Dennst.) Nicolson (1977)
Common name: 01.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Escape in rural areas.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Bhabta), Maldah
(Makdampur), HugH and Bardhhaman.
192. Coloeasia esculenta Schott (1832)
Common name: Kachu.
Life form : Stout herb.
Habitat: Damp places.
Distribution : Nadia, Murshidabad
(Baharampur, Dadpur), South 24 Pgs. and
Haora CBelgachia).
Pistia straDotes L. (1753)
193.
Common name: Khudipana.
Life form : Floating herb.
Habitat : Common in ponds choking the
waterbodies.
Distribution: Birbhum, Hugli, Barddhaman,
North Dinajpur, Murshidabad (Motijil, Jalangi),
Haora (Abundant in the dist. Wetlands),
Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Maldah, North 24 Pgs.,
South Dinajpur, Nadia, South 24 Pgs., Puruliya
and Koch Bihar.
Pothos cathcartii Schott
194.
Life form: Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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195· Scindapsus officinalis (Roxb.) Schott
(1832)
Common name : Gajpipul.
Life form : Large epiphytic climber.
Habitat : Not very common.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Haora, Nadia,
Maldah (Adina), Medinipur, Puruliya, South 24
Pgs., Murshidabad (Baran agar, Sarulia), North
24 Pgs. and HugH.
196. Typhonium flagellifonne (Lodd.)
Blume (1835)
Life form : Stemless tuberous herb.
Habitat: Sides of ponds, water coarses &
shady places.
Distribution : Haora (Deulti, Amta,
Bargachia), Murshidabad (Beldanga) and
Maldah (Gour).
197. Typhonium cuspida tum Decaisne
(1834)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Near water bodies.
Distribution: Nadia (Mohanpur).
198. Typhonium trilobatum (L.) Schott
(1 8 34)
Common name : Ghatkanchu.
Life form : Tuberous herb.
Habitat: Common in shady places inthickets
near hedges.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Maldah
(Makdampur), Haora (Damjoor, Panpur) and
Nadia.
199. Typhonium trilobatum var.
schottii (Prain) Engler (1920)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Not very common.
Distribution: Nadia, Maldah (Gour), North
24 Pgs., Medinipur, Murshidabad (Jiagunge)
and Haora (Belgachia).
200. Cryptocoryne ciliata (Roxb.) Fisch.
ex Wydler (1830)
Life form : Herb.
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Habitat : At the ponds, ditches, water
coarses.
Distribution; Nadia, Hugli and Haora
(Panchpara, Chengail).
201. Cryptocoryne retrospiralis Fisch.
ex Wydler (1830)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Plenty along the river banks.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Nadia
(Kalikapur, abundant along river, near the
railway bridge) and Murshidabad.
202. Remusatia hookeriana Schott
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
203. Rhaphidophora glauca (Wall.)
Schott
Life form ; Shruby climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
. 204. Richardia ajricana Kunth
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family LEMNACEAE
205. Lemna perpusilla Torrey (1843)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat: In ponds, lakes & rice fields.
Distribution : Medinipur, North Dinajpur,
Puruliya, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Barddhaman,
Murshidabad (Bhabta), Nadia, Haora (common
as a mass in stagnant water in the dist.
Wetlands), Birbhum, South 24 Pgs., South
Dinajpur, North 24 Pgs., HugH and Jalpaiguri.
Lemna trisulca L. (1753)
206.
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat : Wetlands.
Distribution: Nadia.
207. Spirodela po'yrhiza (L.) Schleiden
(1839)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat: Common in ponds.
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Distribution : Maldah, Haora (Mourigram),
Nadia, Medinipur, North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and. HugH.
208. WoUJia arrhiza (L.) Wimmer (1857)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat : Abandant in tanks & ditches as
granular mass.
Distribution: Haora (Andul); Maldah, North
24 Pgs., Nadia, Puruliya and HugH.
Family ALISMATACEAE
209. Caldesia parnassifolia (Bassi ex L.)
ParI. (1856)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat : At the edge of ponds.
Distribution : Hugli, Nadia (Kalyani),
Murshidabad (Bhagawangola) and North 24
Pgs.
210. Caldesia oligococca F. V. Mudl.
Buch. (1882)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat: Pond margin.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Nadia, Haora
and South 24 Pgs.
211. Sagittaria sagittifolia L. (1753)
Life form : Stoloniferous aquatic herb.
,Habitat: In river, ponds and marshy places.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Jiaganj,
Azimgange), Haora and Nadia.
212. Sagittaria guyanensis Kunth ssp.
lappula (D. Don) Bogin (1955)
Life form : Aquatic herb, leaves floating.
Habitat : Common in ponds & marshy
places.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Chandpara
beel), Maldah (Eklakshm) and Puruliya.
213· Sagittaria montevidensis Sam. &
Schlecht.
Life form : Semiaquatic herb.
Habitat: River banks, shallow wet lands.
Distribution: Haora; Hugli, North 24 Pgs.,
North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur and Nadia.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
214. Limnophyton obtusifolium (L.)
Miq. (1855)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat: Wetlands.
Distribution : Haora and Nadia.
Family POTAMOGETONACEAE
215. Potamogeton crispus L. (1753)
Life form : Submerged herb.
Habitat; Common in ponds, lakes, rivulets.
Distribution : Haora, M urshidabad
(Chandpara beel, Jiagunge), Hugli, Nadia,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. and North 24 Pgs.
216. Potamogeton nodosus Pair.' (1816)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat: Submerged with floating leaves.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Chandpara
beel), Raora, South 24 Pgs. and North 24 Pgs.
217. Potamogeton octandrus Poir. (1816)
Life form : Slender herb.
Habitat : Common in ponds, ditches.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Lalbagh) and
Haora.
218. Potamogeton pecnnatus L. (1753)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat: Ponds, ditches.
Distribution: Maldah (Panchanandapur) and
Nadia.
Family NAJADACEAE
219. Najas graminea Del. (1813)
Life form : Submerged herbs.
Habitat: Common in ponds, ditches.
Distribution : North nlnajpur, South
Dinajpur, Maldah, North 24 Pgs., Haora
(Uluberia), Nadia, Hugli, Puruliya and
Murshidabad (Bhagawangola).
Family BUTOMACEAE
220. Butomopsis latifolia (D. Don) Kunth
(1841)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat : Lakes & ponds.
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Distribution: Maldah (Kayar beel), Haora,
North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. and Hugli.
Family APONOGETONACEAE
221. Aponogeton undulatus Roxb. (1832)
Life form : Submerged herb.
Habitat: Common in ponds, ditches.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Nadia, Maldah
(Chanchal), Hugli, Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs.,
Medinipur, Haora, North Dinajpur and
Murshidabad (Kandi).
222. Aponogeton appendiculatus
Bruggen (1968)
Life form : Submerged herb.
Habitat : Ponds & ditches.
Distribution : Nadia, Koch Bihar,
Barddhaman, Haora, Hugli, Birbhum, North 24
Pgs., North Dinajpur and Medinipur.
223. Aponogeton natans (L.) Engler et
Krause (1906)
Life form : Submerged herb.
Habitat: common in pond and ditches.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Lalbagh,
Baranagar), Maldah, Haora (Jagatballavpur),
Nadia, South 24 Pgs. and South Dinajpur.
Family ERIOCAULACEAE
224. Eriocaulon elenorae Fyson (1921)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Not common, in paddy fields,
swapmy areas.
Distribution : Hugli, Birbhum, Maldah
(Nakail), Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman, North 24
Pgs., Haora (Horishpur), North Dinajpur,
Puruliya, South 24 Pgs., Koch Bihar,
Murshidabad (Lalgola), Nadia, Medinipur and
South Dinajpur.
225. Eriocaulon gracile Mart. (1'832)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Paddy fields or in marshy zones.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Koch Bihar,
South 24 Pgs., North Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri,
Haora (Kona), Nadia, Hugli, North 24 Pgs.,
Birbhum, Maldah, Barddhaman and Medinipur.
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226. Eriocaulon odoratum Dalz. (1851)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common in moist hervested paddy
fields & swamps.
Distribution : Nadia, Haora (Horishpur) and
Murshidabad (Baharampur, Lalgola).
227. Eriocaulon quinquangulare L. (1753)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Common in river beds, paddy
fields.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baranagar,
Bhagawangola) and Haora.
228. Eriocaulon redactum Ruhland (1903)
Life form : Very small herb.
Habitat: Common in paddy fields.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad (Khosbagh), Haora (Horishpur),
Barddhaman, Puruliya and Nadia.
229. Eriocaulon sollyanum Royle (1830)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Common in swampy areas and
paddy fields.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Bhagawangola)
and Haora (Horishpur).
230. Eriocaulon trunctum Ham. (1832)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Common in wet ground under
shade.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Jiagunge).
Family TYPHACEAE
231. Typha angustata Bory & Chaub. (1832)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat: Common in marshes, swamps.
Distribution : Puruliya, Haora (Andul) and
Nadia.
Family PANDANACEAE
232. Pandanus foetidus Roxb. (1832)
Life form : Dense bushy shrubs.
Habitat: Planted or naturalized in hedges.
Distribution : Haora (Chengail, Abada,
Uluberia).
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Family CYPERACEAE
233. Bolboschoenus maritimus (L.) Palla
(1904)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Occassional.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Haora, Jalpaiguri,
Maldah (Altor), Medinipur and Birbhum.
234. Bulbostylis barbata (Rottb.) Kunth
ex C.B. Clarke (1893)
Life form : Tufted annual, herb.
Habitat: Damp places.
Distribution : Haora, South 24 Pgs.,
Birbhum, Murshidabad (Kuli, Dhulian, Lalgola),
Maldah, Koch Bihar, North 24Pgs., Medinipur,
DaIjiling and Nadia.
235. Bulbostylis densa (Wall. ex Roxb.)
Hand-maz. ex Kersi & Schenk
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
236. Carex aristata D. Don ex Tilloch. &
Taylor (1823)
Life form : Tall herb.
Habitat: Swamp places.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Maldah
(Muchia), Haora, Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Koch
Bihar, Medinipur, North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Hugli, Barddhaman and North Dinajpur.
237. Carex baccans Nees ex Wight.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
238. Carex cyperoides (L.) O. Kuntze
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
239. Carexfilicina Nees ex Wight.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
240. Carex inanis Kunth
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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241. Carex insignis Boott
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
242. Carex japonica Thunb.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
243. Carex longipes D. pon
Life form :Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
244. Carex nubigena D. Don
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
245. Carex recemosa Schk.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
246. Carex setigera D. Don
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
247. Carex spiculata var nobilis
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
248. Carex tumida Boott
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
249. Carex vesiculosa Boott
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
250. Carex cyperoides (L.) Kuntze
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
251. Cyperus alopecuroides Rottb. (1773)
Life form : Robust perennial.
Habitat: Rarely found in same habitat as C.
exalatius
Distribution : Nadia, Haora (Belgachia,
Deulti), Puruliya, Maldah (Chandipur,
Sadullapur), South Dinajpur, North Dinajpur
and Murshidabad (Lalbagh, Bhagawangola) ..
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252. Cyperus alternifolius L. (1771)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Nadia, Haora and Maldah
(Chandipur).
253· Cyperus exaltatus Retz. (1789)
Life form : Robust herb.
Habitat : Along the margins of canals or
ponds.
Distribution : Nadia, Medinipur, South 24
Pgs., North 24 Pgs. and Haora (Abada, Amta).
254. Cyperus castaneus Willd. (1797)
Life form : Tufted annual.
Habitat : Not very common.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Lalbagh,
Jiagunge, Bhagawangola) and Nadia.
255. Cyperus compactus Retz. (1789)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Not very common.
Distribution: Nadia, Maldah (Sadullapur)
and Haora.
256. Cyperus compressus L. (1753)
Common name: Chuncha.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Common in rainy season, in
summer found near water.
Distribution : Nadia, Maldah (Altor,
Goyalpara), Murshidabad (Jiagunge, Kuli) ,
Puruliya and Haora (Dakshinmaju,
Padmapukur, Andul).
257. Cyperus corymbosus Rottb. (1773)
Common name : Gotamethi.
Life form : Herb. Rhizome creeping.
Habitat: Very common in ditches.
Distribution : HugH, Nadia, Barddhaman,
Haora (Chengail), Murshidabad (Jadupur,
Sarupnagar) and North Dinajpur.
258. Cyperus tenuispica Steud. (1855)
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Marshy, as a weed of paddy fields.
Distribution : Haora (Jagatballavpur,
Horishpur) and HugH.
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259. Cyperus diffoMnis L. (1756)
Common name: Behua.
Life form : Annual tufted herb.
Habitat: Common in marshes, as a \teed of
paddy fields.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Lalbagh,
Baranagar), Maldah (Muchia, Krishtapur),
Haora (illuberia, Panchla), Nadia, Medinipur,
North 24 Pgs., North Dinajpur and South
Dinajpur.
260. Cyperus digitatus Roxb. (1820)
Life form : Robust perennial.
Habitat: Sides of ponds.
Distribution : Haora (Amta, Andul) and
Murshidabad (Farakka).
261. Cyperus distans L. (1781)
Common name : Paniinalanga.
Life form : Herb. Rhizome bulbous.
Habitat: Occasional on the sides of ponds
or rivers.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Rejinagar),
Haora (Dakshinmaju), North Dinajpur, South
Dinajpur, Nadia, Hugli, Barddhaman, Birbhum,
Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri and Puruliya.
262. Cyperus dives Del. (1813)
Life form : Short perennial.
Habitat: Rarely found in same Habitat as
that of C. exaltatus.
Distribution : Hugli, Haora (Andul,
Dafarpur), South 24 Pgs., Murshidabad
(Rejinagar) and North 24 Pgs.
263. Cyperus esculentus L. (1753)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Occasional on road sides.
Distribution : Hugli, North Dinajpur,
PuruHya, South Dinajpur and Murshidabad
(Jiagunge).
264. Cyperus imbricatus Retz. (1789)
Common na111e : Berethi.
Life form : Herb.
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Habitat: Common in ponds, ditches.
Distribution : Haora (Kona, Panchpara,
Belgachia), Murshidabad (Kuli, Majjampur,
Sabjikatra, Kandi) and Nadia.
265. Cyperus ina L. (1753)
Common name : Barachuncha.
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Common in ditches.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Majjampur,
Bhabta), Hugli, South 24 Pgs., Haora
(Bargachia, Dakshinmaju), Maldah (Pakuya,
Bamangola), North 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
266. Cyperus leucocephalus Retz. (1789)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Haora, Maldah (N akail),
Nadia, North 24 Pgs., Hugli and Nadia.
267. Cyperus malccensis Lam. (1791)
Life form : Creeping herb.
Habitat : Occasional in marshy places.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Bhabta) and
Haora (Amta, Mourigram).
268. Cyperus michelianus (L.) Link (1827)
Common name : Chhotagothuli.
Life form : Densely tufted herb.
Habitat : Common in paddy fields.
Distribution: Haora (Damjoor, Padmapukur)
and Murshidabad (Jadupur, Motijil, Rejinagar).
269. Cyperus michelianus sp.
pygmaeus (Rottb.) Aschers. & Graebn.
(1903)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common in paddy fields.
Distribution Haora (Panchpara),
Murshidabad, Maldah, North 24 Pgs. , Nadia
and Medinipur.
270. Cyperus nutans Vahl (1836)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Less common by the sides of river,
ponds, ditches or as a weed of paddy fields.
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Distribution: Murshidabad (Farakha), Haora
(Panchapara), Nadia and Puruliya.
271. Cyperus platystylis R. Br. (1771)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Murshidabad and Maldah
(Muchia).
272. Cyperus pygmaeus Rottb. (1773)
Common name: Jalmuti.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Waste places.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Medinipur,
Haora and Maldah (Nakail).
273. Cyperus rotundus L. (1753)
Common name : Motha.
Life form : Perennial herb. Stolon slender.
Habitat: Common. Highly adaptiv in any
habitat. Dry soil to submarshy.
Distribution : Nadia, Murshidabad (Kuli,
Beldanga, Baharampur), Maldah (Amriti,
Muchia), Haora (Bakultala, Chengail, Salap,
Dakshinmaju, Abada, Bargachia) and Bankura.
274. Cyperus triceps (Rottb.) EndI. (1842)
Life form : Tufted herb.
Habitat: Wastelands in grass.
Distribution: Nadia and Haora (Bakultala).
275. Cyperus brevifolius (Rottb.) Hassk.
(1844)
Life form : Herb, stem multiple.
Habitat : Sides of water flows & on paddy
fields.
Distribution: Haora (Padmapukur, Amta),
Medinipur, Nadia, South 24 Pgs. and North 24
Pgs.
276. Cyperus kyllingia EndI. (1842)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Found everywhere, prefers damp
soil.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Bankura,
Maldah, Haora (Chengail), Nadia, Jalpaiguri,
Koch Bihar, Birbhum, Medinipur, North 24
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Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Hugli, Barddhaman, North
Dinajpur, South Dinajpur and Puruliya.
277· Cyperus leucocephalus Retz. (1789)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Haora, Hugli, Maldah (Nakai!),
North 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
278. Cyperus tenuispica Steud. (1855)
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Common in marshy places.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Jadupur,
Krishnapur), Bankura, Maldah (Gobindapur),
Haora, Nadia, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur
and Puruliya.
279. Cyperus turgidulus C.B. Clarke (1884)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Rare.
Distribution : H ugH, Nadia and Maldah
(Nakail).
280. Cyperus squa.,..,.osus L. (1756)
Life form : Tufted annual.
Habitat : Damp places along with grassy
patches.
Distribution Haora (Uluberia),
Barddhaman, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Birbhum, Koch
Bihar and Nadia.
281. Cyperus javanicus Houtt. (1782)
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Margin of ponds & channels.
Distribution: Maldah, Haora (Uluberia) and
Nadia.
282. Cyperus paniceus (Rottb.) Boeck.
(1870)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Damp places under shade.
Distribution : Haora (Dafarpur) and Nadia.
283. Cyperus cyperinus (Retz.) Valck.-
Sur. (1898)
Life form : Herb without stolon.
Habitat: Margin of ponds & channels.
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Distribution: Haora (Bargachia), Nadia,
Hugli and Barddhaman.
284. Cyperus sanguinolentus Vahl (1806)
Life form : Tufted herb.
Habitat: Dry situation.
Distribution: Haora (Horishpur), Medinipur
and North 24 Pgs.
285. Cyperus pumilus L. (1756)
Life form : Caespitose annual.
Habitat: Paddy fields bunds, banks of ponds
& water coarses.
Distribution : Nadia, South 24 Pgs. and
Haora (Panchpara, Jagadishpur).
286. Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. (1773)
Life form : Tufted herb.
Habitat : Along margins of ponds, sides of
paddy fields.
Distribution: Haora (Deulti, Amta), North
Dinajpur, South Dinajpur and Puruliya.
287. Eleocharis dulcis (Brurm. f.) Trin. ex
Henschel (1833)
Common name: Chenchka.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common in ditches.
Distribution: Haora (Amta) , Nadia, Koch
Bihar, South 24 Pgs., Hugli and Puruliya.
288. Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roem. &
Schult.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common in dry paddy fields.
Distribution : Nadia, Murshidabad (Motijil,
Rejinagar), Haora (Uluberia) and Maldah
(Golapgunge).
289. Eleocharis palustris (L.) R. Br. (1810)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Shallow ponds.
Distribution : Haora, Nadia, Maldah
(Muchia), Medinipur and Birbhum.
290. Eleocharis retroflexa (Poir.) Urb.
(1900)
Life form : Densely tufted herb.
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Habitat: Not very common.
Distribution: Medinipur, Hugli, South 24
Pgs., Murshidabad (Azimgunge), North
Dinajpur, Haora (Horishpur, Syampur; very
rare in rest of the district), North 24 Pgs.,
Barddhaman and Puruliya.
291. Fimbristylis aestiualis (Retz.). Vahl
(1806)
Life form : Herb.
. Life form : Perennial herb with short
Habitat: Common on the bank of ponds.
Distribution : Hugli, Koch Bihar, North 24
Pgs., Nadia, Puruliya, Medinipur, Birbhum,
Haora (Damjoor, Kulgachia, Bargachia) and
M urshidabad (Kandi, Farakka, Dadpur,
Krishnapur).
292. Fimbristylis bisumbellata (Forssk.)
Bubani (1850)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Common in dry ditches or in paddy
fields.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., South Dinajpur,
Murshidabad (Kuli~ Farakka, Kandi), Birbhum,
Malda~ (Kayer beel, Amgamtala), Medinipur,
Hugli, North Dinajpur, Haora (Damjoor,
Panpur, Panchpara), Puruliya and Barddhaman.
293. Fimbristylis complanata (Retz.)
Link (1827)
Life form: Herb.
Habitat : Common in paddy fields along
streams.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Katgolarbagan,
Jiagunge, Azimgunge) and Haora (Mourigram,
Panchpara).
294. Fimbristylis alboviridis C.B. Clarke
(1893)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Along railway lines, in bushes &
shrubberies.
Distribution : Nadia, Haora (Dakshinmaju,
Padmapukur), South 24 Pgs., Puruliya,
Barddhaman, Medinipur, Hugli and North 24
Pgs.
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295. Fimbristylis cymosa R. Br. (1810)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Along water coarse margins.
Distribution : Haora' (Deulti), Nadia,
Medinipur, North 24 Pgs. and Barddhaman.
296. Fimbristylis dichotoma (L.) Vah!
(1806)
Common name : Baranirbishi.
rootstock.
Habitat : Common near water coarses.
Distribution Birbhum, DarjiUng,
Barddhaman, Nadia, Murshidabad (Jiagunge,
Dadpur, Beldanga), Hugli, Koch Bihar, South
24 Pgs. and Maldah (Muchia beel, Kotuyalj).
297. Fimbristylis feJTUginea (L.) Vahl
(1806)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Not very common. Sides of ponds.
Distribution : Maldah (Kaliachak) and
Murshidabad (Baranagar, Kandi), Haora
(Chengail, Alampur) and Nadia.
298. Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl
(1806)
Common name : Bar J avani.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Common on side of ditches.
Distribution : Nadia, Maldah, Haora
(Mourigram, Amta, Padmapukur), Murshidabad
(Jadupur, Farakka), Raora and Nadia.
299. Fimbristylis ouata (Burm. f.) Kern
(1967)
Common name: Marmari.
Life form : Densely tufted annual.
Habitat: Common in wet places.
Distribution : Haora (Deulti) and
Murshidabad (Jiabanti).
300. Fimbristylis polytrichoides (Retz.)
Vahl (1806)
Common name : Talnaru.
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Life form : Densely tufted herb.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Jalangi,
Beldanga).
301. Fimbristylis polytrichoides (Retz.)
R. Br. (1810)
Life form : Densely tufted annual.
Habitat: Common in wet places.
Distribution: Maldah, Haora (Ranihati,
Alampur) and Nadia.
302. Fimbristylis barbata (Rottb.) Benth.
(1878)
Life form : Tufted diffuse annual.
Habitat: Damp places.
Distribution Haora (Mourigram,
Padmapukur), Nadia, North 24 Pgs. and South
24 Pgs.
303. Lipocarpha sphacelata (Yahl)
Kunth (1837)
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Found in clayey moist areas.
Distribution: Nadia, Haora (Horishpur),
Birbhum, Medinipur and North 24 Pgs.
304. Fuirena ciliaris (L.) Roxb. (1820)
Common name : Bandkola.
Life form : Hairy annual.
Habitat : Occasional in moist fields.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Farraka), Haora
(Horishpur), Nadia, Koch Bihar, Birbhum,
Medinipur, North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Hugli,
Barddhaman, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur
and Puruliya.
305. Kyllinga brevifolia Rottb. (1773)
Life form : Stoloniferous herb.
Habitat: Common along the bunds of paddy
fields.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur,
Khosbagh, Beldanga), Maldah, Nadia, Hugli,
Puruliya, Haora and South 24 Pgs.
306. Kyllinga bulbosa Beauv. (1804)
Life form : Herb
Distribution: Maldah (Adina).
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307. Kyllinga nemoralis (J. R. & G.
Forster) Dandy ex- Hutch. & Dalziel (1936)
Common name : Swetgothubi.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Common in damp situation.
Distribution: Haora, Nadia, North 24 Pgs.,
DaIjiling, Hugli, South 24 Pgs., Maldah (Nakail)
and Murshidabad (Kunjaghata, Krishnapur).
308. Kyllinga triceps Rottb. (1773)
Life form : Stoloniferous tufted herb.
Habitat: Common in waste lands.
Distribution : Maldah, Nadia, Haora,
Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad
(Lalbagh, Jiagunge, Azimgunge), Puruliya,
North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Hugli, Koch
Bihar, North Dinajpur and South Dinajpur.
309. Mariscus aristatus (Rottb.) Tang &
Wang (1961)
Life form : Small annual.
Habitat: Common in moist places.
Distribution : Haora, Koch Bihar,
Murshidabad (Jiagunge), Nadia, Jalpaiguri,
Medinipur, North 24 Pgs. and Maldah.
310. Mariscus cyperinus (Retz.) Vahl (1806)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Less common in damp places.
Distribution: Nadia and Murshidabad
(Jangipur, Jiagunge, Krishnapur).
311. Mariscus javaniccus (Houttuyn)
Merrill & Metcalfe (1945)
Common name: Halaiya.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Banks of ponds.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Sargachi),
Haora, North 24 Pgs., HugH and Nadia.
312. Mariscus paniceus (Rottb.) Vahl (1806)
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat: Damp places.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Beldanga).
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313. Pycreus polystachyos (Rottb.)
Beauv. (1807)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common along sides of bunds of
paddy fields.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Kunjaghata,
Samlia, Sargachi, Kandi), South 24 Pgs.,
Medinipur, Haora, Nadia, North 24 Pgs. and
Puruliya.
314. Pycreus pumilis (L.) Nees ex C.
B.Clarke (1893)
Life form : Caespitose annual.
Habitat : Less common in bunds of paddy
fields.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., North 24 Pgs.,
Murshidabad (Jangipur, Majjampur, Jiagunge)
and Maldah (Gobindapur).
315. Pycreus sanguinolentus (Vahl)
Nees ex C.B. Clarke (1893)
Life form : Creeping herb.
Habitat: Notvery common in damp places.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Lalbagh,
Sarupnagar).
316. Rikliella squarrosa (L.) J. Raynal (1973)
Common name: Guri.
Life form :Slender tufted annual.
Habitat: Common in ponds.
Distribution: Maldah (Nakail), Birbhum,
Barddhaman, South Dinajpur, North Dinajpur,
Hugli, Murshidabad (Kuli, Lalgola, Azimgunge,
Bhabta), South 24 Pgs., Nadia, Puruliya and
North 24 Pgs.
317. Schoenoplectus articulatus (L.)
Palla (1889)
Common name : Chatpati.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Common in ditches. Sarupnagar,
Krishnapur.
Distribution : Haora, Maldah (Eklakshmi,
Makdampur), Medinipur, North 24 Pgs., Hugli,
Nadia and South 24 Pgs.
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318. Schoenoplectus grossus (L. f.) Palla
(1911)
Common name : Barakeshuria.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common in marshes.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Sarulia;
Sarupnagar), Barddhaman, North 24 Pgs.,
South Dinajpur, Nadia, Medinipur, South 24
Pgs., Haora, North Dinajpur and Birbhum.
319. Schoenoplectus supinus (L.) Palla
(1888)
Life form : Tufted annual.
Habitat: Common in ponds.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Kunjaghata,
Khosbagh).
320. Scirpus squarrosus L. (1771)
Life form : Slender tufted annual.
Habitat: Marshy lands.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., North 24 Pgs.,
Nadia and Haora (Horishpur).
321. Scirpus articulatus L. (1753)
Life form : Densely tufted annual.
Habitat : Aquatic/semi aquatic.
Distribution: Haora (Deulti), Nadia and
Maldah.
322. Scirpus quinquefarius Ham. ex C. B.
Clarke (1893)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Rare.
Distribution : Maldah (Eklakshmi) and
Haora.
323. Scirpus supinus L. yare lateriflorus
(Gmelin) Koyama (1958)
Life form : Tufted annual.
Habitat: Associated with S. squarrosus.
Distribution: Haora (Uluberia), Nadia and
Hugli.
324. Scirpus grossus L. f. (1781)
Life form : Herb.
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Habitat: Common in marshes; with Typha
sp.
Distribution: Maldah, Haora (Abada),
J alpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
325. Sehoenopleetus grossus (L. f.) Palla
(1911)
Common name : Barakeshuria.
Life form : Herb, rootstock stout.
Habitat: Common in marshy area.
Distribution: Barddhaman, North 24 Pgs.,
South Dinajpur, Nadia, Medinipur, South 24
~gs., Haora, North Dinajpur and Birbhum.
326. Sehoenopleetus laterifloMlS (J.
Gmelin) Lye (1971)
Life form : Annual, stem tufted.
Habitat: Common in ponds.
Distribution: Barddhaman, North Dinajpur,
South Dinajpur, Hugli, Murshidabad
(Kunjaghata, Khosbagh), Maldah (Bamangola,
Kaliachak), Puruliya and Darjiling.
327. Seleria biflora Roxb. (1832)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Rare.
Distribution: Hugli, Barddhaman, Koch
Bihar, Puruliya, Haora, South 24 Pgs., North
Dinajpur, Birbhum, Maldah (Retuya), Jalpaiguri
and South Dinajpur.
Family GRAMINEAE (POACEAE)
328. Agrostis gigantia Roth
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
329. Agrostis myriantha Hook. f.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
330. Agrostis odoratum L.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
331. Anthoxanthum hookerii (Griseb.)
Rendle
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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332. Apluda mutiea L. (1753)
Common name : Chunkarki.
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat : Common along river banks &
shrubberies.
Distribution: Kolkata, South Dinajpur,
Birbhum, Haora (Andul, Ranihati, Panchpara,
Panchla), Hugli, Medinipur, Nadia,
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, North 24 Pgs., North
Dinajpur, Murshidabad (Baranagar, Lalbagh,
Khosbagh), Puruliya, Maldah (Manickchak),
South 24 Pgs. and J alpaiguri.
333. Arundinaria hookeriana Munro
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
334. Arundinaria intennedia Munro
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
335. Arundinaria maling Gamble
Lifeform : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
336. Arundinaria polystaehya Kurz ex
Gamble
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
337. Arundinella hooken Munro ex Keng
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
338. Arundo donax L. (1753)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Along margin of ditches.
Distribution: Hugli, Kolkata, Nadia, South
Dinajpur, North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Birbhum, Murshidabad, Maldah (Manickchak),
Puruliya, Koch Bihar, North Dinajpur.
Jalpaiguri, Medinipur and Haora (Dulagori).
339. Aristida adscensionis L. (1753)
Life form : Rare herb.
Habitat: Dilapidated walls, dry lands.
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Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah, Haora
(Andul, Abada, Uluberia), Nadia, Jalpaiguri,
Koch Bihar, Medinipur, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs. and HugH.
340. Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P. Beauv.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
341. Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.)
Willd. (1799)
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah (Bhutni),
Haora, Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Medinipur, North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. and
HugH.
342. BrachiaMa ramosa (L.) Stapf (1919)
Life form : Annual.
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah (Retuya),
Haora (Mourigram, Bargachia), Medinipur,
North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. and HugH.
343. BrachiaMa mutica (Forssk.) Stapf
(19 19)
Life form : Aquatic/Marsh perennial.
Habitat: Marshes, ditches or in ponds.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, South Dinajpur,
Birbhum, North 24 Pgs., North Dinajpur, HugH,
Haora (Mourigram, Abada), Barddhaman,
Medinipur, Koch Bihar and Nadia.
344. BrachiaMa distachya (L.) Stapf (1919)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste lands & as weed. Damp,
shady places.
Distribution: Haora (Andul).
345. BrachiaMa reptans (L.) Stapf. &
Hubb. (1938)
Common name : Chhotajalganti.
Life form : Slender annual.
Habitat : Common in cult. lands. Along
paddy fields bunds, bank of canals, under shade.
Distribution : Haora (Dakshinmaju,
Panchpara), Nadia and DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
346. Calamogrostis emodensis Griseb
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
347. Capillipedium assimile (Steud.) A
Camus
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
348. Chloris barbata Sw. (1797)
Life form : Annual/Perennial. Mesophytic
grass.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Bhagawangola,
Kandi) , Maldah (Adina) and Haora (Bally,
Padmapukur).
349. Chrysopogan aciculatus (Retz.)
Trin. (t"820)
Common name : Chorakanta.
Life form: Mesophytic soil binding herb with
creeping rhizome.
Habitat: Common along the meadows.
Distribution Haora (Panchpara),
Murshidabad (Sabjikatra, Jadupur,
Bhagawangola, Sarulia) and Maldah
(Sadullapur).
350. Coix gigantea KoeD:igex Roxb. (1832)
Common name: Dangagurgar/Sada-kunch.
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat : Common in marshy places along
banks of watercoarses.
Distribution: Maldah (Bhutni, Gobindapur),
Murshidabad (Sabjikatra, Baranagar, Jalangi)
Nadia and Haora (Horishpur, Daferpur, Amta).
351. Coix lachryma-jobi L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
352. Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
353. Crypsis schoenoides (L.) Lam. (1791)
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Maldah (Aatgama).
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354· Cynodon barberi Ranga. &
Tadulingam (1916)
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat : Same Habitat as that of C.
dactylon.
Distribution: Barddhaman, Kolkata, Hugli,
Haora (Mourigram, Uluberia, Shyampur,
Damjoor), South 24 Pgs., North 24 Pgs.,
Maldah, Nadia, South Dinajpur and Medinipur.
355. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (1805)
Common name: Durba.
Life form : Perennial with creeping rhizome.
Distribution Birbhum, Bankura,
Barddhaman, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs., North 24
Pgs., Haora, Hugli, Nadia, Puruliya,
Murshidabad, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Darjiling,
North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur and Jalpaiguri.
356. Cyrtococcum patens (L.) A. Camus
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat: Not very commonly found in river
banks.
Distribution: Birbhum, South 24 Pgs., Haora
(Dulagori, Chengail, Uluberia, Abada), Hugli,
Murshidabad (Kayanpur, Bhagawangola), Koch
Bihar, Maldah (Raypur) and Jalpaiguri.
357. Cyrtococcum trigonum (L.) A.
Camus (1921)
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat: Along river sides.
Distribution: Haora (Panchpara, Dulagori).
358. Dactylis glomerata L.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
359. Dactylectenium aegyptium (L.)
Willd. (1809)
Common name: Makra.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common in sandy grassy places.
Highly adaptive grass.
Distribution Birbhum, Bankura,
Barddhaman, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs., North 24
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Pgs., Haora (Haora Maidan), Hugli, Nadia,
Puruliya, Murshidabad, Koch Bihar, Maldah
(Raypur), Darjiling, North Dinajpur, South
Dinajpur and J alpaiguri.
360. Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf
(1900)
Common name: Kusha.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Kolkata, Murshidabad,
Medinipur, North 24 Pgs., Nadia, Maldah
(Boyalmari, Adina), Jalpaiguri, Hugli, South 24
Pgs., Puruliya, Birbhum, North Dinajpur,
Haora, Barddhaman and Koch Bihar.
361. Dichanthium annulatum (Forst.)
Stapf (1917)
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat: Thickets & hedges.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Medinipur,
North 24 Pgs., Nadia, Maldah (Muchia),
Jalpaiguri, Hugli, South 24 Pgs., Puruliya,
Birbhum~ North Dinajpur, Haora (Mourigram),
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar and Kolkata.
362. Desmostachya caricosum (L.) A.
Camus (1921)
Common name: Detara.
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat: Common.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Nadia.
Barddhaman, Haora (Mourigram, Ranihati,
Panchla) and Murshidabad (Baharampur,
Jadupur, Baranagar, Sarupnagar).
363. Digitaria bicornis (Lam.) Roem. (1817)
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat : Occasional on the edge ofwater
coarses.
Distribution : Medinipur, North 24 Pgs ..
Nadia, Maldah, Jalpaiguri, HugH, South 24 Pgs.,
Haora and Koch Bihar.
364. Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler (1802)
Common nalne : Makur-jali
Life fornl : Annual herb.
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Habitat: Common in pasture.
Distribution : Maldah (Adina), Haora
(Damjoor, Padmapukur, Kona, Andul),
Birbhum, Barddhaman, North Dinajpur and
Darjiling.
365. Digitaria longiJlora (Retz.) Pers. (1805)
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Common in pasture.
Distribution : Nadia, Darjiling, Haora
(Munsirhat) and Murshidabad (Sabjikatra,
Farakka, Kandi).
366. Digitaria cruciata (Nees ex Steud.) A.
Camus (1922)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Tufted.
Distribution: Haora (Andul), Nadia, Hugli,
Barddhaman and Darjiling.
367. Digitaria stricta Roth ex Roem. (1817)
Life form : Tufted annual.
Habitat : Not common in harvested paddy
fields.
Distribution : Darjiling, Maldah, Haora
(Horishpur, Dulagori), Nadia, Koch Bihar,
Birbhum, North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs.
368. Digitaria tinorensis (Kunth) Bal. (1890)
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Pasture & weed in garden.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Haora (Damjoor,
Dakshinmaju, Horishpur), Jalpaiguri,
Barddhaman, HugH and Birbhum.
369. Dendrocalamus hamiltonii
Ness &Am
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling.
370. Dendrocalamus sikkimensis Gamble
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
371. Digitaria violascens Link
Life form: Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
372. Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
373. Eragrostris diarrhena (Schult.)
Steud.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
374. Eragrostris gangetica (Roxb.) Steud.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
375. Eragrostris nigra Nees ex Steud.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
376. Erianthus rufipilus (Steud.) Grisp.b.
Life form : Epiphytic shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
377. Eriochloa procera (Retz.) Hubbard
(1930)
Life form : Tufted grass.
Habitat: Submarshy or other damp places.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Kolkata, North
Dinajpur, Medinipur, Darjiling, Nadia, Haora
(Mourigram, Burgachia, Salap, Chengail), South
Dinajpur and Birbhum.
378. Echinochloa colonum (L.) Link.
(1833) Shama
Life form : Annual.
Habitat : Common in paddy fields.
Distribution : Kolkata, Murshidabad
(Lalkuthi, Chandpara, Sabjikatra), Maldah
(Balupur), Haora (Damjoor, Chengail, Salap,
Bhakultala, Dakshinmaju, Panchpara), DaIjiling
and North 24 Pgs.
379. Echinochloa crus-gallis (L.) P.
Beauv. (1812)
Common name: Bara Shama.
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Common along marshes, ponds.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Lalkuthi, Kandi,
Sarulia), Maldah (Milki) and Haora (Maniktola,
Uluberia).
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380. Echinochloa CMlS-galli var.
breviseta (Doell) Neilr. (1960)
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Common along marshes, ponds.
Distribution: Haora (Andul).
3~1. Echinochloa frumentacea (Roxb.)
Link (1827)
Life form : Annual.
Distribution: Maldah (Bhutni).
382. Echinochloa stagnia (Retz.) P.
Beauv. (1812)
Common name : Bara sham.
Life form : Annual/perennial.
Habitat: Rarely found on margins 'of ditches
or semi-aquatic.
Distribution: Haora (Andul).
383. Eragrostis coarctata Stapf (1896)
Life form : Tufted pe~ennial.
Habitat: Rare in dry areas.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Jibanti), Haora
(Horishpur, Amta, Bagnan), Maldah and Nadia.
384. Eragrostis gangetica (Roxb.) Steud.
(1854)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Along river banks.
Distribution: Nadia, South 24 Pgs., Kolkata,
Murshidabad (Farakka, Lalgola), Hugli, Maldah
(Diyara), North 24 Pgs. and Ha.ora
(Dakshinmaju, Munshirhat).
385. Eragrostis japonica (Thunb.) Trin.
(1830)
Life form : Tufted herb.
Habitat: Common.
Distribution : Haora, Murshidabad (Lalbagh,
Beldat:lga, Bhabta) and Nadia.
386. Eragrostis minor Host (1809)
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Along river banks.
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Distribution: Nadia, North 24 Pgs., Kolkata,
Medinipur, Birbhum and Murshidabad
(Baharampur, Motijil).
387. Eragrostis nutans (Retz.) Nees. ex
Steud. (1840)
Common name : Tanjiniya.
Life form : Tufted annual.
Habitat: Common in grassy patches.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata, Nadia,
North 24 Pgs., Medinipur, Bankura, South
Dinajpur, Maldah (Balupur), Haora
(Horishpur), North Dinajpur and Murshidabad
(Lalbagh, Jalangi).
388. Eragrostis tenella (L.) P. Beauv. ex
Roem. & Schult. (1817)
Life form : Tufted annual.
Distribution : Haora (Gestkeen, Kona),
Maldah (Sadullapur, Makdampur),
Murshidabad (Sabjikatra, Baharampur,
Sarupriagar) and Puruliya.
389. Eragrostis unioloides (Retz.) Nees ex
Steud. (1854)
Common name : Koni.
Life form : Annual.
Habitat : Less common in dry places.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Lalbagh,
Khosbagh), Maldah (Karjadanga), Haora
(Jagatballavpur, Baluhati) and Nadia.
390. Eragrostis viscosa (Retz.) Trin. (1830)
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Common.
Distribution : Haora (J agatballavpur,
Dakshinmaju, Abada), Nadia, Puruliya,
Murshidabad (Kunjaghata, Lalkuthi,
Azimgunge; Kandi), Bankura and Maldah.
391. Eragrostis poaeoides P. Beauv. (1812)
Life form : Tufted annual.
Distribution: Kolkata, Nadia, Haora, North
24 Pgs. a;nd HugH.
392.Eragrostis pilosa (L.) P. Beauv. (1812)
Life form : Tufted an~ual.
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Habitat : Grassy patches, along river-banks
& at the sides of railway.
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., North
Dinajpur , Nadia, Haora (Haora Maidan),
Medinipur and Hugli.
393. Eragrostis diarrhena (Schult.) Steud.
(1854)
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat: Common.
Distribution : South Dinajpur , North
Dinajpur, Haora (Mourigram, Amta), Nadia,
Birbhum, Puruliya and Barddhaman.
394. Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertner (1788)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, South 24 Pgs.,
Barddhaman, Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., Birbhum,
Medinipur, Bankura, HugH, North Dinajpur,
Nadia, Maldah (Manickchak), Murshidabad,
South Dinajpur, Darjiling, Puruliya, Koch Bihar
and Haora.
395. Elytrophorus spicatus (Willd.) A.
Camus (1923)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Maldah (Jagannathpur) and
Haora.
396. Festuca gigantea (L.) Ville
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
397· Festuca leptopogon Stapf.
Life form : Perennial herb.
DiJributio,'1 : Darjiling..
398. 'Pestuca polycolea Stapf.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
399· Garnotia acutigluma (Steud.) Ohyi
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
400. Glyceria tonglensis C.B. Clarke
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
401. Hemasthria compressa (L. f.) R. Br.
(1810)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common along the water coarses.
Distribution : Kolkata, M urshidabad
(Sabjikatra, Kandi, Lalgola, Sargachi), Maldah,
Haora (Andul, Ranihati, Panchpara, Panchla),
Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, North 24 Pgs.,
South 24 Pgs., North Dinajpur and South
Dinajpur.
402. Hemasthria prostensa Nees ex
Steud. (1854)
Common name: Baksa.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Haora (Abada, Deulti),
Jalpaiguri, Puruliya, Koch Bihar, South
Dinajpur, North Dinajpur and Murshidabad
(Baharampur, Jiagunge, Lalbagh, Sarulia).
403. Holcus lanatus L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
404. Hordeum vulgare L. (1753)
Common name: Jab, Barley.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Maldah (Kotayali) and Haora.
405. Hygroryza aristata (Retz.) Nees ex
, Wight (1833)
Common name; Jangli dal.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Maldah (Singhabad, Malia),
North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs.
406. Hymenachne pseudointerrupta
C. Muell. (1861)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Maldah (Hat river beel),
.Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Hugli, Barddhaman,
North Dinajpur and South Dinajpur.
407· Imperata 'cylindrica (L.) Raeuschel
(1797)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, North Dinajpur,
Maldah (Altor), South Dinajpur and Darjiling.
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408. Isachne globosa (Thunb.) O. Kuntze.
(1891)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common.
Distribution: Hugli, Darjiling, Bankura,
Puruliya, Barddhaman, J alpaiguri, Kolkata,
South 24 Pgs., Birbhum, Koch Bihar, North 24
Pgs., Haora, Medinipur, South Dinajpur, Nadia,
North Dinajpur, Murshidabad and Maldah
(Bhutni).
409. Isachne albens Trin.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
410. Ischaemum rugosum Salisb. (1791)
Common name : Morako.
Life form : Tufted annual.
Habitat: Not very common; along edges &
bunds of rice fields.
Distribution Kolkata, Puruliya,
Murshidabad (Kandi, Chhiruti, Beldanga),
Barddhaman, Haora (Horishpur, Sympur),
Maldah (Gobindapur), North 24 Pgs.,
Medinipur and South Dinajpur.
411. Leersia hexandra Sw. (1788)
Life form : Aquatic marshy perennial.
Habitat: Common in ditches.
Distribution: Haora (Mourigram, Panpur),
Murshidabad (Motijil, Beldanga, Lalgola, Kandi)
and Maldah (Makdampur).
412. Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees.
(1824)
Common name : Barapininati.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common in marshy region.
Distribution : Hugli, Darjiling, Kolkata,
Maldah (Chanchal), South Dinajpur, North 24
Pgs., Birbhum, Puruliya, Murshidabad
(Kunjaghata, Kashimbazar), Medinipur, North
Dinajpur, Bankura, Koch Bihar, Haora
(Kulgachia, Panpur, Dakshinmaju, Abada),
Nadia, Jalpaiguri and Barddhaman.
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413. Leptochloa panicea (Retz.) Ohwi (1941)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Less common. Grassy moist places.·
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Murshidabad
(Kashimbazar, Baranagar, Bhabta) and Haora
(Alampur, Andul, Panchpara).
414. Lolium perenne L.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
415. Microstegium nudum (Trin.) A. Camus
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
416. Miscanthus nepalensis (Trin.) Hackel
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
417. Muhlenbergia huegellii Trin.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
418. Neyraudia reynaudiana (Kunth)
Keng ex Hitche
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
419. Oplismenus bUMnannii (Retz.) P.
Beauv. (1812)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common in damp areas.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Khosbagan,
Lalkuthi, Lalgola, Beldanga), Maldah (Raypur),
Haora (Harishpur), Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Koch
Bihar, Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and HugH.
420. Oplismenus compositus (L.) P.
Beauv. (1812)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common in damp shady places.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Kolkata, DaIjiling,
Maldah (Eklakshmi), Hugli, Haora
(Hajaratkalithola, Horishpur), North Dinajpur,
Jalpaiguri, North 24 PgS., Nadia, Murshidabad
(Beldanga, ~algola, Sarulia) and Medinipur.

421. Oryza rqfipogon Roxb. (1820)
Lifeform : Annual.
Habitat: Not very common, found in
ditches, swampy areas.
Distribution : Maldah (Kayar beel),
Murshidabad (Baharampur) and Haora
(Panchla):
422. Panicum antidotale Retz. (1786)
Life form : Herb
Distribution: Kolkata, Maldah (Shaktigar),
South Dinajpur, North 24 Pgs., Jalpaiguri,
Nadia, Haora and HugH.
423. Panicum miliaceum L. (1753)
C01J1mon name : Cheena.
Life form : Herb
Distribution : South Dinajpur, Hugli,
Kolkata, Puruliya, North 24 Pgs., Nadia,
Jalpaiguri, Haora and Maldah (Anantapur).
424. Panicum paludosum Roxb. (1820)
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat : Commonly floating along margin
of water bodies.
Distribution : Puruliya, Nadia, Kolkata,
Murshidabad (Farakka, Krishnapur, Kandi) ,
South 24 Pgs., South Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Koch
Bihar, North 24 Pgs., DaIjiling, Barddhaman,
Medinipur, Hugli, Birbhum, Maldah, Haora
(Andul) and North Dinajpur.
425. Panicum psilopodium Trin. (1826)
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Open grassy places.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Medinipur,
Jalpaiguri, Kolkata, Maldah, North 24 Pgs.,
Haora (Uluberia, Honshpur), North Dinajpur,
Nadia and Murshidabad (Katgolarbagan).
426. Panicum repens L. (1762)
Common name: Baranda.
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat : Common in water coarses.
Distribution: Haora (Bargachia), Kolkata,
North 24 Pgs., Nadia, North Dinajpur, Maldah
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
(Balupur), South 24 Pgs., HugH and
Murshidabad (Kunjaghata, Jibanti,
Bhagawangola, Sarulia).
427. Panicum sumatraensis Roth ex
Roem. (1817)
Life form : Annual.
Habitat : Cult. & naturalized.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri and Haora (Abada).
428. Panicum trypheron Schult. (1824)
Common name: Fupikanka
Life fo.rm : Tufted annual.
Habitat: Waste lands.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Katgolabagan)
and Haora (Horishpur).
429. Paspalidium .flavidum (Retz.) A
Camus (1922)
Life form : Annual.
Habitat.: Common Vt dry lands.
Distribution: Haora (Bargachia, Kona),
Bankura, Medinipur, Puruliya, Birbhum,
Murshidabad (Khosbagan, Katgolarhagan)"and
South Dinajpur.
430. P~alidium punctatum (Brom. f~)
A. Camus (1922)
Life form : Annual/perennial.
Habitat: Common in marshes.
Distribution : Hugli, Nadia, North Dinajpur,
Jalpaiguri, Kolkata, Puruliya, Haora (Uluberia),
North 24 Pgs., Maldah and Murshidabad
(Kunjaghata, Sabjikatra, Sarulia).
431. Paspalum conjugatum Bergius (1772)
Life form : Annual.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Nadia,
J alpaiguri, Kolkata, North Dinajpur, Birbhum,
S.outh Dinajpur, Murshidabad (Kujaghata,
Sabjikatra), Puruliya, Haora (Kona), DaIjiling,
Barddhaman, Maldah (Bhutni), Bankura,
Medinipur, Koch Bihar, HugH and North 24 Pgs.
432. Paspalum orbicularis G. Forst.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : D,aIjiling.
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433· Paspalum scrobicula~m L. (1767)
Common name: Myna.
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Common along margin of ponds.
Distribution : Hugli, Jalpaiguri, South
Dinajpur, North 24 Pgs., Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Haora (Mourigram, Dakshinmaju, Deulti,
Amta), Medinipur, Maldah (Balupur), Puruliya,
Koch. Bihar, Bankura, Murshidabad (Jadupur,
Kalantar, Lalgola) and Nadia.
434. Pennisetum americanum (L.)
Leekes (1907)
Common name : Bajra.
Life form : Perennial.
Distribution : Medinipur, North 24 Pgs.,
Maldah, Murshidabad, Haora, Puruliya,
Bankura and~irbhum.
435. Pennisetum clandestinum Hochst.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
436. Pennisetum pUJPureum Schumach.
(1827)
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution: Kolkata, Maldah (Makdampur)
and North 24 Pgs.
437. Phalaris minor Retz. (1783)
Life form : Perennial herb
Distribution: Birbhum, Maldah (MakQampur)
and South Dinajpur.
438 .. Phragmites karka (Retz.) Trin. ex
Steud. (1841)
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Bankura,
Maldah (Kajaldighi), Haora, Nadia, Jalpaiguri,
I
Kolkata, Koch Bihar, Medinipur, North 24 Pgs.,
Hugli, Ba'rddhaman, North Dinajpur and
Puruliya.
439. Polypogaon monspeliensis (L.)
Desf. (1798)
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution: Maldah (Krishnapur) South 24
Pgs. and Medinipur.
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440. Poa annua L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
441. Poa himalayana Nees. ex Steud.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
442. Poa khasyana Stapf.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
443. Pogonatherum paniceum (Lamk.)
Hack.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
444. Pseudoraphis brunomana Griff.
(1851)
Life form : Floating herb.
Habitat: Common in ponds or as a weed of
paddy fields.
Distribution: North Dinajpur, Murshidabad
(Jadupur, Motijil, Farakka), Jalpaiguri, Kolkata,
North 24 Pgs., Maldah, Haora (Deulti), Nadia,
Puruliya and South 24 Pgs.
445. Pseudoechylaena polystachya
(H.B.K.) Stapf
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
44'6. Sacciolepis indica (L.) A Chase (1908)
Life form : Tufted annual.
Habitat : Waste lands & hervested chy rice
fields.
Distribution : Haora (Horishpur).
447. SacchaMlm bengalense Retz. (1789)
Common name: Teng.
Life form : Perennial.
Distribution : Maldah (Bhaluka).
448. SacchaMlm oificinaMlm L. (1753)
Common name : Akh/Gauna/Sugar-cane
Life form : Perennial.
Distribution : Birbhum, Nadia, Bankura,
Barddhaman, Haora, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata,

Medinlpur, Maldah (Bulbulchandi), Puruliya,
HugH, North Dinajpur, Koch Bihar and North
24 Pgs.
449. Saccharum spontaneum L. (1771)
Common name : Khasi/Khakra.
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat: Common/less common along banks
of rivers, ponds & ditches.
Distribution : Maldah.
450. Sacciolepis inteJTUpta (Willd.)
Stapf. (1920)
Life form : Perennial.
Distribution : Maldah and Medinipur.
451. Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv. (1812)
Common name : Pingi natchi.
Life form : Annual herh.
Distribution: HugH, Bankura, Jalpaiguri,
Kolkata, Maldah (Kayar beel), Koch Bihar,
Medinipur, North Dinajpur, Haora, North 24
Pgs., Puruliya, Barddhaman and Birbhum.
452. Setaria intermedia Roem. & Schult.
(1817)
Common name : Dorabiara.
Lifeform : Weak grass.
Habitat : Thickets & hedges.
Distribution : Puruliya, Hugli, Jalpaiguri,
Barddhaman, Medinipur, Haora (Damjoor),
Birbhum and Murshidabad (Jalangi).
453· Setaria pumila (Pair.) Roem. &
Scult. (1817)
Life form : Tufted annual.
Habitat : Common grassy places.
Distribution Puruliya, Darjiling,
Murshidabad (Kunjaghata, Baranagar, Dadpur),
Jalpaiguri and Maldah (Muchia, Sujapur).
454· Setaria pallide-fusca (Schum.) Stapf.
et Rubb. (1960)
Life form : Tufted erect annual.
Habitat: Grassy places, hedges and thickets,
along paddy-field bunds.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution: Haora (Bargachia, Horishpur),
Koch Bihar, Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., Birbhum,
South Dinajpur, Medinipur and South 24 Pgs.
455. Setaria verticillata (L.) P. Beauv.
(1812)
Life form : Tufted annual.
Habitat : Common on moist grassy places.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Lalbagh,
Sarupnagar, Bhabta), Maldah, Haora
(Mourigram, Changail, Kona), Kolkata, Nadia,
Jalpaiguri, North 24 Pgs. and Hugli.
456. Setaria pallido-fusca (Schum.) Stapf.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
457. Setaria plicata (Lamk) T. Cooke
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
458. Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. (1805)
Life form : Perennial.
Habitat : Banks of river.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Jalpaiguri,
Kolkata, Murshidahad (Jiagunge, Krishnapur),
Haora (Mourigram, Horishpur), Koch Bihar and
Medinipur.
459. Sorghum vulgare Pers. (1805)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Cultivation.
Distribution: Nadia and Maldah (Bhutni).
460. Sporobolus fer-nlis (Steud.) Cleyton
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Puruliya.
461. Sporobolus tremulus (Willd.) Kunth
(1812)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Common in dry rice fields.
Distribution: Birbhum, Puruliya, Medinipur,
Murshidabad (Lalbagh, Farakka, Beldanga),
South Dinajpur, Haora (Bargachia, Panpur,
Munshirhat), Barddhaman and Bankura.
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462. Themeda stMgosa (Buch.-Ham. ex
Hook. F.) A. Camps (1920)
Life form : Herb
Distribution: Bankura, Murshidabad, Koch
Bihar, Kolkata, Medinipur , North Dinajpur,
Birbhum, North 24 Pgs., Haora, Barddhaman,
South Dinajpur, J alpaiguri, Puruliya and
Maldah (Bhaluka).
463. Thysanolaena maxima (Roxb.)
Kuntze (1891)
Life form : Perennial.
Distribution : Maldah (Bhaluka), Nadia,
Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Birbhum,
Barddhaman, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur
and Puruliya.
464. Tripogon fllifonnis Nees ex Steud.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
465. Triticum aestivum L. (1753)
Common name : Gehum/Wheat.
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Cultivation.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Puruliya,
Bankura, Maldah (Chanchal), Nadia, Birbhum
and Medinipur.
466. Urochloa panicoides P. Beauv. (1812)
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Common in jute fields.
Distribution : North Dinajpur, Hugli,
Murshidabad (Jadupur, Farakka, Khosbagan,
Beldanga), Nadia, North 24 Pgs., Haora
(Panchpara, Kona) , Maldah, Koch Bihar and
South Dinajpur.
467. Ishaemum rugosum Salisb. (1791)
Life form : Tufted annual.
Habitat: Along the bunds & edges of paddy
fields, ponds, ditches.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Kolkata, Nadia,
South Dinajpur, Haora (Horishpur, Shyampur),
North 24 Pgs. and Birbhum.
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468. Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash (1903)
Common name: Khas-Khas.
Life form : Herb, rhizome aromatic.
Habitat: Common near ponds, ditches &
along river banks.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Sabjikatra,
Lalkuthi, Dhulian, Kandi), Bankura, Maldah
(Gour), Haora (Mourigram, Kona), Birbhum,
Medinipur, Barddhaman and Puruliya.
469. Zea mays L. (1753)
Common name : Bhutta, makai.
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Cultivation.
Distribution : Puruliya, Barddhaman,
Kolkata, Nadia, Haora, Maldah (Makdampur),
Hugli, North 24 Pgs., Koch Bihar, S~uth 24
Pgs., Jalpaiguri, Medinipur, Murshidabad,
South Dinajpur, Darjiling, North Dinajpur,
Birbhum and Bankura.
470. Zoysia matrella (L.) Merr. (1912)
Life form : Much branched mat forming
grasses.
Habitat: River belt.
Distribution: Nadia, North Dinajpur, North
24 Pgs., Birbhum, South Dinajpur, Haora
(Deulti, Uluberia, Shyampur), Puruliya and
Medinipur.
Family ARALIACEAE
471. Brassiopsis alpina Clarke
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
472. Brassiopsis hainla (Ham.) Seeman
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
473. Brassiopsis mitis Clarke
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
474. Panax pseudo-ginseng Wall.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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475. Schefflera impressa (C.B.C.) Harms
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
476. Schefflera venulosa (Wt. et Arn.)
Harms. var. l!enulosa
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
477. Schefflera venulosa (Wt. et Am.)
Harms. var. macrophylla (Wall. et Clarke)
A.P. Das
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family ERICACEAE
478. Agapetes incurvata (Griff.) Sleumer
Lifeform: Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
479. Agapetes saligna (Hk. f.) Sleumer
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
480. Agapetes serpens (Wt.) Sleumer
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
481. Gaultheriafragrantissima Wall.
Lif€! form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
482. Gaultheria gMJ.fithiana Wt.
Life f~rm : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
483. Gaultheria hookerii Clarke
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
484· Gaultheria nummularioides D. Don
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
485. Lyonia ovalifolia (Wall.) Drude
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West, Bengal
486. PierisfoMTlosa (Wall) D. Don
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
487. Rhoil:odendron arboreum Smith
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
488. Rhododendron dalhousiae Hook. f.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
489. Rhododendron falconeri Hook. f.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
490. Rhododendron grande Wt.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
491. Rhododendron hodgsonii HookJ.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
492. Rhododendron lindleyi P. Moore
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
493. Rhododendron maddeni Hook. f.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family IRIDACEAE
494. Freezia refracta (Jacq.) Ecklon ex
Klatt
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
495. Montbretia X crocosmfflora Hort.
ex Morren
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
496. Tigridia pavonia Ker-Gawl
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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DICOTYLEDON
Kingdom PLANTAE 11. Anemone Mvularis Buch.~Ham. ex DC.
Subkingdom PHANEROGAM S Life form : Sffrutescent herb.
Division ANGIOSPERMAE Distribution: Darjiling and Koch Bihar.
Class DICOTYLEDONAE 12. Anemone vitifolia Buch.-Ham ex DC.
Fa~ily RANANCULAC EAE Life form : Sffrutescent herb.
1. Aconirum bisma (Buch.-Ham.) Rap. Distribution : Darjiling and Koch Bihar.
Life form : Herb. 13. Calthodes palmata Hook. f. & Thoms
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Herb.
2. Aconirum elwesii Stapf Distribution : Darjiling.
Lifeform: Herb. 14. Caltha palustris L.

Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Herb.

3. Aconirumferox Wall. ex Seringe Distribution : Darjiling.
Life Form : Herb. 15. C. scaposa Hook.f. & Thoms

Distribution : Darjiling. Lifeform: Herb.

4. Aconirum heterophylloides (Bruhl)
Stapf
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
5. Aconitum laciniarum (Bruhl.) Stapf
Lifeform: Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
6. Aconitum novoluMdum Munz
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
7. A. spicarum (Bruhl) Stapf
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
8. Anemone griffithii Hook.f. & Thoms.
Life form: Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
9. Anemone japonica Sieb & Zucco
Life form : Sffrutescent herb.
Distribution: Darjiling and Koch Bihar.
Anemone obrusiloba D. Don
10.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
16. Cimicifuga foetida L.
Life form: Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
17. Clematis acuminata DC. subsp.
sikkimensis (Hook. f. & Thomes)Bruhl
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
18. Clematis andersonii (C. B. Clarke ex
Ktze) Eichler
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
19. Clematis cadmia Buch.-Ham. ex Hook.
f. & Thoms.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
. 20. Clematis connata DC.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
21. Clematis gouMana Roxb. ex DC.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Habitat: Rare on road side thickets & waste
lands.
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Distribution: Medinipur, Darjiling, Nadia,
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Maldah, Haora,
Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Kolkata,
South 24 Pgs. (Bhangankhali, Birati) and
Hugli.
22. Clematis buchananiana DC.
Common name : Chhagalbati.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
23. Clematis grewiaeflora DC.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
24. Clematis montana Buch. Ham.ex DC.
var praecox O.Kuntze
Life form: Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
25. Clematis napaulensis DC.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
26. Clematis smilacifolia Wall.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
27. ,Clematis tongluensis (Bruhl) Tamura
Life form: Climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
28. Delphinium caeruleum Jacq. ex Cam
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
29. Delphinium glaciale Hook. f. &
Thoms.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
30. Delphinium pyramidale Royle
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
31. Delphinium viscosum Hook. f. &
Thoms.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
32. Dichocarpum adiantifolium (Hook.
f. & Thoms.) Wang & Hsiaw
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
33. Halerpestes tricuspis (Maxim.)Hand-
Mazz.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
34. Isopyrum adiantifolium Hook.f. &
Thoms.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
35. NaMJelia zeylanica (L.) DC.
Life form : Geophyte.
Habitat : Common in hedges & thickets or
in scrub jungles.
Distribution : Haora, Barddhaman,
Darjiling, Hugli, South 24 Pgs. (Basirhat) and
Kolkata.
36. Nigella sativa L.
Common name : Kalojira.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Cultivated as a winter crop of
spice, occasionally as an escape.
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Subuddhipur), Nadia, HugH and Haora.
37. Oxygraphis endlicheri (Walp.) Bennet
& Chandr
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
38. Ranunculus adoxifolius Hand.-Mazz.
Life form : Prostrate herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
39. Ranunculus brotherusi Freyn.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
40. Ranunculus ficarifolius Levt. & Vanist
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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41. Ranunculus sardous Crantz.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Haora.
42. Rananculus sceleratus L.
Common name : Polica.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Common on marshy places/along
canal sides.
Distribution : Nadia, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Kumarzol), Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Hugli,
Murshidabad, Maldah and Koch Bihar.
43. Rananculus dtffusus DC.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
44. Rananculus laetus Wall. ex Royle
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
45. Rananculus repens L.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
46. Tetracera sarmentosa (L.) Vahl
subsp. andamanica (Hoogl.) Hoogl.
Life form : Shrubs & Lianas.
Distribution : Darjiling.
47. Thalictrum chelidonii DC.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
48. Thalictrum cultratum Wall.
Life form : Tall herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
49. Thalictrum foliosum DC.
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
50. Thalictrum javanicum Blume
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : D~rjiling.
51. Thalictrum minus L.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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52. Thalictrum reniforme Wall.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
53. Thalictrum rostellatum Hook. f. &
Thoms.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
54. Thalictrum saniculaeformae DC.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
55. Thalictrum virgatum Hook. f. &
Thoms.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family DILLENIACEAE
56. Dillenia aurea Smith
Common name: Chamaggai (Beng.).
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Bankura, Medinipur and
Puruliya.
57. Dillenia indica L.
Common name : Chalta.
Life form : Medium sized tree.
Habitat : Commonly planted in old
orchards, ville Surroundings, road side scrub
jungles.
Distribution: Hugli, Medinipur, Kolkata,
South 24 Pgs. (Duttapukur, Baruipur), Maldah,
Nadia, Haora, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Murshidabad and Barddhaman.
58. Dillenia pentagyna Roxb.
Common name : Karkotta (Beng.).
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling, J alpaiguri, Bankura,
Birbhum and Puruliya.
Family MAGNOLIACEAE
59. Alcimandra cathcartii (Hook. f. &
Thoms.) Dandy
Distribution : Darjiling.
60. Liriodendron tulipifera L.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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61. Magnolia campbelii Hook.f. & Thoms.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
62. Magnolia globosa Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
63. Magnolia hodgsonii (Hook.f. &
Thoms.) Keng
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
64. Magnolia obovata Thunb.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
65. Magnolia grandiflora L.
Common name: Champa.
Life form : Evergreen tree.
Habitat: Not common; found in gardens.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpur),
Kolkata, DaIjiling, Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
66. Magnolia pterocarpa Roxb.
Life.form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
67. Michelia cathcartii Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
68. Michelia champaca L.
Common name: Champa.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Frequently planted as ornamental
tree.
.Distribution : Jalpaigu~ Hugli, Kolkata, 24
Pgs'. (Diamond Harbour), Koch Bihar, Nadia
and Maldah.
69· Michelia doltsopa Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
Life fOrlT!: : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
70. Michelia kisopa .Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
71 • Michelia velutina DC.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family ANNONACEAE
72. Annona reticulata L.
Common name: Nona.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Cultivated in old orchard, often
found as an escape in~dry waste lands.
Distribution : Bankura, J alpaiguri, Puruliya,
24 Pgs. (Tetulia, Bamanea), Dinajpur, Birbhum,
Koch Bihar, Medinipur, Kolkata, Barddhaman,
HugH, Murshidabad, Haora, Nadia and Maldah.
73. Annona squamosa L. (1753).
Common name : Ata.
Life form: Tree.
Habitat: Occasionally planted in old
orchards or Village surroundings.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Haora,
Barddhaman, Kolkata, Medinipur, Maldah,
Murshidabad, North 24 Pgs. (Barasat,
Bongan), Nadia, Jalpaiguri and HugH.
74. Artabotrys hexapetalus (L. f.)
Bhandari
Common name : Kathali Champa/Kat
Champa.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Commonly planted as an
ornamental plant.
Distribution: North 24· Pgs. (Barrackpur),
Maldah, Haora, J alpaiguri, Kolkata, Medinipur
and Nadia.
75. Cananga odorata Hook. f. & Thoms.
Common name : Alangilang.
Life form : Tall tree.
Habitat : Planted as avenue tree or in
gardens.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Ichhapur).
76. DeSmos chinensis Lour. var.
chinensis
Life form : Sarmentose shrub.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
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77. Desmos chinensis var. laevigata
(Hook. & Thoms.) Mitra
Life form : Cultivated Shrub.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri.
78. Desmos chinensis var. pubescens
Hook.f. & Thoms.
Life form: Shrub.
Distribution : J alpaiguri ..
79. Desmos desmosus (Roxb.) Safford
Lifeform : Woody Climber.
Distribution : J alpaigurl.
80. Fissistigma bicolor (Roxb.) Mor
Life form: Woody climber.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
81. Goniothalamus sesquipedalis (Wall.)
Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
82. Miliusa globosa (DC.) Panigrahi & S.C.
Mishra
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
83. Miliusa indica Leschen. ex DC.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Kolkata.
84. Miliusa longfflora (Hook. f. &
Thoms.) Fivet & Gagnep.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
85. Miliua macrocarpa HookJ. & Thoms.
Life form: Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
86. Miliusa velutina (Dunal) Hook. f. &
Thoms.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution Maldah, Medinipur,
J alpaiguri, Puruliya and Dinajpur.
87. Miliusa tomentosa (Roxb.) Sinchair
Common name : Gandhapalasa.
Life form : Medium sized tree.
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Habitat : Common in hedges & thickets &
also planted along roads.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Joynagar).
88. Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd.
Common name: Kudumi.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat : Occasionally in the VI.
Shrubberies, often planted as hedge plant.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Brace Bridge),
Nadia, Haora, Koch Bihar and Dinajpur.
89. Polyalthia longifolia (Sonn.) Thw.
Common name : Debdaru.
Life form : Tall tree.
Habitat : Mostly planted as avenue tree,
sometimes planted in the hedges or gardens.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri, Birbhum,
Medinipur, North 24 Pgs. (Gobardanga,
Fultala) and Koch Bihar.
90. Polyalthia simiarum (Hook. f. &
Thoms.)
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri and Darjiling.
91. Polyalthia suberosa (Roxb.) Thw.
Common name : Barchali.
Life form : Small to medium sized tree.
Habitat: Wild in ville Shrubberies & waste
lands, in sides of roads.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Brace Bridge,
Baruipur).
92. Uvaria hamiltonii Hook. f. ex &
Thoms.
Life form : Scandent Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family MENISPERMACEAE
93. Aspidocarya uvtfera HookJ. & Thoms.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
94. Cissampelos pareira L. var. hirsuta
(Buch. & Ham.)
Common name : Akanadi/Ekleja.

Life form : Climbing shrub.
Habitat: Very common on bushes, hedges
& waste lands.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Magrahat,
Surjyapur).
95. Cocculus hirsutus (L.) Diels
Life form : Sub woody climber.
Distribution HugH, Haora and
Murshidabad.
96. Cyclea bicristata (Griff.) Diels
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
97. Parabaena sagittata Miers ex Hook.f.
& Thoms.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
98. Stephania glabra (Roxb.) Miers
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
99. Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers
var. discolor
Common name: Nimusha/Nimukha.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Habitat: Very common on the dry waste
lands, thickets, hedges & railway tracts,
climbing onbushes.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bhangan Khali,
Ramnagar), Kolkata, Medinipur and Hugli.
100. Stephania elegans Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Climber with annual stem.
Distribution : Darjiling.
101. Tiliacora acuminata (Lam.) Hook.L
& Thoms.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Habitat : Fairly common on hedges,
thickets & shrubberies, climbing on Ficus
bengalensis & Mangifera indica.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Nadia, Maldah,
Murshidabad, Koch Bihar and South 24 Pgs.
(Beliachandi, Haroa).
102. Tinospora cordifolia (Willd.) Miers
Common name: Gulancha.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Life form : Large climbing shrub.
Habitat : Very common in ville Thickets,
hedges, waste lands & railway tracts, climbing
on the way side tree.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Ghoramara,
Santoshpur), Dinajpur, Koch Bihar, Puruliya,
Kolkata, Haora, Barddhaman, Maldah,
Birbhum, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Bankura,
Murshidabad and Nadia.
103. Tinospora sinensis (Lour.) Merr.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family NYMPHAEACEAE
104. Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
Common name: Padma/Kamal.
Life form : Aquatic herb with floating
leaves.
Habitat: Abundant in ponds & jheels.
Distribution : Maldah, Hugli, South 24 Pgs.
(Garia), Puruliya, Medinipur, Barddhaman,
Jalpaiguri, Nadia, Birbhum, Dinajpur, Haora,
Murshidabad and Koch Bihar.
105. Nymphaea nouchali Burm. f.
Common name : SapIa.
Life form : Large aquatic herb.
Habitat: Very common on less used ponds,
jheels, beels, road side canals & also in
paddyfields during monsoon.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Taldi,
Harinbari).
106. Nymphaea pubescens WHld.
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Distribution : Bengal Plains.
107. Nymphaea rubra Roxb. ex Andrews
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Distribution : Bengal Plains.
108. Euryale ferox Salisb.
Life form : Annual or perennial herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
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Family PAPAVERACEAE 118. Co-rydalis leptocarpa Hook.

109. Argemone mexicana L. Life form : Annual herb.
Common name : Sialkanta. Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Prickly, annual herb. 119. Co-rydalis pseudolongipes Liden
Habitat·: Common weed on road side dry Life form : Herb.
waste lands, railway tracts, hedges, thickets, Distribution : Darjiling.
agricult. Fields. 120. Dicentra paucinervia K.R. Stern
Distribution Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Lifeform : Climber.
Barddhaman, Nadia, Birbhum, Medinipur, Distribution : DaIjiling.
Murshidabad, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Haora, 121. Dicentra scandens (D. Don) Walp.
South 24 Pgs. (Canning, Godkliali) , Kolkata
Life form : Climber.
and Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
110. Argemone ochroleuca Sweet
122. Dicentra ventii Khanh
Life forms : Herb.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Dinajpur.
Distribution : Darjiling.
111. Eomecon chionantha Hance 123. Fumaria indica (Haursk.) Pugsley
Life form : Geophyte. Common name : Ban Salpa.
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Diffuse annual herb.
112. Meconpsis lyrata (Cummins & Prain Habitat: Common as a weed in cultivated
ex Prain) Fedde fields & on the sandy soil in winter season.
Life form : Herb. Distribution : Murshidabad, Hugli, Darjiling,
Distribution : Daijiling. Haora, Nadia and South 24 Pgs. (Mazilpur /
113. M. napaulensis DC. Joynagar).
Family BRASSICACEAE (nom. alt.)
Life form : Herb.
124. Brassica juncea (L.) Czern. & Coss.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Common name : Rai Sarisha.
114. M. paniculata (D. Don) Prain
Life form : Ann. Herb.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Winter crop in high & low lands,
Distribution : Darjiling. also as an escape in the dry waste lands, road
115. M. villosa (HookJ. ex Hook.f.) G. Tayl. sides or in the railway tracts.
Life form : Herb. Distribution: Jalpaiguri, South 24 Pgs.
Distribution : Darjiling. (Madarhat, Benipur), Murshidabad, Maldah,
Kolkata, Dinajpur, Bankura, Nadia, Hugli,
Family FUMARIACEAE
Darjiling, Medinipur and Koch Bihar.
116. Co-rydalis geraniifolia Hook.f. &
125. Brassica napus L. yare dichotoma
Thoms.
Prain
Life form : Herb. Common name : Sarisha.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Life form : Ann. Herb.
117. Co-rydalis juncea Wall. Habitat : Mainly cultivated in winter
Life form : Herb. season, also seen in waste lands & garden
Distribution : Darjiling. edges.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Garia,
Subhasgram), Jalpaiguri, Dinajpur,
Murshidabad, Hugli, Nadia, Barddhaman and
Koch Bihar.
126. Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medikus
Common name: Shepherd's purse.
Life form : Ann. Herb.
Habitat: Very common in the cultivated
fields, sometimes in waste lands.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Belghoria),
Kolkata, Koch Bihar, Darjiling, Jalpaiguri and
Medinipur.
127. Cardamine griffithii Hook.f. &
Thoms.
Lifeform: Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
128. Cardamine impatiens L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
129. Cardamine flexuosa Withering.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling and South 24 Pgs.
(Subuddipur).
130. Cardamine macrophylla WHld.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
131. Cochlearia cochearioides (Roth)
Santapau & Mahesh
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Damp places & dry ditches.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Santoshpur).
132. Coronopus .didymus (L.) Sm.
Life form : Annual herb.
H abi~at : Scanty in occurance, waste lands,
road sides & river sides, garden weed, river
banks.
Distribution: Darjiling and North 24 Pgs.
(Bhebe/Basirhat).
133. Draba gracillima Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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134. Eruca sativa Mill.
Lifeform : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
135. Lepidium sativum L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
136. Lepidium virginicum L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Raphanus sativus L.
137.
Common name: Mula.
Life form : Ann/biennial herb.
Habitat: Cultivated In agricultural fields.
Distribution : South 24 ~gs. (Garia, Budge
Budge).
Rorippa indica (L.) Hiem
138.
Common name : Raisarisha.
Life form : Ann. Herb.
Habitat: Rarely found ~n shady & waste
places.
Distribution : South ¥ Pgs. (Haroa, Bhebe
Choumatha).
139. Rorippa benghalensis (DC.) Hara
Life form : Ann. Herb.
Habitat : Field weed, in waste lands,· old
walls.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gobindapur).
140. Rorippa islandica (Oeder) Borbas
Life form : Annual or biennial.
Habitat: Rare field weed in the rabi crop
fields.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Kadampur/
Nabagram).
Rorippa dubia (Pers.) Hara
141.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
142. Rorippa montana (Wall. ex Hook. f.
& T. Anders.) Small
Life form: Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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143. Rorippa nasturtium-aquancum
(L.) Hayek
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
144. Brasmca nigra (L.) Koch.
Common name : Kalo sarisha.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
145. Brassica campesms
Common name : Sarisha.
Lifeform :
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
146. Brassica oleracea L.var. botrytis L.
Common, name: Kapi.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
147. Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata
L.
Common name : Bhandha kapi.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
148. Brassica rapa
Lifeform :
Distribution :' South 24 Pgs.
Fa~ily CAPPARIDACEAE
149. Capparis acutifolia Sweet subsp.
viminea Jacobs
Life form : Spiny shrub.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
150. Capparis brevispina DC.
Life form : Spiny shrub.
Distribution : Haora.
151': Capparis multiflora Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
152. Capparis olacifolia Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Twining shrub.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
153. Capparis sikkimensis Kurz
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
154. Capparis sepia";a L.
Common name : Kalia kara.
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Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Very comm. In hedges, thickets &
scrub jungles.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dighirpar/
Canning, Santoshpur).
155. Capaaris tenua Dalz.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
Capparis zeylanica L.
156.
Common name : Kalo kara.
Life form : Rambling shrub.
Habitat: Comm. On waste lands, road sides
hedges & thickets.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dhanyakuria,
Kadampur).
157. Crateva adamsonii DC. subsp. odora
_(Buch. -Ham.) J ac~bs
Lifeform: Small tree.
Distribution : Bankura.
158. Crateva religiosa Forst.f.
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
159. Crateva roxburghii R. Br
Common name: Barnn.
Life form : Deciduous tree.
Habitat : River bank hedges in the
Sunderban areas.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali).
160. Mae",a opetala (Roth) Jacobs
Lifeform : Small tree.
Distribution : Haora.
161. Mae",a oblongifolia (Forssk.) A.
Rich.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution : Haora.
Family CLEOMACEAE
162. Cleome gynandra L.
Common name: Sada Hurhuria.
Life form : Twining herb.
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Habitat: Rarely found on the waste lands
& railway tracts.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur).
163. Cleome monophylla L.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
164. Cleome rutidospenna DC.
Life form : Herb
Distribution : Haora and South 24 Pgs.
165. Cleome speciosa Raf.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Haora.
166. Cleome viscosa L.
Common name: Halde Hurhuria.
Life form : Aromatic annual Herb.
Habitat: Very common throughout lower
Ganga delta, railway tracts, waste landsetc.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sarberia).
Family VIOLACEAE
167. Hybanthus enneapennus (L.) F.V.
Muell.
Common name: Nunbora".
Life form : Under shrub.
Habitat : Very common in open lands after
rain
Distribution : Haora, North 24 Pgs.
(Belghoria) and South 24 Pgs. (Champahati).
168. Viola betonicifolia J. E. Sm.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
169. Viola biflora L.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
170. Viola bulbosa Maxim. subsp.
tuberifera (Franch.) W. Beck
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
171. Viola canescens Wall.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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172. Viola d(ffu.sa Gingins
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
173. Viola glaucescens Oudem.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
174. Viola hamiltoniana D. Don
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
175. Viola hooken Thoms ..
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
176. Viola inconspicus Blume.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
177. Viola paravaginata Hare
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
178. Viola pilosa Blume
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
179. Viola placida W. Beck.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
180. Viola sikkimensis W.Back.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
181. Viola thomsonii Oudem.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
182. Viola tricolour
Life form : Comm. Garden plant in lower
Ganga plain.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Medinipur,
South 24 Pgs., Koch Bihar, Barddhaman,
J alpaiguri, Maldah, Kolkata, Haora, Bankura
and Nadia.
183. Viola wallichiana Gingi
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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Family BIXACEAE
184. Baa orellana L.
Lifeform: Small tree.
Habitat: Planted as an ornamental tree.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Hugli, Haora, Koch
Bihar, Dinajpur, Maldah, Kolkata, Medinipur,
North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpur), Murshidabad and
Nadia.
Family COCHLOSPERMACEAE
185. CochlospeMnum religiosum (L.)
Alston
Life form: Medium sized or small tree.
Habitat: Commonly planted as ornamental
plant.
Distribution : Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad, North 24 Pgs. (Nilgunj/
Barrakpore), Medinipur, Barddhaman,
Kolkata, Maldah, Bankura, HugH and Koch
Bihar.
Family FLACOURTIACEAE
186. Casearia glomerata Roxb. ex DC.
Life form : Shrub or tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
187. Caesaria graueolens Dalz.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
188. Casearia kurzii C. B. Clarke
Life fC?rm : Small tree.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
189. Casearia tomentosa Roxb.
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Haora,
Murshidabad, Puruliya and West Dinajpur.
190. Casearia vareca Roxb.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
191. Flacourtia indica (Burm. f.) Merrill
Common name: Baincha.
Lifeform : Shrub/small tree.
Habitat: Very comm. In scrub jungles, vill.
Thickets & 'road side waste dry lands or
railway tracks.
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Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Amtala,
Harinbari).
192. Flacourtiajangomas (Lour.) Raeusch.
Common name : Paniala.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Rarely cultivated.
Distribution: Nadia, Dinajpur, South 24
Pgs. (Falta), Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad and Maldah.
193. Gynocardia odorata R. Br.
Life form : Trees.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
Family POLYGALACEAE
194. Polygala arillata Buch.-Ham. ex D.
Don
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
195. Polygala arvensis Willd.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Through out West Bengal.
196. Polygala crotalarioides Buch.-Ham.
ex DC.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman,
Medinipur and Darjiling.
197. Polygala erioptera DC.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Barddhaman and Puruliya.
198. Polygala chinensis L.
Life form : Ann. Herb.
Habitat: Comm. In pasture lands.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Maldah, Nadia,
Dinajpur, Hugli, Bankura, Koch Bihar, North
24 Pgs. (Basirhat, Taki), Murshidabad, Kolkata
and Medinipur.
199. Polygala linarifolia Humb. ex Willd.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
200. Polygala longifolia Poir.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Puruliya.
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201. Polygala siberiea L. Pgs. (Kholapota/Basirhat), Haroa, Kolkata and

Life form: Herb. Medinipur.

Distribution : Darjiling.
210. Pseudostel'aria heterantha
(Maxim) Pax ex pan & Hoffm.
Family CARYOPHYLLACEAE
Life form : Perennial Herb.
202. Arenaria debilis HookJ.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Herb.
211. Silene indica Roxb. ex Otth
Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Herb.
203. Braehystemma ealyeinum D. Don Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form: Annual herb. 212. Spergula arvensis L.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Life form : Ann. Herb.
204. Cerastium Jontanum Baumg. Habitat: Rare in cultivated land in winter
subsp. triuiale (Link) J alas season.
Life form : Annual herb. Distribution : Koch Bihar, Maldah,
Distribution : DaIjiling. Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs. (Harinbari/Sagar
205. Cerastium glomeratum Thuill. Island), Jalpaiguri, Dinajpur, Nadia and
Darjiling.
Life form: Annual herb.
213. Saginajaponica (Sw.) Ohwi
Distribution :. Darjiling.
Life form : Annual herb.
206. Drymeria diandra Blume
Distribution : DaIji1ing~
Life form : Perennial herb.
214. Sag ina procumbens L.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Lifeform : Herb.
20 7. Drymeria villosa Cham. Schlecht.
Distribution: ·Darjiling.
subsp. villosa
215. Sagina saginoides (L.) Karsten
Life form : Annual herb.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
208. Polyearpaea eorymbosa (L.) Lam.
216. Saponaria officinalis L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Common in sandy soil, river banks
& on dry paddy fields. . Distribution : DaIjiling.
217. Sper.gulafallax (Lowe) E. H. L.
Distribution: Murshidabad, North 24 Pgs.
Krause
(Shyamnagar), Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah,
Nadia and Din aj pur . Life form : Hefb.

209. Polyearpon prostratum (Forssk.) Distribution : Bankura and Barddhaman.

Asch. & Schwein. f. 218. Stella"';a decumbens Edgew. var.
Life form : Herb. minor
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Very comm. To all parts of the
lower Ganga delta plain, on ditches, viII. Distribution : Darjiling.
Thickets, 219. Stellaria lanata Hook: f.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Murshidabad, Life form : Herb.
Maldah, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Nadia, North 24 Distribution : Darjiling.
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Stellaria media (L.) Vilt
2?O.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: (Road side or waste lands).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba,
Sarsuna), Koch Bihar, Kolkata, Murshidabad,
Medinipur, Nadia, Dinajpur, Darjiling,
Jalpaiguri and Maldah.
221. Ste"aria monosperma Buch.-Ham.
var. monospenna
Life form : Straggling herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
222. Stellaria monosperma Buch.-Ham.
var. paniculata (Edgw.) Majumdar
Life form : Straggling herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Stellaria patens D. Don
223.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
224. Stellaria sikkimensis Hook. f.
Life form : Decumbent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
225. Stellaria subumbellata Edgew.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
226. Stellaria uliginosa Murray
Life form :' Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
227. Stellaria vestita Kurz
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
228. Vaccaria pyramidata Medikus
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Birbhum and South 24 Pgs.
229. Dianthus chinensis L.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
230. Dianthus caryophyllus L.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
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231. Dianthus barbatus L.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
232. Gypsophila elegans Bieb.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
233. Gypsophila paniculata
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
Family PORTULACACEAE
234. Portulaca oleracea L.
Common name : Bara laniya.
Life form : Annual Herb.
Habitat: Common Weed in waste lands,
road sides, railway tracts.
Distribution : Darjiling and South 24 Pgs.
(Sup aribhanga , Sunderban).
235. Portulaca pilosa L.
Life form : Succulent herb.
Distribution: Barddhaman and Medinipur.
236. Portulaca quadrifida L.
Common name : Chotta laniya.
Life form : Ann. Herb.
Habitat: road sides, railway tracts.
Distribution : Common throughout S. West
Bengal and North 24 Pgs. (Manirampur/
Barrackpur).
Family TAMARICACEAE
237. Tamarix aphylla (L.) Kanza
Common name: Lal-jhau.
Life form : Medium sized tree.
Habitat: Sandy & salty areas.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Ichhapur).
238. Tamarix dioica Roxb.
Common name: Laljhau.
Life form : Shrub to small tree.
Habitat: River banks & the edge of marshy
lands.
Distribution South 24 Pgs.
(Bamanpukuria/Minakhan).
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239. Tamarix ericoides Rott. & Willd.
Life form : Under shrub opr shrub.
Distribution : River beds of West Bengal.
240. Tamarix indica Willd.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : Haora and South 24 Pgs.
Family ELATINACEAE
241. Bergia ammannioides Roxb. ex Roth
Common name: Lal-keshuria.
Life form : Annual Herb.
Habitat : Common on the canal sides,
paddy fields, river margins & marshy places.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Shyamnagar)
and South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
242. Bergia capensis L. (1771)
Common name: Kesuria.
Life form : Ann. Herb.
Habitat : Rarely on the wet places in the
paddy fields, road nalas.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Nilgunge/
Barrackpur).
Family CLUSIACEAE
243. Calophyllum inophyllum L.
Common name : Kath Champa or Sultan
Chmpa.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Commonly planted in gardens.
Distribution : Haora, South 24 Pgs.
(Sonarpur) and North 24 Pgs. (Titagarh).
244. Calophyllum polyanthum Wall. ex
Choisy
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Terai region of W. Bengal.
245. Garcinia cowa Roxb.
Common name: Kau.
Life form : Dioecious tree.
Habitat: Occasionally planted in gardens.
Distribution Darjiling, Puruliya,
Medinipur, Koch Bihar, South 24 Pgs.
(Baruipur), Jalpaiguri and Bankura.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
246. Garcinia stipulata T. Anders.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
247. Garcinia xanthochymus Hook.f.
Life form : Large tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
248. Mammea sunga (Ham. ex Roxb.)
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : throughout the plains.
249. Mesua fen-ea L.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Plains of West Bengal.
250. Mesua jlonbunda (Wall.) Kosterm.
Life form : Evergreen tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family DIPTEROCARPACEAE
251. Hopea odorata Roxb.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : HugH.
252. Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.
Common name : Sal.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Very rare in the district North &
South 24 Pgs.
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Darjiling, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Puruliya, Koch
Bihar and North 24 Pgs. (Nilganj).
253. Vatica lanceaefolia (Roxb.) Blume
Life form :. Tree.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
Family MALVACEAE
254. Abelmoschus crinitus Wall.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : PuruHya.
255· Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Medikus
Common name : Bhindi/Dherosh.
Life form : Shrub/undershrub.
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution : Maldah, North 24 Pgs.
(Barrackpur), Barddhaman, Dinajpur, DaIjiling,
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Koch Bihar, Hugli, Puruliya, Haora, Bankura,
Murshidabad, Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Medinipur and
Kolkata.
256. Abelmoschus ./iculneus (L.) Wight.
&Arn.
Life form : Herb & undershrub.
Distribution : Central and southern West
Bengal.
257· Abelmoschus moschatus Medikus
Common name ; Kalkastari or Mushak
Dana'.
Life form : Ann. undershrub.
Habitat: Rarely seen on cultivated lands as
a weed.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Koch Bihar,
Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Medinipur and North 24 Pgs.
(Nilgunj, Barrakpore).
258. Abutilon indicum (L.) Sweet
Common name : Petari/Jhampi.
Life form: Herb or undershrub.
Habitat: Very comma In lower Ganga delta,
found in loam soil, hedges, thickets.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, South 24 Pgs.
(Kakdeep/Sundarban), Medinipur, Kolkata,
Maldah, Nadia, Murshidabad, Hugli,
Barddhaman, Haora and J alpaiguri.
259. Abutilon mesapotamica (Spring.)
Mill.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
260. Abutilon persicum (Burm.f.) Merrill
Life form : Herb & undershrub.
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
261. Abutilon striatum Dickson & Lindl.
Lifeform : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
262. Abutilon theophrastii Medikus
Lifeform: Herb & Undershrub.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
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263. Alcea rosea (L.) Cav.
Common name : Hollyhock.
Life form : Ann. Garden herb.
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Shyamnagar).
264. Fioria viti/olia (L.) Mattei
Life form : Herb & undershrub.
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
265. Gossypium barbadense L.
Common name : Kapastula.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Cultivated in low lands.
Distribution : Hugli, Medinipur, Kolkata,
South 24 Pgs. (Ghatur More/Amtala),
Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Maldah,
Haora, Murshidabad and Nadia.
266. Gossypium harbaceum L.
Common name : Kapastula.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Cultivated in low lands.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Dinajpur,
Haora, Maldah, Koch Bihar, Nadia, Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad, HugH, South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba,
Joygram/Minakhan), Medinipur and Kolkata.
267. Hibiscus cannabinus L.
Common name : Mestapat.
Life form : Prickly herb.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Kazipara/
Barasat).
268. Hibiscus mutabilis L.
Common name: Sthalpadma.
Life form : Small tree or shrub.
Habitat : Planted as ornamental garden
plant.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dhanyakuria).
269. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
Common name: Jaba.
Lifeform: Large shrub.
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Habitat : Commonly cultivated as
ornamental plant.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Subuddhipur/
Baruipur).
270. Hibiscus sabdaJiffa L.
Common name : Chukar or Mesta.
Life form : Annual shrub.
Habitat: Very rare as a garden escape.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Falta).
271. Hibiscus schizopetalus Hook. f.
Common name: Jhumka Jaba.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Common in Village Gardens or in
hedges.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gocharan).
272. Hibiscus tetraphyllus Roxb.
Common name: Ban-bendi.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Village Thickets & waste places.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Birati/
Saptagram) .
273. Hibiscus tiliaceus L.
Common name : Bhola.
Life form : Much-branched tree.
Habitat: Common throughout the beach
tidal forests in lower Ganga delta, forming
thickets near shore.
Distribution : Kolkata, Murshidabad,H ugH,
Haora, Barddhaman, Nadia, Koch Bihar,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Chemaguri/Sagar
Island), Jalpaiguri, Maldah and Dinajpur.
274· Hibiscus vitifolius L. (1753)
Common name: Ban Kapas.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Common in ville Thickets & scrub
jungles of railway tracts & road side waste
lands.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Haroa,
Diamond Harbour).
275· Kydia calycina Roxb.
Common name : Pola or Bankapas.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Hedges.
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Puruliya, Haora, North 24 Pgs. (Shyamnagar),
Medinipur, Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
276. Kydia jujubifolia Griff.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling.
277. Malachra capitata L.
Common name: Ban-Bhindi or Ban-Dheros.
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat: Dry waste lands, along the
railway lines & road side hedges '& ville
Thickets.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Haora, Medinipur,
Koch Bihar, Murshidabad, Kolkata, South 24
Pgs. (Canning/Malirdhar), Nadia and Hugli.
278. Malva rotundifolia L.
Common name: Lapha.
Life form: Herb.
Habitat: Garden escape.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nilganj/
Barrackpur) .
279. Malva neglecta (Wall.) Roth
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
280. Malva parViflora L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
281. Malvav~cus arboreus Cav.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
282. Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Kolkata and Haora.
283. Malvastrum coromandelianum
(L.) Garcke
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Dry waste lands & viII.
Surroundings.
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Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bamanghata/
Salt Lake).
284· Malvastrum conzattii Greenm.
Common name: Lanka Jaba.
Life form : Straggling shrub.
Habitat: Hedge plant.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Joynagar).
285. Nayariophyton zizyphifolium
(Griff.) Long & Miller
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
286. Pavonia repanda (Roxb. ex J. E. Sm.)
Spreng
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
287. Sida acuta Burm. f.
Common name: Kureta.
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat : Dry waste lands, viII. Thickets,
road side or along railway tracts.
Distribution : Darjiling, Murshidabad,
Jalpaiguri, Dinajpur, Koch Bihar, Haora, Hugli,
Medinipur, Nadia, Barddhaman, Kolkata,
South 24 Pgs. (Dhapdhapi, Amtala) and
Maldah.
288. Sida alba L.
Life form : Undeshrub or herb.
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
289. Sida cordifolia L.
Common name : Berela.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Weed of hedges, waste grounds &
dry shady places
Distribution : Maldah, Koch Bihar,
Jalpaiguri, Kolkata, Medinipur, Dinajpur,
Nadia, Hugli, South 24 Pgs. (Subuddhipur/
Baruipur), Haora and Murshidabad.
290. Sida glutinosa Commerson ex Cav.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : ViII. Shrubberies.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barasat).
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291. Sida rhombifolia L.
Common name : Lal Berala.
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat : Common in waste lands &
thickets.
Distribution: Nadia, Kolkata, Jalpaiguri,
Haora, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Koch Bihar,
Hugli, North 24 Pgs. (Magrahat, Barasat),
Maldah and Dinajpur.
292. Sida rhombifolia L. var. retusa (L.)
Common name: Jangli Methi.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Occasional in viII. Thickets.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barasat).
293. Sida spinosa L.
Common name : Swet Berela.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Waste lands & along the road
sides.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kulti).
294. Sida cordata (BurmJ.) Borss.
Common name: Junka.
Life form : Much branched herb.
Habitat: Waste lands & cult. Fields.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Baruipur~
N arikeldanga).
295. Thespesia lampas (Cav.) Dalz. &
Gibs.
Common name: Ban Kapas.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: On the margin of tidal creeks of
the mangrove forest.
Distribution: Hugli, Haora, Nadia, South 24
Pgs. (Sagar Island), Murshidabad and
Medinipur.
296. Thespesia populneoides (Roxb.)
Kostel.
Common name : Paras.
Lifeform : Small to medium sized tree.
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Habitat: Very common throughout the
mangrove reclaimed areas of Sundarban.
Distribution : J alpaiguri and South 24 Pgs.
(Naraharipur/Sagar Island).
297. Urena lobata L.
Common name: Ban Okra.
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat : Wastelands, hedges & ville
Thickets.
Distribution : Nadia, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Canning, Sarbaria), Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch
Bihar, Haora, Barddhaman, Maldah,
Murshidabad, Birbhum, Medinipur, Dinajpur
and Darjiling.
29B. Wissadula periplocifolia (L.) Presl.
ex Thw.
Life form : Small shrub.
Habitat: Cultivated on vill. Gardens.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Malirdhar /
Canning).
Family BOMBACACEAE
Adansonia digitata L.
299.
Common name: Gorakh-amli.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat : Occasionally planted as avenue
tree.
Distribution: Nadia, Hugli, Dinajpur, Haora,
Kolkata, North 24 Pgs. (Ghoshpur), Medinipur,
Maldah, Haora, Barddhaman, J alpaiguri,
Murshidabad and Koch Bihar.
300. Bombax ceiba L.
Common name: Simul.
Life form : Spreading tree.
Habitat: Well planted in the ville Areas .
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Distribution: Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs.
(Malancha/Minakhan), Bankura, Hugli,
Barddhaman, Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Dinajpur, Birbhum, Kolkata, Puruliya,
Medinipur, Haora and Nadia.
301. Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn.
Common name: Swet Simu.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Life fqrm : Tall tree.
Habitat: Occasionally planted in the ville
Areas & road sides.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Minakhan).
Family STERCULIACEAE
302. Abroma augusta L. f.
Common name: Ulat Kambal.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Dry waste places, roadsides &
railway lines.
Distribution : Puruliya, Medinipur, Bankura,
Jalpaiguri, Nadia, South 24 Pgs. (Joynagar)
and Barddhaman.
303. Bytneria herbacea Roxb.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Medinipur and Puruliya.
304. Bytlneria pilosa Roxb.
Lifeform : Woody climbing shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
305. Eriolaena hookariana Wight. & Arn.
Common name: Gona:"goli.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Planted in the garden.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Nimichi/
Bhebe).
306. Firmiana colorata (Roxb.) R.Br.
Common name: Sammari.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat : Wild in ville Surroundings,
occasionally planted.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Brace Bridge).
307. Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. var.
tomentosa (Kunth ) Schum.
Common" name,: Nipal Tunth.
Life form : Medium sized tree.
Habitat : Shrubberies.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Hugli, Dinajpur,
Murshidabad, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. (Brace
Bridge), Nadia, Puruliya and Medinipur.
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308. Helicteres hirsuta Lour.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
309. Helicteres isora L.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Bankura, Medinipur and
Puruliya.
310. Heritiera fomes Buch.-Ham.
Common name: Sundari.
Life form : Tall tree.
Habitat : Mangroove.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sundarban,
Satzelia, Netidhopani).
311. Heritiera littoralis Dryand
Common name : Sundari.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat : Found in back mangals &
occasionally on the fringe area of the shore
lines.
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Ranigarh, SuIjyapur) and Haora.
312. Kleinhovia hospita L.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat : Commonly planted as avenue
tree.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs". (Gosaba),
Haora and Kolkata.
313. Melochia corchorifolia L.
Life form : Herb or undershrub.
Distribution: Throughout the plains.
314. Melochia nodiflora Sw.
Life form : Shrub or undershrubs.
Distribution : Haora.
315. Pentapetes phoenicea L.
Common name : Katlata.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Weed of rice field & other marshy
lands, cultivated as ornamental plant.
Distribution : Haora, Kolkata and North 24
Pgs. (Gobardanga).
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316. PterospeMnum acerifolium Willd.
Common name: Kanak Champa.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Planted in gardens.
Distribution Puruliya, Dinajpur,
Murshidabad, Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Hugli, Haora,
Bankura, Maldah, Birbhum, Koch Bihar,
Medinipur, Barddhaman, Kolkata and South 24
Pgs. (Baruipur).
317. PterospeMnum lanceaefolium Roxb.
Common name : Bankalla.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Commonly cultivated.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Sodepur).
318. PterospeMnum suberifolium Lam.
Common name: Muskunda.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Rarely cultivated; few plants
found in the Alipore Zoological Gardens,
public gardens at Shyamnagar.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Alipore,
Shymnagar).
319. PterospeMnum xylocarpum
(Gaertn.) Santapau & Wagh
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Bankura.
320. Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br.
Common name: Buddha-Narikel.
Lifeform: Large tree.
Habitat: Commonly cultivated for its nut,
as well as ornamental.
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs.
(Dewanganj), Puruliya, Medinipur, Koch Bihar,
Bankura, Barddhaman and Jalpaiguri.
321. Reevesia wallichii R. Br.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
322. Sterculia foetida L. (1753)
Common name: Jangli Badam.
Lifeform : Tall tree.

Habitat: Village gardens.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Barddhaman,
Medinipur, North 24 Pgs. (Malatipur/
Deganga), Puruliya, Kolkata, Koch Bihar and
Bankura.
3~3. Sterculia hamiltonii (0. Kutze.)
Adelb.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri and
Darjiling.
324. Sterculia roxburghii Wall.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : J alpaigurL
325. Sterculia urens Roxb. (1795)
Common name : Keonji.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat : Avenue tree in the gardens &
roadsides.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Madarhat/
Baruipur).
326. Sterculia villosa Roxb. (1832)
Common name: Udal.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat : Planted in the gardens &
roadsides.
Distribution : Medinipur, Puruliya,
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri, South 24
Pgs. (Brace Bridge), Kolkata and Bankura.
327· Waltheria indica L. (1753)
Common name : Khardundhi.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common weed in cult. Fields.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bhasila/
Barasat).
Family TILIACEAE
328. Brownlowi"a tersa (L.) Kosterm
Common name : Bhola Sundri.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Occasionally in mangrove swamp
forest of Sundarban.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Bankura, South
24 Pgs. (Satzelia, Sunderban), Kolkata,
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Nadia, Hugli,
Haora, Murshidabad and Barddhamari.
329. Corchorus aestuans L. (1759)
Common name : Tita pat.
Life form : Suffruticose herb.
Habitat: Commonly cultivated or in waste
places & among hedges of the gardens.
Distribution: Medinipur, Dinajpur, Haora,
Maldah, Nadia, Barddhaman, Murshidabad,
Koch Bihar, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. (Nimpith,
Budge Budge), HugH and Jalpaiguri.
330. Corchorus capsularis L. (1753)
Common name: Pat.
Life form : Annual shrub.
Habitat : Commonly cultivated in moist
places throughout the lower Ganga delta,
inwastelands & roadsides.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Naihati).
331. Corchorus olitoMus L. (1753).
Common name: Pat.
Life form : Herb or undershrub.
Habitat: Commonly cultivated.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Kolkata, Koch
Bihar, Puruliya, Dinajpur, Medinipur, Haora,
HugH, Maldah, North 24 Pgs. (Habra) and
Nadia.
332. 'Corchorus trilocularis L.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
333. Grewia asiatica L.
Common name : Phalsa.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat : Cultivated in waste lands, village
thickets & shrubberies.
Distribution.: Throughout the plains.
334. Grewia flavescens Juss.
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution : Puruliya.
335. Grewia hirsuta VahI
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Terai and Duars of West
Bengal.
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336. Grewia sapida Roxb. ex. DC.
Common name: "Phalsa-Tenga"
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Darjiling,
Medinipur and Puruliya.
337. Grewia serrulata Vahl
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Puruliya,
Maldah and Medinipur.
338. Triumfetta annua L.
Lifeform: Herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
339. Triumfetta pentandra A. Rich.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : In plains.
340. Triumfetta pilosa Roth
Life form : Herbs or undershrubs.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
341. Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. (1760)
Common name: Ban Okra.
Life form : Suffruticose herb or undershrub.
Habitat: Very common on wastelands &
railway tracts.
Distribution: Nadia, l\1urshidabad, Hugli,
Koch Bihar, Haora, Dinajpur, Medinipur,
Puruliya, Maldah, South 24 Pgs. (Sasan Road/
Baruipur), Kolkata, Bankura and Jalpaiguri.
Family ELAEOCARPACEAE
342. Elaeocarpus ganitrus Roxb. (1824)
Common name: Rudrakia.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat : Planted in gardens or in the
roadsides.
Distribution : Kolkata (Alipore) and Haora.
343. Elaeocarpus serratus L.
Lifeform: Small tree.
Distribution : J alpaiguri and South 24 Pgs.
344. Elaeocarpus sphaericus (Gaertn.)
Schum.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Jalpaiguli.
345. Elaeocarpus tectoMus (Lour.) Poir.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
346. Elaeocarpus varunua Buch.-Ham.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
347" Mutingia calabura L. (1753)
Common name : Suji Phal.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat : Introduced an escape along the
railway tracts, in the building debrises and
protected waste lands.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Bankura, Murshidabad, Nadia, Kolkata,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Ghoshpur/Kulti),
Maldah and Puruliya.
348. Sloanea sterculiacea (Benth.)
Rehder & Wilson
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
Family LINACEAE
349. Anisadenia khasyana Griff.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
350. Linum usitatissimum L. (1753)
Common name : Tisi.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Mostly cultivated as a crop, also
seen as an escape near the cultivated Fields &
waste lands.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Nadia, Hugli,
Kolkata, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, l\1edinipur,
PuruIiya, South 24 Pgs. (Dhopagachhi/
Kalyanpur), Birbhum, Maldah, Haora,
Barddhaman, Bankura, Koch Bihar and
Darjiling.
351. Reinwrardtia cicanoba (Buch.-Ham.
ex DC.) Hara
Life form : Under Shrub.
Distribution : Daljiling.
352. Reinwrardtia indica Dunlort
Lifeform: Under Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.

Family MALPIGHIACEAE
353. Aspidopteris balakrishnanii
Srivastava
Life form: Woody Climber.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
354. Aspidopteris nutans (Roxb. ex DC.)
Juss
Life form: Woody climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
355. Aspidopteris rotundifolia A. Juss.
(184°)
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Habitat : ViII. Thickets.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Palta/
Barrackpur).
356. Hiptage benghalensis (L.) Kurz (1874)
Common name : Basanti.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Habitat: Common in gardens.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Baguihati).
Family 'Z¥GOPHYLLACEAE
357. Kallstroemia pubescens (G. Don)
Dandy (1955)
Life form : Trailing annual herb.
Habitat : Along railway lines & canal
margin.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Shyamnagar).
358. Tribulus terrestris L. (1753)
Common name: Gokhure.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Rarely found on the waste places,
near river banks, paddy fields & dry waste
lands.
Distribution: Kolkata, Jalpaiguri, Haora,
Murshidabad, Hugli, Koch Bihar, Maldah,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Kulpi) and Dinajpur.
Family OXALIDACEAE
359. Averrhoa carambola L. (1753)
Common name: Kamranga.
Life form : Small to medium tree.
'Habitat: Planted in the garden.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution: Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Haora,
Barddhaman, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Bireshwarpur near Kulpi), Nadia and
Medinipur.
360. Biophytum reinwardtii (Zucc.)
Walp.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
361. Biophytum sensitivum (L.) DC.
(1824)
Common name : Bannanga or Jhalai.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Waste places.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dewangunj,
Behala).
362. Oxalis acetosella L. var grttfithii
(Edgw. & Hook. f.) Hara
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
363. Oxalis corniculata L. (1753)
Common name: Amrul.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Very common on the shady &
waste places.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Barddhaman,
Hugli, Haora, Darjiling, J alp aiguri , Puruliya,
Maldah, Dinajpur, Nadia, Koch Bihar,
Medinipur, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. (Brace
Bridge, Behala) and Bankura.
364. Oxalis martiana Zucco
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
365. Oxalis lati/olia Kunth (1821)
Common name : Khatmitthi.
Lifeform : Herb.
Habitat : Rarely found on the' wast~,
marshy lands.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Santoshpur)
and Darjiling.
366. Oxalis tetraphylla Cav.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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Family BALSAMINACEAE
367. Hydrocera triflora Wight. & Arn.
(1834)
Common name: Domuti.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Mostly cultivated, rarely as garden
escape.
Distribution : Medinipur, Hugli, Haora,
Murshidabad, Koch Bihar, Nadia, Jalpaiguri,
South 24 Pgs. (Goranbose) and Kolkata.
368. Impatiens angustiflora Hook.f.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
369. Impatiens arguta Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
370. Impatiens balsamina L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
371. Impatiens bicornuata Wall.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
372. Impatiens bracteata Colebr.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
373. Impatiens cathcartii Hook. f. &
Thoms.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
374. Impatiens chinensis L.
Lifeform : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
375. Impatiens cymbifera Hook.f.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
376. Impatiens decipiens Hook. f.
Life form: Herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
377. Impatiens discolor DC.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
378. Impatiens exilis Hook.f.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
379. Impatiens falcifer Hook.f.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
380. Impatiens flongera C. B. Clarke
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
381. Impatiens gamblei Hook.f.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Daljiling.
382. Impatiens gammiei Hook. f.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
383. Impatiens gracil(flora Hook.f.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
384. Impatiens jurpia Buch.-Ham ex
Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Tall herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
385. Impatiens longipes Hook.f.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
386. Impatiens porrecta Wall.ex Hook.f.
& Thoms.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
387. Impatiens puberula DC.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
388. Impatiens pulchra Hook. f. & Thonls.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.

389. Impatiens racemosa DC.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
390. Impatiens radiata Hook.f.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
391. Impatiens scabrida DC.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
392. Impatiens scitula Hook.f.
Life form : Succulent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
393. Impatiens spirifer Hook.f.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
394. Impatiens stenantha Hook. f.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
395. Impatiens sulcata Wall.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
396. Impatiens trilobata Colebr.
Lifeform : Tall herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
397. Impatiens tripetale Roxb. ex DC.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
398. Impatiens tuberculata Hook.f. &
Thoms.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
399. Impatiens uncipetala C. B. Clarke
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
400. Impatiens urticifolia Wall.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Datjiling.
401. Impatiens wallichii Hook.f.
Life form : Herb.
'Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Family RUTACEAE
402. Acronychia pedunculata (L.) Miq
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution : J alpaiguri and SO,:!th 24 Pgs.
403. Aegle marmelos (L.) Corr.
Common name : Be1.
Life fonn : Tree.
Distribution : Throughout plains.
404. Atalantia missionis Wight Oliver
Life form : Small thorny tree.
Distribution : Barddhaman.
405. Boeninghousenia albiflora (Hook.)
Reiehb Meisn
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
406. Citrus aurantifolia (Christm.)
Swingle (1912)
Common name : Kagzilebu.
Life form : Shrub/small tree.
Habitat : Planted in the orchard & on the
pond sides, also planted as hedge plant.
Distribution: Maldah, Medinipur, South 24
Pgs. (Baruipur), Murshidabad, Koch Bihar,
Dinajpur, Nadia, Hugli, Kolkata, Haora and
J alpaiguri.
407. Citrus maxima (Bunn. f.) Merr. (1917)
Common name : Batabi Lebu.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Planted in the orchard of the
villages.
Distribution -: Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihru;-, North
24 Pgs. (Dewanganj).
4 08. Citrus medica L.(1753)·
Common name : Patilebu.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Planted in the orchard of the
villages.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, South 24 Pgs.
(Harinbari/Sagar Island) and Darjil~ng.
409. Citrus medica var. limonum (Wight
& Arn.) Hook. f. (1875) ,~
Common name : Kama Lebu.
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Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Planted in the orchard.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Brace Bridge).
410. Clausena dentata (Willd.) Roem.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
411. Clausena excavata Burm. f.
Life form : Undershrub or small tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
412. Clausena pentaphylla DC.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
413. Evodia trichotoma (Lour.) Planch.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
414. Evodia glaberifolia (Champ.) Balakr.
Life form : Tall tree.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
415. Evodia lunuankenda (Gaertn.) Merr.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
416. Feronia limonia (L.) Swingle ( 1914)
Common name: Kathbel.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: .Self shown, planted in the garden
edges and as avenue tree.
Distribution Dinajpur, Kolkata,
Barddhaman, Nadia, Puruliya, Bankura,
Medinipur, Murshidabad, Haora, Birbhum,
Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Hugli and South 24 Pgs.
(Gadkhal).
417. Glycosmis mauritiana (Lam.)
Tanaka (1928)
Common name: Sheora.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Moist places.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur).
418. Glycosmis pentaphylla (Retz.) DC.
Common name : Arsaora.
Life form: Shrub/small tree.
Habitat: Waste lands, hedges, thickets,
roadsides.
Distribution : Birbhum, Maldah, Haora,
North 24 Pgs. (Shyamnagar), Nadia, Dinajpur
, Kolkata, Barddhaman, Puruliya, J alpaiguri,
Hugli, Darjiling, Bankura, Murshidabad and
Medinipur.
419. Limonia accidissima L.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Cultivated in plains.
420. Luvunga scandens (Roxb.) Buch.-
Ham. ex Wight
Life form : shrub.
Distribution : Sunderban.
421. Murraya koenigii (L.) Jack. (1820)
Common name: Kamini.
Life form: Shrub/small tree.
Habitat: Commonly cultivated.
Distribution: DaIjiling and North 24 Pgs.
(Birati).
422. Murraya paniculata (L.) Jack
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
423. Paramigyna monophylla Wight
Lifeform : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
424. Skimmia arborescens T. Anders.
Life form : Subscandent hrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
425. Skimmia laureola (DC.) Sieb & Zucco
ex Walp.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
426. Todalia asiatica (L.) Lam
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
427. Zanthoxylum acanthopodium DC.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution.: Darjiling.

428. Zanthoxylum armatum DC.
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
429. Zanthoxylum nitidum (Roxb.) DC.
Life form : Scandent shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
430. Zanthoxylum oualifolium Wight
Life form : Trees or shrub.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
431. Zanthoxylum oxyphyllum Edgw.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
432. Zanthoxylum rhitza (Roxb.) DC.
Life form : Trees.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family SIMAROUBACEAE
433. Ailanthus excelsa Roxb. (1795)
Common name: Madala.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Common as avenue tree.
Distribution : Bankura, North 24 Pgs.
(Titagar), Puruliya, Murshidabad, Kolkata,
Jalpaiguri, Dinajpur, Haora, Koch Bihar,
Birbhum, Maldah and Nadia.
434· BMlcea mollis Wall. ex Kurz
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
435· Picrasma jauanica Blume
Life form : Trees.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
Family OCHNACEAE
436. Ochna obtusata DC.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : Bankura, Haora and N.
Bengal.
437· Ochna pumila Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
Life form : Undeshrub.
Distribution: Medinipur, N. Bengal and
Puruliya.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
438. Ochna squarrosa L. (1762)
Life form : Large shrub or small tree.
Habitat: Hedges & gardens.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Titagarh).
Family BURSERACEAE
439. Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Barddhaman and Puruliya.
440. Bursera serrata Wall. ex Colebr.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Medinipur and Puruliya.
441. Canarium strictum Roxb.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
442. GaMtga gc;tmblei King ex Smith
Life form : Trees.
Distribution : Dajiling an~ N. Bengal.
443. Ga-ruga pinnata Roxb. (1811)
Common name : Nilbhadi.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat : Rarely found on the village
jungles.
Distribution : Hugli, Maldah, Barddhaman,
Murshidabad, Puruliya, Dinajpur, South 24
Pgs. (Dhopagachhi/Baruipur), Medinipur,
J alpaiguri, Bankura and Koch Bihar.
Family MELIACEAE
444. Aglaia cucullata (Roxb.) Pellegrin.
(1819)
Common name: Amur.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat : Mangrove forest of Sundarban,
along the side of tidal canals & creeks; swamp
forest.
Distribution : South 24~ Pgs. (Henri Island/
Bakkhali).
445. Amoora cucullata Roxb.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Occasional in 24 Pgs.
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446. Aphanamixis polystachya (Wall.)
Parker (1931)
Common name : Tilda Raj.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Thickets, Village Shrubberies
occasionally cultivated.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Roynagar /
Barasat).
447. Azadirachta indica L. A Juss. (1830)
Common name: Neem.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Roadsides & Village Shrubberies,
common.
Distribution : Hugli, Maldah, Haora,
J alpaiguri, Nadia, Bankura, Koch Bihar, North
24 Pgs. (Every where in the district), Dinajpur,
Kolkata, Medinipur, Puruliya, Barddhaman
and Murshidabad.
448. Chisocheton paniculatus (Roxb.)
Hiern
Life form : Medium size tree.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
449. Chukrasia tabularis A. Juss.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Koch Bihar and Jalpaiguri.
450. Cipadessa baccifera (Roth) Miq
Life form : Small shrub.
Habitat: Very rare, found along the railway
tracts & waste places.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Baguihati,
Kestopur).
451. Dysoxylum binectariferum Hook.f.
& Beddome
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
452. Melia azedarach L. (1753)
Common name: Maha Neem.
Life form : Medium sized tree.
Habitat: Planted as avenue tree or in the
railway stations.
Distribution : Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
(Rabindra Sarabar), Maldah, Hugli, Dinajpur,
Murshidabad, Kolkata, Nadia, Jalpaiguri,
Birbhum, Haora, Barddhaman, Bankura,
Puruliya and Koch Bihar.
453. Soymida febMfuga A Juss.
Life form : Tall tree.
Distribution : Medinipur and Puruliya.
'
454. Swietenia macrophylla King
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Cultivated.
455. Swietenia mahagoni Jacq. (1760)
Common name: Mahagony.
Lifeform : Large tree.
Habitat: Planted as avenue tree or privet
garden.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Majerhat),
Koch Bihar and Jalpaiguri.
456. Toona ciliata Roem. & Schult. (1846)
Common name : Tunt.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Ville Shrubberies.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Koch Bihar and
North 24 Pgs. (Chandpara/Gobardanga).
457. Xylocarpus gangeticus C.E.
Parkinson
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
458. Xylocarpus granatum Koeng. (1784)
Common name: Dhundul.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Very common on the side of tidal
creeks, river sides and intertidal mangrove
forests of Sunderban.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Satzelia/
Sunderban).
459. Xylocarpus mekongensis Piere
(1897)
Common name: Pasur.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Very common on the tidal and
intertidal mangrove forests of Sundarban.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Harinbari) and
Medinipur.
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Family OLACACEAE
460. Olax nana Wall. (1832) ex Benth
Life form : Low undershrub.
Habitat : Village thickets, associated with
species of Lantana, Croton & Euphorbia.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (NarendrapurI
Kamalgachhi).
461. Olax scandens Roxb
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum, MaIda,
Puruliya and Medinipur.
Family CELASTRACEAE
462. Bhesa robusta (Roxb.) Ding Hou
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
463. Cassine glauca (Rottb.) O. Kuntze
(1891)
Common name : Chikyeng.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat : Occasionally planted as
ornamental tree.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bhangar).
464. Celastrus dependens Wall.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
465. Celastrus hooken Prain
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
466. Celastrus monospermus Roxb.
Life form: Shruby climher.
Distribution : Darjiling.
4 67. Celastrus paniculatus Willd.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Maldah and Puruliya.
468. Celastrus stylosus Wall.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
469· Erythropalum vagum (Griff.) Mast.
Life form : Climber.
Dish~ibution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
470. EuoJ;lymus attenuatus Wall. Laws.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
471. Euonymus echinatus Wall.
Life form : Epiphytic undershrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
472. E. fimbriatus Wall.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
473. E. hamiltonianus Wall.
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
474. Euonymus frigidus Wall.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
475. E. elongatus (Cowan & Cowan) Hara
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
476. Euonymus theifolius Wall. ex Laws.
Distribution : Darjiling.
477. E. fingens Wall.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
478. Euonymus vagarts Wall.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution: Darjiling.
479. Euonymus vibernoides Prain
Life form : Epiphytic undershrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
480. May tenus emarginata (Willd.) Ding
HOll
Life form : Shrub.
Distribu,tion : Puruliya.
481. M. hooken Loes
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
482. May tenus MJfa (Wall.) Hara
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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483. Maytenus Thomsonii (Kurz) Raju. &
Babu
Lifeform: Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
484. Microtropis discolor (Wall.) Am.
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution: Dmjiling and Jalpaiguri.
Family HIPPOCRATEACEAE
485. Salama chinensis L. (1763)
Common name: Madhu Phal.
Life form : Straggling or climbing shrub.
Habitat : River banks of the Sundarban,
river hedges or shrubby on small forest belt.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Herobhanga/
Dhosha).
Family RHAMNACEAE
486~ Berchemia flavescens (Wall.)
Brongn.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
487. B.jloMbunda (Wall.) Brongn.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
488. Gouania napalensis Wall.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution : DarjiIing.
489. G. tiliafifolia Lam.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution : Bankura, Haora and
Jalpaiguri.
490. Hovenia dulcis var. acerba (Lindl.)
Sengupta & Safui
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
491. Rhamnus napalensis (Wall.) Lawson
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
492. Rhamnus purpureus Edgw.
Distribution : Darjiling.
493. Rhamnus virgatus Roxb.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
494. Ventilago denticulata Willd.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution : Barddhaman.
495. Ventilago madraspatana Gaertn.
(1788)
Common name : Rakta pita.
Lifeform : Large woody climber.
Habitat: Very rare, occasionally climbing
on vill, Thickets.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dakkhin
Barasat).
496. Ziziphus apetala HookJ. ex Lawson
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
497. Ziziphus funiculosa Buch.-Ham. ex
Lawson
Life form : Scrambling shrub.
Distribution : North West Bengal.
498. Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. (1789)
Common name: Kul.
Life form : Small medium tree.
Habitat: Shrubberies.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Murshidabad,
Barddhaman, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, Hugli, Koch
Bihar, Maldah, Nadia, Puruliya, South 24 Pgs.
(Ghoshpur/Kulti), Medinipur, Bankura and
Dinajpur.
499. Ziziphus nummularia (BurmJ.)
Wight &Arn.
Life form : Bushy shrub.
Distribution : Puruliya.
500. Ziziphus oenoplia (L.) Miller (1768)
Common name : Siakul' or 'Bikul.
Life form : Straggling or climbing shrub.
Habitat : Shrubberies, roadside thickets,
railway tracts, dry waste lands.
Distribution: Puruliya, Hugli, Haora, South
24 Pgs. (Masjidbati, Garia), Medinipur,
Kolkata and Barddhaman.
501. Ziziphus Mlgosa Lam.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Distribution Darjiling, Bankura and
Puruliya.
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502. Zizyphus xylopyrus (Retz.) Willd.
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution : Darjiling, Barddhaman and
Puruliya.
Family VITACEAE
503. Ampelocissus barbata (Wall.) Planch.
Life form: Woody climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
504. Ampelocissus latifolia (Roxb.)
Planch. (1884)
Common name : Govila.
Life form: Climber.
Habitat: Hedges and shrubberies.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Hasanabad).
505. Ampelocissus neJ"Uosa (Lawson)
Planch.
Lifeform: Climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
506. Ampelocissus sikkimensis (Laws.)
Planch.
Habitat: Shruby climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
507. Ampelocissus tomentosa (Roth)
Planch.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman and
J alpaiguri.
508. Cayratia geniculata (Blume) Gagnep.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
509. Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagn.
(1911)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste lands and shrubberies.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
510. Cayratia pedata (Lam.) Juss. ex
Gagnep. (1910)
Common name : Goali Lata.
Life form : Large, weak climber.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (South Garia/
Champahati).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Cissus adnata Roxb. (1820)
511.
Lifeform: Large climber.
Habitat: Rare in shrubberies and hedges.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Garia,
Saktinagar).
512. Cissus assamica (Lawson) Craib
Life form: Woody climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
513. Cissus javana DC.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
514. Cissus heyneana (Wight & Am.)
Planch.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Haora.
515. Cissus quadrangularis L. (1767)
Common name : HaIjora.
Life form : Fleshy cactus like habit.
Habitat: Hedges and shrubberies.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Kolkata,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Canning), Haora,
Hugli, Birbhum, Murshidabad, Maldah,
Barddhaman, Nadia, Dinajpur and J alpaiguri.
Cissus repanda Vahl.
516.
Life form : Woody climber.
Distribution: DaIjiling, Jalpaiguri and West
Dinajpur.
517. Cissus repens Lam.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
518. Cissus spectabilis (Kurz) Planch.
Life form : Scandent shrub.
Distribution : North West Bengal.
519. Cissus trifolia (L.) Domin.
Common name: Amal Lata.
Lifeforrn: Large creeping or twining shrub.
Habitat : Thickets and hedges.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Harboul).
520. Cissus vitiginea L.
Life form : Scandent shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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521. Parthenocissus semicordata (Wall.)
Planch.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
522. Tetrastigma angustifolium (Roxb.)
Planch.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling and Koch Bihar.
523. Tetrastigma bracteolatum (Wall.)
Planch.
Life form: Woody climber.
Distribution : Darjiling, J alpaiguri and Koch
Bihar.
524. Tetrastigma corymbosum Lons.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
525. Tetrastigma dubium (Laws.) Planch.
Lifeform : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
526. Tetrastigma leucostaphyllum
(Dennst.) Alston ex Mabb.
Life form : Large Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
527. Tetrastigma planicaule (Hook.f.)
Gagnep.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
528. Tetrastigma obtectum (Wall. ex
Laws.) Planch. ex Franch.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
529. Tetrastigma rumicispermum
(Laws.) Planch.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
530. Tetrastigma serrulatum (Roxb.)
Planch.
Life form: Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
531. Vitis vinifera L. (1753)
Common name: Angur.
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Life form: Large woody climber.
Habitat : Occasionally cultivated.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nilgunj/
Barrackpur).
Family LEEACEAE
532. Leea alata Edgew
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
533. Leea aquatica L. Mant. (1767)
Common name: Kak-jhanga.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Rarely found in the waste lands.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Salipur /
Baruipur).
534. Leea compactiflora Kurz
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
535. Leea crispa Royen ex L. (1767)
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Rarely found in waste lands & ville
Shrubberies.
Distribution: Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Nadia,
Murshidabad, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Kolkata,
Medinipur, North 24 Pgs. (Champadalia/
Barasat) , Haora.
536. Leea guineensis G. Don.
Lifeform: Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : Darjiling, J alpaiguri and
Haora.
537. Leea indica (Burm.f.) Merr. (1919)
Common name: Kukur jhiwa.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Shrubberies.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Santoshpur).
538. Leea macrophylla Roxb. Ex Hornenl.
( 1813)
Common name: Dhol Sumudra.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Dry waste places, road sides &
railway tracks.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Jugdia/
Benipur).
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Family SAPINDACEAE
539. Allophylus sen-atus DC.
Life form : Shrub, rarely epiphyte.
Habitat: Hedges, ville Thickets.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Doodhoi).
540. Allophylus chartaceous (Kurz) Radk.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : North Bengal.
541. Allophylus triphyllus (Burm. f.)
Merr. (1921)
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: VilI. Shrubberies.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Magrahat).
542. Aphania danura (Voigt.) Radlk.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Distribution: South 24-Parganas.
543. Aphania rubra Radlk.
Lifeform: Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : North Bengal.
544. Cardiospermum halicacabum L.
(1753)
Common name : Shibjhul.
Life form : Climbing herb.
Habitat : Waste shady places, climbing on
bushes.
Distribution : Dinajpur, Medinipur,
Puruliya, HugH, Nadia, Koch Bihar, Haora,
Kolkata, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, North 24
Pgs. (Bhebe Choumatha/Basirhat), Maldah and
Barddhaman.
545· Dimocarpus long an Lour. (1790)
Common name: Ashphal.
Life form : Tall tree.
Habitat: Planted in orchards.
Distribution : South 24 ·Pgs. (Subuddhipur/
Baruipur).
546. Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq. (1760)
Common name: Belati-mehedi.
Life form : Tree.
Status of Biodiversity of Wes~ Bengal
Habitat: Hedges, found in wild.
Distributil9n : South 24 Pgs. (Dhablat/Sagar
Island).
547. EMoglossum rubiginosum (Roxb.)
Blume
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: North Bengal.
548. Litchi chinensis Sonner. (1782)
Common name : Litchi.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Commonly cultivated.
Distribution: Nadia, Kolkata, Jalpaiguri,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Dhanyakuria),
Maldah, South Dinajpur, Koch Bihar, Haora,
Murshidabad, HugH and Puruliya.
549. Spaindus laurifolia Vahl (1794)
Common name : Bara Rita.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Barely cultivated.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Harinbari/
Sagar Island).
550. Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. (1788)
Common name : Etaphal.
Life form : Medium sized tree.
Habitat; Planted in gardens, very rare.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Kestopur).
551. Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken.
(1841)
Common name: Kusum.
Life form. : Large tree.
Habitat : Roadside tree, also in wild.
Distribution : Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
(N amkhana), Nadia, Puruliya, Dinajpur,
Maldah, Jeilpaiguri, Hugli, Haora, Koch Bihar
and Kolkata.
Family ANACARDIACEAE
552. Anacardium occidentale L. (1753)
Common name: Kajubadam.
Life form : Exotic, cultivated small tree.
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Habitat : Rarely cultivated in the orchards,
grows .well in saline soil of coastal region.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Harinbari/
Sagar Island) and Medinipur.
553. Buchanania lazan Spreng.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution Bankura, Birbhum,
Barddhaman and Puruliya.
554. Choerospondias axillaris (Roxb.)
Burtt & Hill
Lifeform : Small tree.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
555. Dobinea vulgaris Buch.-Ham. ex D.
Don
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
556. Drimycarpus racemosus (Roxb.)
Hook.f.
Life form : Large tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
557. Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.)
Merrill (1939)
Common name : Jiyal.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Shrubberies and scrub jungles.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dewanganj),
Medinipur, Bankura, Birbhum", Hugli, Haora
and Puruliya.
Mangifera indica L. (1753)
558.
Common name: Aam.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Commonly' planted.
Distribution : Dinajpur, Kolkata, Koch
Bihar, Bankura, Barddhaman, Murshidabad,
Maldah, Haora, J alpaiguri, Nadia, Birbhum,
Puruliya, North 24 Pgs. (Padmapukur), Hugli
and Medinipur.
559. Pegia nitida Colebr.
Life form : Scandent shrub.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
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560. Rhus chin~ Mill.
Life form : Small tree or shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
561. Rhus hookerii Sahni & Bahadur
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
562. Rhus jauanica L.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
563. Rhus succedanea L.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
564. Semecarpus anacardium LJ. (1781)
Common name: Bhola.
Life form : Moderate tree.
Habitat: Rarely in the vill thickets.
Distribution : Puruliya, Koch Bihar,
Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman, Bankura,
South 24 Pgs. (Tapsia/Bantala) and Medinipur.
565.Spondias cytherea Sonne (1782)
Common name : Belati Amra.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat : Commonly planted in the
orchards.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nabagram).
566. Spondias pinnata (L. f.) Kurz (1875)
Common name: Amra.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Medium tree.
Distribution Hugli, Koch Bihar,
Barddhaman, Nadia, Haora, Maldah, Birbhum,
J alpaiguri, Puruliya, South 24 Pgs. (Malancha/
Minakhan), Medinipur, Kolkata, Murshidabad,
Bankura and Dinajpur.
Family MORINGACEAE
567. Moringa oleifera Lam.
Common name: Sajina or Nadna.
Dishjbution : Nadia, Koch Bihar, Bankura,
Kolkata, Puruliya, Jalpaiguri, Maldah,
Murshidabad, Dinajpur, H-aora, HugH,
Birbhum ana Medinipur.
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Family LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily PAPILIONOIDEAE
568. Abrusfruticulosus Wall. ex Wight &
Arn.
Life form : Twiner.
Distribution : Darjiling.
569. Abrus precatorius L. (1767)
Common name: Kunch.
Life form : Twining shrub.
Habitat: Dry waste lands.
Distribution : Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
(Sasan/Baruipur), Koch Bihar, Nadia,
Barddhaman, Hugli, J alpaiguri, Kolkata and
Haora.
570. Aeschynomene aspera L. (1753)
Common name : Bhat Sola or Phul Sola.
Life form : Aquatic stout shrub.
Habitat: Ditches, jheels, roadside canals.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Falta,
Majerhat).
571. Aeschynomene indica L. (1753)
Common name : Sola.
Life form : Shrub like annual herb.
Habitat : Rice fields, water logged places &
near canals.
Distribution: Medinipur, Haora, Hugli,
Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs. (Sarberia/
Gocharan) and Nadia.
572. Alysicarpus bupleurifolius (L.) DC.
(1825)
Common name: Pan-nata.
Life form : Diffuse herb.
Habitat: Moist grassy places.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Ichhapur).
573· Alysicarpus vaginalis (L.) DC. (1825)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Open pastures.
Distribution: Medinipur, Dinajpur, Koch
Bihar, South 24 Pgs. (Fultala/Baruipur), Nadia,
Maldah, Murshidabad, Hugli,. Birbhum,
J alpaiguri, Kolkata and Haora.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
574. Amphicarpaea ferruginea .Benth.
Life form : Herb.
"Habitat : Soil.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
575. Arachis hypogaea L. (1753)
Common name: Mat-Kalai or China Badam.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Cultivated in sandy soil.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Birbhum,
Nadia, Bankura, Haora, J alpaiguri, Medinipur,
Koch Bihar, Hugli, Dinajpur, Kolkata, North 24
Pgs. (Barrackpur), Maldah and Barddhaman.
576. Butea monosperma (Lam.) Taub.
(1894)
Common name : Palas.
Life form : Small or moderate sized tree.
Habitat: Planted along roads in open dry
deciduous forests, also planted as avenue
trees.
Distribution : Bankura, J alpaiguri,
Barddhaman, Maldah, Puruliya, Birbhum,
Koch Bihar, Nadia, Murshidabad, Kolkata,
South 24 Pgs. (Budge Budge), Medinipur and
Haora.
577. Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. (1900)
Common name: Arhar.
Life form. : Shrub.
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution : Kolkata, J alpaiguri, Birbhum,
Murshidabad, Puruliya, South 24 Pgs.
(Harinbari/ Sagar Island), Medinipur, Dinajpur,
Haora, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Barddhaman,
Hugli, Nadia and Bankura.
578. Cajanus scara"baeoides Benth.
(Maesa)
Common name : Banar Kalai.
Life form : Biannual herb.
Habitat : Waste places and clayey soil.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur).
579. Canavalia catharticapetit Thoar.
(1813)
Life form : Large twiner.
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Habitat ': Riverbanks of Sundarban areas; a
littoral species.
Distribution : Darjiling, Murshidabad,
J alpaiguri, Nadia, South 24 Pgs. (Mollakhali,
Sunderban), Koch Bihar and Haora.
580. Canavalia ensiformis DC. (1825)
Common name: Makhan sim.
Life form : Large climber.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baharu).
581. Canavalia lineata DC. (1825)
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Seaface of the Sundarban area; a
littoral species.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Koch Bihar,
Maldah, South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island) and
Dinajpur.
582. Cicer arietinum L. (1753)
Common name : Chhola.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri and South 24 Pgs.
(Diamond Harbour).
583~ Clitoria tematea L. (1753)
Common name : Aprajita.
Life form : Climbing annual herb.
Habitat: Hedges & thickets.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jugdia, Garia).
584. Crotalaria alata Buch.-Ham. ex
Roxb. (1825)
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat: Roadside hedges, sides of raillines.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Birbhum, South 24
Pgs. (Baharu), Haora, Hugli, ~outh ~inajpur,
Barddhaman, Maldah, Nadia, Medinipur, Koch
Bihar, Kolkata, Puruliya, Murshidabad and
Bankura.
585. Crotalaria albida Heyne ex Roth
(1821)
Common name : Atasi.
Lifeform : Under shrub.
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Habitat: Rare on the shaddy area & on the
garden edges.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Dewangunj,
Barrackpur).
586. Crotala"a acicularis Buch.-Ham. ex
Benth.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
587. Crotalaria anagyroides Kunth
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
588. Crotalariaferruginea Graham ex
Benth.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
589. Crotalaria juncea L. (1753)
Common name: San.
Life form : Annual shrub.
Habitat: Roadside hedges, or cultivated.
Distribution: Maldah, Nadia, North 24 Pgs.
(Beliachandi, Madhyampur), Murshidabad,
Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
590. Crotalaria mysorensis Roth (1821)
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Waste lands & railway tracts.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Harbour).
591. Crotalaria pallida Aiton (1789)
Common name: Ban Can.
Life form : Under shrub.
Habitat: Waysides, railway tracts, waste
lands.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sitakundu,
Baruipur).
592. Crotalaria prostrata Roxb. ( 1814 )
Common name : Chhota jhunjhan.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Dry waste lands & road sides.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Subuddhipur,
Baruipur).
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593. Crotala"';'a retusa L. (1753)
Common name: Bhil-jhanjhan.
Lifeform : Under shrub.
Habitat: Railway tracts, road side thickets
and ville Scrubs.
Distribution : Haora, Murshidabad,
Jalpaiguri, Nadia, North 24 Pgs. (Ichhapur),
Koch Bihar, HugH and Maldah.
594. Qeotalaria sessiliflora L.
Life form : Perenni~.'.herb.
Distribution : Darjili~g.
595. Crotalaria spectabilis Roth (1821)
Common name : Pipali jhanjhan.
Life form : Herb-undershrub.
Habitat: Pasture lands & road side thickets.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Piyalinagar/
Baruipur).
596. Crotalaria ven-ucosa L. (1753)
Common name : Bansan or Jhunjhun.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Rarely found on the grasslands &
waste places.
'Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
597. Dalbergia lanceolata L. f. (1781)
Common name: Chakmedia.,
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Planted on the road sides.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Falta).
598. Dalbergia latifolia Roxb. (1799)
Common name: Swet-sal.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Planted on the road sides.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Majerhat),
Maldah, Murshidabad, Barddhaman,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Hugli, Nadia and
Haora.
599. Dalbergia melanoxylon Guill. &
Perro (1830)
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Very rare, avenue tree.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Champahati).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
600. Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. (1814)
Common name : Sisu.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat, : Roadsides, railway stations, vill.
Gardens.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Barddhaman,
Maldah, Nadia, Darjiling, Puruliya, Hugli,
Haora, Koch Bihar, Bankura, Birbhum,
Dinajpur, Medinipur, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Mallickpore) and Jalpaiguri.
601. Dalbergia spinosa Roxb. (1832)
Common name : Chulia kanta.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Many in Sunderban area, on the
dense thickets.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip/river
banks) and Medinipur.
602. Derris indica (Lam.) Bennett (1970) .
Common name : ~anja.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat : Near the canals, old gardens,
waste places and hedges.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Murshidabad, Kolkata, Medinipur, Hugli,
South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur, Gosaba),
Barddhaman, Haora, Nadia, Bankura, Maldah,
Birbhum and Dinajpur.
603. Derris scandens Benth. (1860)
Common name: Noalata.
Life form : Large climber.
Habitat: Very common on the bushes, near
the scrub jungles of river sides of Sundarban.
Distribution : Medinipur and South 24 Pg~.
(Gosaba, Bhangankhali).
604· DeJ.r.is trifoliata Lour. (1790)
Common name: Pan-Lata.
Life form :, Shrub.
Habitat : River banks of Sundarban.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Harbour).
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605. Desmodium elegans DC.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
606. Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.
(1825)
Common name : Salpani.
Life form : Under shrub.
Habitat: Bushes & waste places, orchards,
railway tracts.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur,
Canning) and Jalpaiguri.
607. Desmodium heterocarpon (L.) DC.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Datjiling.
608. Desmodium lax(floMlm DC.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
609. Desmodium mult(floMlm DC.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
610. Desmodium sequex Wall.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
611. Desmodium trifloMlm (L.) DC. (1824)
Common name : Koddalia.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Grass lands, railway tracts, road
side hedge.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur,
Dandirhat).
612. Desmodium umbellatum DC. (1825)
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Rarely on the river banks of
Sundarban.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip).
613. Dolichos bifloMlS L. (1753)
Common name : Kuratta kalai.
Life form : Twining under shrub.
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Habitat: Cultivated pulse crop.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Santoshpur).
614. Lablab purpureus L. (1753)
Common name: Sima
Life form : Twining shrub.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bhangankhali).
615. Dumcuria villosa DC.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
616. Erythrina arborescens Roxb.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
617.E'1Ithrina fusca Lour. (1790)
Common name : Harikakra.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Vilt Shrubberies & road sides.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (~ubhashgram).
618. E'1Ithrina stricto Roxb.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
619. Erythrina variega~a L. (1754)
Common name: Palita Mandar.
Life form : Moderate sized tree.
Habitat: Planted in the gardens.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Haroa,
Malancha).
620. Flemingia macrophylla (Willd.)
Prain ex Merrill (1910)
Common name : Bara salphan.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Hedges & thickets.
Distribution: Bankura, Medinipur, Puruliya,
South 24 Pgs. (Jugdia-Benipur), Jalpaiguri.
Dinajpur, Koch Bihar, Barddhaman,
Murshidabad, Maldah and HugH.
621. Gliricida sepium (Jacq.) Kunth ex
Steud. (1840)
Life form : Tree.

Habitat: Cultivated land.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Harinbari/
Sagar Island).
622. Glycine max (L.) Merrill (1917)
Common name : Soya Bean.
Life form : Trailing or sub-erect herb.
Habitat: Cultivated land.
Distribution : Haora, Dinajpur, Bankura,
Koch Bihar, Maldah, M urshidabad,
Barddhaman, Nadia, Puruliya, Birbhum,
Jalpaiguri, Kolkata, Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
(Narendrapur) and HugH.
623. Indigofera linnaei Ali (1711)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Wastelands, roadsides.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Subhasgram).
624. Indigofera linifolia (L. f.) Retz. (1786)
Common name: Bhangra.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Waste grassy places, associated
with Alysicarpus sp.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Dum Dum
Cant., Sodepur).
625. Indigofera stachyodes Lindl.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
626. Indigofera sumatrana Gaertn. (1876)
Common name : Nil.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Dry waste lands, roadsides &
railway tracks.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Santoshpur,
Budge Budge).
627. Indigofera tinetona L. (1753)
Common name : Nil.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Cultivated land, railway tracts &
moist waste lands & roadsides.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Salipur,
Baruipur, Kadampur), Jalpaiguri, Kolkata,
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Medinipur, Maldah, Nadia, Dinajpur, HugH,
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Murshidabad,
Birbhum and Haora.
628. Lathyrus aphaca L. (1753)
Common name: Jangli-Matur.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Waste lands.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Dinajpur,
J alpaiguri, Darjiling and South 24 Pgs.
(Narendrapur R.K.M. Ashram).
629. Lathyrus sativus L. (1753)
Common name : Khensari.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Cultivated in low lands.
Distribution: Koch Bi~ar, South 24 Pgs.
(Maradhat/Baruipur), Nadia, Dinajpur,
Maldah, Murshidabad and Jalpaiguri.
630. Lens culinaris Medikus (1787)
Common name: Masur.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Cultivated in low lands or rice
fields.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Dinajpur, South 24
Pgs. ( Falta) and Koch Bihar.
631. Medicago lupulina L. (1753)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste lands.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
63 2 . Medicago polymorpha L. var.
vulgaris (Benth.) Shinn.
Common name: Maina.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste lands.
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Distribution: Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri,
Dinajpur, Koch Bihar and South 24 Pgs.
633. Melilotus alba Medikus (1797)
Common name : Safed Ban Methi.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Waste lands.
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Distribution: Medinipur, North 24 Pgs.,
Nadia, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata,
Murshidabad, Maldah, Koch Bihar Hugli,
Haora, Birbhum and Barddhaman.
634· Melilotus indica (L.) All. (1785)
Common name : Ban Methi.
Life form : Annual herb~
Habitat: Waste lands.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Hugli,
Jalpaiguri, Darjiling, Nadia, Haora and Koch
Bihar.
635. Millettia peguensis Ali. (1968)
Life form : Medium sized tree.
Habitat: Land.
Distribution : Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
(Brace Bridge), Kolkata, Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri
and Bankura.
636. Mi"ettia pulchra (Benth.) Kurz
Life form : Shruby climber.
Habitat: Land.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
637. Mucuna macrocarpa Wall. ex Baker
Life form: Liana.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
638. Pachy,.,.hizus angulatus Rich. ex
DC. (182S)
Common name : Sankaalu.
Life foryn : Liana.
Habitat: Cultivated in ville garden.
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(SubuddhipurjBaruipur), Haora and
Medinipur.
639. Parochetus communis Buch.-Ham.
ex D. Don
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
640. Phaseolus aureus Roxb. (1814)
Common name: Sona Mung.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Cultivated land.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Brace Bridge).
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641. Phaseolus vulgaris L. (1753)
Common name: Bakla.
Life form: Annual herb.
Habitat : Cultivated land.
Distribution Birbhum, Maldah,
Murshidabad, North 24 Pgs. (Shyamnagar),
Haora, Nadia, Hugli, Bankura, Koch Bihar,
Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman, Dinajpur and
Medinipur.
642. Piptanthus nepalensis (Hook.) Sweet
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution :. DaIjiling.
643. Pisum aroense L. (1753)
Common name: Matar.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Cultivated land.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Medinipur, North
24 Pgs., Dinajpur, Haora, Bankura, Hugli,
Koch Bihar, Barddhaman, Nadia, Murshidabad,
Birbhum and Maldah.
644. Pisum sativum L. (1753)
Common name: Kabuli Matar.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Hugli,
Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman, Nadia, Dinajpur,
South 24 Pgs. (Garia, Shibrampur), Datjiling,
Bankura, Medinipur, Kolkata, Puruliya, Haora,
Maldah, Koch Bihar and Birbhum.
645. Crotalaria cytisoides Roxb.
Lifeform : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
646. Psophocarpus tetragonolobus DC.
(1825)
Common name : Chara-koni-seem.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Very rare on the ville Shrubberies.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Shibrampur!
Thakurpukur) .
647. Cullen corylifolia (L.) Medikus
Common name : Barachi.
Life form : Shrub.
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Distribution: Koch Bihar, Dinajpur, North
24 Pgs., Haora, Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman,
Medinipur, Maldah, Bankura, Birbhum, Hugli,
Nadia and Murshidabad.
648. Ptero..carpus indicus Willd. (1800)
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
649. Rhynchosia aurea DC. (1825)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste lands, road side hedges &
ville Thickets.
Distribution : South 24 P~. (Subuddhipur/
Baruipur). -J
650. Rhynchosia minima (L.) DC. (1825)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Hedges & thickets of the villages.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Shyamnagar)
and Haora.
65'1. Sesbania aegyptica Poir. (1806)
Common name: Jayanti.
Life form : Large shrub.
Habitat: Village thickets & road side
he4g6s.
Distribution : Nadia, North 24 Pgs.
(Naihati), Barddhaman, Hugli, Murshidabad,
Haora, Dinajpur, J alpaiguri, Kolkata, Maldah
and Medinipur.
652. Sesbania bispiiwsa (Jacq.) W~F.
Wright
Life form : Annual, aquatic shrub.
Distribution: 24 Pgs., Hugli, Haora.
653. Sesbania cannabina (Retz.) Poir.
Life form : Annual under shrub.
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. and
Medinipur.
654. Sesbania grandiflora Pers.
Common name : Agati or Bak.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitcit : Cultivated.
\
Distribution : Mursh\~abad, South 24 Pgs.
(Harinbari/Sagar Island), Koch Bihar, Maldah
and Jalpaiguri.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
655. Sesbania roxburghii Merrill (1909)
Life form : Annual shrub.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Haora,
Murshidabad and HugH.
656. Sesbania sesban (L.) Merr. (1912)
Common name: Jainti.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sarisha,
Diamond 'Harbour).
657. Shuteria vestita Wight & Am. (1834)
Life form : Woody shrub.
Habitat: Dry waste lands, thickets &
railway tracks.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Dum Dum
Cantt.).
658. Shuteria involucrata (Wall.) Wight
et Arn.
Life form: Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
659. Smithia sensitiva Ait. (1789)
Chmmon name: Nala Kashina.
I
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Very rare on the roadside waste
lands & thickets.
Distribution: Maldah, Medinipur, Haora,
Nadia, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad, Dinajpur, South 24 Pgs.
(Salipur, Baruipur) and Kolkata.
660. Smithia ciliata Royle
Life form : Annual aerb.
Djstribution : Darjiling.
661. Tephrosia candida DC. (1825)
Common name: Bangara.
Life form : Small shrub.
Habitat : Moist places, ne'ar gardens &
railway tracks.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dhakuria).
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662. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. (1807)
Common name: Ban-Nil.
Life forln : Herb.
Habitat: Dry, open places, on the waste
grounds, railway tracks.
Distribution Bankura, Birbhum,
Murshidabad, Hugli, Koch Bihar, Barddhaman,
Dinajpur, Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Puruliya,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Fultala, Baruipur),
Kolkata, Haora and Nadia.
663. Tephrosia villosa (L.) Pers. (1807)
Life form ~ Herb.
Habitat : Village shrubberies and railway
tracks.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Shyamnagar).
664. Tennnus labialis (L. f. ) Spreng.
(1826)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Rarely found on the vilI.
shrubberies.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kachuberia/
Sagar Island) and Haora.
665. Trifolium dubium Sibth.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
666. Trifolium repens L.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
667. Trigonella eornieulata L.
Common name : Piring.
Life form: Herb.
Habitat : Cultivated land.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Puruliya, South 24
Pgs. (Champahati, Chemagari), Birbhum,
Nadia, Kolkata, Bankura, Maldah, Medinipur,
Dinajpur, Haora, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar,
Murshidabad and Hugli.
668. Tngonella foenum-graeeum L.
(1753)
Common name: Methi.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Cultivated and rarely as self-
grown .on the waste lands.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Shibrampur,
Thakurpukur) .
669. Ulex europeus L.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
670. Urana pieta (Jacq.) Desv. (1813)
Common name: Sankar-jata.
Life form : Under shrub.
Habitat: Waste shady places.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Nurpur).
671. Vieia fava L. (1753)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Cultivated land.
Distribution : Puruliya, Kolkata, South 24
Pgs. (Sarisha, Diamond Harbour), Bankura,
Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Haora, Nadia, Birbhum,
Dinajpur, Koch Bihar and Medinipur.
672. Vieia hirsuta (L.) Gray (1821)
Common name: Chana.
Lifeform : Annual herb.
Habitat : Cultivated land.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Subuddhipur/
Baruipur).
673. Vieia sativa L. (1753)
Common name : Ankari.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Cultivated fields and moist waste
grounds.
Distribution : Birbhum and North 24 Pgs.
(Madhyamgram).
674. Vieia tetrasperma (L) Schr.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution: Darjiling.
675. Vigna aeonitifolia (Jacq.) Marechal
(1969 )
Common name: Kheri.
Life form : Herb.

Habitat : Grassy lands, climbing on large
bushy grasses.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dhopagachi/
Baruipur).
676. Vigna sinensis (L.) Savio ex Hassk.
(1 8 44)
Common name : Barbati.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Cultivated land.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Champahati).
677. Vigna trilobata (L.) Verdc. (1968)
Common name: Jangi kalai or Rakhal kalai.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Rarely cultivated, waste lands or
paddy fields.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dhap Dhapi,
Taki).
678. Wisteria chinensis DC.
Life form: Liana.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily CAESALPINIACEAE
679. Amherstia nobilis Wall. (1829)
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Planted as ornamental in the
gardens.
Distribution : Haora, Hugli, Murshidabad,
Barddhaman, Dinajpur, Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri,
Kolkata, Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Ram
Nagar/Metiabruz) and Maldah.
680. Bauhinia acuminata L. (1753)
Common name: Kanchan.
Life form : Large shrub or small tree.
Habitat: Road sides.
Distribution : Dinajpur, South 24 Pgs.
(Padmapukur/Baruipur), Kolkata, Medinipur,
Haora, Hugli, Birbhum, Maldah, Murshidabad,
DaIjiling, Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman
and Nadia.
681. Bauhinia purpurea L. (1753)
Common name: Rakta Kanchan.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Life form : Medium sized tree.
Habitat: Avenue tree.
Distribution : Bankura, Nadia, Koch Bihar,
Darjiling, Barddhaman, Birbhum, Maldah,
Kolkata, Murshidabad, North 24 Pgs. (ChitalJ
Basirhat), Medinipur and J alpaiguri.
682. Bauhinia tomentosa L. (1753)
Common name: Kanchan.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Planted as ornamental in gardens.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Rabindra
Sarobar)JKolkata).
683. Bauhinia vaMgata L. (1753).
Common name: Swet Kanchan.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Avenue tree in road sides and
railway stations.
Distribution : Kolkata, Medinipur, Haora,
Bankura, Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Birbhum, Hugli,
Murshidabad, Dinajpur, Koch Bihar,
Barddhaman, Nadia and North 24 Pgs.
(Titagarh).
684. Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) WiUd.
(1799)
Common name: Dii-dii.
Life form : Low tree.
Habitat : Cultivated/grown as an
ornamental tree.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Dum Dum
Cantl.) and Haora.
685. Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb. (1818)
Common name: Nata Karanja.
Life form : Scrambling vine.
Habitat: Hedges & thickets, open waste
lands.
Distrib.ution : Jalpaiguri, Kolkata, South 24
Pgs. (Surjyapur /Raidhighi), Puruliya,
Medinipur, Birbhum, Haora, Murshidabad,
Koch Bihar and Nadia.
686. Caesalpinia crista L. (1753)
Common name : Shingri Lata.
Lifeform: Climber.
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Habitat : Littoral forests and hedges or
thickts.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
687. Caesalpinia decapetala (Roth)
Alston (1931)
Life form : Large straggling shrub.
Habitat: Hedges of the villages.
Distribution South 24 Pgs.
(Lakshmikantapur).
688. Cassia absus L. (1753)
Common name: Chakan.
Lifeform : Annual herb.
Habitat: Waste lands.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Ghoshpur near
Kulti).
689. Cassia alata L. (1753)
Common name: Dadmardan.
Life form : Small shrub.
Habitat : Village scrub jungle.
Distribution: North 24,Pgs. (Shymnagar),
Birbhum, Murshidabad, Haora, J alpaiguri,
Nadia, Koch Bihar, Kolkata, Puruliya and
Medinipur.
690. Cassia auriculata L. (1753)
Common name: Tarwar.
Life form : Tall shrub.
Habitat: Planted or escape near gardens.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Barddhaman,
South 24 Pgs. (Dhopagachi), Jalpaiguri and
Hugli.
691. Cassia fistula L. (1753)
Common name : Bandar Lati or Sandal.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Village scrub-jungles, thickets, etc.
Distribution : Birbhum, Koch Bihar,
Bankura, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Nadia,
Murshidabad, Barddhaman, Medinipur,
Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba), North 24
Pgs. (Naihati) and Maldah.
692. Cassia nodosa Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.
(1814)
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Avenue tree.
Distribution: Darjiling, Dinajpur, South 24
Pgs. (Champahati), Haora, Hugli and Birbhum.
693. Cassia obtusifolia L. (1753)
Common name: Chakunda.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Weed, often mixed with C. tora.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Mollakhali).
694. Cassia occidentalis L. (1753)
Common name : Kalkasunda.
Lifeform: Under shrub.
Habitat: Road sides, railway lines and
moist waste places.
Distribution: Darjiling, Nadia, Barddhaman,
Koch Bihar, Maldah, J alpaiguri, Bankura,
Murshidabad, Kolkata, Puruliya, North 24 Pgs.
(Dhosha Chandaneswar), Medinipur and
Haora.
695. Cassia pumila Lam. (1784)
Common name : Chota aura.
Life form : Stout herb.
Habitat : Open fields or under shades of
trees.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bireshwarpur/
Lakshmikantapur).
696. Cassia siamea Lam. (1785)
Lifeform : Medium sized tree.
Habitat : Avenue tree near lakes and
gardens.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Dinajpur,
Nadia, Barddhaman, Maldah, Haora, Bankura,
Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata, Darjiling,
Birbhum, Medinipur, Puruliya, North 24 Pgs.
(Naihati) and HugH.
697. Cassia sophora L. (1753)
Common name : Kalkasunda.
Life form: Small shrub.
Habitat: Waste lands, sides of roads and
railway tracts.

Distribution : Darjiling, Kolkata, South 24
Pgs. (Piyalinagar/Baruipur), Puruliya,
Medinipur, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar,
Jalpaiguri, Birbhum, Hugli, Murshidabad,
Maldah, Bankura, Dinajpur, Nadia and Haora.
698. Cassia sophora var. purpurea
(Edgw.) Voigt (1845)
Common name : Lal Kalkashunda.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Road side waste lands, high
cultivated lands.
Distribution : Hugli, Birbhum, Puruliya,
Haora, Dinajpur, Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Nadia,
Kolkata, Barddhaman, Murshidabad, Koch
Bihar, North 24 Pgs. (Malatipur/near Dey
Ganga), Medinipur, Bankura and Darjiling.
69~. Cassia surattensis Burm. f. (1768)
Life form : Large shrub or small tree.
Habitat: Grown as an ornamental plant.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Mazilpur/
Joynagar) and Haora.
700. Cassia tora L. (1753)
Common name: Chakunda.
Life form: Annual weed.
Habitat: Waste lands, railway tracts, way
sides.
Distribution Bankura, Jalpaiguri,
Barddhaman, Darjiling, Murshidabad, Kolkata,
South 24 Pgs. (Piyallinagar/Baruipur),
Puruliya, Hugli, Birbhum, Haora, Nadia,
Dinajpur, Koch Bihar, Maldah and Medinipur.
701. Delonix regia (Boj. ex Hook. ) Raf.
(1836)
Common name : Krishnachura.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Planted as ornamental.
Distribution: Birbhum, Murshidabad, Koch
Bihar, Maldah, Haora, Barddhaman, Darjiling,
Nadia, Dinajpur, Puruliya, Bankura, Jalpaiguri,
Hugli, Kolkata, Medinipur and North 24 Pgs.
(Palta, Naihati).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
702. Mezoneuron cucullatum Wight &
Arn. (1834)
Common name: Regi.
Life form : Liana.
Habitat: Moist evergreen forest.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
703. Parkinsonia aculeata L. (1753)
Common nanle : Bilati Kikar.
Life form : Small tree or shrub.
Habitat: Cultivated area.
Distribution : Birbhum, Medinipur,
Puruliya, Haora, Barddhaman, Bankura and
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
704. Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.)
Baker ex Heyne (1927).
Common name: Gul Mohar.
Life form : Tall tree.
Habitat: Planted as avenue tree.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Titagarh,
Barrackpur), Bankura, Barddhaman, Puruliya
and Medinipur.
705. Piliostigma malabaricus (Roxb.)
Benth. (1852)
Common name: Amli or Karmai.
Life form : Moderate sized tree.
Habitat: Planted as avenue tree.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur).
706. Caesalpinia pulchemma L. (1753)
Common name: Radha-Chura.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Planted as avenue tree.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Joygram/
Minakhan), Hugli, Birbhum, Haora, Koch
Bihar, Darjiling, Puruliya, Medinipur, Nadia
and Dinajpur. ... .'
707. Saraca asoca (Roxb.) de wilde
Common name : Asoke.
Life form : Low deliquescent tree.
Habitat: Planted in the gardens or lawns.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Koch Bihar,
Nadia, Kolkata, Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, South
24 Pgs. (Gobindapur), HugH and
Murshidabad.
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708. Tamarindus indica L. (1753)
Common name : Tetul.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Planted in gardens or road sides.
Distribution : Puruliya, J alpaiguri, Nadia,
North 24 Pgs. (Naihati), Kolkata, Maldah,
Medinipur, Bankura, Murshidabad, Birbhum,
Haora, Barddhaman and Hugli.
Family LEGUMINOSAE
Subfamily MIMOSOIDEAE
709. Acacia auriculifonnis A. Cunn.
(1842)
Common name : Akashmoni.
Life form : Medium unarmed tree.
Distribution Dinajpur, Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Nadia, Kolkata, Hugli, Darjiling,
South 24 Pgs. (Rabindra Sarabar), Medinipur,
J alpaiguri, Puruliya, Haora, Koch Bihar,
Murshidabad, Bankura and Maldah.
710. Acacia caesia (L.) Willd.
Life form : Scandent shrub or woody
climber.
Distribution Barddhaman, Hugli,
Jalpaiguri, North 24 Pgs. and Puruliya.
711. Acacia catechu LJ. Willd. (1806)
Common name : Khayer.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Village thickets & hedges.
Distribution : Birbhum, Bankura, South 24
Pgs. (Garia), Puruliya, Jalpaiguri, Darjiling,
Koch Bihar, Barddhaman and Medinipur.
712. Acacia concinna DC. (1825)
Common name: Ban-Ritha.
Life form : Twining shrub.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur).
713. Acaciafarnesiana (L.) WHld. (1806)
Common name: Guhiya Babla.
Life form: Shrub/Small tree.
Habitat: Waste lands, road sides, railway
tracks.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Shyamnagar).
714. Acacia moniliformis Griseb. (1874)
Lifeform: Small tree.
Distribution : Koikata (Ballygunge Science
College Campus).
715· Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del.
subsp. indica (Benth.) Brenan
Common name : Babul or Babla.
Life form : Small or medium sized tree.
Habitat : Village thickets, road sides,
railway lines.
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman, South
24 Pgs. (Brace Bridge), Bankura, Maldah,
Medinipur, Nadia, Haora, Murshidabad and
Hugli.
716. Acacia pennata (L.) Willd.
Life form : Scandent shrub.
Distribution : J alpaiguri and Puruliya.
717. Acacia polyacantha Willd. (1806)
Common name: Sai-Kanta.
Life form : Small to medium tree.
Habitat: Hedges and thickets.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Basanti).
718. Acacia recuroa Benth. (1842)
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution : Kolkata.
719. Acacia sinuata (Lour.) Merr.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution : North Bengal.
720. Acacia sphaerocephala Cham. &
Schlecht. (1830)
Life form : Medium sized tree.
Distribution : Kolkata (Ballygunge Science
College Campus).
721. Acacia tomentosa Willd.
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution: Haora (rare).
722. Adenauthera pavonina L.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling, Haora, Medinipur.
Bankura, Maldah and West Dinajpur.

723. Albizia chinensis (Osbeck) Merr.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
724. Albizia lebbeck (L.) Benth. (1806)
Common name : Siris.
Life form: Large tree.
Habitat: Mostly naturalized.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Kolkata,
Puruliya, South 24 Pgs. (Magrahat), Bankura,
Dinajpur, Medinipur, Nadia, Barddhaman,
Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, DaIjiling, Haora, Hugli,
Koch Bihar and Maldah.
725. Albizia lucida Benth.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
726. Albizia odoratissima (LJ.) Benth.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Bankura and
Medinipur.
727. Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth. (1844)
Common name : Kori or Koroi.
Life form: Unarmed medium tree.
.Habitat: Planted in the village areas.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Nadia,
Murshidabad, Bankura, Haora, Puruliya, South
24 Pgs. (Subhashgram) and Medinipur.
728. Albizia thomsonii Brandis
Life form : Deciduous tree.
Distribution: West Dinajpur.
729. Calliandra brevipes Benth. (1840)
Life form : Unarmed shrub.
Habitat : Planted in the villages and
gardens.::
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Ramnagar/
Metia Bruz), Koch Bihar, Barddhaman,
Bankura and Jalpaiguri.
730. Desmanthus virgatus (L.) Willd.
Life form : Shrub or semi woody herb.
Distribution : Haora and North 24- Pgs.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
731. Entada rheedii subsp.
sinohimalensis (Grierson & Long)
Panigrahi
Life form : Large liana.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
732. Leucaena latisiliqua (L.) Gill~. (1974)
Common name : Subabul or Khilkadam.
Life form : Unarmed shrub.
Habitat: Road sides, river banks, hedges or
wastelands. .
Distribution : Puruliya, Medinipur,
Murshidabad, Kolkata, Dinajpur, Hugli, South
24 Pgs. (Canning), Barddhaman, Darjiling,
Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Haora, Koch Bihar,
Bankura, Nadia and Birbhum.
733. Mimosa barberi Gamble
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
734. Mimosa himalayana Gamble
Life form : Straggling shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
735. Mimosa intsia L.
Life form : Straggling shrub.
Distribution : Throughout plains .
736. Mimosa pudica L. (1753)
Common name: Lajjabati or Najak.
Life form : Spreading herb.
Habitat: Road sides, railway tracks, waste
lands, hedges etc.
Distribution : Nadia, Kolkata, Maldah, Koch
Bihar, Birbhum, Darjiling, Dinajpur,
Barddhaman, Bankura, Haora, Hugli, South 24
Pgs. (Madarhat/Baruipur), Medinipur,
Jalpaiguri and Murshidabad.
737. }Vep~nia oleracea Lour. (1790)
Common name: Pani Najak.
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat: Village ponds and jheels.
Distribution: Medinipur, Barddhaman,
Hugli, Murshidabad, Dinajpur, North 24 Pgs.,
Kolkata, Haora, Koch Bihar , Nadia, Maldah
and Jalpaiguri.
SANYAL et al. : Plant Diversity
738. Parki.a pedunculata (Roxb.) Macbride
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Cultivated land.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
739. Pithocellobium dulci (Roxb.) Benth.
(1844)
Common name : Belati Amli.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Cultivated Hedges, waste lands,
etc.
Distribution: Hugli, Birbhum, Koch Bihar,
Barddhaman, Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata,
Bankura, Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Canning),
Maldah and Murshidabad.
740. Pithece"obium heterophyllum
(Roxb.) Macbride
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
741. Pithece"obium monodelphum
(Roxb.) Kosterm.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
742. Prosopis chilensis (Molina) Stuntz
(1914)
Common name : Bera Babla.
Life form : Large shrub.
Habitat : Hedges or largely as ornamental.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Koch Bihar,
Darjiling, Hugli, Barddhaman, Dinajpur, Haora,
Birbhum, Maldah, Kolkata, J alpaiguri,
Bankura, Medinipur, Puruliya, South 24 Pgs.
(Canning/on the river banks) and Nadia.
743. Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce
Life form : Large shrub or small tree.
Distribution : Bankura and J alpaiguri.
744. Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merrill (1916)
Common name : Khirish.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Planted as avenue tree.
Distribution : Nadia, Bankura, Dinajpur,
Hugli, Maldah, Birbhum, Kolkata, Jalpaiguri,
Haora, Barddhaman, Murshidabad, Koch
Bihar, South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba), Medinipur,
Puruliya and Darjiling.
Family ROSACEAE
745. Agrimonia pilosa Ladeb.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
746. Aruncus dioicus (Walter) Fernald
subsp. triternatus (Maxim.) Hara
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
747. Cotoneaster acuminatus Wall. ex
Lindl.
Life form : Erect shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
748. Cotoneaster corifusus Klotz
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
749. Cotoneaster congestus Baker
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
750. Cotoneaster frigidus Wall. ex Lindl.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
751. Cotoneaster insignis Pojark.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
752. Cotoneaster microphyllus
Life form : Prostrate dwarf shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
753. Cotoneaster nitidus Jacq
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
754. Cotoneaster pannosus Franch.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
755. Cotoneaster rotundifolius Wall. ex
Lindl.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.

756. Cotoneaster sandakphuensis Klotz
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
757. Crataegus clarkei Hook. f.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
758. Crataegus laevigata (Poir.) DC.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
759. Docynia indica (Wall.) Decsn.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
760. Duchesnea indica (Andr.) Foke
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
761. Duchesnea pentaphylla A. P. Das &
Chanda
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
762. Eriobotrya bengalensis (Roxb.)
Hook.f.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
763. Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lind.
(1822)
Common name : Loquat.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat : Planted in orchards.
Distribution: Medinipur, Kolkata, South 24
Pgs. (Subuddhipur/Baruipur), Haora, Koch
Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Darjiling, Nadia and
Murshidabad.
764. Eriobotrya dubia (Lindl.) Decaisne
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
765. Eriobotrya hookeriana Decne.
Life form : Small Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
766. Eriobotrya penolata Hook. f.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
767. Filipendula ·vestita (Wall. ex G. Don)
Maxim.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
768. Fragaria daltoniana J. Gay
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
769. Fragaria nubicola Lindl.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
770. Fragaria rubiginosa Lacaita
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
771. Fragaria vesca L.
Life form : Herb.
I?istribution : Almos~ throughout West
Bengal.
772. Geum sikkimense Prain
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
773. Kerriajaponica (L.) DC
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
774. Maddenia himalaica Hook.f. &
Thoms.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
775. Malus baccata (L.) Borkh
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
776. Malus sikkimensis (Wenz.) Koehne
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
I
777. Neilia rubiflora D. Don
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
778. Neillia thyrsiflora D.Don
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
779. Photinia arguta Lindl. yare arguta
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
780. Photinia arguta Lindl. yare hooken
(D.) Vidal
Lifeform: Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
781. Photinia glabra Decne.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
782. Photinia integrifolia Lindl.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
783. Potentilla arbuscula D. Don
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
784. Potentilla fulgens Wall.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
785. Potentilla gr(ffi.thii Hook.f.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
786. Potentilla indica (Andrews) Wolf
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
787. Potentilla leuconata D. Don
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
788. Potentilla lineata Trevir.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
789. Potentilla polyphylla Wall. ex Lehm
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
790. Potentilla ngida Wall. ex Lehm.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
791. Potentilla sundaica (Blume) O. Kuntze
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
792. Potentilla supina L. (1753)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling, Dinajpur and
Puruliya.
793. Prunus arborea (Blume) Kalkman
yare montana (Hook.f.) Kalkman
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
794. Prunus bracteopadus Koehne
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
795. Prunus cerasoides D. Don var.
cerasoides
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
796. Prunus cerasoides D. Don var.
majestica (Koehne) C. Ingram
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
797. Prunus ceylonica (Wight) Miq.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
798. Prunus cerasus L.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
799. Prunus cornuta (Wall. ex Royle)
Steud. var. cornuta
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
800. Prunus cornuta (Wall. ex Royle)
Steud. var. villosa Hara
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
801. Prunus glauciphylla Ghora &
Panigrahi
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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802. Prunus napaulensis {Ser.) Steud. 813. Rosa banksiae (Aiton) R.Br.ex Ait.f.
Life form : Tree. Life form : Liana.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
803. Prunus persica (L.) Batsch 814. Rosa brunonii Lindl.
Life form : Tree. Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
804. Prunus nifa Hook. f.
815. Rosa clinophylla Thory yare
Life form : Tree. clinophylla
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Shrub.
805. Prunus. undulata Buch.-Ham. ex D.
Distribution : HugH and South 24 Pgs.
Don
816. Rosa clinophylla Thory yare glabra
Life form : Tree.
(Lindl. Ex Prain) Ghora & Panigrahi
Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Shrub.
806. Prunus wattii
Distribution : Maldah.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling. 817. Rosa gigantea Collett ex Crepe
807. Pyracantha crenulata (D.Don) Life form : Large scrambling shrub.
Roem. Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Shrub. 818. Rosa macrophylla Lindl.
Distribution : DarjiHng. Life form : Shrub.
808. PyMlS communis L. Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Tree. 819. Rosa roxburghii Trattin.
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Shrub.
809. PyMlS japonica Thunb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Shrub.
820. Rosa sericea Lindl.
Distribution : ~arjiling.
Life form : Shrub.
810. PyMlS pashia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
821. Rosa sinica Murray
811. P. pyrifolia (Burm.f.) Nakai yare Life form: Shrub.
culta (Makino) Nakai Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Tree. 822. Rosa triphylla Roxb. ex Lindl.
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Shrub or climber.
812. Rosa centifolia L. (1753) Distribution : Darjiling.
Common name : Basaraiya gulab. B23.~ Rubus acuminatus Smith
Life form : Erect shrub. Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Planted in public gardens. Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Bankura, Koch Bihar,
824. Rubus calycianus Wall. ex D.Don
Darjiling, Maldah, Birbhum, Kolkata, Puruliya,
Medinipur, Jalpaiguri and North 24 Pgs. Life form : Undershrub.
(Shyamnagar). Distribution : Darjiling.
SANYAL et ala : Plant Diversity
825: Rubus calycinoides O. Kuntze
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
826. Rubus dUfusus Focke
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
827. Rubus ellipticus Smith
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
828. Rubus filiacens Smith
Life form: Climbing Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
829. Rubus fockeanus Kurz
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
830. Rubus fruticosus L.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
831. Rubus gardnerianus Kuntze
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
832. Rubus gigantiflorus Hara
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
833. Rubus glandular Balakr.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
834. Rubus gr(ffithii Hook.f.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
835. Rubus indotibetanus Koidz.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
836. Rubus lineatus Rienwardt
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
837. Rubus macilentus Cambess.
Life form : Shrub or scrambling shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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838. Rubus mesogaeus Focke ex Diels
Life form : Scrambling shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
839. Rubus moluccanus L.
Life form : Scandent shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
840. Rubus niveus Thunb. var. niveus
Life fornl : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
841. Rubus niveus Thunb yare
rosaefolius (Hook.f.) Hara
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
842. Rubus paniculatus Smith
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
843. Rubus pedunculosis D. Don
Lifeform : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
844. Rubus pentagonus Wall. ex Focke
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
845. Rubus rosifolius Smith
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
846. Rubus rugosus Smith
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Darjiling.
847. Rubus senchalensis Hara
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
848. Rubus splendidissimus Hara
Lifeform : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
849. Rubus thomsonii Focke
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
850. Rubus trentleri Hook.f.
Life form: Bushy or scrambling shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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851. Rubus wardii Merrill
Life form : Traiing shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
852. Sanguisorba diandra (HookJ.)
Nordborg
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
853. Sibbaldia cuneata H. Hafn. ex
O.Kuntze
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
854. Sibbaldia micropetala (D. Don)
Hand.-Mazz.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
855. Sibbaldia paviflora Willd.
Life form : Tamentose herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
856. Sibbaldia toullifilia (HookJ.)
Chatterjee
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
857. Sarbaria tomentosa (Lindl.) Rehder
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
858. Sorbus arachnoids Koehne.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
859· Sorbusfoliosa (Wall.) Spach var.
wenzigiana (Schneider) Rushforth
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
860. Sorbus griffithii (Decne.) Rehder
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
861. Sorbus insignis (HookJ.) Hedlund
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
862. Sorbus kurrii (Watt. ex Prain) Schneid.
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
863. Sorbus microphylla Decne.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
864. Sorbus rhamnoides (Decne.) Rehder
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
865. Sorbus rufopilosa Schneider
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
866. Sorbus thomsonii (King ex HookJ.)
Rehder
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
867. Sorb1;lS vestita (G. Don) Schau.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
868. Sorbus wallichii (HookJ.) Yu
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
869. Spirea bella Sims
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
870. Spirea canescens D. Don
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
871. Spirea cantoniensis Lour.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
872. Spiraea daljilingensis Panigrahi &
Purohit
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
873. Sp~irea micrantha Hook. f.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family CRASSULACEAE
874. Bryophyllum pinna tum (Lam.)
Oken. (1841)
Common name : Pathar KuchL
SANYAL et a1. : Plant Diversity
Life form : Fleshy, succulent herb.
Habitat: Dry waste lands, thickets
Distribution : Maldah, Koch Bihar, Haora,
Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Hugli, Medinipur, South
24 Pgs. (Jugdia-Benipur), Birbhum, Puruliya
and Murshidabad.
875. Kalanchoe grandijlora Wight & Arn.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Banlrura.
876. Kalanchoe laciniata CL.) DC.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
877. Kalanchoe lanceolata CFask.) Pers.
Life/orm: Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
'878. Kalanchoe pinnata
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
879. Rhodiola chrysanthemifolia CLer.)
Fu
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
880. Rhodiola sinuata (Royle ex Edgew.)
Fu
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : D!lrjiling.
881. Sedum multicaule Wall. ex Lindl.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family DROSERACEAE
882. Aldrovanda vesiculosa L. (1753)
Common name : Malacca jhangi.
Life form : Insectivorous aquatic succulent
herb.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga
region).
883. Drosera burmannii Vahl
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Murshidabad,
Birbhum, Puruliya, Medinipur and HugH.
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884. »rosera indica L.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Birbhufll.
Family HALORAGACEAE
885. Myriophyllum tetrandrum Roxb.
Common name: Jhangi.
Life foml : Aquatic.
Habitat: Marshy places and ditches.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Medinipur,
Haora, Nadia, Kolkata and HugH.
886. Myriophyllum tuberculatum
Roxb. (1820)
Life form : Aquatic.
Habitat: Marshy places and ditches.
Distribution: Nadia, Haora, North 24 Pgs.,
Medinipur and Hugli.
Family RHIZOPHORACEAE
887. Bruguiera cylindrica (L.) Blume
(1827)
Common name : Bakul Kakra.
Life form : True mangrove species, tall tree.
Habitat: Inter tidal mangrove forest.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Sajnakhali).
888. Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (L.) Savio
(1797)
COlnlnon name : Kankra.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: River banks, intertidal nlangro\'e
forest.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sundcrban,
Harinbari/Sagar Island).
889. Bruguiera parviflora (Roxb.) Wight
& Arn. ex Griff. (1936)
Common nanle : Bakul Kankra.
Life form : Mediunl tree.
Habitat: Inter-tidal mangrove forest.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kulpi).
890. Bruguiera sexangula (Lour.) Poir.
(1816)
Common name : Kankra.
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Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Inter-tidal mangrove forest.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali).
891. Carallia brachiata (Lour.) Merr.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
892. Ceriops decandra (Griff.) Ding Hou
(1958).
Common name: Goran.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Habitat : Inter-tidal mangrove forest and
river slopes.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba).
893. Ceriops tagal (Perr.) Robinson (1908)
Common name: Mat-Goran.
Life form : Small or moderate tree.
Habitat : Inter-tidal mangrove thickets and
ridge forests.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kulpi).
894. Kandelia candel (L.) Druce (1913)
Common name: Goria.
Life form : Small or moderate tree.
Habitat: Mangrove forests of Sundarban.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Pirkhali).
895. Rhizophora apiculata Blume (1827)
Common name: Garjan.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Tidal mangrove areas in the
coastal areas.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sanjnakhali/
Sunderban).
896. Rhizophora mucronata Poir. (1804)
Common name: Garjan.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat : Tidal mangrove forests, in river
slopes & swampy inter-tidal zones of
Sundarban, co-exsisted with Ceriops spp. and
Burguiera.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Family COMBRETACEAE
897. Lumnitzera racemosa Willd. (1803)
Common name : Kripal.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat : Above tidal forests, as the back
mangal species.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Namkhana).
898. Quisqualis indica L. (1762)
Common name : Rangoon-ke-bel.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Habitat : Wastelands and village thickets.
Distribution : Medinipur, Birbhum, South
24 Pgs. (Sarberia/Sandeskhali), Maldah,
Kolkata, Puruliya, Darjiling, Nadia, Bankura,
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Hugli, Haora,
Murshidabad, Dinajpur and Jalpaiguri.
899. Terminalia aljuna (Roxb. ex DC.)
Wight & Arn. (1834)
Common name: AIjuna.
Lifeform: Large tree.
Habitat: Avenue tree and wild in village
shrubberies.
Distribution : Koch Bihar,· Barddhaman,
Murshidabad, Darjiling, Medinipur, South 24
Pgs. (Sagar Island), Kolkata, Puruliya,
Bankura, Dinajpur, Nadia, Hugli, Haora,
Maldah, Birbhum and J alpaiguri.
900. Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb.
ex Fleming (1798)
Common name: Bohera.
Life form : Medium to large tree.
Habitat : Avenue tree.
Distribution: Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Hugli,
Haora, Dinajpur, Nadia, Koch Bihar, Birbhum,
Murshidabad, Medinipur, Kolkata, Bankura,
Puruliya, South 24 Pgs. (Malirdhar/Canning)
and Barddhaman.
901. Terminalia catappa L. (1767)
Common name : Katbadam or Deshibadam.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Avenue tree or in garden edges.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
Distribution : Medinipur, North 24 Pgs.
(Dakshmin Barasat), Kolkata, Puruliya,
Dinajpur, Bankura, Haora, Darjiling, Birbhum
and Nadia.
902. Tenninalia chebula (Gaertn.) Retz.
(1789)
Common name : Haritaki.
Life form : Medium to large tree.
Habitat : Planted as ornamental & avenue
tree.
Distribution : Maldah, South 24 Pgs.
(Dhopagachi/Baruipur), Medinipur, Dinajpur,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Bankura, Birbhum,
Puruliya, Barddhaman and Murshidabad.
Family MYRTACEAE
903. Callistemon citrinus (Curt.) Stapf
(1925)
Common name : Botal Brass.
Lifeform : Large shrub.
Habitat: Commonly planted in. gardens.
Distribution North 24 Pgs.
(Madhyamgram), Medinipur, Kolkata, Maldah,
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Dinajpur, Hugli and
J alpaiguri.
904. Eucalyptus citriodora Hook. (1848)
Common name : Eucalyptus.
Life form : Tall tree.
Habitat : Planted as avenue tree.
Distribution : Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri,
Barddhaman, Nadia, Haora, Birbhum,
Darjiling, Bankura, Medinipur, Koch Bihar,
Hugli, Kolkata, Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs.
(Jadavpur), Puruliya and Maldah.
905. Melaleuca leucadendron L. (1767)
Common name: Cajaputi.
Life form : Small to medium tree.
Habitat: Rarely planted in the gardens.
Distribution : Darjiling, Koch Bihar,
Dinajpur, J alpaiguri and South 24 Pgs.
906. Psidium guajaua L. (1753)
Common name : Piyara.
Life form : Small tree.
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Habitat: Planted in orchards.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dhanyakuria).
907. Syzygium cumini (L.) Skeels (1912)
Common name: Kalo-jam.
Life form: Medium tree.
Habitat : Rarely planted, self-grown in
village areas.
Distribution : Darjiling, Hugli, Kolkata,
Medinipur, Haora, Birbhum, Bankura,
Barddhaman, Murshidabad, Dinajpur, Maldah,
Nadia, Koch Bihar, South 24 Pgs. (Amtala,
Dewanganj ), Puruliya and Jalpaiguri.
908. Syzygium fruticosum DC. (1828)
Common name: Ban jam.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Wild or self-shown.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Basanti/river
banks).
909. Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston (1931)
Common name: Golap jam.
Life form : Small to medium tree.
Habitat : Planted in the orchards.
Distribution: 24 Pgs. (Nabagram).
910. Syzygium malaccense (L.) Merr. &
Perry (1938)
Common name: Malacca jamrul.
Distribution : Koch Bihar and J alpaiguri.
911. Syzygium ruscifolium (Willd.)
Santapau & Wagh (1963)
Common name : Hidjili Menadi.
Lifeform : Woody shrub.
Distribution : Dinajpur, J alpaiguri, South 24
Pgs. and Koch Bihar.
912. Syzygium samarangense (Blume)
Merrill & Perry (1938).
Common name: Jamrul.
Life form : Medium sized tree.
Habitat : Planted in the orchards, or self-
shown.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Nilgunj/
Barrackpur).

913. Syzygium tetragonum Wall.ex Wt.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family LECYfHI DACEAE
914. Barringtonia acutangula (L.)
Gaertn. (1780)
Common name: Hijal.
Life form : Moderate tree.
Habitat : Banks of the rivers of Sunderban.
Distribution: Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Hugli,
South 24 Pgs. (Mollakhali), Haora,
Murshidabad, Nadia, Dinajpur, Koch Bihar,
Barddhaman, Medinipur and Kolkata~
915. Barringtonia racemosa Roxb. (1824)
Common name: Sumudra.
Life form : Tall tree.
Habitat: River banks.
Distribution : Maldah, Dinajpur , HugH,
Medinipur, Koch Bihar, B~rddhaman,
Jalpaiguri, Nadia, Haora, Kolkata, South 24
Pgs. (Sagar Island, Basirhat) and Murshidabad.
Family MELASTOMETACEAE
916. Medinilla erythrophylla (Wall.) Lindl.
Life form : Epiphytic or terrestrial shrub.
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
917. Medinilla himalayana Hook.f. ex
Triana
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
918. Melastoma malabathricum L.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
919. M~lastoma norma Ie D. Don
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
920. Memeeylon umbellatum Burm.f.
(1768)
Common name: Anjan.
Life form : Small tree.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Habitat : Very rare in ville Thickets.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Falta), Haora
and Nadia.
921.0sbeckia chinensis L. var. chinensis
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling, West Dinajpur and
Birbhum.
922. Osbeclda chinensis L. var. pusilla
(Zoll.) Triana
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
923. Osbeclda crinita Benth. ex Nandin.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
924. Osbeclda daJ:jilingensis Giri & Nayar
Life form : Shrub or herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
925. Osbeckia muralis Nandin
Life form : Annual herb.
Di~tribution : Western part of West Bengal.
926. Osbeclda nepelensis Hook.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
927. Osbeckia nutans Wall. ex Clarke
Life form : Erect or schandent shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
928. Osbeckia rostrata D. Don
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
929. Osbeckia. stellata Buch.-Ham.ex Ker-
Gawl.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
930.·Oxysporapaniculata (D. Don) DC.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Drujiling and Jalpaiguri.
931. Sarcopyramis nepalensis Wall.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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932. Sonerila amabilis Kurz
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
933. Sonerila tenera Royle
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
934. Tibouchina semidec(1ndra Cogn.
Lifeform: Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family LYTHRACEAE
935. Ammannia auriculata Willd.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Koch Bihar and Murshidabad.
936. Ammannia baccifera L. (1753)
subsp. baccifera
CommQn name: Dadmari.
Life form : Annual marsh herb.
Habitat: Marshy habitat.
Distribution : Medinipur, Bankura, Koch
Bihar, Haora, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban), Murshidabad, Maldah,
Nadia, Barddhaman and Hugli.
937. Ammannia baccif~a L. subsp.
aegyptica (WiUd.) Koehne
Life form :. Fleshy herb.
Distribution: Bankura, Medinipur, South 24
Pgs. and Puruliya.
938. Ammannia multiflora Roxb. (1820)
Life form : Marshy herb.
Habitat: Marshy Habitat.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Amtala,
Diamond Harbour).
939. Cuphaea procumbens Cav.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
940. ~esaea brevipes Koehne
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Puruliya.
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941. Wooqordia fruiticosa (L.) Kurz
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
Family JUGLANDACEAE
942. Engelhardtia spicata Lesch. ex Blume
Life form : Tree.
Distributio'it : DaIjiling.
943. Lagerstromia indica L. (1759)
Common name : China.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Planted in the ornamental
gardens.
Distribution Jalpaiguri, Puruliya,
Medinipur, Kolkata, Murshidabad, South 24
Pgs. (Joynagar/Mazilpur), Koch Bihar,
DaIjiling, Nadia, Haora, Maldah, Barddhaman,
Bankura, Dinajpur, Hugli and Birbhum.
944. Lagerstroemia p~MJiflora Roxb.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling, Jalpaiguri,
Barddhaman, Medinipur and Puruliya.
945. Lagerstromia speciosa (L.) Pers.
(1806)
Common name: Jarul.
Life form : Medium to large tree.
Habitat: Avenue tree.
Distribution: Maldah, Bankura, Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Haora, Murshidabad, Darjiling,
Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Nadia, South 24 Pgs.
(Gosaba), Kolkata, Puruliya, Medinipur, Koch
Bihar and Dinajpur.
946. Lawsonia inermis L. (1753)
Common name: Mehendi.
Life form : Spiny hedge shrub.
Habitat: Hedges.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Falta).
947. Rotala cordata Koehne
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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948. Rotala densijlora (Roth ex Roem. &
Schult.) Koehne (1880)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Waste places.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Salt Lake
area/Bamanghata ).
949. Rotala indica (Willd.) Koehne (1880)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Waste places.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur).
950. Rotala mexicana Cham. & Schlecht.
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling, Haora and
Murshidabad.
951. Rotala rosa (Poir.) C. D. K. Cook
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Hugli, Haora, Medinipur,
Puruliya and West Dinajpur.
952. Rotala rotundifolia (Buch.-Ham.) ex
Roxb.Koehne(1881)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste places.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Herobhanga).
953. Rotala wallichii (HookJ.) Koehne
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
Family SONNERATIACEAE
954· Duabanga grandijlora (Roxb. ex
DC.) Walp.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
955· Sonneratia apetala Buch.-Ham. (1800)
Common name: Keora.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Swamps of Sunderban.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Rangabelia/
Sunderban).
956. Sonneratia caseolaris (L.)
Engler(1897)
Common name: Chak-Keora.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Life form : Small to medium tree.
Habitat : Linner estuaries.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (KnIti estuary,
Sakha Bidyadhari).
957. Sonneratia gMiJithii Kurz (1871)
Common name : Ora.
Life form : Small to medium tree.
Habitat: Outer estuaries or shore lines or
true estuaries.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Family PUNICACEAE
958. Punnica granatum L. (1753)
Common name: Dalim.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Habitat : Cultivated in old orchards.
Distribution: Dinajpur, Medinipur, Hugli,
Maldah, Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Darjiling, Bankura, Birbhum, Puruliya, South
24 Pgs. (Canning/Bhangankhali), Kolkata,
Nadia, Murshidabad and Haora.
Family ONAGRACEAE
959. Circea alpina L. subsp. maicola
(Aschers. & Magnus) Kitamura
Life form : IIerb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
960. CiJ-cea J-epens Wall. ex Aschr. &
Magnus
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
961. Epilobium amurense Hausskn. ssp.
amurense
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
962. Epilobium b~evifolium D. Don
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIJiling~
963. Epilobium cylindricum D. Don
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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964. Epilobium sikkimense Haussknecht
Life form: Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
965. E. wallichianum Haussknecht
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
966. Epilobium sikkimense Haussknecht
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
967. Epilobium wallichianum
Haussknecht
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
968. Fuc~ia dependens Hook.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
969. Ludwigia adscendens (L.) Hara
(1953)
Common name: Kesara-dam.
Distribution: Birbhum, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad, Puruliya, Hugli, South 24 Pgs.,
Darjiling, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Maldah,
Haora, Bankura, Medinipur, Nadia and
Kolkata.
970. Ludwrigia erecta (L.) Hara
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Haora.
971. LudwMgia hyssopifolia (D. Don)
Exell
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Throughout the State.
972. LudwMgia octovulvis (Jacq.) Raven
subsp. octovalvis
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Throughout the state.
973. Ludwigia octovalvis ssp.
sessiliflora (Micheli) Raven (1962)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
974. Ludwigia perennis Roxb. (1820)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
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975. Ludwigia prostrata Roxb. (1820)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
976. Oenothera erythrosepala Borbas
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
977. Oenothera rosea Aiton
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family TRAPACEAE
978. Trapa bispinosa Roxb. (1798)
Common name : Pani Phal or Singara Phal.
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat: Cultivated in the water bodies.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Kolkata,
Nadia, Haora, Dinajpur, South 24 Pgs., Hugli
and Medinipur.
979. Casearia elliptica Willd. (1800)
Lifeform : ~mall tree.
Habitat: Road sides as avenue tree.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Shyamnagar).
Family PASSIFLORACEAE
980. Adenia trilobata (Roxb.) Engl.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
981. Passiflora edulis Sims
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling, Murshidabad and
Hugli.
982. Passiflora foetida L. (1753)
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Habitat: Climbing on the bushes as a wild
species.
Distribution Hugli, Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad, Haora, Dinajpur, Nadia, Koch
Bihar, Medinipur, Kolkata, Barddhalnan,
Maldah and South 24 Pgs. (Canning, AIntala).
983. Passiflora nepalensis Wall.
Life form : Climbing herb.
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Distribution : Darjiling.
984. PassiJlo.,.a quad.,.angularis L.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : North Bengal.
985. Passijlo.,.a sube.,.osa L. (1753)
Common name: Jhumko.
Life form : Climbling or prostrate herb.
Habitat: Hedges and thickets.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sashan/near
Baruipur, lower Ganga delta).
986. PassiJlo.,.a su1;Jpeltata Ortega
Life form: Climber.
Distribution: North Bengal.
Family CARICACEAE
987. Carica papaya L. (1753)
Common name : Papaya.
•
Life form : Branched or unbranched,
herbaceous, trre like habit.
Habitat : Planted/cultivated.
Distribution : Darjiling, Puruliya, Bailkura,
South 24 Pgs. (Bamanghata/Tapsia), Dinajpur,
Maldah, Kolkata, Haora, Birbhum, Hugli,
Barddhaman, Nadia, Koch Bihar, Medinipur,
J alpaiguri and Murshidabad.
Family CUCURBITACEAE
9~8. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.
(1888)
Common name: Chal-Kumra.
Life form : Trailing or climbing annual herb.
Habitat : Cultivated in the ville gar.dens.
Distribution : J alp~iguri, Bankura, Haora,
Darjiling, Koch Bihar, Puruliya, Medinipur,
North 24 Pgs. (Titagarh), Murshidabad,
Barddhaman, Kolkata, Hugli, Dinajpur,
Maldah, Nadia and Birbhum.
989. Biswa.,.ea tongle~ C. B. Clarke
Cogn.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
990. Bryonopsis laciniosa (L.) Naud.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
991. Chaerophyllum .,.eflexum Lindl.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
992. Chaerophyllum villosum Wall. ex
DC.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
993. Cnidium monnieri (L.) Cuss'on
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
994. Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.)
Matsumuri & Nakai
Life form : Climber.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs .
995. Citrullus vulgaris Scbard. ex Eekl.
(1836)
Common name: Tarmuz.
Life form : Annual climbing or trailing herb.
Habitat: Cultivated on sandy soils.
Distribution : Haora, Koch Bihar, South 24
Pgs. (Malancha/near Gobindapur), Hugli and
Jalpaiguri.
996. Coccinia grandia (L.) Voigt
Common name: Tela-Kucha.
Life form : Creeper.
Habitat: Hedges & thickets.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Dinajpur,
Darjiling, South 24 Pgs. (Diamond Harbour),
J alpaiguri, Haora, Birbhum, Murshidabad,
Bankura, Barddhaman, Nadia, Maldah,
Kolkata, Medinipur, Puruliya and Hugli.
997. Corallocarpus epigaeus (Rottl. &
Willd.) Hook.f.
Life form : Climbing herb.
Distribution : Plains of West Bengal.
998. Cordelia hooken (C.B.Clarke)
Norman
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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999. Cucumis callosus (Rottler) Cogn.
(1924)
Lifeform: Climber or creeper.
Habitat: Railway trackts, waste places and
road sides.
Distribution: Darjiling, Kolkata, Puruliya,
North 24 Pgs. (Bamanpukur), Haora, Dinajpur,
Murshidabad, Birbhum, Medinipur, Koch
Bihar, Barddhaman, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Nadia,
Maldah and Bankura.
1000. Cucumis melD L. (1753)
Common name: Karbuz.
Life form : Climber or creeper.
Habitat: Cultivated land.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Barddhaman,
Nadia, Dinajpur, Birbhum, Maldah, Bankura,
Haora, Murshidabad, Kolkata, Puruliya, South
24 Pgs. (Sonarpur), Medinipur, Koch Bihar and
Hugli.
1001. Cucumis sativus L. (1753)
Common name: Sasa.
Life form : Climber or creeper.
Habitat: Cultivated land.
Distribution: Medinipur, Puruliya, Kolkata,
Maldah, Birbhum, J alpaiguri, Bankura,
Dinajpur, Hugli, Na~a, Murshidabad, Haora,
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar and South 24 Pgs.
(Dhopagachhi).
1002. Cucurbita maxima Buch.-Ham.
(1786)
Common name: Mitha Kumra.
Life form : Climber or creeper.
Habitat: On the road side garbages,
cultivated land.
Distribution : Nadia, North 24 Pgs.
(Nilgunj/Barrackpur), Puruliya, Medinipur,
Barddhaman, Birbhum, Hugli, Maldah, Haora,
Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata, Koch Bihar,
Dinajpur, Bankura and Darjiling.
1003. Cucurbita pepo DC.
Common name: Kumra.
Life form : Climber or creeper.
401
Habitat: Cult.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Haora,
Birbhum, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Nadia,
Darjiling, Bankura, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar,
Hugli, Puruliya, North 24 Pgs., Kolkata and
Medinipur.
1004. Diplocyclos palmatus (L.) Jeffrey
(1962)
Common name: Mala.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Hedges and thickets.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Birati).
1005. Edgaria Daljilingensis C.B.Clarke
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1006. Gomphogyne cissiformis Griff.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1007. Gymnopetalum cochinchinense
(Lour.) Kurz
Life form : Climber.
Habitat: Rarely found on the waste lands
of ville shrubberies.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur/
near Kamalgazi), Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
1008. Gynostenma pedata Blume
Life form : Climbing herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1009. Gynostemma pentaphyllum
(Thunb.) Makino
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1010. Herpitospermum pedunculosum
ex DC.Baill.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1011. Hodgsonia microcarpa (Blume)
Cogn.
Life form : Large climber.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
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1012. Lagenaria siceraria (Mol.) StandI.
Common name: Lau.
Lifeform : Climber.
Habitat: Cultivated land.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
1013. LuJfa acutangula Roxb.
Common name : Jhinga.
Life form : Climber.
Habitat : Cultivated land.
Distribution: Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs.,
Kolkata, Raora, Jalpaiguri, Nadia,
Murshidabad, Hugli, Medinipur, Maldah,
Cochbeha and Darjiling.
1014. Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem. (1846)
Common name: Dhundal.
Life form : Large climber.
Habitat: Cultivated land.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Medinipur,
arjeeling, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Subuddhipur/Baruipur), Barddhaman, Haora,
Maldah, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, HugH and
Nadia.
LuJfa echinata Roxb.
1015.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
1016. Luffa graveolens Roxb.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1017· Melothria heterophylla (Lour.)
Cogn.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Hugli, Haora, North 24 Pgs.,
'Medinipur, Bankura, Puruliya and Koch Bihar.
1018. Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn.
Lifeform: Climber.
Distribution : Cultivated land.
1019· Momordiea charantia L. var.
charantia
Common name : Karala.
Life form : Annual climber.
Habitat: Cultivated land.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution : Murshidabad, Medinipur,
Dinajpur, Hugli, Nadia, South 24 Pgs.
(Kadampur), Koch Bihar, Barddhaman, Haora,
Maldah and Jalpaiguri.
1020. Momordica charantia L. var.
muricata (Willd.) Chakravarty
Life form : Climber.
Distribution: Throughout-West Bengal.
1021. Momordica cochinchinensis
(Lour.) Spreng.
Common name : Kakrol.
Life form : Strong climbing shrub.
Habitat: C\lltivated land.
Distribution: Murshidabad, North 24 Pgs.
(Habra/Ashokenagar), Medinipur, Kolkata,
Haora, Jalpaiguri, Hugli,. Barddhaman, Koch
Bihar, Dinajpur, Birbhum, Nadia, Darjiling and
Maldah.
1022. Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd.
(1805)
Common name: Ban-Karala.
Life form : Climber.
Habitat: Cultivated land.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, North 24 Pgs.
(Taki/Sankchura, lower Ganga delta), Birbhum
and DaIjiling.
1023. Mukia maderaspatana CL.) Roem·
(1846)
Common name: Bilasi.
Life form : Annual climber.
Habitat: Waste lands and vacant plots.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Herobhang~).
1024. Neoalsomitra clavigera (Wall.)
Hutch.
Lifeform : Woody climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1025· Sechium edule (Jacq.) Swartz
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1026. Solena amplexiculis (Lam.) Gandhi
(1976)
Common name: Kudri.
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Life form : Climber. Distribution: Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, South

Habitat: Village thickets and hedges. 24 Pgs., Maldah, Koch Bihar, Murshidabad,
Distribution : 24 Pgs. (Ramnagar/ Jugdia). Dinajpur, Barddhaman, Birbhum, Nadia, HugH
and Haora.
1027. Thladiantha calcarata Cogn.
1034. Trichosanthes himalensis
Life form : Climber.
C.B. Clarke
Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Climber.
1028. Thladiantha cordifolia (Blume)
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
Cogn.
1035. Trichosanthes lepiniana (Naud.)
Life form : Herb.
Cogn.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Climber.
1029. Trichosanthes. anguina L.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Common name :'Chichinga.
1036. 'Trichosanthes nervifolia L. (1753)
Lifeform : Climber.
Common name : Ban-Chichinga.
Habitat : Cultivated land.
Life form : Perennial, stem woody.
Distribution : Haora, Maldah, Koch Bihar,
Habitat : Waste places.
Barddhaman, Dinajpur , Nadia, Bankura,
J alpaiguri, Medinipur and North 24 Pgs. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Taki/
Sanchura).
1030. TMchosanthes bracteata (Lam.)
.,Voigt (1845) 1037. 'Trichosanthes ovigea Blume
Life form : CUinber. Life form: Climber.
. ..;
~ .~

Habitat: Ctiltivated land. Distribution : DaIjiling.

Distribution: Bankura, Barddhaman, North

1038. Trichosanthes tricuspidata Lour.
24 Pgs. (Bamanpukur), Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Lifeform : Climber.
Din aj pur, Darjiling, Nadia, Murshidabad and Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
Maldah. 1039. Trichosanthes wallichiana
1031. Trichosanthes cordata Roxb. (Seringe) Wight
Lifeform : Climber. Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri. Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
1032. Trichosanthes cucumerina L. 1040. Zanonia indica L.
(1753) Life form: Woody climber.
Common name : Ban Chichinga. Distribution : Haora (Rare).
Life form : Annual climber. 1041. Zehnena maysorensis (Wight &
Habitat: Ville Scrub jungles. Arn.) Arn.
Distribution : Birbhum and South 24 Pgs. Life form : Climber.
(Basanti). Distribution: Darjiling.
1033. Trichosanthes dioica Roxb. 1042. Zehnena indica (Lour.) Kerandren

Common name : Patal. Life form : Scandent Herb.

Lifeform : Annual climber. Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri and Koch
Habitat: Cultivated. Bihar.
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Family CACTACEAE
1043. Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Haora and Murshidabad.
1044. Opuntia di"enii (Ker-Gawler) Haw.
(1819)
Common name: Phana.
Habitat: Sandy sea shores.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Medinipur,
Murshidabad, Maldah, Dinajpur, J alpaiguri,
Nadia, South 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga delta) and
Birbhum.
1045. Opuntia elatior Mill.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Puruliya.
1046. Pereskia bleo (H.B.K.) DC.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Haora and Murshidabad.
Family AIZOACEAE
1047. Giseaa pharnaceoides L.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Bankura and Medinipur.
1048. Sesul!ium portulacastrum L._(1753)
Common name: Gada Bani.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Mangrove
forest areas, Sunderban).
1049· Trianthema portulacastrum L.
(1753)
Common name: Sabuni.
Habitat : Swampy areas.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, J alpaiguri,
Murshidabad, Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban), Kolkata, Puruliya, Barddhaman,
Haora, Maldah, Dinajpur, Nadia, Birbhum,
HugH and Bankura.
1050. Trianthema triquetra Rotti. &
Willd. (1803)
Habitat: Swampy areas.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Family MOLLUGINACEAE
1051. GUnus lotoides L. (1753)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Waste places, dry fields.
Distribution : Haora, North 24 Pgs.
(Dewanganj), Barddhaman, Birbhum, HugH,
Bankura, Puruliya and Nadia.
1052. GUnus oppositifolia (L.) DC. (1901)
Common name '\ Gima Sake
Life form : AnnuM herb.
Habitat: " open pustures & along way sides.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Mad.arhat/
Baruipur).
1053. Mollugo pentaphylla L. (1753)
Common name: Khet Papra.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Lower ganga
delta, Salt Lake areas), H~gli, Puruliya,
Bankura, Dinajpur, Haora, Kolkata, Birbhum,
Murshidabad, Maldah, Medinipur and
Jalpaiguri.
Family APIACEAE
1054. Acronema belletum (C.B. Clarke)
P.K. Mukherjee
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1055. Acronema tenesum (DC.) Edgew.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1056. Anethum graveolens L. (1753)
Common name : Salpha.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Garden escapes in the villages.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (B~santi/
Sunderban).
1057· Bupleurum candolleii Wall. ex DC.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1058. CaMmt carvi L.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Cultivated· throughout West
Bengal.
1059· Centella asiatica (~.) Urban(1897).
Common name : Thanku~i.
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:Life form : Diffuse herb. 1065. Hydrocotyle javanica Thunb.

~ Habitat: Garden grounds. Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri,Puruliya, North 24 Distribution : DaIjiling and Maldah.
Pgs. (Lower Ganga delta), Kolkata, Dinajpur, 1066. Oenanthe javanica (Blume) DC.
Medinipur, Darjiling, Maldah, Nadia, Haora, (1830)
Birbhum, Hugli, Bankura, Barddhaman, Koch Common name: Pan-Tulasi.
Bihar and Murshidabad.
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, North 24
1060. CQMandMlm sativum L. (1753) Pgs. (Lower Ganga delta), Maldah, Koch Bihar
\,
Common name: Dhane. and Dinajpur.
Life form: Annual her. 1067. Peucedanum'dhana Wall. ex Clarke
Ha1;Jitat,: Cultivated in the ville Gardens. Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Bankura, Medinipur, Puruliya, Distribution : North Bengal.
Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. (Garia, Budge Budge), 1068. Pimpinella diversifolia DC.
Jalpaiguri, Dinajpur, Maldah, Koch Bihar, Life form : Herb.
Haora, Nadia, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Distribution : DaIjiling.
Murshidabad and HugH.
1069. Pimpinella sikkimensis Clarke
1061. Cuminum cuminum L. (1753)
Life form : Herb.
Common name: Zira.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Life form: Annual her. 1070. Pimpinella tongloensis P. K.
Habitat : Cultivated. MukheIjee
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bamanghata). Life form : Herb.
1062. Daucus carota L. (1753) Distribution : Darjiling.
Common name: Gajar. 1071. Pimpinella urceolata Wall. ex M. L.
Life form : Herb. BaneIjee
Habitat: Cultivated. Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Hugli, Murshidabad, Nadia, Distribution : DaIjiling.
Bankura, Haora, Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman, Koch 1072. Pimpinella wallichii C.B.Clarke
Bihar, North 24 Pgs. (Titagarh/Bhangagar), Life form : Herb.
Medinipur and Maldah. Distribution : DaIjiling.
1063. Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (1768) 1073. Sanicula elata Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
Common name: Pan-Muhuri. Life form : Herb.
Life form : Annual herb. Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
Habitat: Rarely cultivated in the gardens. 1074. Selanium candollii DC.
Distribution : Birbhum, Dinajpur, Puruliya, Life form : Herb.
Jalpaiguri, Bankura, Murshidabad, Medinipur, Distribution : Darjiling.
South 24 Pgs. (Sarberia/Sunderban), Haora, 1075. Sese Ii dtffusum (Roxb. ex Sm.) Sant.
Barddhaman, Hugli, Koch Bihar, Nadia, & Wagh (1963)
Kolkata and Maldah. Common name: Ban Jowan.
1064. Heracleum nepalense D. Don Distribution : Birbhum, Maldah, Koch Bihar,
Life form : Herb. Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, Nadia, Haora,
Distribution : DaIjiling. Barddhaman, Medinipur and HugH.
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1076. Sinocarum sikldmense (P. K.
Mukherjee) P. K. Mukherjee
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1077. Trachyospermum ammi CL.)
Sprague (1929)
Common name: Jurani.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution: Haora, South 24 Pgs. (Kulpi),
Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Nadia, Medinipur, Kolkata,
H ugH, Koch Bihar, Barddhaman and
Murshidabad.
1078. Trachyospe~unt
roxburghianum (DC.) Crail.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Cultivated throughout West
Bengal.
Family ALANGIACEAE
1079. Alangium alpinum C.B.Clarke
W.W. Smith & Cave
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1080. Alangium chinense CLour.) Harms
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
1081. Alangium salvifolium (L. f.)
Wangarin. (1910)
Common name: Ankura.
Life form : Small to medium tree.
Distribution : Hugli, Puruliya, Kolkata,
Dinajpur, Haora, Birbhum, Medinipur,
Murshidabad, Barddhaman, Bankura, Koch
Bihar, Maldah, North 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga
delta), Jalpaiguri and Nadia.
Family RUBIACEAE
1082. Adina cordifolia (Roxb.) Benth. &
Hook. f. (1873)
Common name : Kali Kadam or Haldu.
Life form : Medium tree, wood hard.
Habitat : Village shrubberies.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution : Murshidabad, Maldah,
Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri, Nadia, Hugli, Koch
Bihar, Bankura, Birbhum, Medinipur, DaJjiling,
North 24 Pgs. (Shyamnagar), Kolkata,
Puruliya, Haora and Dinajpur.
1083. Anthocephalus chinensis (Lam.)
Rich. ex Walp. (1843)
Common name: Kadam.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat : Planted as avenue tree.
Distribution : Bankura, J alpaiguri,
Murshidabad, Birbhum, Koch Bihar,
Barddhaman, Haora, Darjiling, Nadia,
Puruliya, South 24 Pgs. (Bamanpukuria/
Minakhan), Medinipur, Kolkata, Dinajpur,
Maldah and Hugli.
1084. Argostemma sarmentosa Wall.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1085. Bon-eMa alata (Aubl.) DC.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Drujiling.
1086. Bon-eMa articularis (L.f.) Williams
(1905)
Common name : Madanghanti.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Open waste lands & pastures.
Distribution : Haora, Puruliya, Kolkata,
Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Birbhum,
Dinajpur, Bankura, Murshidabad, Maldah,
South 24 Pgs. (Brace Bridge/Jinjira Bazar) and
Medinipur.
1087. Borreria stricta (L.f.) Schum. (1891)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Open places on dry sandy soil.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Herobhanga).
1088. potTea benghalensis Roxb. (1832)
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Waste lands, road sides, railway
tracks.
Distribution: Dinajpur, NorthDinajpur,
Barddhaman, Medinipur, Maldah, Darjiling,
Murshidabad, J alpaiguri, South 24 Pgs. (Budge
Budge), Bankura and Koch Bihar.
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1089. Dentella repens (L.) Forsst. (1776)
Common name : Bhumipat.
Distribution: Dinajpur, Haora, Darjiling,
Maldah, Hugli, Birbhum, Nadia, North 24 Pgs.
(Lower Ganga delta), Koch Bihar, Medinipur,
Bankura, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata, Murshidabad,
Puruliya and Barddhaman.
1090. Galium aspe,Mfolium Wall.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1091. Galium elegans Wall.
Life/orm : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1092. Galium hirtijlorum Req. ex DC.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1093. Gardenia jasminoides Ellis (1781)
Common name: Gandharaj.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Planted as garden plant.
Distribution : Haora, Koch Bihar, Nadia,
North 24 Pgs. (Gobardanga) and Jalpaiguri.
1094. Gardenia latifol~a Aiton (1789)
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Village thickets.
Distribution : Nadia, Hugli, Haora,
M urshidabad, Maldah, Koch Bihar,
Barddhaman, J alpaiguri, Darjiling, Bankura,
Puruliya, Medinipur, Kolkata, North 24 Pgs.
(Palta), Dinajpur and Birbhum.
1095. Hamelia potens Jacq. (1760)
Lifeform : Exotic shrub.
Habitat: Hedges.
Distribution : Medinipur, Barddhaman,
Koch Bihar, Maldah, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri,
Hugli, Bankura, Kolkata, Murshidabad and
South 24 Pgs. (Dhopagachhi).
10 96. Hedyotis scandens Roxb.
Life form: Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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1097. Hedyotis stipulata R. Br.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1098. Hymenodictyonflaccidum Wall.
Life form : Epiphytic shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1099. Hymenopogon parasiticus Wall.
Life form : Epiphytic shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1100.Ixora arborea Roxb. ex Sm. (1811)
Common name: Rangan.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Hedges.
Distribution : Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs.
(Dakshin Chatra), Puruliya, Medinipur,
Bankura, Maldah, Dinajpur, Birbhum, Koch
Bihar and J alpaiguri.
1101. lxora barbata Roxb. (1820)
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling, Hugli, Jalpaiguri,
Barddhaman, Birbhum, Murshidabad,
Dinajpur, North Dinajpur, Haora, Maldah,
Nadia, Bankura, Koch Bihar, Medinipur, North
24 Pgs. and Puruliya.
1102. lxora brunnescens Kurz (1872)
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
1103. lxora coccinea L. (1753)
Common name : Rangan.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Garden edges, hedges.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri, Hugli, Haora,
Dinajpur, Maldah, DarjiIing, Barddhanlan,
Birbhum, Murshidabad, Medinipur, Koch
Bihar, Bankura, Nadia, South 24 Pgs.
(Gosaba), Puruliya and Kolkata.
1104. lxora subsessilis Wall. Cat.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
1105. Ixora stricta Roxb. (1820)
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
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Habitat: Garden ornamental.
Distribution : Nadia, Maldah, Medinipur,
Puruliya, South 24 Pgs. (Dhosarhat),
Murshidabad and Haora.
1106. Ixora undulata Roxb. '(1820)
Common name : Palaka jui.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Habitat : Village shrubbries.
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Joygram/near Minakhan) and Medinipur.
1107. Knona corymbosa Willd.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1108. Knona sumatrensis (Retz.) DC.
(1830)
Life form : Annual shrub.
Habitat : Village thickets.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bamanghata/
Salt Lake).
1109. Luculia grandifolia Ghose
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1110. Luculia gratissima (Wall.) Sweet
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1111. Mitragyna parviflora (Roxb.)
Korth. (1839)
Common name: Kadam.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Avenue tree, parks.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Duttapukur),
Bankura, Medinipur, Barddhaman, Nadia,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Birbhum, Kolkata,
Murshidabad, HugH, Dinajpur, Maldah and
Haora.
Morinda citrifolia L. (1753)
1112.
Common name: Ach.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Habitat : Planted or escape in the villages.
Distribution: Nadia, Hugli, North 24 Pgs.
(Kestopur/near Baguihati), Dinajpur, Puruliya,
Birbhum, Maldah, Darjiling, Jalpaiguri and
Haora.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1113. Mussaenda glabrata (Hook.f.)
Hutch. ex Gamble (1921)
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Planted in gardens and orchards.
Distribution : Bank~ra, South 24 Pgs.
(Basanti), Maldah, Kolkata, Birbhum,
J alpaiguri, Barddhaman, Dinajpur, Darjiling,
Hugli, Medinipur and Nadia.
1114. Mussaenda macrophylla Wall.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1115. Mussaenda treutleri Stapf
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1116. Mycetia longifolia (Wall.) O. Kuntze
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1117. Nauclea orientalis L. (1962)
Life form : Small tree. \
Habitat: Planted as ornamental.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Basanti).
1118. Neanotis calycina (Wall. ex Hook.
f.) W.H. Lewis
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1119. Neanotis gracilis (Hook. f.) W. H.
Lewis
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1120. Neanotis ingrata (Wall. ex Hook. f.)
W. H. Lewis
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1121. Neanotis wightiana (Wall. ex Wight
& Am.) W. H. Lewis
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Oldenlandia biflora L.(1753)
1122.
Common name: Gandha Bhaduli.
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Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Nadia, Puruliya, Haora,
Maldah, South and North 24 Pgs., Kolkata,
Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad,
Dinajpur, Darjiling, Hugli, Bankura and
Birbhum.
1123· Oldenlandia cO'1Jmbosa L. (1753)
Common name: Khet Papra.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Barddhaman,
Dinajpur, Nadia, Murshidabad, Haora,
Pnruliya, South and North 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Birbhum, Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Medinipur,
Maldah, Kolkata and Irugli.
1124. Oldenlandia dUfusa (Willd.) Roxb.
(1820)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Hugli, Medinipur, Haora,
Bankura, Birbhum, Nadia, Puruliya and North
24 Pgs.
1125. Oldenlandia herbacea Roxb. (1820)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, North 24 Pgs.,
Haora, Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad and Nadia.
1126. Oldenlandia pumila (L.f.) DC. (1830)
Common name: Panki.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, South 24 Pgs.,
Haora, JalpaigUri, Nadia and Murshidabad.
1127. Ophiorrhiza mungos L.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Drujiling.
1128. Oldenlandia nutans C.B.Clarke
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1129. Oldenlandia pectinata Arn.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1130. Oldenlandia rugosa Wall.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1131. Oldenlandia succirubra King ex
Hook. f.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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1132. Oldenlandia thomsonii Hook. f.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
1133. Oldenlandia treutlerii Hook.f.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1134. Paederia foetida L. (1767)
Common name : Ghanda Bhadulia.
Life form : Twining shrub.
Habitat: Hedges and thickets.
Distribution : Kolkata, Bankura, H ugli,
J alpaiguri, Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs.
(Namkhana), Medinipur, Maldah, Darjiling,
Barddhaman, Nadia, Dinajpur and Koch Bihar.
1135. Paederia scandens (Lour.) Merr.
Lifeform : Shruby climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1136. Pavetta indica L. (1753)
Common name: Kukur-Chura.
Life form : Bushy shrub.
Habitat: Village thickets and shrubbries.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning).
1137. Psycho tria erratica Hook.f.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Drujiling.
1138. Rubia monjith Roxb. ex FIem.
Lifeform: Climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1139. Rubia wallichiana Decne.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1140. Spermadictyon suaveolens Roxb.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1141. Wendlandia wallichii Wight & Arn.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1142. Xeromphis spinosa (Thunb.) Keay
(1958)
Common name : Mephal or Madan.
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Life form : Large shrub.
Habitat: Village thickets and old clearings
of Sundarban.
Distribution: Hugli, Medinipur, Maldah,
Nadia and South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip).
1143. Xeromphis uliginosa (Retz.)
Maheshwari (1961)
Common name : Piralo.
Life form : Small tree or shrub.
Habitat: Planted occasionally.
Distribution : Nadia, Maldah, Barddhaman,
Hugli, South 24 Pgs. (Sarisa) and Haora.
Family ASTERACEAE (nom. alt.)
1144. Achillea millefolium L.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1145. Adenostemma lavenia (L.) O.
Kuntze (1891)
Common name: Buro-Keshuti.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1146. Ageratum conyzoides L. (1753)
Common name : Oochunti.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Very common weed in th"e
cultivated lands, along the bank of canals and
cracks of old walls.
Distribution: Nadia, Medinipur, Puruliya,
Birbhum, South 24 Pgs. (Canning, Suryapur),
Bankura, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata,
Barddhaman, Maldah, Murshidabad, Koch
Bihar, Darjiling, Dinajpur and Haora.
1147. Ainslea aptera DC.
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1148. Ainslea latifolia (D. Don) Schulz-Bip.
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1149. Anaphalis adnata DC.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1150. Anaphalis busua (Ham.) Hand.-Mazz.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1151. Anaphalis contorta (D. Don)
Hook. f.
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1152. Anaphalis margaritacea (L.) Benth.
& Hook. f.
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1153. Anaphalis triplinervis (Sims) ~. B.
Clarke
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1154. Artemisia dubia Wall. ex DC.
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1155. Artemisia indica WiUd.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1156. Artemisia japonica Thunb.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1157. Bellis perennis L.
Life form : Perennial Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1158. Bidens pilosa L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1159. Blainvillea acmella (L.) Philipson
(1950)
tife form : Annual herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga
delta).
1160. Blumea amplectens DC. (1834)
Life form : Small bushy herb.
Habitat : On the river banks, ville thickets.
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Distribution: Darjiling, Nadia, Birbhum,
Bankura, Barddhaman, Hugli, Maldah, Koch
Bihar, Murshidabad, Haora, Dinajpur,
Medinipur, Kolkata, Puruliya, North 24 Pgs.
(Duttapukur) and J alpaiguri.
1161. Blumea bifoliata (L.) DC. (1838)
Life form : Small bushy herb.
Habitat : Common on waste lands, road
sides and railway tracks.
Distribution : Barddham an , Nadia, Maldah,
Murshidabad, Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, Dinajpur,
Haora, Darjiling, Hugli, Bankura, Kolkata,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Malancha), Puruliya
and Koch Bihar.
1162. Blumea fistulosa DC. (1838)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common in the waste places, road
sides and railway lines.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Budge Budge).
1163. Blumea hieraciifolia (D. Don) DC.
Life form: Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1164. Blumea procera DC.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
1165. Blumea lacera (Burm. f.) DC. (1838)
Common name : Kukur-sunga or Kukur
mita ...
Life form : Annual aromatic herb.
Habitat: Common in the road sides, railway
tracks.
Distribution : Puruliya, South 24 Pgs.
(Arbelia/Dhanyakuria), Medinipur, Kolkata,
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Darjiling, Nadia,
Maldah, Bankura, Murshidabad, Dinajpur,
Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri, HugH and Haora.
1166. Blumea laciniata (Roxb.) DC. (1838)
Life form : Annual aromatic herb.
Distribution : Koch Bihar and South 24 Pgs.
(Frazergunj).
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1167. Blumea membranacea DC. (1836)
Life form : Annual aromatic herb.
Habitat: Waste lands and garden edges.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Barddhaman,
Bankura, Nadia, Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
(Namkhana).
1168.Blumea mollis (D. Don) Merr. (1910)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste and unused grounds.
Distribution : Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs.
(Basanti), Dinajpur, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Maldah
and Birbhum.
1169. Blumea oxyodonata DC. (1884)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Road sides and waste places.
Distribution: Murshidabad, North 24 Pgs.
(Titagarh) and Nadia.
1170. Caesulia axillaris Roxb. (1798)
Lifeform : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Santoshpur/
near Budge Budge), Maldah and Dinajpur.
1171. Calendula officinalis L. (1753)
Common name: Genda.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Cultivated in the ornamental
gardens.
Distribution : Murshidabad , Puruliya . ,
Darjiling, Barddhaman, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri,
Bankura, Kolkata, Maldah, South 24 Pgs.
(Santoshpur), Hugli, Medinipur, Haora, Nadia,
Birbhum and Koch Bihar.
1172. Carpesium abrotanoides L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1173. Carpesium trachellifolium Less.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Carthamus tinctorius L. (1753)
1174.
Common name: Kusum-Bech.
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Life form : Spinous herb.
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bahura),
Murshidabad, Nadia, Hugli, Jalpaiguri,
Kolkata, Koch Bihar and Medinipur.
1175. Centipeda minima (L.) A. Br. &
Aschers. (1867)
Common name : Mechilta.
Life form : Small perennial weed.
Habitat: Waste places.
Distribution : 24 Pgs., Darjiling.
1176. Chrysanthemum coronarium L.
(1753)
Common name : Chandra Mallika.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution : Nadia, Barddhaman, South
and North 24 Pgs., Kolkata, Medinipur,
Puruliya, Kolkata, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri,
Maldah, Koch Bihar, Bankura, Darjiling, HugH,
Dinajpur, Haora and Birbhum.
1177. Cicerbita cyanea (D. Don) Beauv.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1178. Cirsium arvense (L.) SCOp. (1772)
Common name : Silkanta.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste lands, weed of cult. Fields.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Rahara).
1179. Conyza aitgustijolia Roxb.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1180. Conyza japonica Less.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1181. Conyza stricta WiUd. var.
p(nnatifida (D. Don) Kitam.
Life form : Annual herb.
-Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1182. Conyza stricta WiUd. var. stricta
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1183. Conyza semipinnatifida Wall.
Distribution : Nadia, Bankura, Koch Bihar,
Medinipur, Barddhaman, Haora, Maldah,
Hugli, Birbhum, Puruliya, South 24 Pgs. (Near
Diamond Harbour,· 'Sarisha), Dinajpur,
J alpaiguri, Kolkata, Murshidabad and
Darjiling.
1184. Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
Common name: Cosmos.
Life form : Exotic herb.
Habitat: Ornamental gardens.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
1185. Cotula anthemodies L. (1753)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Waste places.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Hugli, Haora,
Jalpa~guri,
Medinipur, Kolkata, Koch Bihar,
Maldah and South 24 Pgs. (Santoshpur/near
Budge Budge).
1186. Cotula hemispherica (Roxb.) Wall.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Daljiling.
1187. Crassocephalum crepidioides
(Benth.) S. Moore
Life form : Per~DDia1 herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1188. Cyathocline pUlpurea (D. Don) O.
Kuntze (1891)
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri, South
24 Pgs.
., (Baruipur), Maldah and Murshidabad.
1189. Dahlia impeMalis Roezl.
Lifeform: Shrub.
Distribution : Drujiling.
1190. Dahlia pinnata Cav.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
1191. Dicrocephala integrifolia (L. f.) o.
Kuntze
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1192. Echnops echinatus Roxb. (1832)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste places, generally in the
sandy areas.
Distribution : Haora, Maldah, Hugli,
Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs. (Falta), Kolkata,
Medinipur and Dinajpur.
1193. Eclipta alba (L.) Hassk. (1848)
Common name: Kesut.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Kolkata, Nadia, Bankura,
Maldah, Haora, Puruliya, Medinipur, South 24
Pgs., Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman, Hugli, Koch
Bihar, Birbhum, Darjiling, Dinajpur and
Murshidabad.
1194. Elephantopus scaber L. (1753)
Common name: Samdulun.
Life form : Rigid herb.
Habitat: Commonly grown in orchards.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Basanti).
1195. Emilia sonchifolia (L.) DC. (1834)
Common name: Sadi-modi.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga
Delta) and Darjiling.
1196. Enhydra jluctuans Lour. (1790)
Common name: Hingcha.
Life form: Aquatic herb.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Hugli, Puruliya,
Medinipur, Kolkata, Haora, Bankura, Nadia,
Jalpaiguri, North 24 Pgs., Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Dinajpur, Maldah and Koch
Bihar.
1197. Erigeron sublyrantus L. (1763)
Life form : Exotic herb.
Habitat: Road sides, scrub-jungles & waste
places.
Distribution : Puruliya, Koch Bihar,
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Maldah, Jalpaiguri,
413
Murshidabad, Hugli, South 24 Pgs.
(Subuddhipur/Baruipur), Kolkata, Medinipur,
Dinajpur, Nadia and Bankura.
1198.Erigeron canadensis L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1199. Erigeron karwinsldanus DC.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1200. Eupatorium adenophorum Spreng.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1201. Eupatorium ligustrinum DC.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1202. Galinsoga quadrirandiata Ruiz &
Pavon
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1203. Galinsoga paruiflora Cav.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1204. Glossogyne pinnatifida DC. (1834)
Common name : Barangom Santa!.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Sandy grounds.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Tapsia).
1205. Gnaphalium qffine D. Don
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1206. Gnaphalium indicum L. (1753)
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution: Mnrshidabad, Bankura, Koch
Bihar, Haora, Darjiling, Barddhaman, Birbhum,
Jalpaiguci, Medinipur, Puruliya, South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban, lower Ganga Delta), Kolkata,
Maldah, Dinajpur, Nadia and HugH.
1207. Gnaphalium luteo-album L. (1753)
Life form : Annual herb.
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Habitat : Dry waste lands, road side
thickets.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Lakshmi-
kantapur), Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri and DaIjiling.
1208. Gnaphalium pulvinatum Delile
(1812)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, South 24 Pgs.
(Lower Ganga Delta), Murshidabad, Koch Bihar
and Nadia.
1209. Gnaphalium purpureum L. var.
spathulatum (Lam.) Baker
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1210. Grangea maderaspatana (L.) Poir.
(1812)
Common name: Namuti.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Medinipur,
Kolkata, Haora, Dinajpur, Barddhaman,
Birbhum, Bankura, Koch Bihar, Hugli,
Jalpaiguri and Maldah.
1211. Guizotica abyssinica (L. f.) Casso
(1829)
Common name : Ram-Til or Surguja.
Life form : Exotic annual herb.
Habitat : Cultivated crop.
Distribution: Maldah, Nadia, South 24 Pgs.
(Basanti), Medinipur, Murshidabad, Koch
Bihar, Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Bankura and
Barddhaman.
1212. Gynura cusimbua (D. Don)
S. Moore
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1213. Gynura nepalense DC.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Helianthus annus L. (1753)
1214·
Common name : SuIjyamukhi.
Life form : Annual herb.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution : Haora, J alpaiguri, Puruliya,
Kolkata, Barddhaman, Birbhum, Bankura,
Dinajpur, Medinipur, Maldah, Murshidabad,
Darjiling, South 24 Pgs. (Block Farm/
Minakhan), Nadia, Hugli and Koch Bihar.
Helianthus tuberosus L. (1753)
1215.
Common name : Brahmokbra.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Garden herb.
Distribution : Dinajpur, Haora, Medinipu~,
North 24 Pgs. (Bamanghata/Salt Lake area),
Bankura, Koch Bihar, J alp aiguri , Darjiling. a~d
Hugli.
1216. lnula cappa DC.
Life fo171]. : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1217. lnula eupatorioides
Life form': Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1218. lnula rubricaulis (DC.) Benth.
L.ife form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1219. Lactuca graciliflora DC.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Dmjiling.
Lactuca sativa L. (1753)
1220.
Common name: Salad.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution : Medinipur, Bankur.a,
Jalpa~guri, North 24 Pgs. (Titagarh, Rahara),
Dinajpur, DaIjiling and Koch Bihar.
1221. Lagascea mollis Cav. (1803)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Road side thickets.
Distribution : Haora, South 24 Pgs.
(Satzelia) and Nadia.
1222. Laggera aunta (Willd.) Sch.-Bip.
Life form : Annual herb.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
Habitat: Ville thickets.
Distribution : Haora, Nadia and 24 Pgs.
(Titagarh, Khardah).
1223· Laggerajlava (DC.) Benth. ex
C.B.Clarke (1876)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Dry waste lands.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, South 24 Pgs.
(Budge Budge), Murshidabad and Jalpaiguri.
1224. Launaea asplenifolia DC. (1838)
Common name : Tik-Chanda.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga
region), Koch Bihar and Jalpaiguri.
1225. Launaea sarmentosa CWilld.)
Alston.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Medinipur,
North 24 Pgs., Haora, Bankura, Maldah,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar and Nadia.
1226. Leucanthemum vulgare Lam.
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1227. Mikania cordata (Burm. f.)
Robinson (1934)
Common name : Halkalmi.
Life form : Climber.
Habitat: Waste places.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur),
'Maldah, Bankura, Medinipur, Puruliya,
Birbhum, Murshidabad, Dinajpur, Nadia,
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Darjiling, Jalpaiguri,
Hugli and Haora.
1228. Montanoa bipinnatijida C. Koch
Life form: Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1229. Myriactis nepalensis Less.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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1230. Myriactis wallichii Less.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1231. Parthenium hysterophorus L.
(1753)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Road sides, railway tracks and
garbages, occasionally as obnoxious weed in
agrcult.
Distribution : Nadia, Koch Bihar, Dinajpur,
South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur), Darjiling, Haora,
Jalpaiguri, Puruliya, Kolkata, Bankura,
Birbhum, Medinipur, Murshidabad,
Barddhaman, Hugli and Maldah.
1232. Pluchera indica (L.) Less. (1831)
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Hedges, cultivated land.
Distribution: Hugli, Medinipur, Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad, Barddhaman, Nadia, Koch Bihar
and South 24 Pgs. (Amtala).
1233. Prenanthes brunoniana Wall. ex
DC.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1234. Prenanthes khasiana C. B. Clarke
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1235. Pseudo-elephantopus spicatus (B.)
Juss. ex Abul. (1792)
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Very rare on river banks.
Distribution : Haora, Koch Bihar, South 24
Pgs. ( Falta), Jalpaiguri and Nadia.
1236. Pulicaria crispa Sch.-Bip.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, South 24 Pgs.
(Diamond Harbour), Murshidabad, Nadia and
J alpaiguri.
1237. Saussurea deltoidea (DC.) C. B.
Clarke
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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1238. Senecio alatus Wall. ex DC.
Life fonn : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1239. Senecio araneosus DC.
Life fonn : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1240. Senecio cappa Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
Life fonn : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1241. Senecio linifolius (DC.) C.B. Clarke
(1876)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Garden beds or in waste places.
Distribution : Darjiling, Koch Bihar,
Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, North 24 Pgs. (Titagarh),
Barddhaman and Hugli.
1242. Senecio scandens Buch.-Ham. ex
D.Don
Life fo'rm : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1243. Senecio tetranthus DC.
Life fonn : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1244. Senecio wallichii DC.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1245· Siegesbeckia orientalis ,L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1246. Solidago virgoaurea L.
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1247· Sonchus asper (L.) Garsault (1767)
Life fonn : Annual herb.
Habitat: Waste places, weed of crop fields.
Distribution : Darjiling, Maldah, Birbhum,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Puruliya, Kolkata,
North 24 Pgs. (Suryapur) and Murshidabad.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1248. Sonchus brachyotes DC. (1838)
Common name: Ban-Palang.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Waste and low-lands.
Distribution Maldah, Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Haora, Jalpaiguri, Hugli, Koch
Bihar, South 24 Pgs. (Garfa) and Dinajpur.
1249. Sonchus oleraceus L. ( 1753)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Waste fields.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, North 24 Pgs.
(Sodepur) and Darjiling.
1250. Sonchus wightianus nC.
Life fonn : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling. '
1251. Sphaeranthus indicus L. (1753)
Common name: Murmuria.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Maldah and
Murshidabad.
1252. Spilanthes acmella (L.) Murr.
(1774)
Common name : Marhatatiga.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Road side waste lands, garden
edges, railway tracks.
Distribution : Banknra, South 24 Pgs. (Piyali
Nagar, Fultala), Koch Bihar, Barddhaman and
Jalpaiguri.
1253. Synedrella nodiflora (L.) Gaertn.
(1791)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Waste lands.
Distribution : Puruliya, J alpaiguri, South 24
Pgs. (Falta), Murshidabad, Nadia, Koch Bihar,
Dinajpur, Darjiling and Haora.
1254. Tagetes minuta L.
Life form : Annual herb. •
Distribution : Darjiling.
1255· Tagetes patula L. (1753)
Common name : Chhota-genda.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Garden herb.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri,
Maldah, South 24 Pgs. (South Garia), Hugli,
Koch Bihar, Nadia, Birbhum, Haora, Dinajpur,
Darjiling, Bankura, Medinipur, Kolkata,
Puruliya and Barddhaman.
1256. Taraxacum o.tJicinale Weger
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
1257. Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.
Gray
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1258. Tridax procumbens L. (1753)
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Waste lands, road sides, etc.
Distribution : Puruliya, Birbhum, Maldah,
Koch Bihar, Murshidabad, Darjiling, Hugli,
Haora, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman,
Bankura, South 24 Pgs. (Subuddhipur,
Baruipur), Medinipur, Kolkata and Nadia.
1259. Vernonia" anthelmintica Willd.
(189°)
Common name: Somraj.
Distribution : Haora, Murshidabad, South
24 Pgs. (Bhangankhali), Jalpaiguri and Maldah.
1260. Vernonia cinerea (L.) Less (1829)
Common name : Kuk~shim.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Barddhaman, Birbhum, South
24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga Delta, Subuddhipur),
Medinipur, Puruliya, Bankura, Kolkata, Nadia,
Dinajpur, Haora, Koch Bihar, Murshidabad,
DaIjiling, Maldah, HugH and Jalpaiguri.
1261. Vicoa vestita (Wall. ex DC.) Benth.
ex Hook. f. (1881)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Maldah, Nadia, South "24 Pgs.
(Sunderban, Kakdwip) and Murshidabad.
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1262. Wedelia chinensis (Osbeck.) Merr.
(1917)
Common name: Kesaraj.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
(Magrahat), Koch Bihar, Murshidabad, Nadia,
Haora and Jalpaiguri.
1263. Wedelia biJIora (L.) DC. (1834)
Common name: Bhimraj.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga
Delta, Bireshwarpur), Dinajpur, Haora,
Maldah, Hugli, Birbhum, Medinipur and
J alpaiguri.
1264. Xanthium indicum Koen. (1814)
Common name: Ban-Okra.
Life form : Rigid annual.
Haqitat: Waste places, along railway lines.
Distribution Haora, Jalpaiguri,
Barddhaman, DaIjiling, Murshidabad, Maldah,
Birbhum, Nadia,. Dinajpur, Koch Bihar,
Kolkata, Bankura, Hugli, Medinipur, Puruliya
and South 24 Pgs. (Madarhat).
1265. Youngiajaponica (L.) DC.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1266. Zinnia elegans Jacq. ( 1796)
Common name: Zinnia.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Garden plant.
Distribution: Hugli, Kolkata, North 24 Pgs.
(Bamanghata), Medinipur, Bankura, Puruliya,
Birbhum, Nadia, Maldah, Dinajpur,
Barddhaman, Haora, Darjiling, Koch Bihar,
Jalpaiguri and Murshidabad.
1267. Zinnia pauciflora L. (1762)
Common name : Zinnia.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Vilt Shrubberies, rarely planted.
Distribution : Maldah, North 24 Pgs.
(Durganagar/near Dum Dum Cant),
Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
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Family CAMPANU LAC EAE Distribution: Medinipur, Bankura, Kolkata,

Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Nadia, Dinajpur, Haora,
1268. Campanula pallida Wall.
Murshidabad, Birbhum, Hugli, Barddhaman,
Life form : Annual herb. Koch Bihar, Darjiling and South 24 Pgs.
Distribution : DaIjiling. (Bahurn).
1269. Codonopsis affinis Hook. f. & Family PRIMULACEAE
Thoms. 1276. Anagallis arvensis L. (1753)
Life form : Climber. Common name: Jon Kamari.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Life form : Annual herb.
1270. Codonopsis inflata Hook. f. & Habitat: Bunds of agricultural fields, waste
Thoms. shady places.
Life form : Climber. Distribution : Maldah, Murshidabad,
Distribution : DaIjiling. Medinipur, Koch Bihar, Haora, Hugli,
1271. ,Percarpa camosa (Wall.) Hook. f. & Birbhum, Kolkata, Dinajpur, Darjiling,
Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri, Nadia and South 24
Thoms.
Pgs. (Dhakuria, Belgharia).
Life form : Annual herb.
1277. Anagalis pumila Sw. (1788)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Life form : Annual herb.
1272. Wahlenbergia marginata (Thunb.)
Habitat: Bunds of agricultural fields, waste
DC. (1830)
shady places.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond Delta, Baguihati).
Harbour) and Jalpaiguri. 1278. Lysimachia altemifolia Wall.
Family SPHENOCLEACEAE Life form : Perennial herb.
1273. Sphenoclea 'zeylanica Gaertn. (1788) Distribution : DaIjiling.
Common name: Jheel-marich. 1279. Lysimachia congestiflora Hemsl.
Life form : Herb. Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Canning). Distribution : Datjiling.
Family PLUMBAGINACEAE 1280. Lysimachia debilis Wall.
12 74. Aegialitis rotundifolia Roxb. (1824) Life form : Perennial herb.
Common name : To~a. Distribution : Datjiling.
Life form : Shrub or low tree. 1281. Lysimachia evalis Wall.

Habitat : River flat and inter-tidal ridge
forest.
Distribution : Medinipur and South 24 Pgs.
(Sanjnakhali).
Plumbago zeylanica L. (1753)
1275.
Common name: Chita.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Amongst bushes and waste places.
Life form : Perennial herb ..
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1282. Lysimachia. prolifera Klatt
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1283. Lysimachia ramosa Wall. ex Dudy
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
1284. Primula denticulata Smith
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1285· PMmula edgwarthii (Hook. f.) Pax
Lifeform : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1286. PMmula melacoides Franc.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1287· PMmula petiolaris Wall.
Life fo.rm : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1288. PMmula umbellata (Lour.) Bentv.
(1962)
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Nadia, North
24 Pgs. (Nilgunj), Koch Bihar, Darjiling and
J alpaiguri.
Family MYRSINACEAE
1289. Aegiceras corniculatum (L.)
Blanco (1837)
Common name : Khalsi.
Life form : Small tree or shrub.
Habitat: Common on the mid-estuary, in
river flats inter-tidal ridge forests.
Distribution : Medinipur and South 24 Pgs.
(Rangabelia).
1290. Ardisia solanacea (Poir.) Roxb.
(1795)
Common name: Ban Jam.
Lifeform: Large shrub or small tree.
Habitat: Damp shady places.
Distribution : Birbhum, South 24 Pgs.
(Santoshpur/near Budge Budge), Murshidabad,
Koch Bihar, Nadia, Haora and J alpaiguri.
1291. Ardisia involucrata Kurz
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1292. Embelia Jloribunda Wall.
Lifeform: Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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1293. Embelia ribes Burm. f.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1294. Maesa chisia Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1295. Myrsine semiserrata. Wall.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family SAPOTACEAE
1296. Manillkara zapota L. (1753)
Common name: Sabeda.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Planted in the orchards.
Distribution: Maldah, Nadia, Jalpaiguri,
Koch Bihar, Hugli, Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
(Subuddhipur/Baruipur), Dinajpur, Birbhum,
Haora and Kolkata.
1297. Madhuca longifolia (Koen.) Macbr.
(1911)
Lifeform: Large tree.
Habitat: Planted or wild in villages.
Distribution : Dinajpur, Koch Bihar,
Bankura, Birbhum, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri,
Nadia, Puruliya, Kolkata, Hugli, Maldah, South
24 Pgs. (Bakkhali) and Medinipur.
1298. Manilkara hexandra (Roxb.) Dub.
(1915)
Common name : Bilati Bakul.
Lifeform: Large tree.
Habitat : In the core forest of tidal
mangrove forests~
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban at
Netidhopani, Narendra pur).
1299. Mimusops elengi L. (1753)
Common name : Bakul.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat : Planted on the road sides & i 11
parks and gardens.
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Distribution : Maldah, J alpaiguri, South 24
Pgs. (Gosaba ), Medinipur, Puruliya, Bankura,
Birbhum, Nadia, Kolkata, Dinajpur,
Murshidabad, Barddhaman, Hugli, Koch Bihar
and Haora.
Family EBENACEAE
1300. Diospyros chloroxylon Roxb. (1795)
Common name : Anduli.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Cult. As ornamental tree.
Distribution : Birbhum, Medinipur, South
24 Pgs. (Bahuru), Bankura, Maldah, Dinajpur,
Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Hugli and Haora.
1301. Diospyros cordifolia Roxb. (1795)
Common name: Ban-Gab.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Ville thickets as wild.
Distribution Haora, Puruliya,
Murshidabad, Ja1p~iguri, Bankura, Medinipur,
North 24 Pgs. (Duttapukur).
1302. Diospyros discolor Willd. (1806)
Common name: Bilati-Gab.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Planted.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, North 24 Pgs.
(Sodepur), Medinipur, Birbhum, Dinajpur,
Hugli and Maldah.
1303. Diospyros malabarica (Desr.)
Kostel. (1834)
Common name: Gab.
Lifeform : Medium-large tree.
Habitat : Ville shrubberies.
Distribution : Dinajpur, South 24 Pgs.
(Falta), Bankura, Nadia, Haora and
Barddhaman.
Family OLEACEAE
1304· Fraxinus floribunda Wall.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1305· Jasminum auricula tum Vahl (1794)
Common name: Jui or Yuthika.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Life form : Scandent shrub.
Habitat: Cultivated in the gardens.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur),
Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Nadia and
Murshidabad.
1306. Jasminum dispeMnum Wall.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1307. Jasminum humile L.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Da~iling.
1308. Jasminum mesneyi Hance
Lifeform: Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1309. Jasminum multiflorum (Burm. f.)
Andr. (1807)
Common name: Kunda.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Barddhaman,
Haora, Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Koch Bihar, North
24 Pgs. (Bamanghata/Salt Lake), Kolkata,
Medinipur and Puruliya.
1310. Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton (1789)
Common name : Ban Mallika or Bel Phul.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Barddhaman Koch Bihar,
Kolkata, Hugli, South 24 Pgs. (Chaital), Haora,
Maldah and J alpaiguri.
1311. LigastMlm confusum Decaisheet.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1312. Ligastrum lucidum Aiton f.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family NYCTAGINACEAE
1313·Nyctanthes arbor-tristis L. (1753)
Common name: Sephalika/Seoli.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
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Habitat: Cultivated land.
Distribution: Birbhum, Murshidabad, Koch
Bihar, Dinajpur, DarjiIing, Nadia, Maldah,
Haora, Bankura, Puruliya, Kolkata, Medinipur,
North 24 Pgs. (Surjyapur, Belgharia,
Barrackpur), Jalpaiguri, HugH and
Barddhaman.
Family SALVADORACEAE
1314· Azima tetracantina Lam. (1783)
Common name: Trikanta-Gati.
Life form : Armed shrub.
Habitat: Rarely on the hedges & thickets
of Sunderban areas.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Piyalinagar/
Baruipur).
Family APOCYNACEAE
1315. Aganosma caryophyllata (Roxb.
ex Sims. ) G. Don. (1837)
Life form : Twining shrub.
Habitat: On bushes.
Distribution: Nadia, Koch Bihar, Darjiling,
Maldah~ Hugli, Haora, South 24 Pgs. (Satzelia),
Bankura, Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Medinipur, Dinajpur, Puruliya, Birbhum and
Murshidabad.
1316. Allamanda cathartica L. (1771)
Common name: Har-kara.
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Habitat: Planted or selfshown.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman,
Maldah Murshidabad, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Diamo~d Harbour), Hugli, Nadia, Koch Bihar
and Medinipur.
1317. Alstonia scholam (L.) R. Br. (1810)
Common name: Chhatim.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Planted or self shown in the illage
thickets.
Distribution : BirbhuIl}., HugH, Bankura,
Puruliya, DaIjiling, Medinipur, North 24 Pgs.
(Belgharia), Kolkata, Haora, Nadia, .Ma~dah,
J alpaiguri, Barddhaman, DlnaJpur,
Murshidabad and Koch Bihar.
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1318.Camsa carandas L. (1767)
Common name : Karamcha.
Life form : Large shrub.
Habitat: Hedges.
Distribution: Medinipur, Kolkata, Bankura,
Nadia, Birbhum, Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs.
(Sagar Island/Mansadeep), Puruliya,
Murshidabad, Maldah, Hugli and Jalpaiguri.
1319· Carissa spinarum L. (1771)
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat : Ville Thickets.
Distribution: Hugli, Koch Bihar, Haora,
South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island), Maldah, Birbhum
and Murshidabad.
1320. Catharanthus pusillus G. Don
(1837)
Life form : Ann. Herb.
Habitat: Waste lands & ville Thickets.
Distribution : Haora, Bankura, North 24
Pgs. (Kazipara/Barasat), Medinipur, Nadia,
Koch Bihar and Jalpaiguri.
1321. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don
(1837)
Common name : Nayantara.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Cult. Or as an escape in waste
places.
Distribution : Kolkata, Medinipur, Puruliya,
Bankura, Nadia, Darjiling, Koch Bihar,
Dinajpur, Murshidabad, Haora, Maldah,
Birbhum, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman and
North 24 Pgs. (Kholapota/Basirhat).
1322. Cerbera odollam Gaertn. (1791)
Common name: Dabur.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Coastal beach/swamp forests.
Distribution : Bankura, South 24 Pgs.
(Gocharan/Sarbera), Jalpaiguri, Nadia and
Murshidabad.
1323. Holarrhena pubescens (Buch.-
Ham.) Wall. (1829)
Common name : Kurchi.
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Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Coastal mangrove areas
Distribution : Puruliya, South 24 Pgs.
(Kakdwip), Bankura, Dinajpur, Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Nadia, Hugli, Jalpai~ri, Kolkata,
Medinipur, Haora, Koch Bihar, Darjiling,
Maldah and Murshidabad.
1324. Ichnocarpus frutescens (L.)
R. Brown (1899)
Common name : Shyamalata or Dudhilata.
Life form : Large climber.
Habitat : Hedges, thickets, prefer moist
situations.
Distribution Dinajpur, Maldah,
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Darjiling, Hugli,
Jalpaiguri, Puruliya, Nadia, Murshidabad,
Bankura, Medinipur, Birbhum, Haora and
North 24 Pgs. (Beliachandi).
1325. NeMum indicum Mill. (1768)
Common name : Karabi.
Lifeform: Shrub/small tree.
Habitat: Hedges.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Mansadwip),
Dinajpur, Hugli, Murshidabad, Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Bankura, Medinipur, Jalpaiguri,
Maldah, Nadia and Koch Bihar.
1326. Parsonsia spiralis Wall. (1828)
Life form : Twining shrub.
Habitat : VilI. Thickets.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Maldah,
•
Jalpaiguri and South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
1327· PlumeMa alba L. (1753)
Common name: Sada Gour Champa.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Planted in gardens, sides of roads.
Distribution : Birbhum, Medinipur, North
24 Pgs. (Baguihati), Kolkata, Puruliya, Hugli,
Haora, Bankura, J alpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Nadia,
Dinajpur and Murshidabad.
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1328. Plume ria rubra L. (1753)
Common name: Gour Champa.
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Medinipur,
Jalpaiguri, Kolkata, Birbhum, North 24 Pgs.
(Ichhapur), Nadia and Murshidabad.
1329. Plumeria rubra L. forma
acuminata (Aiton) Woodson (1938)
Lifeform: Small tree.
Distribution: Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
(Thakurpukur), Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Birbhum,
Hugli, Murshidabad, Barddharnan and
Puruliya.
1330. Rauvo{fia se1pentina (L.) Benth. ex
Kurz (1877)
Common name: Sarpagandha.
Life form : Small herb.
Habitat: Hedges, roadsides, jungles & on
the railway tracks.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Madarhat),
Hugli, Darjiling, Haora, Koch Bihar, Medinipur
and J alpaiguri.
1331. RauvolJia tetraphylla L. (1753)
Life form : Small shrub.
Habitat : On damp waste places, railway
tracks & roadsides.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bahuru),
Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
1332. Tabernamontana divaricata (L.)
R. Br. (1819)
Common name : Tagar.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution: Maldah, Haora, Murshidabad,
Koch Bihar, Dinajpur, DaIjiling, Barddhaman,
Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Medinipur, Nadia, Birbhum,
Puruliya, South 24 Pgs. (Gocharan, Sarberia),
Bankura and Kolkata.
1333. Thevitia peruviana (Pers.) Schum.
(1895)
Common name : Kalkephul.
Life form : Large shrub or small tree.
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Distribution: Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri,
Maldah, Dinajpur, Medinipur, Kolkata, Hugli,
Birbhum, Bankura, Haora, Puruliya, Koch
Bihar, Barddhaman, Nadia and South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban).
1334· Vallam solanacea (Roth) O. Kuntze
(1891)
Common name: Haper Mali.
Life form : Twining shrub.
Habitat: Rarely found in ville Thickets &
hedges.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Magrahat) and
Koch Bihar.
1335. Vinca minor L.
Life form ': Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1336. Wntghtia tinctona R. Brown (1811)
Common name: Indra Jau.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Rarely cultivated.
Distribution: Medinipur, Hugli, Dinajpur,
Barddhamail, Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Birbhum and
South 24 Pgs. (Mollakhali).
1337. Wntghtia tomentosa Roem. &
Schult. (1819)
Common name: Dudh Karabi.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Planted in the public gardens.
Distribution : Bankura, Maldah, J alpaiguri,
Kolkata, Murshidabad, Hugli, Koch Bihar,
North 24 Pgs. (Dakshin Barasat), Medinipur
and Haora.
Family ASCLEPIADACEAE
1338. Asclepias curassavica L. (1753)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: In village shade.
Distribution: Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Hugli,
Darjiling, Koch Bihar, Murshidabad, South 24
Pgs. (Sonarpur), Bankura, Medinipur, Puruliya
and Nadia.
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1339. Calotropis gigentea (L.) R. Br. (1811)
Common name : Akanda.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Habitat: Waste, open dry lands, roadsides
and railway tracks.
Distribution : Maldah, Haora, Nadia, South
24 Pgs. (Baruipur), Puruliya and Medinipur.
1340. Calotropis procera (Aiton) R. Br.
(1811)
Common name: Sada Akanda.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Waste, dry, open sandy areas.
Distribution : Medinipur, Barddhaman,
Koch Bihar and South 24 Pgs. (Piyalinagar,
Baruipur).
1341. Ceropegia macrantha Wight (1883)
Life form : Twining herb.
Habitat: Ville Thickets, climbing/twining on
the bushes.
Distribution : Puruliya, South 24 Pgs.
(Suparibhanga/Sagar Island), Haora,
Jalpaiguri, Dinajpur, Koch Bihar, Murshidabad,
Hugli and Maldah.
1342. Ceropegia longifolia Wall. var.
longifolia
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1343. Ceropegia longifolia Wall. var.
darjilingensis A.P. Das
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1344. Ceropegia pubescens Wall.
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1345. Cryptolepis chinensis (Lour.) Merrill
Life form : Climber.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1346. Dischidia nummularia R. Br.
Common name : Pargachha.
Life form : Very slender herb.
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Habitat :' Epiphytic on large tree.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nilgunj).
1347. Dregea uolubilis (LJ.) Booth. ex
Hook. f. (1883)
Common name: Tita-Kunga.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Hedges & thickets.
Distribution : Hugli and South 24 Pgs.
(Jugdia Benipur near Magrahat).
1348. Finlaysonia obouate Wall. (1831)
Common name : Dudhi Lata.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Nadia, South 24
Pgs. (Lower Ganga Delta) and Medinipur.
1349. Gymnema thomsonii Hook. f.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1350. Hoya laneeolata Wall. ex D. Don
Life form : Epiphytic undershrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1351. Hoya linearis Wall. ex D. Doni
Life form : Epiphytic undershrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1352. Hoya parasitiea Wall.
Common name : Pargachha.
Life form : Plants with stout stem.
Habitat: Commonly epiphytic on the Ficus
sp. & Mangifera indica.
Distribution: Medinipur, Puruliya, Nadia,
South 24 Pgs. (Gobardanga), Murshidabad,
Koch Bihar, Haora and Jalpaiguri.
1353. Hoya serpens Hook. f.
Life form : Epiphytic undershrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1354. Oxystelma seeamone (L.) K.
Schum. (1895)
Common name: Kirmi.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Medinipur, Nadia, Jalpaiguri,
Koch Bihar, Birbhum, Hugli, Kolkata, South 24
Pgs. (Lower Ganga Delta) and Mal~ah.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1355. Pentatropis capensis (L.f.) Bullock
(1955)
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and J alpaiguri.
1356. Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Choiv.
(1916)
Common name : Chhagal Bati.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Dinajpur, Barddhaman,
Jalpaiguri, Medinipur, Bankura, South 24 Pgs.
(Suryapur), Haora, Murshidabad, Koch Bihar
and DaIjiling.
1357. Periploea callophylla (Wt.) Falc.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1358. Sarcolobus carinatus Wall. (1816)
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Sajnakhali).
1359. Telosma pallida (Roxb.) Craib (1911)
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad and Nadia.
1360. Treutlera insignis Hook. f.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1361. Tylophora indica (Burm. f. ) Merrill
(1921)
Common name: Anantamul.
Life form : Twiner.
Habitat : Rarely grow on hedges and ville
thickets.
Distribution: Birbhum, Dinajpur, Haora,
Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. (Harinbari/Sagar
Island), Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman, Maldah,
Medinipur and Hugli.
1362. Tylophora tenuis Blume (1826)
Life form : Twiner.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island),
J alpaiguri, Haora and Maldah.
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Family PERIPLOCACEAE
1363. Cryptolepis buchanani Roem. &
Scult. (1819)
Common name : Karanata.
Life form : Shrub, twining in nature.
Habitat : Hedges and ville Shrubberies.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Dhosha/
Chandaneswar), Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri,
Barddhaman and Murshidabad.
1364~I Cryptostegia grand(flora R. Br.
(1819)
LijeVorm: Climber.
Ha~itat: Planted in gardens.
Disfribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dhakuria),
Koch Bihar and Maldah.
1365. Hemidesmus indicus (L.) R. Br.
(1811)
Common name: Ananta Mul.
Life form : Twining shrub.
Habitat: Shady, moist localities.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur),
Maldah, Darjiling, Koch Bihar, Murshidabad,
Medinipur and Barddhaman.
Family LOGANIACEAE
1366. Buddleja asiatica Lour. (1790)
Common name: Nimda/Bad-bhota.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Hedges.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Dinajpur, Koch
Bihar, North 24 Pgs. (Bamanghata), Jalpaiguri
and Maldah.
1367. Cynoctonum mitreola (L.) Britton
(1894)
.Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Ichhapur) and
Jalpaiguri.
Family MENYANTHACEAE
1368. Canscora decussata (Roxb.) Roem.
& Scult. (1822)
Common name : Dankuni.
Life form : Herb.
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Habitat : Grassy places, paths and waste
grounds.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Nadia, Kolkata,
South 24 Pgs. (Basirhat/Kholapota), Birbhum,
Maldah, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar and
Medinipur.
1369.Canscora dUfusa (Vahl.) R. Br. (1810)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Grassy places, side of paths, in
fallow field.
Distribution : Dinajpur, Koch Bihar,
Maldah, Hugli, Nadia, Haora, Jalpaiguri,
Medinipur and South 24 Pgs. (Behala) ..
1370. Centaurium centaurioides (Roxb.)
Rao & Kammathy (1970)
Common name: Gima.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Mollakhali),
J alpaiguri, Murshidabad and Maldah.
1371. Exacum pedunculatum L. (1753)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Distribution: Medinipur, Murshidabad,
Koch Bihar, Nadia and South 24 Pgs. (Sarisha/
near Diamond Harbour).
1372. Nymphoides hydrophylla (Lour.)
O. Kuntze (1891)
Common name: Pan-chuli.
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Distribution: Birbhum, Koch Bihar, Maldah,
Murshidabad, Haora, Jalpaiguri, Bankura,
Dinajpur, Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs.
(Mallickpur), Kolkata, Medinipur and Nadia.
1373. Nymphoides indicum (L.) O. Kuntze
(1891)
Life form : Aquatic herb .
Distribution : HugH, Barddhaman, South 24
Pgs. (Sashan), Jalpaiguri and Maldah.
Family POLEMONIACEAE
1374. Phlox drummondi Hook.
Life form : Ann. Herb.
Habitat : Commonly planted.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bamanghata)
and Koch Bihar.
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Family HYDROPHYLLACEAE
1375. Hydrolea zeylanica (L.) Vahl (1791)
Common name : Kasschra.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sitakundu/
Baruipur), Maldah, Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Haora,
Barddhaman, Medinipur, Koch Bihar and
Murshidabad.
Family EHRETIACEAE
1376. Cordia dichotoma Forsst. f. (1786)
Common name : Lashora.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat : Hedges, rarely cultivated.
Distribution : Medinipur, Kolkata, South 24
Pgs. (Chemagari/Sagar Island), Maldah,
Jalpaiguri, Dinajpur and Barddhaman.
1377. Cordia.sebestena L. (1753)
Common name : Bokhaf or Bohari.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Planted in public gardens.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dhakuria),
Kolkata, Dinajpur and Birbhum.
1378. Ehretia serrata Roxb. (1820)
Common name: Kula-aja.
Life form : Medium sized tree.
Habitat: Vilt Thickets.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kestopur/near
Baguihati ).
Family BORAGINACEAE
1379. Coldenia procumbens L. (1753)
Common name : Triphunki.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Moist places, dry paddy fields.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, North 24 Pgs.
(Titagarh) and HugH.
1380. Heliotropium curassauicum L.
(1753)
Common name: Nona hatisur.
Life form : Halophytic herb.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution: Murshidabad, Medinipur,
Koch Bihar, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Hugli, South
24 Pgs. (Minakhan) and Maldah.
1381. Heliotropium indicum L. (1753)
Common name: Hatisur.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Waste places, rubbish heaps, etc.
Distribution: Dinajpur, South 24 Pgs.
(Khodarbazar/Baruipur), Medinipur, Bankura,
Kolkata, Nadia, Birbhum and Haora.
1382. Heliotropium oualifolium Forssk.
(1775)
Common name: Nag-phuli.
Life form : Sub-aquatic herb.
Habitat: Roadsides and railway tracks.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Amtala).
1383. Heliotropium strigosum Willd.
(1798)
'Common name: Chiti-phu!.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste places and railway tracks.
Distribution : J alpaiguri and South. 24 Pgs.
(Ghoshpur/Kulti Lock Gate).
1384. Myosotis syluatica Hoffm.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family CONVOLVULACEAE
1385· Argyreia hooken C.B. Clarke (1883)
Life form : Large climbing shrub.
Habitat: Hedges.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur) and
Koch Bihar.
1386. Argyreia nervosa (BurmJ.) Boj.
(1837)
Common name : Guguli or Bich-tarak.
Life form: Large woody climber.
Habitat : Planted in gardens, climbing on
the walls.
Distribution : J alpaiguri and South 24 Pgs.
(Magrahat).
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1387. Convolvulus arvensis L. (1753)
Life form : Trailing or twining herb.
Habitat : Rare in Distribution, on vill.
thickets.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Birbhum, Hugli,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Garia Rly. Station),
Barddhaman, Maldah and Dinajpur.
1388. Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L. (1762)
Life form: Herb.
Habitat: Open grass-lands, waste places
and roadsides.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Haora, Maldah,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Puruliya, Nadia, South
24 Pgs.- (Goranbose/Sunderban) and
Medinipur.
1389. Hewittia sublobata (L.f.) O.K. Rev.
(1891)
Common name: Jarad Kalmi.
Life form : Twining herb.
Habitat : Hedges and thickets of waste
places.
- Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Haroa), Hugli
_. and Haora.
1390: Ipomea aquatica Forssk. (1775)
Common name: Kalmi Sake
Life form : Aquatic, floating herb.
Habitat: Wet lands.
Distribution: Nadia, Medinipur, South 24
Pgs. (Khodarbazar), Puruliya, Maldah, Haora,
Birbhum, DaIjiling, Koc;h Bihar, Barddhaman,
Murshidabad, Dinajpur and Jalpaiguri.
1391. Ipomea batatas (L.) Lam. (1793)
Common name: Mitha-Alu.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Cultivated in sandy soils.
Distribution : Haora, HugH, Nadia,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Baruipur) and Puruliya.
1392. Ipomea cainca (L.) Sweet (1827)
Life form : Twining shrub.
Habitat: CHming on bushes.
Distribution: Jalp aiguri, Murshidabad and
South 24 Pgs. (Bamanghata/Salt Lake).
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1393. Ipomea enocarpa R. Br. (1810)
Life form : Twining annual shrub.
Habitat: On bushes.
Distribution: Maldah, Dinajpur, North 24
Pgs. (Ichhapur) and Birbhum.
1394. Ipomea carnea Jacq. ssp. fistulosa
(Mart. ex Choisy)
Life form : Large straggling shrub.
Distribution : Puruliya, Murshidabad,
Kolkata, Bankura, Medinipur, Birbhum, Koch
Bihar, Dinajpur, Haora, Maldah, Darjiling,
Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Nadia, South 24 Pgs.
(Sonarpur) and Barddhaman.
1395. Ipomea mauntiana Jacq. (1791)
Common name: Bhui Kumra.
Life form : Twiner or scandent shrub.
Habitat: On grassy grounds and scrub-
jungles.
Distribution: Medinipur, Barddhaman,
Haora, South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip) and
J alpaiguri.
1396. Ipomea nil (L.) Roth (1797)
Common name : Nil Kalmi.
Life form : Twining annual herb.
Habitat: Waste lands as wild.
Distribution : Medinipur, Koch Bihar,
Kolkata and North 24 Pgs. (Duttapukur).
1397. Ipomea abseura (L.) Ker. (1817)
Habitat : Hedges and thickets.
Distribution : HugH, Jalpaiguri, South 24
Pgs. (Dhakuria) and Barddhaman.
1398. Ipomea pes-caprae (L.) Sweet (1818)
Common name : Chagar Kuri.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution: Medinipur and South 24 Pgs.
(Sagar Island).
1399. Ipomea purpurea Roth (1787)
Life form: Twiner.
Habitat: Garden plant.
Distribution: Nadia, Darjiling, Haora,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, South 24 Pgs.
(Kalyanpur) and Medinipur.

Ipomea quamoclit L. (1753)
1400.
Common name: Taru-Lata.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: In the waste places.
Distribution : Medinipur, Dinajpur, North
24 Pgs. (Barasat), Puruliya, Bankura,
Jalpaiguri, Darjiling, Murshidabad, Koch Bihar,
Birbhum and Kolkata.
1401. Ipomea sepiaria Koenig ex Roxb.
(1814)
Common name: Ban-Kalmi.
Lifeform : Twiner.
Habitat: Ville thickets and waste places.
Distribution : Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs.
(Ghoramara/Sagar Island), Medinipur, Hugli,
Barddhaman, Maldah, Koch Bihar and
J alpaiguri.
1402. Ipomea tuba (Schlecht.) G. Don
(1838)
Life form : Twining shrub.
Habitat : Coastal regions.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island/
Handelketki) and J alpaiguri.
1403. Lepistemon binectarijerum
(Wall.) Rev. (1891)
Life form : Climbing herb.
Habitat: Very rare on the ville thickets.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Medinipur, North
24 Pgs. (Taki, Madhyampur) and
Murshidabad.
1404. Merremia gangetica (L.) Cufodont.
(1961)
Common name : Bhui Kamari.
Life form : Creeping herb.
Habitat: In, the grassy gardens and open
sandy areas.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Durganaga;r),
Maldah, Birbhum, Dinajpur and Jalpaiguri.
1405. Merremia hederacea (Burm. f.)
Hallier f. (1894)
Life form : Twining or climbing herb.
Habitat: On small bushes.
Distribution : Maldah, J alpaiguri, South 24
Pgs. (Baruipur/Khoderbazar) and
Murshidabad.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1406. Me,.,.emia hirta (L.) Merrill (1917)
Life form : Very small twining herb.
Habitat: Occasionally in gaps of stone of
the railway tracks.
Distribution : Medinipur, Koch Bihar,
Haora, Jalpaiguri, South 24 Pgs. (Kalyanpur)
and Hugli.
1407. Operculina turpethum (L.) Manso.
(1836)
Common name : Dudh Kolmi or Tohri.
Life form : Twiner.
Habitat: On waste places & viII. Thickets.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, South 24 Pgs.
(Harinbari/Sagar Island) and Medinipur.
1408. Porana paniculata Roxb. (1815)
Life form : Large climbing shrub.
Habitat: Climbing on trees.
Distribution : Maldah, Koch Bihar, Hugli,
South 24 Pgs. (Bamanghata/Salt Lake),
Barddhaman, Murshidabad and Jalpaiguri.
1409. Porana grandiflora Wall.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1410. Porana racemosa Roxb.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1411. Stictocardia tilifolia (Desr.) Hallier.
f. (1894)
Lifeform : Woody twiner.
Habitat : Clhnbing on bushes and also
trailing on grounds.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali).
1412. Volvulopsis nummularia (L.)
Roberty (1852)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: In the moist lands.
Distribution South 24 Pgs.
(Dehimedanmallapur/Mallickpur) and
Jalpaiguri.
Family CUSCUTACEAE
1413· Cuscuta rejlexa Roxb. (1799)
Common name: Swamalata.
Life form : Leafless, yellow parasitic herb.
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Habitat: Forming dense mass on low trees/
shrubs.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Darjiling,
Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri, Dinajpur, Medinipur,
Nadia, Haora, Koch Bihar, Hugli, Maldah,
Bankura, Puruliya, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Madarhat, Baruipur) and Birbhum.
Family SOLANACEAE
1414. Browalia alata L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1415. Capsicum frutescens L. (1753)
Common name : Dhani Lanka.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Harinbari/
Sagar Island).
1416. CestMtm aurantiacum Lindl.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1417. Cestrum diurnum L. (1753)
Common name: Buno-Hasnu Hana.
Life form : Medium shrub.
Habitat : Ville shrubberies and railway
tracks.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Birbhum, Haora,
Puruliya, Barddhaman, Maldah, South 24 Pgs.
(Garia, Joynagar), Medinipur, Bankura,
Murshidabad and Jalpaiguri.
1418. Cestrum elegans Schlecht.
Life form.: Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1419. Cestrum noctuMtum L. (1753)
Common name: Hasnu-Hana.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution Dinajpur, Maldah,
Murshidabad, Kolkata, Haora, Jalpaiguri, Koch
Bihar, Darjiling, Nadia, Birbhum, Barddhaman,
North 24 Pgs. (Barasat), Hugli, Medinipur and
Bankura.
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1420. Cyphomandra betacea (Cav.) Sendt.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1421. Datura fastuosa L. (1959)
Common name: Sada Dhutra.
Life form : Herb-undershrub.
Habitat: Waste places, near roadsides,
railway tracks & sandy areas of the coastal
lands.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Madarhat,
Malirdhar), Murshidabad, Maldah, Hugli,
J alpaiguri and Barddhaman.
1422. Datura stramonium L. (1753)
Common name: Kalo-Dhutra.
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat: Very rare on the viII. Thickets,
common in sandy areas.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Barddhaman,
Birbhum, Hugli, Darjiling, Murshidabad,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Dinajpur,
Puruliya, Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Harbour), Bankura and Nadia.
1423. Datura suaveolens Humb. & Bonpl.
ssp. suaveolens
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1424. Datura suaveolens Humb. & Bonpl.
ssp. macrodon (Wall.ex Nees) Deb
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1425. Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.)
Karstem (1883)
Common name : Tomato or Gur Begun.
Life form: Herb.
Habitat : Found as garden escape in the
moist waste lands.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Amtala),
Bankura, Maldah, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri,
Koch Bihar, Barddhaman, Haora, Medinipur
and Hugli.
1426. Nicandra physaloides (L.) Gaerth
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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1427. Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viu
(1802)
Common name: Ban-Tamale
Lifeform: Herb.
..Habitat: Along the sides of canals, roadside
thickets.
Distribution : Bankura, Kolkata, Koch Bihar,
Hugli, Medinipur, Haora, South 24 Pgs.
(Dhanyakuria, Haroa, Budge Budge),
Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, Maldah and
Barddhaman.
1428. Nicotiana tabacum L. (1753)
Common name : Tamak or Tamaku.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Rarely cultivated in the public
gardens.
Distribution: Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, South
24- Pgs. (Lower Ganga Delta), Bankura, Nadia,
Murshidabad, Haora, Koch Bihar, Darjiling and
Puruliya.
1429. Physalis minima L. (1753)
Common name : Ban-Tipariya.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Nadia, Haora and
South 24 Pgs. (Garia, Budge Budge,
Masjidbati).
1430. Physalis peruviana L. (1753)
Common name : Tipariya.
Life form : Small shrub or herb.
Habitat: Cultivated for its fruits.
Distribution: Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs.,
Puruliya, Bankura, Maldah, Haora, Darjiling,
Hugli, Nadia, Medinipur, Koch Bihar, Dinajpur,
Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata and Barddhaman.
1431. Solanum ferox L. (1762)
Common name: Ram-begun.
Life form: Medium shrub.
Habitat: Dry waste lands.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Nadia, Medinipur
and South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
1432. Solanum jasminoides Paxton
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Solanum indicun L. (1753)
1433.
Common name : Byakur.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : roadsides and on the railway
tracks .
Distribution : Maldah, J alpaiguri, Bankura,
Murshidabad, North 24 Pgs. (Madarhat,
Hasnabad) and Barddhaman.
1434. Solanum mauritianum Scopoli
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1435.Solanum melongena L. (1753)
Common name : Begun.
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution : J alp aiguri , Haora, Darjiling,
Maldah, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Puruliya,
Hugli, Nadia, Kolkata, Dinajpur, Murshidabad,
Birbhum, North 24 Pgs. (Champadalia/
Barasat), Medinipur and Bankura.
Solanum nigrum L. (1753)
1436.
Common name : Gurki begun or
Gurkamari.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Moist wast lands or cult. Fields.
Distribution Darjiling, Nadia,
Murshidabad, Hugli, Haora, Bankura, Maldah,
Koch Bihar, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri,
Kolkata, Puruliya, Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
(Canning) and Dinajpur.
1437. Solanum sisymbriifolium Lam.
(1811)
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat: Waste places and along the
rO,adsides hedges.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Murshidabad,
North 24 Pgs. (Dakshin Chatra), Nadia,
Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
1438. Solanum surattense Burm. f. (1768)
Common name : Kantakari.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Waste lands, crop fields.
Distribution: Haora, Dinajpur, Birbhum and
South 24 Pgs. (Ghoramara/Sagar Island).
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1439. Solanum torvum Swartz (1788)
Common name: Gota-begun.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Dry waste lands, hedges, thickets.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Medinipur,
Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur, Canning),
Murshidabad, Birbhum, Barddhaman, HugH
and Nadia.
1440. Solanum trilobatum L. (1753)
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Garia,
Sunderban).
1441. Solanum tube.,.osum L. (1753)
Common name: Alu.
Life form : Herb with underground stem.
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution : Dinajpur, South 24 Pgs.
(Naraharipur/Sagar Island), Koch Bihar, HugH,
Jalpaiguri, Medinipur, Bankura and Maldah.
1442. Solanum verbascifolium L. (1753)
Common name : Arasa.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Waste lands.
Distribution : Medinipur, HugH, Nadia,
Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs. (Budge Budge)
and Bankura.
1443. Streptosolen jamesonii Miers
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1444. Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal
(1852)
Common name: Aswagandha.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata, Dinajpur,
Barddhaman, Haora, North 24 Pgs. (Kestopur/
near Baguihati), Puruliya, Murshidabad, Koch
Bihar, HugH, Maldah, Jalpaiguri and
Medinipur.
1445. Atropa belladona L.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : J alpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
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1446. Brurifelsia americana L.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Barddhaman,
HugH, Murshidabad, Darjiling, Dinajpur,
Birbhum, Bankura, Medinipur and Kolkata.
1447. Petunia nyctaginiflo.,.a Juss.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : HugH, Maldah, Medinipur and
J alpaiguri.
1448. Petunia violacea Lindl.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution Maldah, Birbhum,
Murshidabad and Kolkata.
1449. Solanum argenteum Dun
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Barddhaman and
Puruliya.
1450. Solanum macranthum Dun
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Medinipur, Maldah and Hugli.
1451. Solanum melongena L. var.
esculenta Roxb.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
1452. Solanum anguivi Lam.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Darjiling, Maldah, Jalpaiguri
and HugH.
1453. Capsicum annum L. var.
abbreviata Fingerh.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Medinipur, Haora, Hugli and
Murshidabad.
Family SCROPHULARIACEAE
1454. Anti.,.,.hinum mojus L. (1753)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Cultivated land as an ornamental
plants.
Distribution: Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Koch
Bihar, Maldah, Hugli, Darjiling, Kolkata and
South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur).
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1455. Bacopa monnieri (L.) Wettstein
(1891)
Common name: Brahmi Sake
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Marshy lands.
Distribution: Hugli, South 24 Pgs. (Canning,
Bamanpukur), Medinipur, Koch Bihar, Nadia,
Jalpaiguri, Haora, Murshidabad and Maldah.
1456. Calceolaria gracilis Kunth
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
'1457. Centrathera nepalensis D. Don
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1458. Centranthera tranquebarica
(Spreng.) Merr.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Ville thickets.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Nadia and North
24 Pgs. (Ichhapur).
1459. Digitalis purpurea L.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution :~, DaIjiling.
1460. Dopatrium junceum (Roxb.) Buch.-
Ham.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Paddy fields.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali),
Haora and Medinipur.
1461. Hemiphragma heterophyllum
Wall.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
1462. Limnophila heterophylla (Roxb.)
Benth. (1836)
Life form : Aquatic herb.
Habitat: Swampy areas, paddy fields.
Distribution : Medinipur, J alpaiguri, Haora,
Hugli, Koch Bihar, Barddhaman and South 24
Pgs. (Sasan).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1463. Limnophila indica (L.) Druce (1914)
Common name: Karpur.
Life form : Partially submerged.
Habitat: Swampy areas.
Distribution : Kolkata, Dinajpur, Maldah,
South 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga Delta), Jalpaiguri
and Koch Bihar.
1464. Limnophila pulcherrima (Griff.)
Hook. f. (1884)
Life form : Sub-aquatic herb.
Habitat: Moist waste lands.
Distribution : Nadia, Murshidabad, South
24 Pgs. (Mahishmari/Sunderban) and Koch
Bihar.
1465. Limnophila rep tans Benth. (1846)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Moist condition.
Distribution : Maldah, HugH, Birbhum,
Barddhaman and North 24 Pgs. (Durganagar/
near Dum Dum Cant.).
1466. Linaria cymbalaria (L.) Mill.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1467. Linaria odora Firch.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1468. Lindenbergia grandiJlora (Buch.-.
Ham.) Benth.
Life form : Su(fiutescent herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1469. Lindenbergia indica (L.) Vatke
Life form : Apnual herb.
Distribution :' Datjiling.
1470. Lindenbergia indica (L.) Vatke
(1875)
Common name: Haldi-Basanta.
Life form,: Annual herb.
Habitat: Moist waste lands.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga
Delta), Kolkata, Murshidabad, PuruHya,
Bankura, Nadia, Maldah, HugH, Haora,
Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman, Koch
Bihar, Darjiling, Birbhum and Dinajpur.
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1471. Lindenda anagallis (Burm.f~) Distribution: Dinajpur, Bankura, North 24

Pennell (1943) Pgs. (Taki) , Murshidabad, Birbhum, Hugli,
Life form : Herb. Jalpaiguri and Medinipur.
Habitat: Marshy lands. 1477. Lindernia numulaJifolia (D. Don)
Wettst. (1819)
Distribution : Bankura, North 24 Pgs.
(Basirhat), Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad Life form : Herb.
and Barddhaman. Habitat: Dampy and shady places.
1472. Lindernia ciliata (Colsm.) Pennell Distribution: Koch Bihar, Murshidabad,
(1936) Haora, North 24 Pgs. (Bamanghata), Kolkata
and Bankura.
Life form : Herb.
1478. Lindernia parviflora (Roxb.)
Habitat: Moist areas.
Haines (1922)
Distribution : Darjiling, Barddhaman, South
Life form : Herb.
24 Pgs. (Chouhati/way to Minakhan),
Habitat: Moist places.
Medinipur, Jalpaiguri and Maldah.
Distribution : Darjiling North 24 Pgs.
1473. Lindernia cordifolia (Colsm.) Merr.
(Chandpara), Hugli, Dinajpur, Maldah and
(1923)
J alpaiguri.
Life form : Herb.
1479. Lindernia pyxidaria All. (1766)
Habitat: Semi-aquatic. Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution Darjiling, Dinajpur, Habitat: Moist & shady places.
Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, North 24 Pgs.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur)
(Madhyampur), Medinipur, Bankura, Puruliya
and Medinipur.
and Nadia.
1480. Lindernia verbenaefolia (Colsm.)
1474. Lindernia crustacea (L.) Muell.
Pennell (1943)
(1882)
Lifeform : Annual herb.
Life form : Annual.
Habitat: Rarely on moist places.
Habitat: Semi-aquatic.
Distribution : Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. ( Madarhat, (Satzelia/Sunderban), Koch Bihar, Medinipur,
Gosaba), Hugli, Birbhum, Haora, Puruliya, Murshidabad, Birbhum and Kolkata.
Bankura and Murshidabad. 1481. Mazus pumilus (Burm. f.) Steenis
1475. Lindernia hirsuta (Benth.) Wettst. (1958)
(1891) Life form : Annual herb.
Life form : Succulent herb. Habitat : Moist and shady places, on the
Habitat: Waste lands. bank of river.
Distribution : Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Koch Distribution: DaIjiling, Murshidabad, Hugli,
Bihar, South 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga Delta) and Maldah, Haora, Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Medinipur,
Dinajpur. Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga Delta)
1476. Lindernia multiflora (D.Don) and Koch Bihar.
Wettst. (1819) 1482. Mazus surculosus D. Don
Life form : Herb. Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Moist waste lands. Distribution : Darjiling.
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1483. Mimulus nepalensis Benth.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1484. Pedicularis mollis Wall.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1485. Russelia equisetiformis Schlecht. &
Cham. (1831)
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Murshidabad,
Barddhaman, Hugli, Dinajpur, Medinipur and
Birbhum.
1486. Scoparia dulcis L. (1753)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Weed in the waste lands, common
as hedge plant.
Distribution: Hugli, Birbhum, Koch Bihar,
Nadia, Darjiling, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri,
Dinajpur, Haora, Kolkata, Puruliya, Bankura,
Medinipur , North 24 Pgs. (Dhopagachhi,
Duttapukur), Barddhaman and Maldah.
1487. Scorphularia elatior Benth.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1488. Scorphularia urticaefolia Wall. ex
Benth.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1489. Torenia asiatica L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1490. Torenia uiolacea (Azeola ex Blanco)
Pennell
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distributi~n : Darjiling.
1491. Vandellia ·pusilla (Willd.) Yamazaki
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1492. Veronica juuanica Blume
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1493. Veronica persica Poir.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1494. Veronica serpyllifolia L.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DarjiHng.
Family OROBANCHACEAE
1495. Orobanche indica Buch.-Ham. (1832)
Common name: Bena Bau.
Life form : Root parasite.
Habitat: On mustard and brinjal fields.
Distribution : Maldah, South 24 Pgs.
(Narendrapur), Medinipur, Koch Bihar~ Haora,
Barddhaman, Murshidabad, J alpaiguri, Kolkata
and Nadia.
Family LENTIBULARIACEAE
1496. Urticularia aurea Lour. (1790)
Common name: Jhangi.
Life form : Rootless aquatic herb.
Habitat: Sumerged, free-floating.
Distribution : Medinipur, Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad, Barddhaman, Haora, Dinajpur,
Koch Bihar, Maldah, Nadia, South 24 Pgs.
(Satzelia), Kolkata and HugH.
1497. Urticularia gibbosa L. ssp. exoleta
P. Taylor (1961)
Common name : Chhota Jhangi.
Life form : Rootless aquatic herb.
Habitat: Sumerged, free-floating.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Nadia,
Jalpaiguri, Birbhum, Dinajpur, South 24 Pgs.
(Lower Ganga Delta), Medinipur and Bankura.
1498. Urticularia in.flexa Forssk. var.
ste"aris (L. f. ) Taylor (1961)
Life form : Rootless aquatic herb.
Habitat: Shallow ponds, marshy places and
paddy fields.
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Distribution: Koch Bihar, Dinajpur, South
24 Pgs. (Goranbose/Sunderban), Haora and
Maldah.
Family BIGNONIACEAE
1499· Begonia cathcartii Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1500. Begonia dioica Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1501. Begonia flaviJlora Hara
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1502. Begonia gemmipara Hook. f.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1503. Begonia hataeoa Buch.-Ham. ex D.
Don
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1504. Begonia josephi A. DC.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
1505. Begonia inflata C.B. Clarke
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1506. Begonia megaptera DC.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1507. Begonia nepalensis (A.DC.) Warburg
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1508. Begonia ovatifolia DC
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1509. Begonia palmata D. Don
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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1510. Begonia pieta J. E. Sm.
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1511. Bigonia roxburghii DC.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1512. Begonia satrapis C.B. Clarke
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1513. Begonia sikkimensis A DC
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1514. Begonia subpleltata Wight
Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1515. Bignonia unguiseati L. (1753)
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Habitat: Garden plant.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri, Nadia, Dinajpur,
Hugli, Bankura, Medinipur and South 24 Pgs.
(Garia).
1516. Begonia xanthi Hook.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1517. Doliehandrone spathaeeae (L. f.)
K. Schum. (1889)
Common name : Gorshingiah.
Life form : Medium to large tree.
Habitat : Grown in the mangrove cleared
areas.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Haora,
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar and South
24' Pgs. (Sunderban, Rudra Nagar/Sagar
Island).
1518. Haplophragma adenophyllum
(Wall.) P. Dop. (1925)
Lifeform : Medium to large tree.
Hahitat: Garden plant.
Distribution: Haora, Maldah, Koch Bihar.
Medinipur and South 24 Pgs.
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1519. Jacaranda mimosaefolia D. Don
(1822)
Life form : Small to medium-sized tree.
Habitat : Gardens/Parks.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Koch Bihar,
Maldah, Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri, North 24
Pgs. (Barasat) and HugH.
1520. Millingtonia hortensis L. f. (1781)
Common name: Akas-nim.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: As an avenue tree, planted.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, North 24 Pgs.,
Maldah, Haora and Dinajpur.
1521. Oroxylum indicum (L.) Vent. (1808)
Common name : Sona or Sonpatti.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Rarely planted as avenue tree.
Distribution : Medinipur, Jalpaiguri,
Kolkata, Koch Bihar, Barddhaman,
Murshidabad, Dinajpur, South 24 Pgs.
(Bireshwarpur/near Lakshmikantapur) and
Nadia.
15 2 2. Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. (1789)
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution: Dinajpur, South 24 Pgs.
(Diamond Harbour), Jalpaiguri, Kolkata,
Medinipur, Koch Bihar, Birbhum, Barddhaman,
HugH and Murshidabad.
Family PEDALIACEAE
1523· Sesamum indicum L. (1753)
Common name : Til.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Cultivated crop.
Distribution : Medinipur, Kolkata, Bankura,
North 24 Pgs. (Barasat), Hugli, Dinajpur,
Murshidabad, Darjiling, Barddhaman, Maldah,
Haora, J alp aiguri , Birbhum and Koch Bihar.
Family ACANTHACEAE
1524· Acanthus carduaceus Griff.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1525. Acanthus ilicifolius L. (1753)
Common name : Harkoch Kanta.
Life form : Viny shrub/herb.
Habitat : Mangrove forests.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Surjyapur,
Santoshpur).
1526. Asystasia macrocarpa Nees
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1527. Adhatoda zeylanica Medikus (1790)
Common name : Basak.
Lifeform : Shrub.
Habitat : Gregariously grow on garden
edges, roadsides, railway tracks.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Kolkata,
Medinipur, Maldah, Hugli, Birbhum, South 24
Pgs. (Harinbari/Sagar Island), Bankura,
Darjiling, Koch Bihar, Dinajpur, Haora,
Puruliya, Barddhaman, Nadia and J alpaiguri.
1528. Andrographis paniculata (Bunn.
f.) Wall. ex Nees (1832)
Common name: Kalmegh.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Prefer shady waste lands, ville
gardens.
Distribution: Hugli, Haora, Medinipur,
Koch Bihar, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Darjiling,
Maldah, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, Puruliya,
South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba, Falta), Bankura,
Kolkata, Dinajpur and Nadia.
152 9. Barleria cristata L. (1753)
Commdn name: Jati or Jhinti.
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat: Thickets and hedges, roadside and
railway tracks.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Barddhaman,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Nadia, Bankura, South
24 Pgs. (Madarhat, Baruipur), Puruliya,
Medinipur and Kolkata.
1530. Barleria prionitis L. (1753)
Common name: Kanta-Jati.
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Life form : Bushy undershrub.
Habitat: Scrub jungles, roadside hedges or
railway tracks.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Barddhaman,
Maldah, Kolkata, HugH, Jalpaiguri, Dinajpur,
Birbhum, South 24 Pgs. (Sitakundu/Baruipur)
and Medinipur.
1531. Cardanthera dUTonnis (L.) Druce
(1917)
Common name : Kala.
Life form : Annual viscid herb.
Habitat : Semi-aquatic area, on the
embankment of the ponds, canals and ditches.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Koch Bihar,
South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur), Barddhaman,
J alpaiguri, Kolkata, Haora, Medinipur and
Nadia.
1532. Codonacanthus pauctflorus Nees
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1533. Crossandra infundibulifonnis (L.)
Nees (1832)
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat : Planted.
Distribution : Nadia, Murshidabad,
Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs. (Santoshpur/near
Budge Budge) and J alpaiguri.
1534. Diflugossa divaricata (Nees)
Bremek.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
1535. Dipteracanthus prostratus (Poir.)
Nees (1832)
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat: Bushy places, along the roadsides
and railway tracks.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Subuddhipur/
Baruipur, Santoshpur), Nadia, Haora,
Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman and Koch
Bihar.
1536. Ecbolium viride (Forssk.) Alston.
var. dentata (Klein ex Link)
Common name: Udu-Jati.
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Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Waste places, ville thickets and
hedges.
Distribution Maldah, Medinipur,
Jalpaiguri, Haora, Hugli, South 24 Pgs.
(Amtala, Masjidbati) Dinajpur, Murshidabad,
Nadia and Koch Bihar.
1537. Golcifussia capitata Nees
Lifeform: Undershrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1538. Hemigraphis hirta (Yahl) T. Anders.
(1867)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Moist places.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Murshidabad,
Haora, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri,
Bankura, Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Budge
Budge), Nadia and HugH.
1539. Hygrophila auriculata (Schultes)
Heine (1962)
Common name : Kanta Kalika or
KuHakhara.
Lifeform: Undershrub.
Habitat: Wet swapy areas.
Distribution : Hugli, Medinipur, Bankura,
Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur, Kumarzol),
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad, Darjiling, Birbhum, Nadia,
Maldah, Haora and Dinajpur.
1540. Hygrophila phlomoides Nees (1832)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Roadside marshy lands.
Distribution : Maldah, South 24 Pgs.
(Bhangankhali) and J alpaiguri.
1541. Hygrophila polysperma (Roxb.) T.
And. (1867)
Life form : Small herb.
Habitat: Common on moist places.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bhangankhali/
opposite to Canning), Nadia, Koch Bihar and
Jalpaiguri.

1542. Hypoestis triflora Roem. & Schultes
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1543. Justicia betonica L. (1753)
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat: Hedges and ville Thickets.
Distribution : Medinipur, Hugli, KolHota,
South 24 Pgs. (Garia) and Birbhum.
1544. Justicia diffusa Willd. (1797)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Common weed on the paddy-
fields and damp/moist places.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Fort William),
Nadia, Dinajpur, Medinipur, Darjiling, Maldah,
Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri and Haora.
1545. Justicia gendarussa Burm. f. (1768)
Common name Gandho-rusa or
Jagatmadan.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Hedges and thickets.
Distribution: Puruliya, Maldah, Medinipur,
North 24 Pgs. (Madhyamgram), Hugli,
Kolkata, Birbhum, J alpaiguri, Koch Bihar and
Murshidabad.
1546. Justicia procumbens L.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1547. Lepidogathis incurva D. Don
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1548. Nelsonia canescens (Lam.) Spreng.
(1825)
Common name: Paramul.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Moist waste lands.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga
Delta).
1549. Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz.)
Nees (1832)
Common name: Nasa-Bhanga.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Life form : Herb or undershrub.
Habitat: Waste lands.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Dinajpur,
Murshidabad, Maldah and DaIjiling.
1550. Phaulopsis dorsijlora (Retz.)
Santapau (1948)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Rarely grow on the waste lands
and ville shrubberies, prefer grassy lands.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Haora, Hugli aI)d
North 24 Pgs. ( Birati ).
1551. Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz
(1870)
Common name: Palak-jui.
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat : Rar.ely on the ville thickets or
waste lands.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Satzelia),
Maldah, Koch Bihar and Dinajpur.
1552. Ruella tuberosa L. (1753)
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat: Damp and shady places.
Distribution : Bankura, Murshidabad,
Birbhum, Kolkata, Medinipur, Darjiling,
Jalpaiguri, South 24 Pgs. (Falta), Haora, Hugli,
Maldah, Dinajpur, Koch Bihar and Nadia.
1553. Rungia pectinata (L.) Nees (1847)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Grassy and moist localities.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, South 24 Pgs.
(Saktinagar/Maslandapur), Maldah,
Barddhaman, Medinipur, Jalpaiguri and Hugli.
1554. Rungia repens (L.) Nees (1832)
Common name : Parpatha.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Widely distributed.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Dinajpur,
Barddhaman, Darjiling, Birbhum, North 24
Pgs. (Durganagar/near Dum Dum Cant.),
Puruliya and Nadia.
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ISS,S· Staurogyne glutinosa (Wall. ex
C.B. Clarke) O. Kuntze (1891)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Moist lands.
Distribution : Nadia, South 24 Pgs. (Lower
Ganga Delta) and J alpaiguri.
1556. Strobilanthes pectinatus T. Anders.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1557. Strobilanthes thomsonii T. Anders.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1558. Strobilanthes urophyllus (Wall.)
Nees
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1559. Thunbergia grandiJlora (Roxb. ex
RottI.) Roxb. (1832)
Common name : Nil lata.
Lifeform : Large woody climber.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri, Medinipur, North
24 Pgs. (Dakshin Barasat), Koch Bihar,
Barddhaman, Nadia, Hugli, Haora and Kolkata.
1560. Thunbergia coccinea Wall. ex D.
Don
Life/orm : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1561. Thunbergia fragrans Roxb,
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1562. Thunbergia lutea T. Anders.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family VERBENACEAE
1563. Callicarpa arborea Roxb. ex C. B.
Clarke
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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1564. Callicarpa candicans (Burm. f.)
Hochr. (1934)
Common name: Arusha.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Rarely grow on vill. thickets.
Distribution: Kolkata, Medinipur, North 24
Pgs. (Hasnabad), Birbhum, Murshidabad,
Maldah, Haora and J alpaiguri.
1565. Callicarpa vestita
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1566. Caryopteris odorata (Buch-Ham. ex
Roxb.) B. L. Rob.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1567. Clerodendrum colebrookianum
Walp.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1568. Clerodendrum indicum (L.) O.
Kuntze (1891)
Common name: Bamanati.
Life/orm : Shrub.
Habitat: Wastelands, roadsides and raihvay
track sides.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Maldah,
Kolkata, Jalpaiguri, Haora, Barddhaman, Koch
Bihar, South 24 Pgs. (Piyalinagar/Baruipur),
Medinipur and HugH.
1569. Clerodendrum inerme (L.) Gaertn.
(1788)
Common nalne : Ban Jui or Batraj.
Life form : Straggling shrub.
Habitat: On the river banks and back-
mangal locaHties, thickets; nonnally cl\'vay fr0l11
tidal influences.
Distribution: Haora, Nadia, Medinipur.
South 24 Pgs. (Surjyapur, Dhopa Gachi).
Barddhaman, Bankura and Kolkata.

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1570. Clerodendrum splandens G. Don
(1824)
Life form : Climbing shrub.
Habitat: Hedges as climber.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Medinipur, North
24 Pgs. (Dum Dum Cant.), Banltura,
Barddhaman, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri and
Maldah.
1571. Clerodendrum viscosum Vent.
(1803)
Common name: Ghetu.
Life form : Robust shrub.
Habitat : Wasteplaces, roadsides and
railway tracks.
Distribution : Maldah, Barddhaman, Haora,
Birbhum, South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba, Garia),
Kolkata, Medinipur and Dinajpur.
Duranta repens L. (1753)
1572.
Common name: Mudikanta.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Planted as hedge plant.
Distribution: Hugli, Nadia, Dinajpur, Haora,
Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Medinipur, Darjiling,
Kolkata and South 24 Pgs. (Budge Budge).
1573. Gmelina arborea Roxb. (1819)
Life form : Moderate tree.
Habitat : Rarely found in the ville thickets,
or planted.
Distribution: Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch
Bihar, Maldah, Nadia, Medinipur, North 24
Pgs., Bankura, Kolkata, Puruliya, Barddhaman,
Dinajpur, Birbhum and Murshidabad.
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1574. Homskioldia sanguinea Retz.
Life form : Shrub.
-Distribution : Darjiling.
1575. Lantana camara L. var. aculeata
(L.) Moldenke (1934)
Common name: Manindra Kanta.
Life form : Aromatic herb.
Habitat: Waste places, hedges, thickets,
railway tracks and jungles.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution : Kolkata, Bankura, DaIjiling,
Dinajpur, Haora, Barddhaman, Puruliya,
Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs. (Canning/railway
tracks), Jalpaiguri, Birbhum, Nadia, Koch
Bihar, Maldah, Medinipur and Hugli.
1576. Lantana indica Roxb. (1832)
Lifeform : Woody shrub.
Habitat: Planted as hedge plant.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Dinajpur,
DaIjiling, Nadia, Maldah, Birbhum, J alpaiguri,
Hugli, North 24 Pgs. (Maslandapur), Bankura,
Kolkata, Haora, Medinipur, Puruliya, Koch
Bihar and Murshidabad.
1577. Lippia javanica (Burm. f.) Spreng.
(1825)
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Common on margin of ponds and
canals.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Mallickpore),
Haora, Medinipur, Koch Bihar, Murshidabad,
Barddhaman, Nadia and J alpaiguri.
1578. Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene (1899)
Common name: Bhui-Okra.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Moist waste places.
Distribution : Maldah, Haora, Hugli,
Birbhum, J alp aiguri , Murs~idabad, DaIjiling,
Koch Bihar , Nadia, Dinajpur, Bankura,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba), Puruliya,
Barddhaman and Kolkata.
1579. Premna corymbosa (Burm. f.)
RottI. & Willd. (1803)
Common name : Gamiari or Bhui Biravi.
Life form : Shrub or tree.
Habitat: Scrub-jungles as back mangrove
sp.
Distribution : Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
(Sagar Island), Koch Bihar, Barddhaman and
Murshidabad.
1580. Premna mucronata Roxb. (1832)
Common name: Bakar.
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Life form : Small to medium sized tree.
Habitat: Rarely cultivated, mostly wild.
Distribution : Maldah, J alpaiguri, Haora,
South 24 Pgs. (Canning/on the river sides) and
Dinajpur.
1581. Tectona grandis L. f. (1781)
Common name: Segun.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Planted as avenue tree or in old
orchards.
Distribution: Bankura, Raora, Murshidabad,
North 24 Pgs., Koch Bihar, Medinipur,
Kolkata, Dinajpur, Darjiling, Nadia, Birbhum,
Barddhaman, J alpaiguri and Puruliya.
1582. Vitex negundo L. (1753)
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Habitat: Hedge plant.
Distribution : Darjiling, J alpaiguri,
Murshidabad, Haora, Dinajpur, Hugli,
Barddhaman, Maldah, Nadia, Birbhum, South
24 Pgs. (Champahati), Puruliya, Koch Bihar,
Bankura, Kolkata and Medinipur.
.Family AVICENNIACEAE
1583. Avicennia alba Blume (1820)
Common name: Kal-Bain.
Lz.re-form : Tree.
Habitat: On the tidal river banks, & inter-
tidal mangrove forest or sea-shores.
Distribution: Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
(Supari Bhanga/Sagar Island).
1584. Avicennia marina (Forssk.) Vierh.
(1907)
Common name : Peyara Bain.
Life form : Shrub to small tree (true
mangrove sp.).
Habitat: Common in the inter-tidal forests
of the coastal reas & ridge forests of
Sunderban.
Distribution: Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
(Surjyapur/near Raidighi).
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1585. Avicennia officinalis L. (1753)
Common name: Jat-Bain.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: True mangrove, on the inter-tidal
mud-flats and ridge forests of Sunderban.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bhangan Khalil
Opposite to Canning).
Family LAMIACEAE (nom. alt.)
Labiatae
1586. Achyrospermum densiJlorum BI.
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1587. Ajuga lobata D. Don
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1588. Ajuga macrosperma Wall. ex
Benth. var. breviflora Hook. f.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1589. Anisomeles indica (L.) O. Kuntze
(1891)
Common name: Gobura .
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Dry waste lands, hedges, roadsides
& railway tracks.
Distribution : Maldah, Bankura, Nadia,
Hugli, Darjiling, Medinipur, Barddhaman,
Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad, Dinajpur, Haora.
Puruliya, South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur, Garifa),
Kolkata, Birbhum and Koch Bihar.
1590. Cinopodium piperitum (D. Don)
Press
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1591. Cinopodium umbrosum (M. Bieb)
C. Koch
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1592. Coleus amboinicus Lour. (1790)
Common name : Pathor-chur.
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Life form : Medium herb.
Habitat: Cultivated.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Barddhaman,
Nadia, Murshidabad, Hugli, Jalpaiguri and
Koch Bihar.
1593. Craneotomefurcata (Link) O. Kuntze
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1594. Dysophylla verticillata Benth.
(1830)
Common name: Pani-kula.
Lifeform: Herb.
Habitat: On the paddy fields.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bhojerhatf
near Salt Lake), Nadia, Kolkata, Barddhaman
and Medinipur.
1595. Elsholtzia blanda (Benth.) Benth.
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1596. Elsholtzia jlava Benth.
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1597. Elsholtzia fruticosa (D. Don) Rehd.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1598. Elsholtzia strobilifera (Benth.) Benth.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1599. Hyptis suaveolens (L.) Poir. (1806)
Common name: Ganga-Tulsi or Bilati-Tulsi.
Life form : Fragrant herb.
Habitat : Moist waste lands, on the
roadsides and railway tracks.
Distribution : Bankura, Nadia, Birbhum,
North 24 Pgs. (Dum Dum Cant.), Maldah,
Medinipur, Puruliya, Dinajpur, Barddhaman,
Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
1600. Leonotis nepetaefolia (L.) R. Brown
(1810)
Common name : Hejurchi.
Life form : Annual herb.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Habitat: Waste places, roadsides and
thickets.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Purandarpur),
Haora, Koch Bihar, Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Hugli
and Dinajpur.
1601. Leonurus sibiricus L. (1753)
Common name : Rakta-drone.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Roadsides, railway tracks, hedges
& waste places.
Distribution : Maldah, South 24 Pgs.
(Magrahat), Medinipur, Kolkata, Koch Bihar,
Barddhaman, J alpaiguri, H ugH and
Murshidabad.
1602. Leucas aspera (Willd.) Spreng.
(1823)
Common name : Chhota-halkusa.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Common weed on waste places
and cult. Fields, roadsides, railway tracks.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Darjiling,
Puruliya, Medinipur, Kolkata, Murshidabad,
Birbhum, South 24 Pgs.- (Bagha Jatin),
Dinajpur, Bankura, Maldah, Nadia, J alpaiguri,
Barddhaman, Haora and Hugli.
1603. Leucas bijlora (Yahl) R. Br. (1810)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Rarely seen in the moist waste
places, near the paddy fields and roadside
thickets.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad,
Koch Bihar, Haora, North 24 Pgs.
(Bamanghata) and Nadia.
1604. Leucas cephalotes (Roxb.) Spreng.
(1825)
Common name: Bara-halkusa.
Life form : Annual, stout herb.
Distribution: Medinipur, Haora, Nadia,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Puruliya and Bankura.
1605. Leucas indica (L.) R. Br.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaJjiling.
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1606. Leucas lavandulaefolia Sm. (1819)
Common name : Halkussa.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Common on paddy fields, roadside
thickets and hedges.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur),
Hugli, Barddhaman, Murshidabad, J alpaiguri,
Birbhum and Maldah.
Leucas mollissima Wall.
1607.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1608. Leucas nutans Spreng. (1825)
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Waste lands.
Distribution : Birbhum, Haora, South 24
Pgs. (Kamdohri/Garia) and Puruliya.
1609. Leucoceptrum canum Sm.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1610. Melissa axillaris (Benth.) Bakh. f.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Mentha spicata L. (1753)
1611.
Common name: Pudina.
Life form : Aromatic perennial herb.
Habitat : Rarely cultivated in the gardens.
Distribution: Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, Koch
Bihar, Murshidabad, North 24 Pgs. (Rahara/
Danga Para), Bankura, Medinipur and Maldah.
1612. Notochete hamosa Benth.
Life form : Herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1613. Ocimum americanum L. (1753)
Common name: Bharbari.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste lands.
Distribution : Nadia, Puruliya, South 24
Pgs. (Falta Fort), Koch Bihar, Maldah,
J alpaiguri, Haora and Barddhaman.
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1614. Ocimum basilicum L. (1753)
Common name : Babui-Tulsi.
Life form : Aromatic herb.
Habitat: Cultivated lands, waste places.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dhapdhapi),
Nadia, Birbhum, Dinajpur and Koch Bihar.
1615. Ocimum gratissimum L. (1753)
Conlmon name: Ram-Tulsi.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Rarely in the waste places along
the roadsides, hedges and railway tracks.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Ghoramara/
adjacent to Sagar Island), Barddhaman, Haora,
Maldah, Dinajpur, Koch Bihar and Medinipur.
1616. Ocimum sanctum L. (1767)
Common name : Tulsi.
Life form: Woody undershrub.
Habitat: Very common to every Hindu's
house, also present in the waste lands.
Distribution : Maldah, South 24 Pgs.
(Atghora/Baruipur), Bankura, Birbhum,
Darjiling, Haora, Dinajpur, Nadia, Kolkata,
Barddhaman, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Medinip~r, Puruliya and Murshidabad.
1617. Orthosiphon rubicundus Benth.
(1831)
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat: Rarely on the viII. thickets.
Distribution : Maldah, North 24 Pgs.
(Gobardanga), Jalpaiguri and Murshidabad.
1618. Perilla frutescens (L.) Britton
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1619. Pogostemon amaranthoides Benth.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1620. Pogostemon benghalense
(BurmJ.) O. Kuntz (1891)
Common name: Jui-Lata.
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Life form : Large aromatic herb.
Habitat: Shady places and waste lands.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpur),
Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Haora and Medinipur.
1621. Prunella vulgaris L.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1622. Rabdosia coetsa (Buch.-Ham. ex D.
Don) Hara
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1623. Rabdosia lophanthoides (Buch.-
Ham. ex D. Don) Hara var. lophanthoides
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1624. Rabdosia lophanthoides (Buch.-
Ham. ex D. Don) Hara var. gerardiana
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1625. Rabdosia lophanthoides (Buch.-
Ham. ex D. Don) Hara var. gracilifolia
Life form: Annual herb~_
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1626. Rabdosia maddeni (Benth. ex Hook.
f.) Hara
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1627. Rabdosia rugosa (Wall. ex Benth.)
Hara
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1628. Salvia coccinea L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1629. Salvia leucantha Cav.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1630. Salvia plebeja R. Br. (1810)
Common name : Bhui-Tulsi.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Moist and shady areas, near the
canals, dry ditches and jheels.
Distribution : Bankura, South 24 Pgs.
(Malatipur), Medinipur, Puruliya, Jalpaiguri,
Birbhum, Maldah, Dinajpur, Barddhaman and
Haora.
1631. Scuttelal'ia discolor Colebr.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1632. Scuttelaria violacea Heyne ex
Benth. var. sikldmensis Hook.f.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Dcujiling.
Family PLANTAGINACEAE
1633. Plantago erosa Wall.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1634. Plantago ovata Forssk. (1776)
Common name : Ispghul.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Very rarely planted for its
jjuidicinal value.
Distribution : Darjiling, South 24 Pgs ..
(Nurpur), Medinipur, Nadia, Jalpaiguri,
Barddhaman, Murshidabad, Dinajpur, Birbhum
and Bankura.
1635. Boerhavia dlffusa L. (1753)
Common name : Punarnava.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Very common on the waste
places, railway tracks, roadsides and on the old
walls.
Distribution : Haora, Barddhaman, Maldah,
Dinajpur, Hugli, Darjiling, Nadia, Koch Bihar,
Birbhum, Jalpaiguri, South 24 Pgs. (Nurpur),
Puruliya, Bankura, Medinipur, Kolkata and
Murshidabad.
1636. Bougainvillea glabra Choisy (1849)
Life form : Straggling herb.
Habitat : Cultivated.
SANYAL et a1. : Plant Diversity
Distribution : Medinipur, Puruliya,
Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs., Kolkata, Bankura
Jalpaiguci, Hugli, Haora, Nadia, Maldah, Koch
Bihar, Dinajpur, Murshidabad, Birbhum and
DaIjiling.
1637. Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd.
(1799)
Life form : Woody climbing shrub.
Habitat: Planted.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Bankura,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs., Puruliya, Kolkata,
Haora, Nadia, Maldah, Barddhaman, Dinajpur,
HugH, Darjiling, Birbhum, Koch Bihar and
Jalpaiguri.
1638. Mirabilisjalapa L. (1753)
Common name: Krishna-Kali.
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat: Commonly cultivated.
Distribution : Hugli, Murshidabad,
Medinipur, North 24 Pgs. (Taki), Kolkata,
Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Barddhaman
and Nadia.
Family AMARANTHACEAE
1639. Achyranthes aspera L. (1753)
Common name: Apang.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Very common on the waste lands,
hedges etc.
Distribution : Dinajpur, Maldah, North 24
Pgs. (Dum Dum Cant.), Kolkata, Medinipur,
Bankura, Barddhaman, Nadia, DaIjiling, Koch
Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Haora, Birbhum, Hugli,
Puruliya and Murshidabad.
1640. Achyranthes bidentata Blume
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1641. Aeroa lanata (L.) Juss. (1803)
Common name: Chhaya.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste lands.
Distribution : Kolkata, Bankura, Maldah,
Puruliya, Hugli, Medinipur, Birbhum, North
Dinajpur, Raora, South 24 Pgs. (Mollakhali),
Murshidabad and Jalpaiguri.
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1642. Aerva sanguinolenta (L.) Blume
(1826)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Common on waste places.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, South 24 Pgs.
(Madarhat, Baruipur), Murshidabad, Haora and
Maldah.
1643. Allmania nodiJlora R. Br. (1813)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Common on canal sides.
Distribution : Maldah, South 24 Pgs.
(Jadavpur), Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad and Dinajpur.
1644. Alternanthera paranychioides St.
(1833)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Prefer moist places but also can
grow in the xerophytic conditions.
Distribution : Puruliya, South 24 Pgs.
(SubuddhipurjBaruipur), Haora, Nadia, Koch
Bihar, Kolkata, Medinipur and HugH.
1645. Alternanthera philoxeroides
(Mart.) Griseb. (1879)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Moist, waste lands.
Distribution : Nadia, South 24 Pgs.
(Sitakundu/Baruipur), Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri,
Murshidabad and Haora.
1646. Alternanthera pungens Kunth
(1818)
Life form: Herb.
Habitat: Roadsides.
Distribution: Puruliya, Medinipur, South
24 Pgs. (Nurpur), Nadia and Koch Bihar.
1647. Alternanthera sessilis (L.) R. Br.
(1810)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Common weed in the cultivated
fields and other moist places.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri, Hugli, Kolkata.
South 24 Pgs. (Canning, Gobardanga),
Barddhaman, Medinipur, Puruliya, Bankura,
Nadia; Birbhum, Darjiling, Dinajpur, Haora,
Maldah, Murshidabad and Koch Bihar.

1648. Amaranthus caudatus L. (1753)
Life form : Robust herb.
Habitat: Rarely planted or as an escape.
Distribution: Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs.
(Gosaba), Nadia and Koch Bihar.
Amaranthus spinosus L. (1753)
1649.
Common name: Kanta Note.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Very common in waste lands,
hedges, thickets, etc.
Distribution : Darjiling, Maldah, Haora,
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Murshidabad, HugH,
Nadia, South 24 Pgs. (Sarberia), Koch Bihar,
Bahkura, .Medinipur, Kolkata, Puruliya,
Dinajpur and J alpaiguri.
1650. Amaranthus tenuifolius Willd.
(1805)
Life form : Annual herb.
H'Clbitat : Rarely found in moist waste lands.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Durgapur),
Koch Bihar, Haora and Barddhaman.
1651. Amaranthus tricolor L. (1753)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Moist and waste places.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island)
and Jalpaiguri.
1652. Amaranthus viridis L. (ex parte)
(1763)
Common name: Bam-nate.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Moist and waste lands, along the
water canals and cultivated fields.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Haora, Hugli,
Darjiling, Birbhum, Maldah, J alpaiguri,
Murshidabad, Dinajpur, Barddhaman ,
'.
Puruliya, North 24 Pgs. (Maslandapur,
Madhyamgram), Medinipur, Kolkata, Bankura
and Nadia.
1653. Celos~a
argentea L. (1753)
Common name :. Swet-Murga or Morag-
Phul.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Weed in the moist waste lands.
Distribution: Haora, Koch Bihar, North 24
Pgs., Puruliya, Darjiling, Medinipur and Nadia.
Celosia cristata L. (1753)
1654.
Common name: Marag Jata.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Cultivated garden or in waste
lands.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri,
Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs. (Santoshpur/near
Budge Budge), Medinipur and Maldah.
1655. Cyathula capitata Moy
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1656. Digera muricata (L.) Mart. (1825)
Common name: Luta-mhauria.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat: Cultivated lands and moist waste
places.
Distribution: Hugli, Medinipur, Dinajpur,
Maldah, Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman,
Nadia, Kolkata and South 24 Pgs. (Gocharan).
1657. Gomphrena celosioides Mart. (1825)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste ground along the sides of
roads/railway tracts.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bantala),
Puruliya, Medinipur, Bankura, Nadia,
Birbhum, Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, HugH and
Dinajpur.
Gomphrena globosa L. (1753)
1658.
Common name: Gomphoma.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Planted in the gardens.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, South 24 Pgs.
(BelekhaIi/Salt Lake), Bankura, Birbhum and
Nadia.
Family CHENOPODIACEAE
1659. Arthrocnemum indicum (Willd.)
Miq. (1840)
Common name: Jadu Palang.
Life form : Annual herb.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Div~rsity
Habitat: Common on the river sides.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Suparibhanga/
Sagar Island), Koch Bihar and Nadia.
16Q.Q. Beta vulgaris L. (1753)
Common name : Beet.
Life form : Tuberous herb.
Habitat : Cultivated lands.
Distribution·: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Garia), Bankura, Maldah, Barddhaman, Koch
Bihar, Jalpaiguri and Murshidabad.
1661. Chenopodium album L. (1753)
Common name: Bethua-sak.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : On river banks, canal sides, as
weed on cultivated grounds.
Distribution : Hugli, Medinipur, Kolkata,
Bankura, South 24 Pgs. (Diamond Harbour),
Puruliya, Nadia, Barddhaman, Darjiling,
Haora, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, Birbhum,
Maldah, Koch Bihar and Dinajpur.
1662. Chenopodium amb.,.osioides L.
(1753)
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Moist waste lands, roadsides and
canal sides.
Distribution : Hugli, South 24 Pgs.
(Sarberia, Baruipur, Malancha, Budge Budge,
Madhyampur, Sankchura), Maldah, Medinipur,
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Murshidabad and
Koch Bihar.
1663. Chenopodium mu.,.ale L. (1753)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Moist waste lands.
Distribution Dinajpur, Bankura,
Medinipur, Maldah, Haora, North 24 Pgs.
(Sodepur) and Jalpaiguri.
1664. Salicornia b.,.achiata Roxb. (1820)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste lands and river beds.
Distribution : Nadia, South 24 Pgs.
(Lakshmikantapur) and Medinipur.
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1665. Spinacia oleracea L. (1753)
Common name: Palang-Sak.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Cultivated lands.
Distribution: Darjiling, Medinipur and
North 24 Pgs. (Madhyamgram) and all
districts.
1666. Suaeda maritima Dumort. (1827)
Common name: Gire sake
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Common on river flats.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Hingalgunj)
and Medinipur.
1667. Suaeda nudiflo.,.a Moq. (1831)
Life form: Woody undershrub.
Habitat: Common on the inter-tidal river
slopes.
Distribution : Koch Bihar and South 24 Pgs.
(BhangankhaH).
Family BASELLACEAE
1668. Basella alba L. (1753)
Common name: Pui-Sak.
Life form : Succulent twiner.
Habitat: Commonly cultivated.
Distribution Jalpaiguri, Kolkata,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Piyalinagar/
Baruipur), Murshidabad, Haora, Maldah, Koch
Bihar and HugH.
Family PHYTOLACCACEAE
1669. Petiveria alliacea L. (1753)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Rarely grow on the dry waste
lands & roadside thickets.
Distribution : Bankura, Medinipur,
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Birbhum, Nadia,
Maldah, Dinajpur and North 24 Pgs.
(Sodepur).
1670. Rivinia humilis L. (1753)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Rarely found in the viII.
shrubberies.

Distribution: Koch Bihar, Hugli, Puruliya,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Ballygunge),
Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad, Darjiling and Haora.
Family POLYGONACEAE
1671. Aconogonum campanulatum
(Hook. f.) Hara
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1672. Aconogonum molle (D. Don) Buch.-
Ham. var. molle
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1673. Aconogonum molle (D. Don) Buch.-
Ham. yare frondosum (Meisn.) Hara
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1674. Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.
(1841)
Life form : Climbing shrub.
flabitat : Along the trellises, rarely found as
wild-climbing on thickets.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Nadia, Kolkata,
North 24 Pgs. (Bhebe Choumatha/near
Basirhat), Medinipur, Barddhaman, Maldah,
Koch Bihar, Puruliya, Dinajpur, Hugli,
Bankura, Murshidabad, Birbhum, Haora and
Darjiling.
1675. Bistorta amplexicaule (D. Don)
Greene
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1676. Bistorta emodi (Meisn.) Hara
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1677. Fagopyrum debotrys (D. Don) Hara
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1678. Fagopyrum esculentum Moench
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1679. Fallopia convolvulus (L.) Holub
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1680. Periscaria capitata (Buch.-Ham.) H.
Gross
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1681. Periscaria chinensis (L.) H. Gross
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1682. Periscaria hydropiper (L.) Spach
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1683. Pemcaria microcephala (D. Don)
H. Gross
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1684. Periscaria mitis Gilib
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1685. Periscaria nepalensis (Meisn.) H.
Gross
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1686. PeMscaria per/oliata (L.) H. Gross
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1687. Periscaria posumbu (D. Don) H.
Gross
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1688. Periscaria praetennissa (Hook. f.)
Hara
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1689. Periscaria pubescens (Blume)Hara
Life form : 'Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1690. Periscaria runcinata (Bueh.-Ham.)
H. Gross
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
1691. PeriscaMa thunberghii (Seib. &
Zuss.) H. Gross
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1692. Polygonum barbatum yare
barbatum L. (1753)
Common name: Bekh-Unjubaz.
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat: Moist waste places.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Maldah, South 24
Pgs. (Magrahat), Medinipur, Nadia, Jalpaiguri,
Hugli, Murshidabad, Barddhaman and Kolkata.
1693. Polygonum barbatum L. var.
gracile (Denser) Steward (1830)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Waste marshy places.
Distribution: Hugli, Haora, Dinajpur, South
24 Pgs. (Sashan Road/nearBaruipur), Puruliya
and Murshidabad.
1694. Polygonum glabMLm Willd. (1799)
Life form: Shrub (Semi-aquatic).
Habitat: Common on the ditches and water
courses.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga
Delta), Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar,
Haora and Maldah.
1695. Polygonum hydropiper L. (1753)
Common name: Pakurmul.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Roadsides ditches, margin of
ponds, river, drainage, jheels.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Haora,
Murshidabad and North ~4 Pgs. (Ultadanga,
Dandihat, Purandarpur).
1696. Polygonum orientale L. (1753)
Common name: Bara-Panimirich.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Wate places.
Distribution : Haora, Medinipur and North
24 Pgs. (Dakshineswar, Bongaon).
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1697. Polygonum plebejum yare
plebejum R. Br. (1810)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Sides of ditches and roadsides.
Distribution: Maldah, Nadia, Barddhaman,
Medinipur, North 24 Pgs. (Saktinagar,
Dhanyakuria), Birbhum, Koch Bihar and
Murshidabad.
1698. Polygonum plebejum R. Br. var.
effusa R. Br. (1810)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Rarely found in the shady waste
places and rice fields.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Behala),
Nadia, Murshidabad, Puruliya and HugH.
1699. Polygonum plebejum R. Brown
yare elegans Hook. f. (1886)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Rarely on the roadside hedges.
Distribution : North and 24 Pgs.
(Ghatakpukur) and Jalpaiguri.
1700. Polygonum pubescens Blume (1962)
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: On marshy places.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Lower Ganga
Delta), Nadia, Koch Bihar and Murshidabad.
1701. Rumex dentatus L. (1771)
Common name : Ambavati.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Near marshy places, roadside
canals and ditches.
Distribution : Bankura, Haora, Birbhunl,
South 24 Pgs. (Garia, Sarbedia), Nadia,
J alpaiguri, Medinipur, Darjiling and
Barddhaman.
1702. Rumex hastatus D. Don
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1703. Rumex maritimus L. (1771)
Common name: Ban-Palang.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Waste lands.
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Distribution : Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Murshidabad, Haora, Medinipur, South 24
Pgs. (Nalban), Kolkata, Hugli and Nadia.
1704. Rumex nepalensis Spreng.
Life form: Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1705. Rumex orientalis Benth. ex Schult. f.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
1706. Aristolochia indica L. (1753)
Life form : Climbing herb.
Habitat : Rarely on the hedges and waste Bankura, North 24 Pgs. (Kazipara/Barasat),
lands, along the railway tracks.
Distribution: Maldah, Kolkata, Jalpaiguri,
South 24 Pgs. (Malatipur), Haora, Medinipur
and Murshidabad.
Family PIPERACEAE
1707. Peperomia heyneana Miq.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1708. Peperomia tetraphylla (Forst. f.)
Hook. & Am.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1709· Peperomia pellucida (L.) Kunth
(1815)
Common name: Luchipata.
Life form : Very succulent herb.
Habitat: Very common in marshy waste·
lands, old walls.
Distribution: Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Dinajpur,
Maldah, Darjiling, Nadia, Barddhaman, Koch
Bihar, Murshidabad, Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Atghora/Madarhat, Brace Bridge, Sankchura/
near Taki) and Medinipur.
1710. Piper betle L. (1753)
Common name: Pan.
Life form : Climbing or twining shrub.
Habitat: Cultivated lands.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution : Dinajpur, South 24 Pgs.
(Subhashgram), Bankura, Koch Bihar, Nadia,
J alpaiguri, Haora, Barddhaman, Hugli,
Murshidabad and Medinipur.
1711. Piper boehmeriJolium Wall. ex DC.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1712. Piper longum L. (1753)
Common name : Pipla.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Habitat : Rarely on dampy soil.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Hugli, Koch Bihar,
Nadia, Maldah, Murshidabad, Haora, Kolkata,
Medinipur and Birbhum.
1713. Piper mullesna D. Don
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1714. Piper nepalense Miq.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1715. Piper pedicellosum Wall.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1716. Piper peeploides Roxb.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family LAURACEAE
1717. Actinodaphne sikkimensis Meisn.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1718. Cassytha filiformis L. (1753)
Common name: Akash bel.
Life form : Parasitic leafless twining herb.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Haora, Dinajpur,
Nadia, South 24 Pgs. (Diamond Harbour),
Koch Bihar and Hugli.
1719· Cinnamomum bejolghota (Buch.-
Ham.) Sweet
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
1720. Cinnamomum camphol"a T. Nees
& Eberm. (1831)
Common name: Karpur.
Life form : Small to medium tree.
Habitat : Very occasionally planted.
Distribution : J alp aiguri , Koch Bihar, Nadia,
North 24 Pgs. (Panihati), Medinipur and
Murshidabad.
1721. Cinnamomum impl"essinel"Vium
Meisn.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1722. Cinnamomum obtusifolium T.
Nees & Eberm. (1831)
Common name: Ram-Tejpataor Kinton.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Planted on village areas.
Distribution : Maldah, J alpaiguri, North 24
Pgs. (Bhebe, Birati), Hugli and Barddhaman.
1723. Cinnamomum tamala T. Nees &
Eberm. (1831)
Common name : Tejpata.
Life form : Moderate sized tree.
Ha~itat : Rarely planted.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (KadamPllr/
Nabgram), Hugli, Medinipur, Nadia, Birbhum
and Dinajpur.
1724. Cinnamomum zeylanicum Blunle
(1825)
Common name : Dalchini or Daruchini.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Rarely cultivated.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Harinbari/
Sagar Island).
1725. Litsaea elongata (T. Nees) Hook. f.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1726. Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) Rob.
Common name : Kukur-Chita.
Life form : Medium tree.
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Habitat : Ville shrubberies and thickets,
everywhere.
Distribution: Nadia, Murshidabad, North
24 Pgs. (Surjyapur, Naihati) and Jalpaiguri.
1727. Litsaea kingii Hook. f.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1728. Litsea monopetala (Roxb.) Pers.
(1807)
Common name : Bara-kukur-chita.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat : VilI. thickets and shrubberies.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bhebe,
Dattapukur/Barasat), Hugli, Haora, Medinipur
and Koch Bihar.
1729. Machilus edulis King ex Hook.f.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1730. Neolitsaea cuipala (D. Don) Kosterm.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1731. Neolitsaeafoliosa (T. Nees) Gamble
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1732. Per-sea clal"keana (King ex Hook. f.)
Kosterm.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1733. Pel"sea duthiei (King ex Hook.f.)
Kosterm.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1734. Pel"sea gammieana (King ex
Hook.f.) Kosterm.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1735. Pel"sea odol"atissima (T. Ness)
(19 11 ) Kosterm.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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1736. Phoebe lanceolata (T. Nees) Nees
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family PROTEACEAE
1737. Grevillea robusta A. Cunn. (1820)
Life form : Robust tree.
Habitat : Planted.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Birbhum,
J alpaiguri and South 24 Pgs.
Family LORANTHACEAE
1738. Dendrophthoe falcata (L.f.) Etting.
(187 2 )
Common name: Baramanda.
Life form : Semi-parasitic herb.
Habitat: Parasite on the Ficus bengalensis,
F. religiosa, Mangifera indica and Melia
azaderachta.
Distribution : Bankura, South 24 Pgs.
(Amtala, RangabeHa), Medinipur, Nadia, Koch
Bihar, Murshidabad and Jalpaiguri.
1739. Macrosolen cochinchinensis
(Lour.) yare Teigh. (1894)
Common name: Chhota-Manda.
Life form : Bushy shrub.
Habitat: Semi-parasitic on the old trees.
Distribution : Maldah, South 24 Pgs.
(Maliddhar / Canning, Diamond Harbour),
Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad and HugH.
1740. SculTUla elata (Edgw.) Danser
Life form : Stem parasite.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1741. Viscum articulatum Burm.f. var.
liquidambaricolum (Hayata) S.
Life form : Stem parasite.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1742. Viscum monoicum Roxb. (1832)
Common name: Manda.
Life form : Large shrub.
Habitat : Parasitic on the trees of
Sunderban mangrove forests.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Harinbari/
Sagar Island), Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad, Hugli,
Koch Bihar, Medinipur and Puruliya.
1743. Viscum orientale Willd. (1806)
Common name: Banda.
Life form : Parasitic monoecious herb.
Habitat: Commonly found on Exoecaria
agallocha.
Distribution Koch Bihar, Nadia,
Murshidabad, Maldah, Jalpaiguri,
Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs. (Kulti) and
Medinipur.
Family EUPHORBIACEAE
1744. Acalypha hispida Burm.f.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution : Kolkata, Nadia, Haora, Koch
Bihar, South 24 Pgs. (Basanti, Amtala),
Medinipur and Maldah.
1745. Acalypha indica L. (1753)
Common name: Mukta-jhuri.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Moist waste lands.
Distribution : HugH, Maldah, Medinipur,
Jalpaiguri, North 24 Pgs. (Maslandapur),
Haora and Dinajpur.
1746. Acalypha lanceolata Willd.
(1805)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Waste places, near the garbage-
heaps.
Distribution: Murshidabad, Koch Bihar and
South 24 Pgs. (Dewanganj, Brace Bridge).
1747. Aleurites fordii Hem.
Life form :' Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1748. Antidesma ghaesembilla
(ghesaembilla) Gaertn. (1788)
Common name: Khundi-jam.
Life form : Large shrub.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
Habitat: Waste places & thickets.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Nadia, Maldah and
South 24 Pgs. (Maslandapur).
1749· BaliospeMnum montanum (Willd.)
Muell.-Arg. (1866)
Common name: Danti or Hakun.
Life form : Undershrub.
Habitat: Rarely found in marshy, shady
and wasteplaces.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, South 24 Pgs.
(Nurpur, Budge Budge), Koch Bihar and
Murshidabad.
1750. Bischofla javanica Blume (1827)
Common name: Kain.
Lifeform : Medium tree.
Habitat: Thickets.
Distribution: Medinipur, Kolkata, South 24
Pgs. (Malatipur), Koch Bihar, Haora, Hugli,
Murshidabad, Nadia, Maldah and Jalpaiguri.
1751. Breynia rhamnoides (Retz.)' Muell.-
Arg. (1866)
Common name: Kali-Sitki.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Ville shrubberies, hedges and river
banks.
Distribution : Haora, Barddhaman,
~irbhum, Dinajpur, South 24 PgS. (Joynagar,
Garia), Kolkata and Medinipur.
1752. Bridelia stipularia (L.) Blume (1825)
Common name : Harinhara.
Life form: Woody climber.
Habitat: Rarely in the waste lands.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Diana/Salt
Lake), Koch Bihar, Bankura and Puruliya.
1753. Chrozophora rottleri (Geis.)
Klotzsch. ex Juss. (1824)
Common name: Khudi-Okra.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Sandy soil near the canals, river
banks and roadside hedges.
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Distribution Hugl~, Barddhaman,
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. (Garia, Ghoramara/
Sagar Island), Maldah, Murshidabad and
Jalpaiguri.
1754. Codiaeum variegatum Blume (1826)
Common name: Patabahar.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Planted.
Distribution : Maldah, South 24 Pgs.
(Amtala), Koch Bihar, Haora and Dinajpur.
1755. Croton bonplandianum Baill. (1864)
Common name : Jhunjhuni or Banlanka.
Life form : Herb or undershrub.
Habitat: Roadsides, railway tracks and
waste places.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Maldah,
Medinipur, Koch Bihar, Bankura, Kolkata,
Barddhaman, Hugli, South 24 Pgs. (Fultala/
Baruipur, Canning) and Birbhum.
1756. Croton oblongifolius Roxb. (1832)
Common name : Chucka.
-Lifeform : Medium tree.
Habitat: Rarely found in the waste places.
Distribution : ~orth 24 Pgs. (Nabagram).
1757. Euphorbia antiquontm L. (1753)
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Habitat: Ville Shrubberies, prefer dry soil.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Haora, Koch
Bihar, Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri, South 24 Pgs.
(Sagar Island), Medinipur and Barddhaman.
1758. Euphorbia chamaesJJce L. (1753)
Lifeform : Annual herb.
Habitat: Rarely in the waste places.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Taki,
Kalyanpur), Nadia and Koch Bihar.
1759. Euphorbia dracunculoides LaIn.
(1786)
Common name : Chhagal Puputi.
Lifeform : Annual herb.
Habitat: Weed of cultivated lands.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Tapsia) and
Jalpaiguri.
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1760. Euphorbia geniculata Ortego (1797)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Moist waste places, along roadside
thickets.
Distribution: Murshidabad, North 24 Pgs.
(Naihati). • Common name: Dudhi.
1761. Euphorbia himalayensis Klotz
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1762. Euphorbia hirta L. (1753)
Common name: Kerui.
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Weed of cultivated lands, in waste
places.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur,
Maslandapur), Dinajpur, Medinipur, Bankura,
Puruliya, Kolkata, Maldah, Barddhaman,
Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Nadia, Haora, Darjiling,
Koch Bihar, Murshidabad and Birbhum.
1763. Euphorbia milii Desmoul (1826)
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Xerophytic, railway tracks,
roadsides and river banks.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Panihati) and
Haora.
1764.Euphorbia neriifolia L.
Common name: Mansa Sij.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Planted in the public gardens.
Distribution: Bankura, Koch Bihar, South
24 Pgs., Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, Maldah and
Haora.
1765. Euphorbia nivulia Buch.-Ham. (1825)
Common name: Sij.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Hedges and shrubberies.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Rudranagar/
Sagar Island) and Koch Bihar.
1766. Euphorbia orbiculata Kunth (1817)
Common name : Chhota Kerui.
Life form : Herb.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Habitat : Waste places.
Distribution: Haora, Murshidabad and
South 24 Pgs. (Ghoramara/Sagar Island,
Bamanpukur).
1767. Euphorbia parviflora L. (1759)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Weed of the waste lands.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Fultala/
Baruipur, Canning), Jalpaiguri and Medinipur.
1768. Euphorbia pulcherrima Will~. ex
Klotz (1834)
Common name : Lalpata.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : Cultivated.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Jalpaiguri.
1769. Euphorbia thymifolia L. (1753)
Common name: Swet-kerui.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Waste lands, river banks.
Distribution : Maldah, Nadia, Koch Bihar
and South 24 Pgs . (Falta Fort).
1770. Euphorbia tirucalli L. (1753)
Common name: Lanka-sij.
Life form : Fleshy shrub or small tree.
Habitat: Hedges.
Distribution: Bankura, Haora, Dinajpur,
Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Medinipu;r; South 24 Pgs.
(Budge Budge), Koch Bihar, Kolkata, Puruliya
and Maldah.
1771. Excoecaria agallocha L. (1759)·
Common name: Gneo.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat: Mangrove associate, grow both in
halophytic intertidal and in saline condition.
Distribution : Medinipur and South 24 Pgs.
(SuIjyapur, Naraharipur).
1772. Excoecaria bicolor (Hassk.) Retz.
(1855)
Common name: Lata Gneo.
Life form : Shrub.
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Habitat: River banks and mangrove forests
of the inter-tidal areas.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali).
1773· Glochidion acuminatum Muell.-Arg.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1774· Jatropha curcas L. (1753)
Common name: Bagh-Bherenda.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat: Hedge plant.
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Barddhaman,
South 24 Pgs. (C~nning/Bisonar), Bankura,
Medinipur, Dinajpur, Kolkata, Jalpaiguri,
Birbhum, Nadia, Haora and Murshidabad.
1775. Jatropha gossypifolia L. (1753)
Common name: Lal-Bherenda.
Life form : Shrub.
Habitat : ViII. shrubbries, roadsides.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bhangankhali)
and North 24 Pgs. (illtadanga).
1776. Macaranga pustulata King
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1777. Mallotus nepalensis Muell.-Arg.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1778. Mallotus philippensis (Lam.)
Muell.-Arg. (1865)
Common name: Tunj.
Life form : Small to medium sized tree.
Habitat: Along roadsides and waste lands.
Distribution : Bankura, Medinipur,
Jalpaiguri, Hugli, Murshidabad, Maldah,
Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs. (Ramnagar-
Jugdia) and Koch Bihar.
1779. Mallotus rependus (Willd.) Muell.-
Arg. (1865)
Common name: Akus.
Life form : Large scandent or sub-scandent
dioecious shrub.
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Habitat: On the hedges and viII. thickets.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Garia).
1780. Micrococca mercurialis (L.) Benth.
ex Hook. (1849)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Rarely on the railway tracks &
roadsides.
Distribution: Nadia, Puruliya, North 24
Pgs. (Ichhapur), Haora, Darjiling, Murshidabad
and Koch Bihar.
1781. Ostodes paniculata Blume
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1782. Pedilanthus tithymaloides (L.)
Poir. (1812)
Common name : Rangchita.
Life form : Succulent shrub.
Habitat: Hedges and shrubberies.
Distribution: Haora, Barddhaman, Maldah,
Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs. (Arbelia),
Puruliya, Jalpaiguri, Hugli, Kolkata and
Medinipur.
1783. Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels (1909)
Common name : Nore or Note.
Life form : Small to medium tree.
Habitat: Rarely planted in the gardens.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Shyamnagar).
1784. Phyllanthus asperulatus Hutch.
(19 2 0)
Common name: Bhui amla.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Waste lands and as weed of
cultivated fields.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Maldah,
Jalpaiguri and South 24 Pgs. (Dapdhapi).
1785. Phyllanthus emblica L. (1753)
Common name : Amlaki.
Life form : Small to moderate tree.
·Habitat: Rarely planted.
Distribution: Dinajpur, Puruliya, Kolkata,
South 24 Pgs. (Purandarpur/near Baruipur),
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Nadia, Bankura, Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri,
Darjiling, Birbhum, Murshidabad, Koch Bihar
and Medinipur.
1786. Phyllanthus reticulatus Poir. (1804)
Common name : Panjuli.
Life form: Shrub.
Habitat: Thickets and hedges.
Distribution: Bankura, Birbhum, Hugli,
Barddhaman, Darjiling, Medinipur, North 24
Pgs. (Jugdia-Benipur, Sanchura), Kolkata and
Haora.
1787. Phyllanthus urinaria L. (1753)
Common name : Hazarmani.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Waste places.
Distribution: Medinipur, Dinajpur, Nadia,
Koch Bihar, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, DaIjiling,
Hugli, Birbhum, Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
(Jugdia-Benipur, Dakshineswar).
1788. Phyllanthus virgatus Forst. f. (1786)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat: Rare weed on the cultivated lands
and waste places.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Medinipur,
South 24 Pgs. (Basanti), North 24 Pgs. (Taki) ,
Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Haora and Koch Bihar.
1789. Putranjiva roxburghii Wall. (1826)
Common name : Putranjiva.
Life form : Moderate to large tree.
Habitat: Ornamental avenue tree.
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling, Medinipur,
Raora, North 24 Pgs. (Naihati), Birbhum,
Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Maldah, HugH and
Murshidabad.
1790. Ricinus communis L. (1753)
Common name : Redi or Rerri.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat : Rarely planted, garden edges and
waste lands, along railway tracks.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Atghara/
Madarhat), Kolkata, Puruliya, Medinipur,
Hugli, Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Darjiling, Koch Bihar
and Murshidabad.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1791. Sapium indicum Willd. (1805)
Common name: Hurnabatul.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Back mangrove species, ridge
forests, roadsides.
Distribution : Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs.
(Rangabelia), Koch Bihar and Nadia.
1792. Sapium s~bifeMlm Roxb. (1832)
Common name: Manchina.
Life form : Small to moderate tree.
Habitat : Planted.
Distribution: Dinajpur, HugIi, South 24 Pg~.
(Sagar Island), Maldah, Barddhaman and
Birbhum.
1793. Sauropus pubescens Hook.f.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1794. Sauropus quadrangularis (Willd.)
Muell.-Arg.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1795. Suregada multiflora (Juss.) BailI.
(1858)
Common name: Ban-Naranga.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Scrub-jungles and moist places.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Maldah and South
24 Pgs. (Malancha, Bhangankhali).
1796. Sy","ostemon bacciforme (1.)
Webster (1960)
Life form : Annual, fleshy herb.
Habitat: Dampy places.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, HugH, Nadia,
Maldah, South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island) and
Kolkata.
1797. Tragia hispida Willd. (1805)
Life form : Climber.
Habitat: Shrubberies, roadsides or along
railway tracks.
Distribution: Nadia, Jalpaiguri, North 24
Pgs. (Goranbose), Medinipur and HugH.
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Tragia involucrata L. (1753)
1798.
Common name : Bichhuti.
Life form : Stout herb.
Habitat: Waste lands.
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Baruipur, Canning), Jalpaiguri and Medinipur.
1799· Trewia nudijlora L. (1753)
Common name : Petali.
Life form : Medium tree.
Habitat : Common on salt soil of village
surroundings.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Gosaba, Bhebe/near Basirhat), Medinipur,
Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
Family ULMACEAE
1800. Trema orientalis (L.) Blume (1856)
Common name : Jilan or Chikan.
Life form : Small to medium tree.
Habitat: Along railway tracks, waste lands,
ville thickets and shrubberies.
Distribution: Kolkata, Medinipur, Maldah,
Murshidabad, North 24 Pgs. (Dakshin
Barasat), Jalpaiguri, HugH, Koch Bihar,
Barddhaman, Nadia and Birbhum.
Family URTICACEAE
1801. Boehmeria platyphylla D. Don
Lifeform : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1802. Chamabainia cuspidata Wight
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1803. Debregesia longifolia (BurmJ.)
Wedd.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1804. Debregesia salicifolia (D. Don)
Rendle
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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1805. Debregesia wallichiana Wedd.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1806. Elatostema cuneatum Wight (1853)
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat: Rarely on shdy areas.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Hugli, Nadia,
Darjiling, Koch Bihar, Murshidabad, North 24
Pgs. (Beliachandi) and Medinipur.
1807. Elatostema dissectum Wedd.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1808. Elatostema hookerianum Wedd.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1809. Elatostema monandrum (Buch-
Ham. ex D. Don) Hara
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1810. Elatostema obtusum Wedd.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1811. Elatostema rupestre (Buch-Ham. ex
D. Don) Wedd.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1812. Elatostema sessile Forster
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1813. Elatostema sikkimensis C.B. Clarke
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1814. Fleurya interrupta (L.) Gaud. (1826)
Common name : Lal-Bichuti.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Habitat : Dampy waste places, roadsides,
old walls.
Distribution : Maldah, Kolkata, Medinipur.
Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Haora, Koch Bihar, Dinajpur.
North 24 Pgs. (Madhyampur/near Taki) and
Birbhum.
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1815. Girardiana diuersifolia (Link) Friss
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1816. Gonostegia hirta (Blume) Miq.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1817. Laportea teM1tinalis Wight
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1818. LeucanthuS peduneularis (Royle)
Wedd.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1819. Oreocnide frutescens (Thunb.) Miq.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1820. Pilea anisophylla Wedd.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1821. Pile~ approximata C.B. Clarke
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1822. Pilea bracteosa Wedd. yare
bracteosa
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1823. Pilea bracteosa Wedd. yare oxydon
(Wedd.) Hara
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1824. Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. yare
microphylla (1851)
Common name: Gun-powder Plant.
Lifeform : Very minute herb.
Habitat: Dampy areas & old brick walls.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Dakshin
Barasat), J alpaiguri, Darjiling, Koch Bihar,
Haora, Dinajpur and Nadia.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1825. Pilea microphylla (L) Liebm. yare
symmeria Wedd.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1826. Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. var.
umbrosa Wedd.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1827. Pilea microphylla (L.) Liebm. yare
wightii Wedd.
Life form : Epiphytic herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1828. ProeMs crenulata C.B. Rob
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1829. Pouzolzia zeylanica (L.) Burm. f.
(1828)
Life form : Herb.
Habitat : Common weed of waste places &
garden edges.
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Medinipur,
Kolkata, Puruliya, Bankura, North 24 Pgs.
(Dhopagachi, Benipur), Maldah, Haora,
Jalpaiguri, Nadia, Birbhum, Dinajpur,
Murshidabad, Hugli, Barddhaman and
Darjiling.
1830. Urtica ardens Link
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1831. Urtica dioica L.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family: Moraceae
1832. Artocarpus heterophullus Lam.
(1789)
Common name : Kanthal.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Self grown in the orchards:
Distribution: Medinipur, Hugli, Maldah,
Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. (Amtala), Koch Bihar,
Barddhaman, Nadia and Birbhum.
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1833· Artocarpus lakoccha Roxb. (1832)
Common name : Dephal.
Life form. : Tree.
Habitat : Vilt shrubberies.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Dinajpur, Koch
Bihar, .Puruliya, South 24 Pgs. (Chemagurij
Sagar Island).
1834. Broussonetia papyrij'era Vent.
Life form : Small tree.
Habitat: Planted.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Jalpaiguri.
1835. Ficus benghalensis L. (1753)
Common name: Bat or Bar.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Roadsides and vicinity of temples.
.-Pistribution : Dinajpur, South 24 Pgs.
(C$nning), Barddhaman, Darjiling, Birbhum,
!CQclLBihar, Hugli, Maldah, Kolkata, Haora,
Banwra, Jalpaiguri, Puruliya, Murshidabad,
Nadia·and Medinipur.
1836.~cus benja~ina L. var. co~osa
Kurz
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Avenue tree.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bamanpukur/
Minakhan), Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
. ' 1837. Ficus elastica Roxb. (1832)
Common name: Attah-bar.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Rarely planted.
Distribution: Medinipur, Kolkata, Maldah,
Koch Bihar, Murshidabad, HugH and North 24
Pgs. (Bahuru).
1838. Ficus hetrophylla L. f. (1781)
Common name : Gaori-Sheora.
Life form: Shrub.
Habitat : Dampy areas or near water
courses.
Distribution : Dinajpur, South 24 Pgs.
(Budge Budge), Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Haora and
Medinipur.
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1829. Ficus hispida L. f. (1781)
Common name: Dumur.
Life form : Shrub or small tree.
Habitat: Ville thickets, hedges.
Distribution : Murshidabad, Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Kolkata, Nadia, Koch Bihar,
Medinipur and South 24 Pgs. (Piyalinagar /
Baruipur).
1840. Ficus hookeMana Corner
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1841. Ficus ~icrocarpa L. f. (1781)
Common name: Jir-Kamrup.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Rare on the ville shrubberies .
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Tapsia).
1842. Ficus nerij'olia J. E. Sm.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1843. Ficus oligodon Miq.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1844. Ficus racemosa L. (1753)
Common name: Jagha Durnur .
Life form : Medium to large tree.
Habitat : ViII. shrubberies, sides of viII.
Ponds or ditches.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, South 24 Pgs.
(Satzelia), Murshidabad, Dinajpur and Maldah.
1845. Ficus religiosa L. (1753)
Common name: Aswatha.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat : ViII. shrubberies, jungles,
sometimes epiphytic in nature.
Distribution: Medinipur, Nadia, South 24
Pgs. (Jugdia-Benipur), Kolkata, Puruliya, Koch
Bihar, Bankura, Haora, Birbhum, Darjiling,
Hugli, Barddhaman, Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad,
Dinajpur and Maldah.

1846. Ficus rumphii Blume (18 2 5)
Common name : Gaiaswattha.
Life form : Large tree.
Habitat: Ville shrubberies.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Nurpur),
Nadia, Koch Bihar, Murshidabad, Medinipur
and Barddhaman.
1847. Ficus semicordata Buch.-Ham. ex
Sm. (1810)
Common name: Jagya Dumur.
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Ville shrubberies.
Distribution : Darjiling, North 24 Pgs.
(Beliachandi) and J alpaiguri.
1848. Ficus virens Aiton (1789)
Common name: Pakur.
Lifeform : Large tree.
Habitat: Ville shrubberies.
Distribution : Maldah and South 24 Pgs.
(Durgapur).
1849. Morus australis Poir.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1850. Morus indica L. (1753)
Common name : Tut.
Life form : Monoecious tree.
Habitat: Rarely planted.
Distribution: Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Hugli,
Murshidabad, Medinipur, Birbhum, Dinajpur,
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar , Nadia, North 24
Pgs. (Dandirhat/Taki), Bankura and Kolkata.
1851. Morus macroura, Miq.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1852. Streblus asper Lour. (1790)
Common name : Sheora.
Life form : Rigid shrub.
Habitat: Hedges and ville shrubbries.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Budge Budge).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Family CANNABACEAE
1853. Canna bins sativa L. (1753)
Common name : Ganga, Bhang or Siddhi.
Life form : Annual herb.
Habitat : Cultivated but under control.
Distribution : Nadia, Puruliya, Bankura,
Kolkata, South 24 Pgs., Medinipur,
Murshidabad, Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri, Birbhum,
H ugli, Darjiling, Barddhaman, Maldah and
Dinajpur.
Family CASURINACEAE
1854. Casuarina equisetifolia L. ex J. R.
& G. Foster (1776)
Life form : Tree.
Habitat: Coastal areas.
Distribution Haora, Puruliya,
Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri, Barddhaman,
Maldah, Nadia, Koch Bihar, Hugli, Dinajpur,
DaIjiling, Bankura, South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Bakkhali, Frasergunj, Kakdwip, Reserve forest
of Sunderban, Sagar Island), Medinipur,
Kolkata and Birbhum.
Family CERATOPHYLLACEAE
1855. Ceratophyllum demersum L. (1753)
Common name : Jhanji.
Life form : Submerged, aquatic herb.
Habitat : Common in lakes, ponds and
marshes, associated with Hydrilla verticillata.
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah, J alpaiguri,
Dinajpur, Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs.
(Magrahat), Bankura, Hugli, Medinipur, Nadia,
Koch Bihar and Murshidabad.
Family ACERACEAE
1856. AceI' campbellii Hook.f. et.Thoms.
Life form : Tree.
Distribl;ltion : Darjiling.
1857. AceI' cappndocium Gleditach
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1858. AceI' caudatumn Wall.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
1859. Acer hookeri Miq.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1860. Acer laevigatum Wall.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1861. Acer oblongum Wall.ex DC.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1862. Acer osmastonii Gamble
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1863. Acer palmatum Thunb.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1864. Acer pectinatum Wall. ex Pax
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1865. Acer sikkimense Miq.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1866. Acer stachyophyllum Hien.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1867. Acer sterculiaceum Wall.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1868. Acer thomsonii Miq.
Lifeform : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling ..
Family ACTINIDIACEAE
1869. Actinidia strigosa Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form: Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1870 . Alangium alpinum (Cl.) W.W. Smith
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family AQUIFOLIACEAE
1871. flex depyrena Wall.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1872. flex fragilis Hook. f.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1873. flex insignis Hook. f.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family BERBERIDACEAE
1874. Berberis aristata DC.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1875. Berberis desyclada Ahrendt
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1876. Berberis insignis Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1877. Berberis wallichiana DC.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1878. Mahonia acanthifolia G. Don
Lifeform: Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family BETULACEAE
1879. Alnus nepalensis D. Don
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1880. Betula alnoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.
Don
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family BUDDLEJACEAE
1881. Buddleja asiatica Lour.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.

1882. Buddleja davidi Franch.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1883. Buddleja paniculata Wall.
Life form: Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family CALLITRICHACEAE
1884. Callitriche stagnalis Scop
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family CAPRIFOLIACEAE
1885. Abelia serrata Siebe & ZUCCo
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1886. Leycesteria foMltosa Wall.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1887. Leycesteria stipulata (Hook. f. &
Thoms.) Fritsch
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1888. Lonicera glabrata Wall.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1889. Lonicera japonica Thunb.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1890. Vibemum coreaceum Blume
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family CARLEMANNIACEAE
1891. Carlemannia conjesta Hook. f.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1892. Carlemannia griffithii Benth.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Family COBAEACEAE
1893. Cobaea scandens Cay
Life form: Shruby climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family CORNACEAE
1894. Aucuba himalaica Hook.f. & Thoms.
Lifeform: shrub or small tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1895. Benthamidia capitata (Wall.) Hara
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1896. Comus capitata Wall. ex. Roxb.
Life form : Small tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1897. Cornus macrophylla Wall.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1898. Helwingea himalaica Hook. f. &
Thoms.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family DAPHNIPHYLLACEAE
1899. Daphniphyllum himalayense
Muell.-Arg.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family DIPSACECEAE
1900. Dipsacus atratus Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family FAGACEAE
1901. Castanopsis hystrix D. Don
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1902. Castanopsis tribuloides (Sm.) A. DC.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
19.0 3. Lithocarpus grandiflora (D. Don)
S. N. Biswas
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1904. Lithocarpus pachyphylla (Kurz.)
Rehder
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1905. ~ercus dentata Thunb.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1906. ~ercus glauca Thunb.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1907. ~e.,.cus lamellosa Sm.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1908. ~e.,.cus lineata Blume var. lineata
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1909. ~ercus lineata Blume var.
oxydon (Miq.) Wenz.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1910. ~ercus lineata Blume var.
thomsoniana (A. DC.) Wenz
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1911. ~ercus semicarpifolia Sm.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family GENTIANACEAE
1912. Gentiana argentea (D. Don) C.B.
Clarke
Life form: Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1913. Gentiana b'1loides Burkhill
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1914. Gentiana capitata Buch.-Ham. ex D.
Don
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1915. Gentiana inflex C.B. Clarke
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1916. Gentiana micans C. B. Clarke
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1917. Gentiana pedicellata (D. Don) Wall.
ex Griseb
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1918. Gentiana speciosa (Wall.) Marq.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1919. Halenia elliptica D. Don
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1920. Swertia bimaculata (Sieb & Zucc.)
Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1921. Swertia chirayita (Roxb.) Karston
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1922. Swertia ciliata (D. Don ex G. Don)
B.L. Burtt
Lifeform : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1923. Swertia dialata C. B. Clarke
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Daljiling.
1924. Swertia nervosa (D. Don) C. B.
Clarke
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.

1925. Swertia tonglensis Burkhill
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1926. Tripterospermum volubile (D.
Don) Hara
Lifeform : Climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family GERANIACEAE
1927. Geranium donianum Sweet
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1928. Geranium napaulense Sweet
Life form: .Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family GESNERIACEAE
1929. Achimenes longiJlora DC.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaJjiling.
1930. Aeschynanthes acuminatus Wall.
ex DC.
Life form : Epiphytic undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1931. Aeschynanthes bracteatus Wall.
ex DC.
Life form : Epiphytic undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1932. Aeschynanthes hooken C.B. Clarke
Life form : Epiphytic undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1933· Aeschynanthes parviflorus CD.
Don) Spreng.
Life form : Epiphytic undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1934· Chinta clarkei Hook. f.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1935· Chinta macrophylla Wall.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1936. Chinta pnmulacea C. B. Clarke
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1937. Chinta pumila D. Don
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1938. Didymocarpus albicalyx C.B. Clarke
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1939. Didymocarpus aromaticus Wall.
ex D. Don
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1940. Didymocarpus oblonga Wall. ex D.
Don
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1941. Didymocarpus podocarpus C.B.
Clarke
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1942. Didymocarpus pulcher Coo B. Clarke
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1943. Didymocarpus villosus D. Don
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1944. Loxostigma gMifithii (Wight) C.B.
Clarke
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1945. Loxostigma kurzii (C.B. Clarke) B.L.
Burtt
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1946. Lysionotus serratus D. Don
Life form : Epiphytic undershrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1947. Rhynchoglossum obliqum Blume
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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Family HAMAMELIDACEAE 1959. Hypericum hookerianum Wight &

1948. Exbucklandia populnea CR. Br. ex Arn.
Griff.) R. W. Br. Life form : Shrub.
Life form : Tree. Distribution : .Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1960. Hypericum japonicum Thunb. ex
Family HIPPOCASTANACEAE Murray
1949. Aesculus indica (Camb.) Hook. f. Life form : Annual herb.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1961. Hypericum petiolulatum Hook. f.
Family HYDRANGEACEAE ex Dyer
1950. Deutzia compacta Craib
Life form : Annual herb.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution ; Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1962. Hypericum uralum Buch.-Ham. ex
1951. Deutzia crenata Seib. & Zucco
D.Don
Life form : Shrub.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1952. Deutzia staminea R. Br. ex Wall.
Family HYPOXIDACEAE
Life form : Shrub.
1963. eurculigo capitulata (Lour.) O.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Kuntze
1953. Dichroa febrifuga Lour
Life form : Shrub.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1964. eurculigo crassifolia (Baker) Hook.
1954. Hydrangea anomala D. Don
f.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1955. Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.)
Seringe 1965. Hyporls aurea Lour.
Life form : Shrub. Life form : Geophyte.
Distribution: Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
1956. Hydrangea robusta Hook. f. & Family JUNACEAE
Thoms. 1966. Juncus btifonius L.
Life form : Shrub. Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family HYPERICACEAE
1967. Juncus effusus L.
1957. Hypericum elodioides Choisy
Life form : Annual herb.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darji1i~g.
Distribution : Darjiling.
·1958. Hypericum himalaicum N. Robson 1968. Juncus leschnaultii Gay

Life form : Perennial herb. Life form : Annual herb.

Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.

1969. Juncus ochraceus Buchenau
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
DICOTYLEDONS
Family LARDIZABALACEAE
1970. Holboelia latifolia Wall. yare
latifolia
Life form: Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1971. Holboelia latifolia Wall. yare
angustijolia (Wall.) Hook. f.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling."
1972. Urticularia striatula Sm.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family LOBELIACEAE
1973. Lobelia pyramidalis Wall.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1974. Pratia montana (Reinw.) Hassak.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1975. Prana nummularia (Lam.) A. Br. &
Ascher
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family MONOTROPACEAE
1976. Monotropa uniflora L.
Life form : Saprophyte.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family NANDINACEAE
1977· Nandina domestica Thunb.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1978. Passiflora edulis Sims
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Family PASSIFLORACEAE
1979. Passiflora nepalensis Wall.
Life form: Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family PHYTOLACEACOAE
1980. Phytolacca acinosa Roxb.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family PLATNACEAE
1981. Platanus orientalis L.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family PODOSTEMACEAE
1982. Hydrobryum griffithii (Wall.)
Tulasne
Life form : Aquatic annual.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family PORTULACACEAE
1983. Portulaca oleracea L.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Suparibhanga/
Sunderban) and DaIjiling.
Family SABIACEAE
1985. Meliosma pinnata (Roxb.) Maxim
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1985. Meliosma dilleniaefilia (Wall. ex
Wight & Arn. Walp.)
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1986. Meliosma simplicifilia (Roxb.) Walp.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: DaIjiling, Jalpaiguri and Koch
Bihar
1987. Sabia campanulata Wall.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1988. Sabia leptandra Hook. foe et Thoms.
Life form: Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
1989. Sabia limoniacea Wall. ex Hook.f. &
Thoms.
Life form: Woody climber.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
1990. Sqbia paniculata Edgew. ex Hook. f.
& Thoms.
Life form : Climber.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
1991. Sabia parviflora Wall
Life form : Scandent shrub.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1992. Sabia purpurea Hook.f. & Thoms.
Lifeform: Shrub or climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family SALICACEAE
1993. Salix babylonica Wall. ex Royle
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family SAMBUCACEAE
1994. Sambucus canadensis L.
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1995. Sambucus hookeM Rehder
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family SANTALACEAE
1996. Dufrenoya granulata (Hook. f. &
Thoms. ex DC.) Stauf.
Life form : Epiphytic shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1997. PyrulaMa edulis (Wall.) DC.
Life form : Tree.
DiStribution : Darjiling.
Family SAURURACEAE
1998. Hottuynia cordata Thunb.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1999. Saurauia fasciculata Wall.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family SAURAUIACEAE
2000. Saurauia napaulensis DC.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2001. Saurauia punduana Wall.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2002. Saurauia roxbughii Wall.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
Family SAXIFRAGACEAE
2003. Astilbe Mvulans Buch.-Ham.
Life form : Undershrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2004. Bergenia ciliata (Buch.-Ham) Sternb.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
2005. Chrysosplenium nepalense D. Don
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2006. Philadelphus tomentosus Wall. ex
G.Don
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2007. Saxifraga sarmontosa LJ.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family SCHISANDRACEAE
2008. Schisandra grandiflora (Wall.)
Hook. f. & Thoms.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2009. Schisandra neglecta ·A. C. Snlith
Life form: Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2010. Schisandra propinqua (Wall.) Ball.
Life form : Shruby climber.
Distribution : Darjiling.
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

Family STAPHYLEACEAE 2021. Camelia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze

2011. Turpinia cochinchensis (Lour.) Life form : Shrub.
Merr. Distribution : Darjiling.
Life form : Shrub or small tree. 2022. Eurya acuminata DC.
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Tree.
2012. Turpinia pomifera (Roxb.) DC. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Life form : Tree. 2023. Eurya japonica Thunb.
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Shrub.
Family STYRICACEAE Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
2013. Styrax hooken C. B. Clarke 2024. Eurya cerassifolia (D. Don)
Life form : Tree. Kobuski
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Tree.
Styrax serrulatus Roxb.
2014. Distribution : DaIjiling.
Life form : Tree. 2025. Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth.
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Tree.
Family SYMPLOCACEAE Distribution : DaIjiling.
2015. Symplocos cochinchinensis Family THYMELIACEAE
(Lour.) S. Moore 2026. Daphne bholua Buch.-Ham. ex D.
Life form : Tree. Don
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Shrub.
2016. Symplocos glomerata King ex C.B. Distribution : Darjiling.
Clarke 2027. Daphne glacialis (Sm. & Cav.) A.P.
Life form : Tree. Das & Chanda
Distribution : Darjiling. Life form : Shrub.
2017. Symplocos lucida (Thunb.) Sieb & Distribution : DaIjiling.
ZUCCo 2028. Daphne inuolucrata Wall.
Life form : Tree. Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : DaIjiling.
2018. Symplocos ramosissima Wall. ex 2029. Daphne sureil W. W. Sm.
G.Don
Life form : Shrub.
Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2030. Edgwarthia gardneni (Wall.)
2019. Symplocos theaefolia D. Don Meisner
Life form : Tree. Life form : Tree.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
Family THEACEAE Family UMBELLIFERAE
2020. Camelia kissi Wall. 2031. Bupleurum hamiltonii Balak.
Life form : Shrub. Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
SANYAL et ale : Plant Diversity
2032. Centella asiatica (L.) Urban
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2033. Chaerophyllum reflexum Lindl.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
2034. Heracleum nepalense D. Don
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2035. Hydrocotyle himalci.ica P. K.
Mukherjee
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2036. Hydrocotyle nepalensis Hook.
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2037. Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2038. Oenanthe thomsonii C. ,B. Clarke
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2039. Pimpinella diversifolia DC.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2040. Sanicula elata Buch.-Ham.
Life form : Suffrutescent herb.
Distribution: Darjiling.
2041. Selinum tenuifolium Wall. ex C. B.
Clarke
Life form : Perennial herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family V ACCINI~CEAE
2042. Vaccineum retusum (Griff.) Hook.
f. ex C.B. Clarke
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2043. Vaccineum vacciniaceum (Roxb.)
Sleumer
Life form : Shrub.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family V ALERIANNACEAE
2044. Valeriana hardwikii Wall.
Life form : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
2045. Valeriana jatamansi Jones
Lifeform : Annual herb.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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PROTISTA: PROTOZOA
(FREELIVING PROTOZOA)
Kingdom PROTISTA Family EUGLENIDAE
Subkingdom PROTOZOA 10. Euglena acus Ehrenberg
Phylum SARCOMASTIGOPHORA Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
Subphylum MASTIGOPHORA
11. Euglena oxyuris Schmadra
Class PHYTOMASTIGOPHOREA
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Order CRYPTOMONADIDA
12. Euglena viridis Ehrenberg
Family CRYPTOMONADIDAE
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
1.Chilomonas paramecium Ehrenberg
Pgs.
Distribution : Kolkata.
13. Euglene sp.
Order DINOFlAGELLIDA
Family NOCTILUCIDAE Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
HugH and Nadia.
2. Noctiluca miliam Suriray

Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Hugli, 14. Phacus acuminata Stokes

Medinipur and Nadia. Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
Family PERIDINIIDAE 15. Phacus longicauda (Ehrenberg)
3. Ceratium hirundinella Muller Distribution : HugH.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., 16. Phacus pleuronectes (Muller)
Hugli and Nadia.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
4. Ceratium mops Nitzsch
Pgs.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
17. Phacus sp.
and HugH.
5. Peridinium sp. Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
HugH and Nadia.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Hugli and Nadia. 18. Trachelomonas armata var. ovata
6. Peridinium tabulatum Swirenko
Claparede & Lachmann Distribution : HugH.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. 19. Trachelomonas hispida (Perty)
Order EUGLENIDA Distribution : HugH.
Sub order EUGLENINA 20. Trachelomonas richmonidiae
Family ANISONEMIDAE (Palyfair)
7. Entosiphon ovatum Stokes
Distribution : Nadia.
Distribution : Kolkata.
21. Trachelomonas sp.
8. Entosiphon sulcatum (Dujardin)
Distribution: HugH and Medinipur.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Haora. Family ANISONEMIDAE
9. Peranema mchophorum 22. Entosiphon ova tum Stokes
(Ehrenberg) Distribution : Kolkata, Barddhaman and
Distribution : Nadia. Haora.
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23. Entosiphon sulcatum (Dujardin) Suborder CONOPODINA

Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and Family PARAMOEBIDAE
Haora. 34. Mayorella vespertilio (Penard)
24. Peranema trichophorum Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Kolkata and
(Ehrenberg) Haora.
Distribution : Nadia. 35. Mayorella sp.
Order CHRYSOMONADIDA Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
Family CHROMULINIDAE Suborder THECINA
25. Mallomonas sp. Family THECAMOEBIDAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. 36. Thecamoeba soli (Singh & Hanumaiah)
Family OCHROMONADIDAE Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
26. Dinobryon sp. 37. Thecamoeba striata (Penard)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Nadia. Distribution: Kolkata and HugH.
27. Monas sp.
38. Vannella bengalensis Das, MandaI
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Sarkar.
Subphylum SARCODINA Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
Superclass RHIZOPODA 39. Vannella cutleri Singh & Hanumaiah
Class LOBOSEA Distribution : PuruHya.
Sub class GYMNAMOEBIA 40. Vannella sp.
Order AMOEBIDA
Distribution : Kolkata.
Sub order ACANTHOPODINA
Suborder TUBULINA
Family ACANTHAMOEBIDAE
Family AMOEBIDAE
28. Acanthamoeba astronyxis
41. Amoeba discoides Schaeffer
(Ray & Hayes)
Distribution : Kolkata and Nadia.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., HugH, Maldah
and Murshidabad. 42. TMchamoeba villosa (WaIlich)
29. Acanthamoeba culbertsoni (Singh & Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Das) Family HARTMANNELLIDAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. 43. Hartmannella veM1tifoM1tis Page
30. Acanthamoeba glebae (Dobell) Distribution : Medinipur.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. 44. Hertmannella crumpae Singh &
31. Acanthamoeba palestinensis (Reich) Hanumaiah
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Distribution : Bankura.
32. Acanthamoeba rhysodes (Singh) Order SCHIZOPYRENIDA
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Dinajpur. Family VAHLKAMPFIIDAE
Family ECHINAMOEBIDAE 45. Naegleria gruberi (Schardinger)"
33. Echinamoeba exundans (Page) Distribution : Haora.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Koch Bihar and 46. Naegleria thortoni (Singh)
Medinipur. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
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47· Tetramitus rostratus (Perty)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Darjiling.
48. Vahlkampfia russelli (Singh)
Distribution : Medinipur.
Order PELOBIONTIDA
Family PELOMYXIDAE
49. Pelomyxa palustris Greef
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
Subclass TESTACEALOBOSIA
Order ARCELLINIDA
Family ARCELLIDAE
50. Arcella conica (Playfair)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Bankura.
51. Arcella discoides Ehrenberg
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Haora, Hugli,
Jalpaiguri, Nadia, Puruliya and Dinajpur.
52. Arcella gibbosa Penard
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Dinajpur.
53. Arcella hemispherica Perty
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Bankura and
Koch Behar.
54. Arcella vulgaris Ehrenberg
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Hugli, Koch Bihar,
MUl"shidabad and Dinajpur.
55. Arcella vulgaris Yare angulosa
(Perty)
Distribution : Kolkata.
56. Arcella vulgaris forma undulatum
Deflandre
Distribution : Kolkata.
57. Dipllochamys leidyi Greef
Distribution: Kolkata and Dinajpur.
58. Lesquereusia spiralis (Ehrenberg)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Jalpaiguri, Medinipur and Nadia.
59. Lesquereusia modesta Rhumbler
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Medinipur, Nadia,
North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs.
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60. Pseudochlamys patella Claparede &
Lachmann
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
61. Pyxidicola operculata (Agardh)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Hugli.
Family COCHLIOPODIIDAE
62. Cochliopodium bilimbosum
(Auerbach)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
Family DIFFLUGIIDAE
63. Centropyxis aculeata (Ehrenberg)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Hugli, Koch
Bihar, Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad and
Dinajpur.
64. Centropyxis aerophila Deflandre
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Bankura.
65. Centropyxis arcelloides Penard
Distribution : Puruliya.
66. Centropyxis cassis (Wallich)
Distribution: Kolkata and Nadia.
67. Centropyxis ecornis (Ehrenberg)
Distribution: Bankura, Birbhum, Hugli,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Medinipur,
Murshidabad, Maldah, Puruliya, South 24 Pgs.
and Dinajpur.
68. Centropyxis minuta Deflandre
Distribution Bankura, Birbhuln,
Barddhaman, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Puruliya and
Dinajpur.
69. Centropyxis penardi Deflandre
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Kolkata and Nadia.
70. Centropyxis spinosa (Cash &
Hopkinson)
Distribution : Bankura.
71. Cucurbitella mespiliformis Penard
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Barddhaman, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch
Bihar, Medinipur, Puruliya and Dinajpur.
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72. Difflugia acuminata Ehrenberg
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Birbhum,
Kolkata, Hugli, Maldah, Medinipur,
Murshidabad, Nadia and Dinajpur.
73. DUJlugia acutissima Deflandre
Distribution : Purulia.
74. DUJlugia amphoralis Hopkinson
Distribution : Koch Bihar and Dinajpur.
75. DUJlugia arcula Leidy
Distribution : Haora.
76. DUJlugia bacillariarum Perty
Distribution: HugH.
77. Difflugia breuicolla Cash
Distribution: HugH and Medinipur.
78. Difflugia capreolata Penard
Distribution : Bankura, Hugli and Nadia.
79. DUJlugia corona Wallich
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Kolkata, Koch Bihar,
Murshidabad, Nadia and Dinajpur.
Di.Dlugia curuicaulis 'Penard
80.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Birbhum.
81. DijJlugia diJ1icilis Thomas
Distribution : Puruliya.
82. DUJlugia dUJlugia acutissima
Deflandres
Distribution : Puruliya.
83. DUJlugia elegans Penard
Distribution: HugH and Medinipur.
84. Difflugia globularis (Wallich)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Koch Bihar.
85. Difflugia globulosa Dujardin
Distribution: Koch Bihar.
86. DUJlugia globulus (Ehrenberg)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Kolkata and
Nadia.
87. DUJlugia gramen Penard
Distribution : Bankura and Nadia.
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88. Difflugia lismorensis Playfair
Distribution : Nadia.
89. Difflugia lithophila (Penard)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Barddhaman, J alpaiguri, Medinipur and
Dinajpur.
90. Difflugia lobostoma Leidy
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Darjiling,
Haora, HugH, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah,
Medinipur, Murshidabad and Dinajpur.
91. Difflugia muriculata Gauthier-Lievre
& Thomas
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
92. DUJlugia murifoMTlis Gauthier-Lievre
& Thomas
Distribution: HugH and Nadia.
93. Difflugia oblonga Ehrenberg
Distribution : HugH and Nadia.
94. DUJlugia pyriformis Perty
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Barddhaman, Medinipur, Nadia and Dinajpur.
95. Difflugia tuberculata (Wallich)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
96. Difflugia urceolata Carter
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Bankura, Hugli,
Koch Bihar, Maldah, Nadia and Puruliya.
97. Heliopera syluatica Penard
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
98. Phryganella hemispherica Penard
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
99. Plagiopyxis callida Penard
Distribution : Kolkata and Nadia.
Class FILOSEA
Order GROMIIDA
Family EUGLYPHIDAE
100. Euglypha acnthophora (Ehrenberg)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., B~nkura,
Haora, Hugli, Medinipur, Puruliya and W.
Dinajpur.
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101. Euglypha acanthophora Yare Class HELIOZOEA

flexusa Penard Order DESMOTHORACIDA
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Bankura, Family CLATHRULINIDAE
Haora, HugH, Medinipur, PuruHa and Dinajpur.
114. Clathrulina elegans Cienkowski
102. Euglypha denticulata Brown
Distribution : Hugli, Koch Bihar, North 24
Distribution : Kolkata.
Parganas.
103. Euglypha loevis (Ehrenberg)
Order ACTINOPHRYIDA
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family ACTINOPHRYIDAE
104. Euglypha rotunda Wailes
115.Actinophrys sol Ehrenberg
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora and HugH.
105. Euglypha scutigera Penard
Order CENTROHELIDA
Distribution : Bankura.
Family ACANTHOCYSTIDAE
106. Euglypha tuberculata Dujardin
116. Acanthocystis spinifera Greef
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Darjiiing, HugH and Nadia. Distribution : HugH.
107. Paraeuglypha indica Nair &
Order DESMOTHORACIDA
Mukherjee Family ClATHRULINIDAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. 117. Clathrulina elegans Cienkowski
108. Placocysta lens Penard Distribution: North 24 Pgs., HugH and Koch
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Bihar.
109 .. Trecheleuglypha dentata Phylum CILIOPHORA
(Vejdowsky) Class KINETOFRAGMINOPHOREA
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora and HugH. Subclass GYMNOSTOMATIA
110. Trinema enchelys (Ehrenberg) Order PROSTOMATIDA
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Suborder PROSTOMATINA
Bankura, Kolkata, Haora, HugH, Koch Bihar, Family HOLOPHRYIDAE
Medinipur and Puruliya.
118. Holophrya annandalei Ghosh
111. Trinema lineare Penard
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
119. Holophrya bengalensis Ghosh
Class GRANULORETICULOSEA
Distribution : Kolkata.
Order ATHALAMIDA
Suborder PRORODONTINA
Family BIOMYXIDAE
Family PRORODONTIDAE
Biomyxa vagens Leidy
112.
120. Prorodon discolor (Ehrenberg)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Kolkata and
Nadia. Distribution : Kolkata.
121. Prorodon edentatus Claparede &
Order MONOTHALAMIDA
Lachmann
Family LIEBERKUHNIIDAE
Distribution : Kolkata.
113. Lieberkuhnia paludosa
122. Prorodon stewarti Ghosh
(Cienkowsky)
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Kolkata.
Superclass ACTINOPODA
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123. Prorodon teres Ehrenberg Family TRACHELIIDAE

Distribution : Kolkata. 136. Dileptus anser (Muller)
124. Pseudoprorodon lieberkuhni Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Butschli Bankura, Kolkata, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar
and Dinajpur.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
137. Dileptus monilatus (Stokes)
125. Uromcha sp.
Distribution: HugH.
Distribution : Kolkata.
13B. Trachelius gutta (Cohn)
Family COLEPIDAE
Distribution : Kolkata.
126. Cloeps hirtus (Muller)
139. Travhelius ovum Ehrenberg
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Distribution : Kolkata and HugU.
Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Order PLEUROSTOMATIDAE
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia, Family AMPHILEPTIDAE
Puruliya and Dinajpur. 140. Amphileptus sp.
Suborder RAPTORINA Distribution : Kolkata.
Family ACTINOBOLINIDAE 141. Litonotus bivacuolata
127. Actinobolina radians Stein Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata. 142. Litonotus fasciola (Ehrenberg)
Family DIDINIIDAE Distribution : Kolkata.
128. Didinium nasutum (Muller) 143. Litonotus infusionus Ghosh
Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah. Distribution : Kolkata.
Family ENCHELYlDAE 144. Litonotus procera Penard
129. Enchelys sp. Distribution: Hugli and Maldah.
Distribution : Raora. 145. Litonotus similis Ghosh
130. Lacrymaria olor (Muller) Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Bankura, 146. Loxophyllum levigatum Sauerby
Barddhaman, Kolkata, HugH and Koch Bihar. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
131. Lacrymaria pupula (Muller) 147. Lo~ophyllum nimeccense (Stein)
Distribution: HugH. Distribution : Birbhum, HugH and
Murshidabad.
132. Lacrymaria minima Kahl
148. Loxophyllum undulatum Sauerbrey
Distribution : Hugli.
Distribution : Haora.
Family SPATHIDIIDAE
149. Acineria incurvata 'Dujardin
133· Bryophyllum spathidiodes V. Gelei
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution: HugH.
Order KARYORELICTIDA
134· Spathidium moniliforme Bhatia
Family LOXODIDAE
Distn'bution : Birbhum, HugH and Maldah.
150. Loxodes magnus Stokes
135· Spathidium muscicola Kahl
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling. Kolkata, Koch Bihar, Puruliya and Dinajpur.
SANYAL et ale : Animal Diversity 477

151. Loxodes vorax Stokes 164.' Opisthostomatella bengalensis

Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Ghosh)
152. Loxodes sp. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata. Subclass HYPOSTOMATINA
153. Loxodes striatus (Engelmann) Superorder NASSULIDEA
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Bankura, Order SYNHYMENIIDA
Kolkata and PuruHya. Family SACPHIDIODONTIDAE
Family GELEIIDAE 165. Chilodontopsis bengalensis (Ghosh)
154. Glaucoma scintillans Ehrenburg Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata. Family ORTHODONELLIDAE
Family TRACHELOCERCIDAE 166. Orthodonella baner:jeei (Ghosh)
155. Trachelocerca sp. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata. Order NASSULIDA
Subclass VESTIBULIFERIA Family NASSULIDAE
Order TRICHOSTOMATIDA 167. Nassula ornata Ehrenberg
Family PLAGIOPYLIDAE Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling and
156. Plagiopyla nasuta SteinSteinStein Murshidabad.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Kolkata and Suborder MICROTHORACINA
HugH. Family LEPTOPHARYNGIDAE
Order COLPODIDA 168. Leptopharynx chlorophagus Das
Family COLPODIDAE Distribution : HugH.
157. Colpoda aspera Kahl 169. Leptopharynx sphagnetorum
Distribution: Kolkata and Murshidabad. (Levander)
158. Colpoda cucullus Muller Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata. 170. Leptopharynx torpens (Kahl)
159. Colpoda maupasi Enriques Distribution : HugH.
Distribution : Not known. 171. Pseudomicrothorax agilis Mermod
160. Colpoda sp. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata. 172. Pseudomicrothorax dubius

161. Colpodium Colpoda (Ehrenberg)

(Maupas)
Steni Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
Distribution : Not known. Family MICROTHORACIDAE
Family CYRTOLOPHOSIDIDAE 173. Drepanomonas dentata Fresenius

162. Cyrtolophosis elongatus Distribution : Kolkata.

(Schewiakoff)
Distribution : Kolkata and Haora.
163. Cyrtolophosis minutus
(Schewiakoff)
Distribution : Kolkata and Haora.
174. Drepanomonas hooghlyensis
Nair & Das
Distribution : HugH.
175. Drepanomonas revoluta Pennard
Distribution : HugH.
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176. Microthorax pusillus Engelman Class OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA

Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and Subclass HYMENOSTOMATIA
HugH. Order HYMENOSTOMATIDA
Superorder PHYLLOPHARYNGIDEA Suborder TETRAHYMENINA
Order CYRTOPHORIDA Family GLAUCOMIDAE
187. Glaucoma pyriformis (Ehrenberg)
Suborde CHLAMYDODONTINA
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family CHILODONELLIDAE
Family TETRAHYMENIDAE
177. Chilodonella c'Ucullulus (Muller)
188. Stegochilum ovale Ghosh
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Distribution : Kolkata.
Kolkata, Darjiling, Hugli, Jalpaiguri and Maldah.
189. Tetrahymena pyriformis
178. Chilodonella sp. (Ehrenberg)
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Kolkata.
179. Chilodonella spiralidentis (Bhatia & Suborder OPHRYOGOLENINA
Mallik) Family OPHRYOGLENIDAE
Distribution : Haora. 190. Oph-ryoglena Jlava (Ehrenberg)
180. Chilodonella uncineta (Ehrenberg) Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata and Bankura, Birbhum, Hugli, Maldah,
Haora. Murshidabad, Puruliya and Dinajpur.
Suborder PENICULINA
Subclass SUCTORIA
Family FRONTONIIDAE
Order SUCTORIDA
191. Dtsemutostoma beJtgtllensl.s Nair
Suborder ENDOGENINA
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family DENDROSOMATIDAE
192. Frontonia acuminata
181. Tokophrya bengalensis Ghosh Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata. 193. Frontonia depressa (Stokes)
182. Tokophrya cyclopum (Claparede & Distribution : Kolkata.
Lachmann) 194. Frontonia leucas (Ehrenberg)
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Bankura,
183. Tokophrya infusorium (Stein) Birbhum, Kolkata, Haora, Maldah, Medinipur,
Murshidabad, Puruliya and Dinajpur.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family NEOBURSARIDIIDAE
Suborder EXOGENINA
195. Neobursaridium gigas Balech
Family PODOPHRYIDAE
Distribution : Kolkata.
184. Podophrya bengalensis Ghosh Family
PARAMECIIDAE
Distribution : Kolkata. 196. Paramecium caudatum (Ehrenberg)
185. Podophrya sandi Collin Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Distribution : Kolkata. Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
186. PodophMJafixa (Muller)
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia,
Distribution : Kolkata. Puruliya and Dinajpur.
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197. Paramecium sp. 208. Vorticella globosa Ghosh

Distribution : ·Kolkata. Distribution : Kolkata.
Family UROCENTRIDAE 209. Vorticella microstoma
19B. Urocentrum turbo (Muller) Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., 210. Vortic.ella patellina Ehrenberg
Kolkata, Hugli, Maldah, Murshidabad, Nadia, Distribution : Kolkata.
Puruliya and Dinajpur.
211. Verticella striata
Order SCUTICOCILIATIDA
Distribution : Kolkata.
Suborder LOXOCEPHALIDAE
212. Vorticella subcylindrica Ghosh
Family CINETOCHILIDAE
Distribution : Kolkata.
199. Cinetochilum margaritaceum
213. Vorticella submicrostoma Ghosh
Perty
Distribution: Kolkata.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Kolkata, Hugli, Maldah and Nadia. 214. Vorticella subprocubens Ghosh
200. Sathrophilus chlorophagus (Kahl) Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Hugli. 215. Vorticella subsinuata Ghosh
Family PHILASTERINA Distribution : Kolkata.
201. Loxocephalus plavius (Strokes) 216. Vorticella sp.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Nadia. Distribution : Kolkata.
Suborder PLEURONEMATINA 217. Zoothamnium horai Khajuria &
Pillai
Family CYCLIDIIDAE
Distribution : Medinipur.
202. Ctedoctema acanthoCl1/pta Stokes
Family EPISTYLIDIDAE
Distribution : Kolkata.
218."Epistylis anastatica (Linnaeus)
203. Cyclidium glaucoma Muller
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Haora.
219. Epistylis plictatus
Family PLEUREMATIDAE
Distribution : Kolkata.
204. Pleuronema crassum Dujardin
220. Epistylis sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subclass PERITRICHIA
Family VAGINICOLIDAE
Order PERITRICHIDA
221. Cothurinia sp.
Suborder SESSILINA
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family VORTICELLIDAE
222. Pyrlcola qffinis Kent
205. Carchesium polypinum (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
223. Platycola decumbens (Ehrenberg)
206. Carchesium sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
224. Platycola sp.
207. Vorticella campanula Ehrenberg
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Kolkata, Haora, Hugli, Maldah and 225. Platycola striata (Fromental)
Murshidabad. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.

226. Vaginicola crystallina Ehrenberg
Distribution : Kolkata.
227.. Vaginicola sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family LAGENOPHRYIDAE
228. Lagenophrys labiata Stokes
Distribution : Kolkata.
Class POLYHYMENOPHOREA
Subclass SPIROTRICHIA
Order HETEROTRICHIDA
Suborder HETEROTRICHIDA
Family BURSARIIDAE
229. Bursana truncatella Muller
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Barqdhaman
and Nadia.
Family CONDYLOSTOMATIDAE
230. Bryometopus pseudochiloson Kahl
Distribution : Kolkata.
231. Dexiotrichides centralis Stokes
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family COHNILEMBIDAE
232. Cohnilembus pusillus kahl
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family METOPIDAE
233. Bothrostoma extenta (Kahl)
Distribution : Kolkata.
234. Bothrostoma mirabilis (Kahl)
Distribution : Kolkata.
235· Bothrostoma nasuta (Da Cunha)
Distribution : Kolkata.
236. Brachonella campanula (Kahl)
Distribution : Haora.
237. Brachonella spiralis (Smith)
Distribution : Haora.
238. Metopus daphnides Jankowski
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
239. Metopus es Muller
Distribution : Kolkata.
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240. Metopus fuscus Kahl
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
241. Metopus ovalis Kahl
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
242. Metopus rostratus Kahl
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
243. Metopus striatus McMurrich
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
Family SPIROSTOMIDAE
244. Blepharisma intennedium
Bhandary
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
245. Blepharisma undulans Stein
Distribution : Bankura, Kolkata and
Dinajpur.
246. Spirostomum ambiguum Ehrenberg
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Barddhaman,
Kolkata, Maldah and Dinajpur.
247. Spirostomum teres Claparede &
Lachmann
Distribution : Bankura and J alpaiguri.
Family STENTORIDAE
248. Stentor polymorphus (Muller)
Distribution : Kolkata.
249. Stentor viridis (Ghosh)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Suborder ARMOPHORINA
Family CAENOMORPHIDAE
250. Caenomorpha la.ta Kahl
Distribution : Kolkata and Haora.
2.51. Caenomorpha medusula Perty
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Haora.
Suborder COLIPHORINA
Family FOLLICULINIDAE
252. Folliculina ampula (Muller)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
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Order ODONTOSTOMATIDA Suborder SPORADOTRICHINA

Suborder COLIPHORINA Family ASPIDISCIDAE
Family EPALXELLIDAE 259. Aspidisca bengalensis (Ghosh)
253. Saprodinium dentatum Lauterborn Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : H ugli. 260. Aspidisca costata (Dujardin)
Order OLIGOTRICHIDA Distribution : Kolkata.
Suborder OLIGOTRICHINA Family EUPLOTIDAE
Family HALTERIIDAE 261. Euplotes gracilis Kahl
254. Haltena grandinella (Muller) Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Koch Bihar.
Distribution: Barddhaman, Kolkata, Koch 262. Euplotes leticiensis Bovee
Bihar and Dinajpur. Distribution: Birbhum and Barddhaman.
Family STROBILIDIIDAE 263. Euplotes patella (Muller)
255. Strobilidium gyrans (Stokes) Distribution : Kolkata and Koch Bihar.
Distribution : Bankura, Kolkata, Darjiling, 264. Euplotes plumipes Stokes
Puruliya and Dinajpur.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Barddhaman,
Order HYPOTRICHIDA Koch Bihar, Maldah, Murshidabad and
Suborder SPORADOTRICHINA Puruliya.
Family SPIROFILIDAE Family OXYTRICHIDAE
256. Hypotrichidium concicum. 265. Oxytricha falax Stein
Ilowaisky Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum, Kolkata,
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah,
257. Stichotricha socialis Gruber Murshidabad, Puruliya and Dinajpur.
Distribution: HugH. 266. Pleurotricha grandis Stein
Family BALLADINOPSIDAE Distribution : Haora.
258. Balladinopsis nuda Ghosh 267. Stylonichia mytilus (Ehrenberg)
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Darjiling.

PROTISTA: PROTOZOA
(SYMBIOTIC PROTOZOA)
Phylum SARCOMASTIGOPHORA
Subphylum MASTIGOPHORA
Class ZOMASTIGOPHOREA
Order OXYMONADIDA
Family OXYMONADIDAE
1.Oxymonas bengalenss Das
Host: Cryptotermes havilandi.
Distribution : Kolkata.
2. Oxymonas bosei Das
Host: Neotermes bosei.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
3. Oxymonas grandis Cleveland
Host : Neotermes bosei.
Distribution : J alpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
4. Oxymonas parvula Kirby
Host: Cryptotermes sp.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Order TRICHOMONADIDA
Family MONOCERCOMONADIDAE
5. TMcercomitus divergens Kirby
Host: Cryptotermes havilandi.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family DEVESCOVINIDAE
6. Devescovina glaba Grassi
Host: Cryptotermes havilandi.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata, Koch
Bihar and Dinajpur.
7. Devescovina lemniscata Kirby
Host: Cryptotermes havilandi.
Distribution :South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
8. Devescovina steini Das
Host: Cryptotermes havilandi.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
9. Foaina nana (Kirby)
Host: Cryptotermes havilandi.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
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10. Foaina rejlexa Kirby
Host: Cryptotermes havilandi.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
11. Foaina solia Kirby
Host : Cryptotermes havilandi.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family ~ALONYMPHIDAE
1,2. Stephnonympha minuta Das &
Choudhury
Host: Neotermes bosei.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
13. Stephnonympha pyriformis Das &
Choudhury
Host: Cryptotermes havilandi.
Distribution : Kolkata and Koch Bihar.
14. Stephnonympha silvestrii Kanicki
Host : Cryptotermes havilandi.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Order HYPERMASTIGIDA
Family HOLOMASTIGOTIDAE
15. Holomastigotoides bengalensis
Chakravarty & BaneDee
Host: Heterotermes indicola, Heterotermes
sp.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah and Dinajpur.
16. Holomastigotoides campanula (de
Mello)
Host: Heterotermes indicola, Coptotermes
heimi.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata,
J alp aiguri , K~ch Bihar, Maldah and Dinajpur.
17· Holomastigotoides emersoni Das
Host : Coptotermes heimi.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata,
Jalpaiguri and Murshidabad.
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18. Holomastigotoides globosus de Mello
Host : Heterotermes indicola.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Kolkata and
J alpaiguri.
19. Holomastigotoides harhnanni
Koidzumi
Host: Coptotermes heimi.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
20. Holomastigotoides hollandei Das
Host: Heterotermes indicola.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Maldah,
Murshidabad and Dinajpur.
21. Holomastigotoides magnus Uttangi
Host: Heterotermes indicola.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Koch Bihar and
Maldah.
22. Holomastigotoides ogivalis de Mello
Host : Coptotermes heimi, Heterotermes
indicola.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Birbhum,
Jalpaiguri, Medinipur and Murshidabad.
23. Holomastigotoides rayi Karandikar &
Vittal
Host : Coptotermes' heimi.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Birbhum,
Medinipur and Murshidabad.
24. Holomastigotoides sphaeroidalis de
Mello
Host: Coptotermes heimi, Heterotermes
indicola.
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata, Koch Bihar
and Murshidabad.
Family SPIROTRICHONYMPHIDAE
25. Pseudotrichonympha cardiformis
Karandikar & Vittal
Host: Coptotermes heimi.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Birbhum,
Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah,
Medinipur and Murshidabad.
26. Pseudomchonympha indica
Chakravarty & BaneDee
Host: Coptotermes heimi.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Birbhum,
Kolkata, Darjiling, Koch Bihar, Maldah and
IV! urshidabad.
27. Pseudomchonympha subapicalis
Karandikar & Vittal
Host : Coptotermes heimi, Heterotermes
indicola.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
28. Spiromchonympha
bhadreshwarensis Tiwari
Host: Coptotermes heimi.
Distribution : HugH.
29. Spiromchonympha froilanoi
Karandikar & Vittal
Host: Coptotermes heimi.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Birbhum,
Jalpaiguri and Dinajpur.
30. Spiromchonympha pyriformis
Chakravarty& Bane~ee
Host: Heterotermes indicola, Heteroternles
sp.
Distribution : Kolkata and Dinajpur.
31. Spiromchonympha roonwali Das
Host: Coptotermes heimi.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Birbhum,
Maldah and Dinajpur.
Phylum CILIOPHORA
Class KINETOFRAGMINIPHOREA
Order ENTODINIOMORPHA
Family OPHRYOSCOLECIDAE
32. Diplodinium anisacanthus da Cunha
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
33. Diplodinium bengalensis Chowdhury
& Chatterjee
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.

34. Diplodinium eonieum Ghosh
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution :. Kolkata.
35. Diplodinium eonsors (Dogiel)
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
36. Diplodinium eostatum Dogiel,
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
37. Diplodinium cristagalli Dogiel
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
38. Diplodinium eylindricum Ghosh
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
39. Diplodinium dentatum (Stein)
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
40. Diplodinium dieanthum (Dogiel)
Host: Goat, Buffalo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
41. Diplodinium flabellum Kofoid & Mac
Lennan
Host: Buffalo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
42. Diplodinium indicum Banerjee
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata.
43. Diplodinium longinucleatum
Chowdhury & ChatteIjee
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
44. Diplodinium minor (Dogil)
Host: Cow, Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
45. Diplodinium monaeanthum (Dogiel)
Host: Cow, Barking Deer, Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
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46. Diplodinium pentaeanthum (Dogiel)
Host: Sheep, Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
47. Diplodinium psittacium (Dogiel)
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
48. Diplodinium quadridentatum Ghosh
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
49. Diplodinium tetraeanthum (Dogiel)
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
50. Diplodinium trieanthum (Dogiel)
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
51. Diplodinium tuberculatum (Ghosh)
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
52. Diploplastron affine
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
53. Ely trop las tron bubali (Dogie!)
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
54. Entodinium dogie Ii comb. nov.
Das et ale
Host: Capra hircus, Buffalo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
55. Entodinium furea forma dilobum
Dogiel
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
56. Entodinium aeutonueleatum Kofoid
& Mac Lennan
Host : Buffalo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
57. Entodinium acutum Kofoid & Mac
Lennan
Host : Buffalo, Sheep.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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58. Entodinium anteronucleatum forma
dilobum Dogiel
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
59. Entodinium anteronucleatum forma
leave Dogiel
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
60. Entodinium anteronucleatum forma
monolobum Dogiel
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
61. Entodinium bengalensis Banerjee
Host: Buffalo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
62. Entodinium biconcavum Kofoid &
Mac Lennan
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
63. Entodinium brevispinum Kofoid &
Mac Lennan
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
64. Entodinium bursa Stein
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
65. Entodinium carinospinum Ghosh
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
66. Entodinium caudatum Stein
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
67. Entodinium chatterjeei Das Gupta
Host: Capra hircus, Buffalo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
68. Entodinium cylindricum Choudhury
& Chatterjee
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
69. Entodinium dubardi Buisson
Host: Capra hircus, Buffalo, Sheep, Barking
Deer.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
70. Entodinium ekendrae Das Gupta
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
71. Entodinium ellipsoideum Ghosh
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
72. Entodinium ellongata Ghosh
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Entodinium harendrai Chowdhury &
Chatterjee
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
73.· Entodinium indicum Kofoid & Mac
Lennan
Host: Buffalo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
74. Entodinium jumnapari Chowdhury &
Chatterjee
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
75. Entodinium laterale Kofoid & Mac
Lennan
Host: Capra hircus, Buffalo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
76. Entodinium longinucleatum Dogiel
Host: Capra hircus, Buffalo, Sheep, Barking
Deer.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
77. Entodinium mamilo-carinatul"
Ghosh
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata.
78. Entodinium minutum Chowdhury &
Chatterjee
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.

79. Entodinium mukundai Chowdhury &
Chatterjee
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
80. Entodinium muntiacum Banerjee
Host: Barking Deer, Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
81. Entodinium nanellum Dogiel
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
82. Entodinium nudum Ghosh
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
83. Entodinium ovatum Ghosh
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
84. Entodinium ovinum Dogiel
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
85. Entodinium ovoidonucleatum Das
Gupta
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
86. Entodinium quadrispinosum Ghosh
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
87. Entodinium rectangulatum Kofoid &
Mac Lennan
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
88. Entodinium rhomboideum Kofoid &
Mac Lennan
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
89. Entodinium rostratum Fiorentini
Host: Buffalo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
90. Entodinium setnai Das Gupta
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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91. Entodinium simplex Dogiel
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
92. Entodinium spinosum Ghosh
Host: Cow, Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
93. Entodinium submammilatum
Ghosh
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
94. Entodinium subsphericum Ghosh
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata.
95. Entodinium tricostatum Kofoid &
Mac Lennan
Host: Bos indicus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
96. Eodinium lobatum Kofoid & Mac
Lennan
Host: Cow, Buffalo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
97.'- Epidinium spinosum (Ghosh)
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata.
98. Epidinium bengalensis (Ghosh)
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata.
99. Epidinium bovis Banerjee
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata.
100. Epidinium cattanei (Fiorentini)
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
101. Epidinium caudatum (Fiorentini)
Host: Cow, Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
102. Epidinium eberloini (da Cunha)
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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103.Epidinium ecaudatum (Fiorentini)
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
104. Epidinium parvicaudatum (Awerin
zew and Mutafoa)
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
105.Epidinium quadricaudatum (Sharp)
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
106. Epidinium tricaudatum (Sharp)
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
107. Eremoplastron rostratum
(Fiorentini)
Host: Capra hircus, Buffalo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
loB. Eremoplastron asiaticus Banerjee
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata.
109. Eremoplastron bovis (Dogiel)
Host: Buffalo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
110. Eremoplastron brevispinum
Kofoid & Mac Lennan
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
111. Eremoplastron magnodentatum
Kofoid & Mac Lennan
Distribution : Kolkata.
112. Eudiplodinium maggii (Fiorentini)
Host: Goat, Buffalo, Sheep, Barking Deer.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
113. Metadinium caMnatum Ghosh
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata.
114. Metadinium medium Awerinzew &
Mutafowa
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
115.Metadinium quadratum Ghosh
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata.
116. Metadinium rotundatum Kofoid &
Christenson
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata.
117. Ophryoscolex eberleini Ghosh
Distribution : Kolkata.
118. Ophryoscolex inermis Stein
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
119. Ophryoscolex spinousus Kofoid &
Mac Lennan
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata.
120. Ophryoscolex tMcoronatus (Dogiel)
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
121. Ostracodium mammosum (Railliet)
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata.
122. Ostracodium rugoloricatum Kofoid
Host: Buffalo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
123. Polyplastron bengalensis
Chowdhury & Chatterjee
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
124. Triplodinium bovis Ghosh
Host: Cow.
Distribution : Kolkata~
Order TRICHOSTOMATIDA
Family ISOTRICHIDAE
125. Dasytricha ruminantium Schuberg
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
126. lsot'richa prostoma Stein
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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PROTISTA: PROTOZOA
(PARASITIC PROTOZOA)

Kingdom PROTISTA 6. Trpanosoma mega Dutton & Todd

Subkingdom PROTOZOA Host: Rana limnocharis.
Phylum SARCOMASTIGOPHORA Distribution : Bankura and Barddhaman.
Sub phylum MASTIGOPHORA 7. Trypannosoma sp.
Class PHYTOMASTIGOPHOREA Host: Nandus nandus.
Order EUGLENIDA Distribution : Maldah.
EUGLENINA
8. Trypanosoma anabasi MandaI
Sub order
Host: Anabas testudineus.
Family ASTASIIDAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and
1. Copromonas ruminantum Woodcook
Murshidabad.
Host: Sus scrofa.
9. Trypanosoma armeti MandaI
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Host: Mastacembe!us armatus.
Order CHRYSOMONADIDA
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family CROMULINIDAE
10. Trypanosoma avium Danilewsky
2. Oikomonas communis Liebetanz Host : Acrocephalus dumetorum, Dicrurus
Host: Capra hircus. adsimilis, Lonchura malabarica.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
Class ZOOMASTIGOPHOREA and Kolkata.
Order KINETOPLASTIDA 11. Trypanosoma avium bakeri.
Chatterjee & Ray
Sub order BODONINA
Host : Columba livia, Dendrocitta
Family BODONIDAE
vagabunda., Pycnonotus jocosus.
3. Bodomonas rebae Tripathi
Distribution : Kolkata.
Host: Catla catla, Cirrhinus mrigala,
12. Trypanosoma bathithaensis Ray
Cirrhinus reba, Labeo rohita.
Host: Ilelobdella nociva, Lissemys punctata.
Distribution : Not known.
punctata.
Family CRYPTOBIDAE
Distribution : Bankura.
4. Trypanoplasma indica (MandaI) 13. Trypanosoma batrachi Qadri
Host: Mystus vittatus. Host: Clarias batrachus.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Kolkata and
Suborder TRYPANOSOMATINA Koch Bihar.
Family TRYPANOSOMATIDAE 14. TlYpanosoma bengalensis MandaI
5. Leishmania donovani Host: Mystus bleekeri.
Laveran .& Mesnil Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Host: Phlobotomus papatasi. 15. Trypanosoma cancili MandaI
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Host: Xenetodon cancila.
Barddhaman and Murshidabad. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
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16. Trypanosoma chattoni
Mathis & Leger
Host: Rana limnocharis.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
17. Trypanosoma choudhuryi MandaI
Host: Hemiclepsis marginata marginata.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Bankura.
18. Trypanosoma danilewskyi
saccobranchi Qadri
Host: Heteropneustes fossilis.
Distribution: Kolkata and Murshidabad.
19. Trypanosoma elongatus
Ray Chaudhuri & Misra
Host: Channa punctatus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
20. Trypanosoma enhydMs
Sinha & MandaI
Host: Enhydris enhydris.
Distribution: Darjiling, Koch Bihar and
Nadia.
21.Trypanosoma evansi (Steel)
Host: Panthera pardus, Panthera tigris,
Panthera unca.
Distribution : Kolkata and DaJjiling.
22. Trypanosoma gachuii
Misra, Chandra & Choudhury
Host: Hemiclepsis marginata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
23. Trypanosoma gangetica Sinha
Host: Trionyx gangeticus.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
24. Trypanosoma gobida MandaI
Host: Glossogobius giuris.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
25. Trypanosoma granulosum
Laveran & Mesnil
Host: Amphipnous Spa
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
26. Trypanosoma hannae Pittaluga
Host: Columba livia.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
27. Trypanosoma indicum Luhe
Host: Petaurista magnificus, Petaurista
nobilis nobilis.
Distribution : Darjiling.
28. Trypanosoma inopinatum
Sergent & Sergent
Host: Rana hexadactyla.
Distribution : Bankura.
29. Trypanosoma karyozeukton
Dutton & Todd
Host: Rana hexadactyla.
Distribution : HugH.
30. Trypanosoma lanii
Choudhury & Misra
Host: Lanius schach tricolor.
Distribution : Kolkata.
31. Trypanosoma lewisi (Kent)
Host: Bandicota bengalensis.
Distribution : Kolkata.
32. Trypanosoma lOMcatum (Mayer)
Host: Rana tigrina.
Distribution : Bankura.
33. Trypanosoma maguri
Tandon & Joshi
Host: Clarias batrachus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
34. Trypanosoma mukasai Hoare
Host: Tilapia mossambica.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Darjiling, Haora, HugH, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia,
Puruliya and Dinajpur.
35. Trypanosoma mukundi
Ray Chaudhuri & Misra
Host: Heteropneustes fossilis.
Distribution : Kolkata.
36. Trypanosoma nandi
Mukherjee & I-Ialdar
Host: Nandus nandus.
Distribution: Nadia.
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37. Trypanosoma paneali MandaI 47. Trypanosoma taprobanica

Host : Mastacembelus pancalus. Ray & Choudhury
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Koikata and Host: Rana tigrina.
Maldah. Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling,
38. Trypanosoma punetati Medinipur and Puruliya.
Hasan & Qasim 48. Trypanosoma vittati Tandon & Joshi
Host: Ophicephalus punctatus. Host: Mystus vittatus.
Distribution: Dinajpur. Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Koch Bihar.
39. Trypanosoma ranarum (Lankester) 49. Trypanosoma xenentodoni
Host: Rana tigrina. Das, Sarkar & Bandopadhyay
Distribution ; Barddhaman and Darjiling. Host : Xenetodon cancila.
40. Trypanosoma rhinolophonis Distribution : Maldah.
Pal & Dasgupta Order RETORTOMONADIDA
Host: Rhinolophus rouxi rouxi. Family CALLlMASTIGIDAE
Distribution : Darjiling. 50. Chilomasf'rix frontalis Braune
41. Trypanosoma rotatorium (Mayer)
Host: Capra hircus.
Host: Bufo melanostictus, Bufo stomaticus.,
Distribution : Kolkata.
Helobdella nociva, Rana cyanophlyctis.
51. Selenomon.as ruminantium var.
Distribution: Bankura, Kolkata, Hugli,
caprae
J aipaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah and
Murshidabad. Host: Capra hircus.
42. Trypanosoma seenghali Joshi Distribution : Kolkata.
Host: Mystus seenghala. Family CHILOMASTIGIDAE
Distribution : Koikata. 52. Chilomasf'rix caprae Fonseca
43. Trypanosoma sp. Host: Capra hircus.
Host: Aorichthys aor. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling. 53. Chilomastrix mesnili Wenyon
44. Trypanosoma smati Qadri Host: Homo sapiens.
Host: Channa striatus. Distribution : Kolkata.
Dzstribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata and Family TETRAMITIDAE
Dinajpur. 54. Cosoa necatrix (Henneguy)
45. Trypanosoma systoma Host: Channa punctatus, Channa striatus,
Ray & Choudhury Indian carps.
Host: Uperodon systoma.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Distribution: Medinipur. Pgs.
46. Trypanosoma tandoni MandaI 55· Enteromonas hominis da Fonseca
Host: Wallago attu. Host: Homo sapiens.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Distribution : Koikata.
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Order DIPLOMONADIDA Order HYPERMASTIGIDA

Suborder DIPLOMONADINA Sub order LOPHOMONADINA
Family HEXAMITIDAE Family LOPHOMONADIDAE
56. Giardia intestinalis (Lambl) 64. Lophomonas striata Butschli
Host: Homo sapiens. Host: Periplaneta americana.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Distribution : Kolkata.
Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata, Subphylum OPALINATA
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Class OPALINATEA
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia, Order OPALINIDA
Puruliya and Dinajpur.
Family OPALINIDAE
Order TRICHOMONADIDA
65. Cepedea ·'onga (Bezzenberger)
Family MONOCERCOMADIDAE Host: Bufo melanostictus, Rhacophorus
57. Monocercomonas caprae Das Gupta maculates.
Host: Capra hircus. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata. 66. Cepedea sMvastavai
58. Monocercomonas ruminantum Mukherjee & Chakraborty
(Braune) Host: Rhacophorus maculatus.
Host: Axis axis. Distribution :. Kolkata.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. 67. Hegneriella mukundai
Chandra & Choudhury
Family Trichomonadidae
Host : Kaloula pulchra taprobanica.
59. Pentatrichomonas hominis
(Davaine)
DistributiC?n : Medinipur.
68. Opalina plicata Ghosh
Host: Canis aureus.
Host: Bufo melanostictus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
60. ~chomonas gallinae (Rivolta)
69. Opalina scalpriformis Ghosh
Host: Milvus migrans.
Host: Bufo melanostictus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling, Maldah and
61. TrichomontlS ruminatium Braune Murshidabad.
Host: Capra hircus. 70. Opalina triangularis Ghosh
Distribution : Kolkata. Host: Bufo himalayana, Bufo melanostictus.
62. Trichomonas thukuni Ray & Singh Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata and Koch
Host : Cavia cutleri. Bihar.
Distribution : Kolkata. Subphylum Sarcodina
Class Lobosea
63. Trichomonas vaginalis Donne
Sub class Gymnamoeba
Host: Homo sapiens.
Order Amoebida
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata, Family Endamoebidae
DaIjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, 71. Dientamoebafragilis Jepps & Dobell
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia, Host: Macaca irus, Macaca lnulatta.
Puruliya and Dinajpur. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.

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72. Entamoeba cervis
MandaI & Choudhury
Host: Axis axis.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
73. Entamoeba chattoni Swellengrebel
Host: Maeaea mulatta.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
74. Entamoeba chiropteris
MandaI & Choudhury
Host : Seotophilus kuhli kuhli.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
75. Entamoeba coli
Host: Homo sapiens, Maeaea mulatta.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
76. Entamoeb,a histolytica Schaudinn
Host: Homo sapiens.
Distribution: North 24· Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpalguri, Koch Bihar,
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia,
Puruliya and Dinajpur.
77. Entamoeba mUMS (Grassi)
Host: Rattus rattus arboreus.
. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
78. Entamoeba ovis Swellengrebel
Host: Capra hireus.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
79· Entamoeba suis Hartmann
Host: Sus serofa serofa.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
80. Iodamoeba butschlii (Prowazek)
Host: Maeaea mulatta, Sus serofa.
Distribution.: South 24 Pgs.
Phylum APCOMPLEXA
Class SPOROZOEA
Subclass GREGARINA
Order EUGREGARINIDA
Sub order ASEPTATINA
Family MONOCYSTIDAE
81. Apolocystis akaryosomiferus
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host: Pheretima robusta.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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82. Apolocystis goomtiensis
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host: Pheretima differigens.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
83. Apolocystis monokaryosomiferus
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host : Pheretima robusta.
Distribution : Darjiling.
84. Apolocystis vacuo latus
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host: Pheretima alexandria
Distribution: Darjiling.
8S. Bisurculus variegatus
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host: Amynthas h~wayanus.
Distribution : Darjiling.
86. Informis iriformis
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host : Apporectodea trapezoides.
Distribution : Darjiling.
87. Informis pseudotentaculatus
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host: Apporeetodea trapezoides.
Distribution : Darjiling.
88.~onocystis amynthae
Bandyopadhyay et 01.
Host: Amynthas hawayanus.
Distribution : West Bengal.
89.~onoc:ysdSapporectodae
Bandyopadhyay et ale
Host : Apporectodea trapezoides.
Distribution : West Bengal.
90. Monocystis barasatansis
-Chakraborty and Bandyopadhyay
Host: Metaphire houlleti.
Distribution : West Bengal.
91. Monocystis beddardi Ghosh
Host: Eutyphoeus nicholsoni.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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92. Monocystis bengalensis Ghosh
Host: Pheretima posthuma.
Distribution : Kolkata.
93. Monocystis Clubae
Bandyopadhyay et a1.
Host: Lampito nauritii.
Distribution : West Bengal.
94. Monocystis DaJ:jilingensis
Bandyopadhyay and Mitra
Host: Metaphire haulleti.
Distribution: West Bengal.
95. Monocystis illoidi Ghosh
Host: Pheretima posthuma.
Distribution : Kolkata.
96. Monocystis levinei
Bandyopadhyay et a1.
Host: Eutyphoeus incommodatus.
Distribution : West Bengal.
97. Monocystis metaphirae
Bandyopadhyay et ale
Host : Metaphire houlleti.
Distribution : West Bengal.
9B. Monocystis ranaghatensis
Bandyopadhyay and Mitra
Host: Metaphire houlleti.
Distribution: West Bengal.
99. Monocystis senchalensis
Pradhan & Das Gupta
Host: Apporectodea trapezoids.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
100. Nematocystis bengalensis
Roy Chowdhury & Halder
Host: Eutyphoeus incommodus.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
101. Nematocystis indicus
Bandyopadhyay et ale
Host : Perionyx exeavatus.
Di$tribution : West Bengal.
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102. Nematocystis levinei
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host: Eutyhoeus gammiei.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
103. Nematocystis mangpooensis
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host: Eutyhoeus gammiei.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
104. Nematocystis mauritii
Roy Choudhury & Haldar
Host: Lampito mauriti.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
105. Nematocystis quadrikaryosomata
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host: Pheretima differingens.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
106. Nematocystis senchalensis
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host: Apporectodea trapezoides.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
107. Nematocystis theodoridis
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host: Pheretima differingens.
Distribution: Darjiling.
loB. mrhyachocystis indica
Bandyopadhyay and Mitra
Host: Lamprito mauritii.
Distribution ': West Bengal.
Family STOMATOPHORIDAE
109. Chakravartiella sugereiformes
Misra & Raychaudhury
Host: Trigoniulus goesii.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
110. Stomatophora bahli
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host: Pheretima differingens.
Distribution: Darjiling.
111. Stomatophora cloptoni
Bandyopadhyay and Mitra
Host: Entophoeus orientalis.
Distribution : West Bengal.
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112. Stomatophora diadema Hesse 122. Lankesteria macldei

Host: Pheretima posthuma.
Distribution : Kolkata.
113. Stomatophora globa
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host: Pheretima alexandri.
Distribution : Darjiling.
114. Stomatophora majumdaM
Bandyopadhyay et ale
Host: Metaphire posthuma.
Distribution : West Bengal.
115. Stomatophora pedongensis
Pradhan & Dasgupta
Host : Pheretima differingens.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
116. Stomatophora pradhansis
Roy Chowdhury & Haldar
Host: Metaphire posthuma.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
117. Stomatophora indica
Bandyopadhyay et ale
Host: Amynthas diffringens.
Distribution : West Bengal.
Family ZYGOCYSTIDAE
118. Zygocystis indicus
Pradhan & Das Gupta
Host: Pheretima californica.
Distribution : Darjiling.
119· Zygocystis perionykae
Bandyopadhyay and ~.1itra
129·
Host: Perionyx gravelleyi.
Distribution : West Bengal.
Family ENTEROCYSTIDAE
120. Enterocystis bengalensis Sarkar
130.
Host: Psocatropos sp.
Di~tribution : North 24 Pgs.
Family DIPLOCrSTIDAE
121. Lankesteria culicis (Ross)
Host : Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti, Aedes
(Stegomyia) albopictus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
(Shortt & Swaminath)
Host: Phlebotomus argentipes, P. papatasi.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Suborder SEPTATINA
Family ACTINOCEPHALIDAE
123. Acanthospsora bengalensis
Sarkar & HaIdar
Host: Ceriagrion cerinorubellum.
Distribution : HugH.
124. Actinocephalus ceriagrionae
Sarkar & Chakravarty
Host: Ceriagrion coromandelianum.
Distribution : Kolkata.
125. Actirtocephalus ellipsoidus
Sarkar & Haldar
Host : Iscnura delicata.
Distribution : Nadia.
126. Actinocephalus longus Sarkar
Host: Enallagma pervum.
Distribution : Darjiling.
127. Ancyriophora ischnu~....e
Sarkar & Haldar
Host: Ischnura senegalensis.
Distribution: HugH.
128. Ancyriophora ovoides
Sarkar & Haldar
Host: Ischnura delicata.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
Stylocystis chowdhu-,ya Sarkar and
Mazumder
Host: Cryptophagus sp.
Distribution : West Bengal.
G,lobulocephalus e~conocephalae
MandaI and Ray
Host: Euconocephalus pallidus.
Distribution : West Bengal.
131. Odonaticola longicollara
Sarkar & Haldar
Host: Brachythemis conteaminat.
Distribution : HugH.
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132. Odonaticola nonacantha
Devdhar & Deshpande
133. Caulocephalus crenata
Bhatia & Setna
Host: Aulacophora foveicollis.
Distribution : Kolkata.
134. Chilogregarina bhatiae Sarkar
Host: Geophilus sp.
Distribution: HugH.
135. Crucocephalus dufouri Sarkar
Host: Dermestes sp.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
136. Harendraia intricata Sarkar
Host: Ptinus sp.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
137. Hoplorhynchus carusi
Sarkar & Mazumdar
Host: Pseudagrion decorum.
Distribution : Darjiling.
138. Hoplorhynchus polyhamatus
Hoshide
Host: Munius strigata.
Distribution : Darjiling.
139. Hoplorhynchus ramidigitus
Sarkar & Haldar
Host: Agriocnemis pygmaea.
Distribution : HugH~
140. Menospora coenagrii
Sarkar & Haldar
Host: Coenagrion dyeri.
Distribution : HugH.
141. Menospora enallagmae
Sarkar & Haldar
Host: Enallagma parvum.
Distribution : Darjiling.
142. Mukundella undulatus Sarkar
Host: Enallagma sp.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and HugH.
143. Mukundella vannusus Sarkar
Host: Onychogargia astrocianna.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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144. Odonaticola amojya
Biswas et ale
Host: Crocothenis s servilia.
Distribution : West Bengal
145. Odonaticola aspinosa
Biswas et ale
Host : Crocothenis s servilia.
Distribution: West Bengal
146. Odonaticola brachydiplaxi
Sarkar & Mazumder
Host: Brachidiplax farinose.
Distribution : Darjiling.
147. Odonaticola bradinopyga
Biswas et ale
Host: Bradinopyga geminata.
Distribution : West Bengal
148. Odonaticola elliptica Sarkar
Host: Crocothemis servilia servilia.
Distribution : Bankura.
149. Odonaticola hexacantha
Sarkar & Haldar
Host: Brachythemis contaminate.
Distribution: HugH.
Host: Urothemis signata signata.
Distribution: HugH.
150. Odonaticola orthetri
Sarkar & Haldar
Host: Orthetrum sabina.
Distribution : HugH.
151. Odonaticola rodgii
Sarkar & Haldar
Host: Neurothermis tullia tullia.
Distribution : Nadia.
152. Odonaticola truncatus Sarkar
Host: Pseudagrion decorum.
Distribution : Darjiling.
153. Pyxinia reneae Sarkar
Host: Evorinea iota.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
154. Quadruspin.:Jspora acridae
Haldar & Chakravarty
Host: Acrida exaltata.
Distribution : Nadia.

Quadruspinospora adigitalis
155.
Datta et aZ.
Host: Phaeoba antennata.
Distribution : Nadia.
156. Quadruspinospora ailopii
Sarkar & Chakravarty
Host: Ailopus sp.
Distribution : Haora.
157. Quadruspinosporaattratomorphae
Haldar & Chakravarty
Host: Attractomorpha crenulata.
Distribution : Nadia.
158. Quadruspinospora caudata
Modak et a1.
Host: GesonuZa punctifrons.
Distribution : West Bengal
159. Quadruspinospora chakravartyi
Chakravarty & Haldar
Host: Aiolpus tamulus.
Distribution : Nadia.
160. Quadruspinospora cloptoni
Modak et al.
Host: Oxya hyla hyla.
Distribution : West Bengal
161. Quadruspinospora dichotoma
Kundu & Haldar
Host: Spathosternum sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
162. Quadruspinospora indoaiolopi
Haldar & Chakraborty
Host: Aiolopus sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
163. Quadruspinospora gasonulae Datta
et ale
Host: Gesonula punctifrons.
Distribution: Nadia.
164. Quadruspinospora jalpaiguMensis
Datta et ale
Host: Oxya sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
165. Quadruspinospora megaspinosa
Haldar & Chakraborty
Host: Trilophidia annulata.
Distribution : Nadia.
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166.Quadruspinospora platyepimerita
Datta et ale
Host: Oxya hyla.
Distribution : Nadia.
167. Quadruspinospora sp.
Host: Oxya sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
168. Ramicephalus olivacus
Sarkar & Haldar
Host: Ceriagrion olivacum.
Distribution : HugH.
169. Steinina alphitobii
Sarkar & Chakravarty
Host: Alphitobius piceus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
170. Steinina chowdhurya Sarkar
Host: Cryptophagus sp.
Distribution : Bankura.
171. Steinina gonocephali
Modak et ale
Host: Gonocephalun strigatum.
Distribution : West Bengal
172. Steinina indica MandaI and Ray
Host: Psylla sp.
Distribution : Nadia
173. Steinina microgoni
Sarkar & Chakravarty
Host: Anoplogenius microgonus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
174. Steinina paloMlSi Gupta & Haldar
Host: Palorus sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
175. Steinina singhi Ghosh & Haldar
Host: Palorus ratzebergii.
Distribution : H ugli.
176. Steini":a triboli Modak et ale
Host: Tribolium castaneum.
Distribution : Kolkata.
177. Tetractinora victoris
Sarkar & Haldar
Host : Ceriagrion coromandelianum.
Distribution : Nadia.
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Family BRUSTIOSPORIDAE
178. Brustiospora indicola
Kundu & Haldar
Host: Stethorus sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
Family CEPHALOIDOPHORIDAE
179. Cephaloidophora metq.plaxi
(Pearse)
Host: Metaplax dentipes.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family DACTYLOPHORIDAE
180. Grebneckiella navillae
(Mitra & Chakravarty)
Host: Scolopendra sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family DIDYMOPHIDAE
181. Didymophyes indiae
Kundu, Datta & Haldar
Host: Euparatettix histricus.
Distribution : Nadia.
182. Didymophyes lipai
Ghosh, Gupta & Haldar
Host : Oryzaephilus mercator.
Distribution : Kolkata.
183. Didymophyes arthopterae
Patra and Halder
Host: Euparattetix sp.; Ergatettix sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
184. Didymophyes oryzaephilae
Ghosh, Gupta & Haldar
Host: Oryzaephilus mercator.
Distribution: Hugli.
185. Didymophyes rigidus
Ghosh, Gupta & Haldar
Host: Oryzaephilus mercator.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
186. Didymophyes tridactylae
Ghosh, Gupta & Haldar
Host: Tridactylus sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
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187. Didymophyes tridactyli
Datta et ale
Host: Trydactylus sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
188. Laterospora acridida
ChatteIjee and Halder
Host : Unidentified orthopteran nymph
(Acrididae).
Distribution : Nadia.
189. Laterospora phenacocca
Haldar, Ray & Bose
Host: Phenaccocus hirsutus.
Distribution : Medinipur and Nadia.
190. Laterospora triboli
Modak and Halder
Host: Tribolium castaneum.
Distribution : Nadia.
191. Laterospora triducta
Modcik and Halder
Host: Micraspis discolour.
Distribution : Nadia.
192. Laterospora sp.
Host: Coccinella transversallis.
Distribution : Nadia.
193. Liposcilisus coronarus
Sarkar & Haldar
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
194. Quadruhyalodiscus gallerucidae
Kundu & Haldar
Host : Gallerucida bicolor.
Distribution : Nadia.
Family GREGARINIDAE
195. Anisolobus royii com.nov
Das et ale
Host: Oryzaephilus mercator.
Distribution : Kolkata.
196. Gregarina alcidessi
Haldar & Chakravarty
Host: Alcede sp. nr. leopardus.
Distribution: Nadia.

197. Gregarina amoji
Datta et a1.
Host: Tribolium castaneum.
Distribution : Nadia.
198. Gregarina basantii
MandaI and Ray
Host: Periplaneta americana.
..
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
199. Gregarina basiconstrictonesa
Ghosh, Sengupta & Haldar
Host: Tribolium casteneum.
Distribution: HugH.
200. Gregarina bilobosa
Kundu & Haldar
Host: Longitarsus sp ..
Distribution : Nadia.
201. Gregarina chaetocnemae Sarkar
Host: Chaetocnnema concinuipenis.
Distribution : Nadia.
202. Gregarina crescennca
Haldar & Chakravarty
Host: Amblyrrhinus sp~
Distribution : Nadia.
203. Gregarina cylindrosa
Haldar & Kundu
Host: SupeUa supellectilium.
Distribution : Nadia.
204. Gregarina dasguptai
MandaI et a1.
Host : Coccinella septempunctata.
Distribution : Darjiling.
205. Gregarina discocephala
Kundu & Haldar
Host: Nymph of Blattodea.
Distribution : Nadia.
206. Gregarina gryllodis
Haldar & Sarkar
Host: Gryllodes sp.
Distribution: HugH.
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207. Gregarina guttiventra
Haldar & Sarkar
Host: Plebeogryllus guttiventra.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
208. Gregarina Ischnopterae
Datta & Haldar
Host: Ischnol(tera sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
209. Gregarina levinei Haldar & Sarkar
Host : Pteronemobius jascipense.
Distribution: HugH.
210. Gregarina lygeusi
Haldar, Ray & Gupta
Host: Lygeus hospes.
Distribution : Nadia.
211. Gregarina mukundai
Haldar & Kundu
Host : Nymph of Dictyoptera.
Distribution : Nadia.
212. Gregarina nalae
Datta & Haldar
Host: Nala lividipes.
Distribution: Nadia.
213. Gregarina puruliensis
Modak et ale
Host: Ducetia japonica.
Distribution : PuruHa.
214. Gregarina sitophili
Saha et ale
Host: Sitophila oryzal.
Distribution : Nadia.
215. Gregarina spraguei
Haldar & Chakraborty
Host: Beetle.
Distribution : Nadia.
216. Gregarina vannacephala
Sengupta and Haldar
Host: Gryllodes sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
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217. Gregarina ueraniae
Datta et ale
. Host: Vcrania discolour.
Distribution : Nadia
218. Gregarina xenocatantopa
Modak et ale
Host: Xenocatantopa humilis.
Distribution : Nadia.
219. Hinnocystis alphitobiusi
Datta et ale
Host: Alphitobius piceus.
Distribution : Nadia.
220. Hinnocystis antennae
Datta et ale
Host: Phlacoba antennata.
Distribution : Nadia.
Family HIRMOCYSTIDAE
221. Hinnocystis bengalensis
Haldar & Chakraborty
Host: Myllocerus sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
222. Hinnocystis clorinis
ChatteIjee and Haldar
Host: Cleorina sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
223. Hinnocystis cloptoni
Modak and Haldar
Host : Triboliumcastaneum.
Distribution : Nadia.
224. Hinnocystis coccinelli
Datta et ale
Host: Coccinella transversalis.
Distribution : Nadia.
225. Hirmocystis coreyris
ChatteIjee and Haldar
Host: Corcyra cephalonica.
Distribution : Nadia.
226. Hinnocystis hoplasomae
Kundu & Haldar
Host: Hoplasoma unicolor.
Distribution : Nadia.
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227. Hinnocystis lepropi
Haldar & Chakraborty
Host: Leprosus sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
228. Hinnocystis lophocateri
Ghosh & Haldar
Host : Lophocateres pusillus.
Distribution : Nadia.
229.Hinnocystis minuta (Ishii)
Host: Oryzaephilus mercator.
Distribution : Kolkata.
230. Hirmocystis murtii
Datta et ale
Host: Gesonula punctifrons.
Distribution : Nadia.
231. Hirmocystis oxyae
MandaI and Ray
Host: Oxya fuscovittata.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
232. Hirmocystis oxeata
Ghosh, Sengupta & Haldar
Host: Tribolium castneum.
Distribution : HugH.
233. Hirmocystis palorusi
Saha et ale
Host: Palorus ratzaburgii.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
234. Hirmocystis pitcharis
I! aldar & Chakraborty
Host: ZanthLlprochilus sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
235. Hirmocystis pseudoductis
Haldar & Chakraborty
Host: Myllocerus sp.
Distribution: Nadia.
236. Hirmocystis psyllae
MandaI and Ray
Host: Psylla sp.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
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237. Hirmocystis theodoridesi
Kundu & Haldar
Host: Gryllotalpa africana.
Distribution : Nadia.
238. Hirmocystis triboli
Ghosh & Haldar
}fost: Tribolium castaneum.
Distribution: Nadia.
239. Retractocephalus aulacophorae
Haldar, Chakraborty & Kundu
Host: Aulacophora intermedia.
Distribution : Nadia.
240. Retractocephalus halticus
Haldar, Chakraborty & Kundu
Host: Haltica sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
241. Retractocephalus raphidopalpae
Haldar & Chakraborty
Host : Raphidopalpa joveicollis.
Distribution : Nadia.
242. Retractocephalus spatulatus
Haldar, Chakraborty & Kundu
Host: Lema sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
243. Retractocephalus spinosus
Haldar, Chakraborty & Kundu
Host: Monolepta signata.
Distribution : Nadia.
Family LEIDYANIDAE
244. Amphiplatyspora striata
Kundu & Haldar
Host : Pteronemobius concolor.
Distribution : Nadia.
245. Leidyana cephalonica
Ghosh and Choudhury
Host : Corcyra cepha/onica.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
246. Leidyana cephalonii
Saha et al.
Host: Corcyra cephalonica.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
247. Leidyana guttventra Sarkar
Host: Plebeiogryllus guativentra.
Distribution : HugH.
248. Leidyana linguata
Haldar & Sarkar
Host: Pteronemobius co nclo r.
Distribution : Nadia.
249. Leidyana oryzaephili Roy
Host: Oryzaephilus mercator.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family MONODUCTIDAE
250. Monoductus lunatus
·Ray & Chakravarty
Host: Strongylsoma contortipes.
Distribution : Kolkata.
251. Phleobum collarum
Kundu & Haldar
Host : Phleoba infumata.
Distribution : Nadia.
252. Phleobum gigantinum Haldar
Host : Phleoba antennata.
Distribution : Nadia.
Family NEOHIRMOCYSTID~
253. Neohirmocystis dercetini
Ghosh, Ray & Haldar
Host: Dercetina sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
254. Neohinnocystis grassei
Ghosh, Ray & Haldar
Host: Tribolium castaneum.
Distribution: HugH.
Family STENOPHORIDAE
255. Hyalosporina cambolopsisae
Chakraborty
Host : Cambolopsis sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
256. Hyalosporina rayi
Chakraborty & Mitra
Host: Polydesmus sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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257· Stenophora ellipsoidi
Chakraborty
Host: Diplopoda sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
258. Stenophora khagendrae Ray
Host: Zikadesmus sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
259. Stenophora shyamaprasadi
Chakraborty
Host: Cormoeephalus dentipes.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family STYLOCEPHALIDAE
260. Lepismatophila cruszi
Kundu & Haldar
Host: Aerotelsa collaris.
Distribution : Nadia.
261. Lepismatophila rhombocephala
Haldar & Chakraborty
Host: Ctenolepisma nigra.
Distribution : Nadia.
262. Stylocephalus apapillatus
Haldar & Chakravarty
Host: Gonoeephalum sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
263. Stylocephalus tetraradiata
Modak and Haldar, 2006
Host: Gonoeephalum sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
Family ACTINOCEPHALIDAE
264. Actinocephalus longus Sarkar
Host: Enallagna pervum.
Distribution : Nadia.
265. Pileocephalus bengalensis
Modak and Haldar
Host: Rhizopertha dominiea.
Distribution : Nadia.
266. Pileocephalus seMocornii
Saha et ale
Host : Lasioderma serioeorae.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
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Sub class COCCIDIA
Order EUCOCCIDA
Sub order ADELEINA
Family ADELEIDAE
267. Adelina schel'aki Ray & Dasgupta
Host: Cormoeephalus dentipes.
Distribution : Kolkata.
268. Adelea castana Ghosh et ale
Host: Coleoptera.
Distribution : Kolkata.
269. Adelea palorusi Ghosh et ale
Host : Coleoptera.
Distribution : Kolkata.
270. Adelea pieci Ghosh et ale
Host: Coleoptera.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family HAEMOGREGARINIDAE
271. Haemogregarina berestneffi
Castellani & Willey
Host: Rana cyanophlystis.
Distribution : Bankura, Darjiling and
Murshidabad.
272. Haemogregarina bergalensis Sinha
Host: Xenoehrophis piscator.
Distribution : Darjiling.
273. Haemogregarina choudhuryi
Ray & Bhattacharjee
Host: Lissemys punctata. punctata.
Distribution : Bankura.
274. Haemogregarina colisa
Mandai, Ray, Sarkar & Kahali
Host: Colisa fasieata.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
275. Haemogregarina gangetica Misra
Host: Trionyx gengeticus.
Distribution : Bankura.
276. Haemogregarina kaloulae Ray &
Choudhury
Host: Koloula pulchra taprobanico.
Distribution: Bankura and Murshidabad.
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277. Haemogregarina maculatus Ray &
Choudhury
Host: Rhacophora maculatus.
Distribution : Bankura.
278. Haemogregarina magna (Grassi &
Feletti)
Host: Raha limnocharis, Rana tigrina.
Distribution : Bankura and J alpaiguri.
279. Haemogregarina nucleobisecans
Shortt
Host; Bufo andersoni, Bufo melanostictus.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Maldah and Puruliya.
280. Haemogregarina pattoni Ray &
Choudhury
Host: Rana hexadactyla.
Distribution: Medinipur.
281. Haemogregarina
perinucleophilum Ray & Choudhury
Host: Rana tigrina.
Distribution : Bankura.
282. Haemogregarina pulchra Ray &
Choudhury
Host: Kaloula pulchra.
Distribution : Puruliya.
283. Haemogregarina sp.
Host: Bufo himalayanus.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
284. Haemogregarina sp.
Host: Hemidactylus flaviuiridis.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
2 85. Haemogregarina sp.
Host: Natrix stolata.
Distribution: Koch Bihar.
286. Haemogregarina sp.
Host: Enhydris enhydris.
Distribution : Nadia.
287. Haemogregarina sp.
Host: Mabuya carinata.
Distribution : Dinajpur.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
288. Haemogregarina xaven de Mello
Host : Lisemys punctatata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
289. Hepatzoon mucosus Sinha
Host: Ptyas mucosus.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
290. Hepatzoon sp.
Host: Petaurista magnificus.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Suborder EIMERIINA
Family EIMERIIDAE
291. Caryospora bengalensis MandaI
Host: Enhydris enhydris.
Distribution : Nadia.
292. Caryospora cobrae Nandi
Host: Naja naja.
Distribution : Barddhaman.
293. Caryospora gekko~is Chakravarty &
Kar
Host: Gecko gecko.
Distribution : Kolkata ..
294. Dorisa aethiopsaris (Chakravarty &
Kar)
H~st : Acridotheres fuscus fuscus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
295· Dorisa bengalensis Bandopadhyay &
Ray
Host: Funambulus pennanti.
Distribution : Haora.
296. Dorisa chakravartyi (Ray & Sarkar)
Host: Lonchura malabarica, Lonchura
punctulata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
297· Dorisa .graculae- MandaI, Nandi,
Chakraborty, Bhowmik, Sarkar & Roy
Host: Gracula religiosa.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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298. Dorisa hareni (Chakravarty & Kar)
Host : Amandava amandava, Lonchura
malabarica, Lonchura malabarica malacca,
Lonchura punctulata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
299. Dorisa harpia (Sinha & Dasgupta)
Host: Harpiocephalus harpia lasyarus.
Distribution : Darjiling.
300. Dorisa indica Bandopadhyay, Ray &
Bhattacharjee
Host: Rattus rattus arboreus.
Distribution : Haora.
301. Dorisa mandali (Ray & Sarkar)
Host: Zosterops palpebrosa.
Distribution : Kolkata.
302. Dorisa passeris (Ray & Sarkar)
Host: Passer domesticus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
. 303. Dorisa vagabundae (Maridal &
Chakravarty)
Host: Dendrocitta vagabunda.
Distribution : Koikata.
304. Eimeria ahsata Honess
Host: Ovis sp., Capra hircus.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Kolkata.
305. Eimeria alectorae Ray & Hiregaudar
Host: Alectoris graeca.
Distribution : Kolkata.
306. Eimeria anili Haldar, Ray & MandaI
Host: Sturnas contra contra.
Distribution : Nadia.
307. Eimeria antiloceMJi Ray & MandaI
Host: Antelope cervicapra.
Distribution : Kolkata.
308. Eimeria arloingi (Marotel)
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Kolkata.
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309. Eimeria bandieota Bandopadhyay
and Dasgupta
Host: Bandicota bengalensis.
Distribution : Darjiling.
310. Eimeria bandipurensis Ray, Banik &
Mukherjee
Host: Funambulus palmarom.
Distribution : HugH.
311. Eimeria barbeta Kar
Host: Cyanops asiatica asiatica.
Distribution : Kolkata.
312. Eimeria bengalensis Paul, Ghosh &
Haldar
Host: Gallus domesticus.
Distribution : Barddhaman.
313. Eimeria bhutanensis Ray &
Hiregaudar
Host: Plyplectron bicoloratum .
Distribution : Kolkata.
314. Eimeria biswaspatti Bandopadhyay
Host: Bandicota indica.
Distribution : Haora.
315. Eimeria bongaonensis Sinha & Sinha
Host: Gekko gecko.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
316. Eimeria cervis MandaI & Choudhury
Host: Axis axis.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
317. Eimeria charadrii MandaI
Host: Charadrius asiaticus.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
318. Eimeria christenseni Levine, Ivens &
Fritz
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
319. Eimeria clupearum (Thelohan)
Host: HOlno sapiens.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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320. Eimeria columbae Mitra & Dasgupta
Host: Colulnba intermedia.
Distribution : Kolkata.
321. Eimeria comminispora
Bandopadhyay & Dasgupta
Host: Peturista magnificus.
Distribution : Darjiling.
322. Eimeria cotuMticis Chakraborty &
Kar
Host: Coturnix cotumix cotumix.
Distribution : Kolkata.
323. Eimeria crandallis Honess
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
324. Eimeria cyanophylycns
Chakravarty & Kar
Host: Rana cyanophlyctis.
Distribution ; Kolkata.
325. Eimeria Darjilingensis Sinha & Sinha
Host: Suncus murinus soccatus.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
326. Eimeria dauki Bhatia & Pande
Host: Amaurornis phoenicurus.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
327. Eimeriafalviviridis Setna & Bana
Host: Hemidactylus fiaviviridis.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
328. Eimeriafaurei (Moussus & Marotel)
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
329. Eimeriafibrilosa MandaI
Host: Enhydris enhydris.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
330. Eimeria gallinagoi MandaI
Host: Gallinago gallinago.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
331. Eimeria gallusae Paul, Ghosh &
Haldar
Host: Gallus domestica.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
332. Eimeria garumarana Bandopadhyay
and Dasgupta
Host: Rattus rattus brunneusculus.
Distribution ; J aipaiguri.
333. Eimeria gennaeuscus Ray &
Hiregaudar
Host: Gennaeseus horsfieldi.
Distribution : Kolkata.
334. Eimeria glossogobii MukheIjee &
Haldar
Host : Glossogobius giuris.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
335. Eimeria granulose Christensen
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
336. Eimeria gupti Bhatia
Host: Natrix piscator.
Distribution : Kolkata.
337. Eimeria haJpodoni Setna & Bana
Host: Harpodon nehereus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
338. Eimeria hemidactyli Knowles &
Dasgupta
Host : H emidactylus falviviridis.
Distribution : Kolkata.
339. Eimeria indiana Bandyopadhyay
et ale
Distribution : West Bengal.
340. Eimeria innominata Kar
Host: Lissemys punctata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
341. Eimeria intricata Spiegel
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
342. Eimeria irregulam Kar
Host: Lissemys punctata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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343. Eimeria jalpaiguriensis
Bandyopadhyay
Host: Herpestes edwardsi.
Distribution : Kolkata.
344. Eimeria janovyi Bandyopadhyay
et ale
Host: Columba livia.
Distribution : West Bengal.
345. Eimeria kapotei Chatterjee & Ray
Host: Columba livia intermedia.
Distribution : Kolkata.
346. EimeMa knowlesi Bhatia
Host: Hemidaetylusflaviviridis.
Distribution : Kolkata.
347. Eimeria koormae Dasgupta
Host: Lissemys punetata.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
348. Eimeria labbeana (Labbe)
Host: Columba livia intermedia.
Distribution : Kolkata.
349. Eimeria laminata Ray
Host: Btifo melanostietus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
350. Eimeria malaccae Chakravarty &
Kar
Host: Lonehura malaeea malacca.
Distribution : Kolkata.
351. Eimeria mandali Banik & Ray
Host: Pavo enstatus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
352. Eimeria micropylifera
Bandopadhyay & Dasgupta
Host: Petaunsta magnificus.
Distribution : Darjiling.
353. Eimeria murinus Bandopadhyay &
Dasgupta
Host: Suncus murinus.
Distribution : Haora.
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354. Eimeria najae Ray & Dasgupta
Host: Naja naja.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
355. Eimeria nasuta Bandopadhyay &
Dasgupta
Host: Petaurista magnificus.
Distribution: Darjiling.
356. Eimeria neodeblicki Vetterling
Host : Sus serofa.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
357. Eimeria ninakholyakimovi
Yakimoff & Rostegaieff
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
358. Eimeria notopteri Chakravarty & Kar
Host: Notopterus no top terus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
359. Eimeria numeni Manda]
Host: Numenius arquata.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
360. Eimeria oryctolagi Ray & Banik
Host: Oryctolagus cuniculus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
361. Eimeria ovoidalis Ray & MandaI
Host: Bubalus bubalis.
Distribution : Kolkata.
362. Eimeria paroa Kotlan, Mocsy & Vajda
Host: Capra hircus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
363. Eimeria pavorrina Banik & Ray
Host: Pauo cristatus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
364. Eimeria piscatori Ray & Dasgupta
Host: Natrix piscator.
Distribution : Kolkata.
365. Eimeria raghunathpurensis
Bandyopadhyay and Sikdar
Host: Ovis aiven.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
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366. Eimeria roscoviensis pluvialina
MandaI
Host: Pluvialis appricaria.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
367. Eimeria sibporensis Bandopadhyay &
Dasgupta
Host: Rattus rattus arboreus.
Distribution : Haora.
368. Eimeria southwelli Halawani
Host: Scolidon sorrakowah.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
369. Eimeria spinosa Henry
Host: Sus scrofa.
Distribution : Kolkata.
370. Eimeria stolatae Ray & Dasgupta
Host: Natrix stolata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
371. Eimeria suncus Ahuwalia, Singh,
Arora, MandaI & Sarkar
Host : Suncus murinus soccatus.
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
372~ Eimeria tenella (Raillet & Rucet)
Host : Gallus domesticus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
373. Eimeria triangularis Chakravarty
Host: Trionyx gangeticus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
374. Eimeria trionyxae Chakravarty &
Kar
Host: Trionyx gangeticus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
375. Eimeria tropicalis Malhotra & Ray
Host: Columba livia intermedia.
Distribution : Kolkata.
376. Eimeria panelli MandaI
Host: Vanellus malabaricus.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
377. Eimeria zygaenae MandaI
Host: Zygaena blochii.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Medinipur.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
378 . Isopora bellericae Banik & Ray
Host: Bellerica pavonina regulorum.
Distribution : Kolkata.
379. Isopora belli Wenyon
Host: Homo sapiens.
Distribution : Kolkata.
380. Isopora bengalensis MandaI &
Chakravarty
Host: Corvus splendens.
Distribution : Kolkata.
381. Isopora calotesi Bhatia
Host: Calotes versicolor.
Distribution : Kolkata.
382. Isopora canis Nemeseri
Host: Canis familiarise
Distribution : Kolkata.
383. Isopora capistrata Sinha & Sinha
Host : Heterophasia capistrata.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
384. Isopora ceylonensis Sinha, Sinha,
Chattoraj, Bandopadhyay & Ghosh
Host: Culicicapa ceylonensis calochrysea.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
385. Isopora concinnus Sinha & Sinha
Host: Aegithalos concinnus rubricapillus.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
386. Isopora copyschi Paul, Ghosh &
Haldar
Host: Copsychus saularis.
Distribution : Barddhaman.
387. Isopora emberizae MandaI &
Chakravarty
Host: Emberiza bruniceps.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
388. [sopora estrildi Paul, Ghosh & HaIdar
Host: Estrilda amandava.
Distribution : Kolkata.
389. Isoporafelis (Wasielewsky)
Host: Felis domestica.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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390. Isopora ginginiana Chakravarty & 400. Isopo~a minuta Mitra & Dasgupta
Kar Host: Naja naja.
Host: Acridotheres ginginianus. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata. 401. Isopora muniae Chakravarty & Kar
391. Isopora ginginiana tristis Host: Lonchura malacca malacca.
Chakravarty & Kar
Distribution : Kolkata.
Host: Acridotheres tristis tristis.
402. Isopora psittaculae Chakravarty &
Distribution : Kolkata. Kar
392. Isopora gypsi Patnaik & Mohanty Host: Psittacula eupatria nipalensis.
Host: Gyps bengalensis. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution: Kolkata. 403. Isopora pycnonotae MandaI &
393. Isopora hominis (Railliet & Lucet) Chakravarty
Host: Homo sapiens. Host: Pycnonotus jocosus.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Kolkata.
394. Isopora knowlesi Ray & Dasgupta 404. Isopora rovolta (Grassi)
Host : Hemidactylus flaviviridis. Host : Canis chaus, Felis domestica,
Distribution : Kolkata. Herpestes auropunctatus.
395. Isopora lacazei (Labbe) Distribution : Kolkata.
Host Acridotheres ginginianus, 405. Isopora sibporensis Bandopadhyay,
Acridotheres tristis tristis, Copsychus saularis, Nandi & Das
Passer domesticus, Ploceus philippinus, Host: Rattus rattus arboreus.
Pycnonotus cafer, Sturnus contra. Distribution : Haora.
Distribution : Kolkata. 406. Isopora stomaticae Chakravarty
396. Isopora leonina MandaI & Ray Host: Bufo stomaticus.
Host: Panthera leo. Distribution : Koikata.
Distribution : Kolkata. 407. Isopora sundarbanensis Ray &
397. Isopora lonchurae MandaI & Sarkar
Chakravarty Host: Sus scrofa.
Host: Lonchura punctulata. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Distribution : Kolkata. 408. Isopora temenuchii Chakravarty &
398. Isopora mandali Paul, Ghosh & Kar
Haldar Host: Sturnus pagodarum., Turdoides
Host: Pavo cristatus. striatus.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Kolkata.
399. Isopora megalaimae MandaI & 409. Isopora tropicalis Mukhel:iee &
Chakravarty Krassner
Host: Megalaima haemocephala. Host: Canis aureus.
Distribution : Koikata. Distribution : HugH.
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410. [sopora wenyoni Ray & Dasgupta
Host Rana limnocharis, Bufo
melanostictus, Rana tigrina.
Distribution : Kolkata.
411. Isopora zosteropis Chakravarty & Kar
Host : Zosterops palpebrosa palpebrosa.
Distribution : Kolkata."
412. Octosporella mabuiae Ray
Host: Mabuya sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
413. Pythonella bengalensis Ray &
Dasgupta
Murshidabad.
Host: Python sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
414. Sivatoshella lonchurae Ray &
Sarkar
Host : Lonchura malabarica, Lonchura
punctulata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
415. TyzzeMa alleni Chakravarty
Host: Nettapus coromandelianus.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
416.Tyzzeria chenicusae Ray & Sarkar
Host: Nettapus coromandelianus.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
4 17. Wenyonella columbae Haldar & Ray
Choudhury
Host: Columba livia intermedia.
Distribution: Kolkata and Nadia.
418.Wenyonella gagari Sarkar & Ray
Host: Anas bosch us.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
419. Wenyonella hoarei Ray & Das Gupta
Host: Sciurus sp.
Distribution : Raora.
420. Wenyonella levinei Bandopadhyay,
Ray & Das Gupta
Host: Rattus rattus arboreus.
Distribution : Raora.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Family BARROUXIIDAE
421. Goussia gadusae Sarkar
Host: Gadusia chapra.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family LANKESTERELLIDAE
422. Lankesterella bufonis Mansour &
Mohammad
Host: Bu/o melanostictus.
Distribution : Bankura.
423. Lankesterella minina (Chaussat)
Host: Rana limnocharis, Rana tigrina.
Distribution : Bankura, J alpaiguri and
424. Lankesterella Spa
Host: Bufo melanostictus.
Distribution : Darjiling.
425. Lankesterella sp.
Host: Ploceus philippinus.
Distribution: Nadia.
426. Lankesterella sp.
Host: Passer domesticus.
Distribution : Nadia.
427. Lankesterella sp.
Host: Stumus malabarica.
Distribution : Nadia.
Family SARCOCYSTIDAE
428. Sarcocystis blanchardi Dotlein
Host: Bos indicus, Bubalus bubalis.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family TOXOPLASMATIDAE
429. Toxoplasma gondii (Nicolli &
Manceaux)
Host: Rattus rattus, Lepus sp.
Distribution : Kolkata and Haora.
Suborder HAEMOSPORINA
Family HAEMOPROTEIDAE
430. Hae"moproteus bennetti Greiner,
MandaI & Nandi
Host : Picus flavinucha.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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431. Haemoproteus columbae Kruse
Host : Columba livia, Columba livia
intermedia., C. livia domestica, Pseudolynchia
canarienis.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata and
Nadia.
432. Haemoproteus co'Mtuata Bennett &
Nandi
Host: Megalaima haemacephala.
Distribution : Nadia.
433. Haemoproteus danilewskyi Kruse
Host: Corvus splendens., Dendrocitta
vagabunda.
Distribution : Kolkata and Nadia.
434. Haemoproteus dicMlM de Mello
Host: Dicrurus adsimilis.
Distribution : Nadia.
435. Haemoproteus fringillae Labbe
Host: Copsychus saularis.
Distribution : Kolkata.
436. Haemoproteus handai Maqsood
Host: Psittacula krameri manillensis.
Distribution: Kolkata.
437. Haemoproteus himalayanus Paul
& Das Gupta
Host : Heterop~asia capistrata.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
438. Haemoproteus oryzivorae
Host : Copsychus saularis., Lonchura
malabarica, Lonchura malacca ruboniger,
Lonchura punctulata, Ploceus philippinus,
Trudoides striatus.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata and
Nadia.
439. Haemoproteus ovalis Ray &
Choudhury
Host: Rana limnocharis.
Distribution : Bankura.
440. Haemoproteus passeris de Mello
Host: Sturnus contra, Sturnus malabaricus.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
50 9
441. Haemoproteus pastoMs de Mello
Host: Sturnus contra.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
442. Haemoproteus Mlpicola MandaI
et a1.
Host: Noemacheilus rupicola.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
443. Haemoproteus sangunis
Chakravarty & Kar.
Host: Pycnonotus jocosus emeria.
Distribution : Kolkata.
444. Haemoproteus nmalus Bannett
et ale
Host: Turdoides striatus.
Distribution: West Bengal.
445. Haemoproteus sp.
Host: Acrocephalus arundinaceus.
Distribution: Not known.
446. Haemoproteus sp.
Host: Acrocephalus stentoreus.
Distribution : Not known.
447. Haemoproteus sp.
Host: Acrocephalus dumetorum.
Distribution : Kolkata.
448. Haemoproteus sp.
Host: Cosychus malabaricus.
Distribution: Not known.
449. Haemoproteus sp.
Host: Dicrurus adsimilis.
Distribution : Not known.
450. Haemoproteus sp.
Host: Muscicapa adsilnilis.
Distribution : Kolkata.
451. Haemoproteus sp.
Host: Ithopygia saturata.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
452. Haemoproteus sp.
Host: Ploceus manyar.
Distribution: Not known.
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453. Haemoproteus sp.
Host: Estrilda amandava.
Distribution : Gangetic West Bengal.
454. Haemoproteus sp.
Host: Lanius schach.
Distribution : Kolkata.
455. Haemoproteus sp.
Host: Lonchura malabarica.
Distribution : Not known.
'456. Haemoproteus sp.
Host: Sturnus contra.
Distribution : Gangetic West Bengal.
457. Haemoproteus sp.
Host: Acrocephalus arundinaceus.
Distribution : Gangetic West Bengal.
458. Haemoproteus syrnii Mayer
Host: Otus scops.
Distribution : Nadia.
459. Haemoproteus sp.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
460. Haemoproteus trionyxi Misra &
Choudhury
Host: Trionyx gangeticus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
461. Haemoproteus zosteropsis
Chakravarty
Host: Zosterops palpebrosa palpebrosa.
Distribution : Kolkata.
462. Hereicerycis sp.
Host : Megalaima asiatica asiatica,
Megalaima haemacephala.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Nadia.
463· Hepatocysti~ rayi wui Das Gupta,
ChatteIjee & Ray
Host : Petaurista magnificus.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
464. Hepatocystis sp.
Host: Petaurista elegans caniceps.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
465. Polychromophilus murinus
Host: Hipposideros lankadiva.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
466. Polychromophilus sp.
Host: Rhinolophus rouxi rouxi.
Distribution : Darjiling.
467. Rayella gigantica Pal & Das Gupta
Host: Petaurista elegans caniceps.
Distribution : Darjiling.
468. Rayella hylopetei Dasgupta, Pal,
Chatterjee & Chakravarty
Host: Hylopetes alboniger.
Distribution : Darjiling.
469. Rayella rayi Das Gupta
Host: Petaurista magnificus.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family LEUCOCYfOZOIDAE
470. Leucocytozoon sabrazesi Mathis &
Lager
Host: Not Known.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family PLASMODIIDAE
471. Mesnilium malariae Misra, Haldar &
Chakravarty
Host: Channa punctatus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
472. Plasmodium circumflexum Kikuth
Host : Ardeola grayi, Dendrocitta
coromandelica.
Distribution : Kolkata and Nadia.
473. Plasmodium coturnixae Sarkar &
Ray
Host : Cotunix coromandelica.
Distribution : Kolkata.
474· Plasmodium falciparum (Welch)
Host: Anopheles sp., Homo sapiens.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia.,
Puruli:ya and Dinajpur.
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475. Plasmodium malariae Laveran 485. Plasmodium sp.

Host: Anopheles sp., Homo sapiens. Host: Muscicapa sundra.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Distribution: Not known.
Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata,
486. Plasmodium sp.
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia., Host: Stumus contra.
Puruliya and Dinajpur. Distribution : Not known.
476. Plasmodium nucleophilum 487. Plasmodium sp.
Manwell
Host: Centrops sinensis.
Host: Sturnus malabaricus.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
Distribution : Nadia.
488. Plasmodium sp.
477. Plasmodium relictum Grassi &
Host: Stumus malabarica.
Feletti
Host: Aedes sp., Anopheles subpictus, Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Columba livia intermedia., Corvus splendens., 489. Plasmodium vivax
Culex sp., Ithaginis cruentus, Lanius schach (Grassi & Feletti)
tricolor, Lonchura Malacca. Host: Anopheles sp., Homo sapiens.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata, Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Darjiling and Nadia. Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata,
478. Plasmodium sp. Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Host: Accipiter virgatus affinis. Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia,
Distribution : Darjiling. Puruliya and Dinajpur.
479. Plasmodium sp. Subclass PIROPLASMIA
Host: Dendrocitta vagabunda. Order PIROPLASMIDA
Distribution : Nadia. Family ANAPLASMIDAE
480. Plasmodium sp. 490. Anapl~fa centrale Theiler
Host: Megalaima haemacephala. Host: Hylopetes alboniger.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Darjiling.
481. Plasmodium sp. 491. Anaplasma marginale Theiler
Host: Otus scops.
Host: Hylopetes alboniger.
Distribution : Nadia.
Distribution : Darjiling.
482. Plasmodium sp.
492. Anaplasma sp.
Host: Heterophasia capistrata.
Host: Indian bats.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Kolkata.
483. Plasmodium sp.
Host: Heterophasia capistrata. Family BABESIIDAE
Distribution : Nadia. 493. Babesia bengalensis
484. Plasmodium sp. Bandopadhyay & Ray
Host: Ploceus philippinus. Host: Herpesi"es edwardsi.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
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494. Babesia bigemina
(Smith & Kilborne)
Host: Bos indicus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
495. Babesia gibsoni (Patton)
Host: Canisfamiliaris.
Distribution : Kolkata.
496. Babesia motasi Wenyon
Host: Ovis sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
497. Babesia muris (Fantham)
Host: Rattus rattus arboreus.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
498. Babesia vesperuginis (Dionisi)
Host: Scotophilus kuhli kuhli.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family DACTYLOSOMATIDAE
499. Dactylosoma notopteri
Kundu & Haldar
Host: Notopterus no top terus.
Distribution : Nadia.
500. Dactylosoma sp.
Host: Mystus vittatus.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
501. Dactylosoma striata
Sarkar & Haldar
Host: Ophicephalus striatus.
Distribution : HugH.
Family HAEMOHORMIDIIDAE
502. Haemohormidium
(=Babesiosoma) batrachi
(Ray Chaudhuri & Choudhury)
Host: Clarius batrachus.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
503. Haemohormidium
(= Babesiosoma) hareni
(Haldar, Misra & Chakravarty)
Host: Channa punctatus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
504. Haemohormidium
(= Babesiosoma) ophicephali
(Misra, Haldar & Chakravarty)
Host: Channa punctatus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
505. Haemohormidium
(= Babesiosoma) sp.
Host: Muraenesox sp.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family THEILERIIDAE
506. Theileria mutans (Theiler)
Host: Bos indicus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
507. Theileria paroa (Theiler)
Host: Bos indicus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Phylum MICROPORA
Class MICROSPOREA
Order MICROSPORIDA
Sub order APANSPOROBLASTINA
Family NO SEMATIDAE
508. Nosema bombycis Nageli
Host: Bombyx morii.
Distribution: Maldah and Murshidabad.
Family ?
509. Thelohania anomola Sen
Host : Anopheles ramsayi.
Distribution : Kolkata.
510. Thelohania indica Kudo
Host: Anopheles hyrcanus, Anopheles
ramsayi.
Distribution : Kolkata.
511. Thelohania legeri Hesse
Host : Anopheles annularies, Anopheles
barbirostris, Anopheles hyrcanus, Anopheles
ramsayi, Anopheles subpictus, Anopheles
vagus, Anopheles varuna.
Distribution : Bankura.
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512. Thelohania obscura Kudo
Host: Anopheles va-runa.
Distribution : Bankura.
Phylum MYXOZOA
Class MYXOSPOREA
Order BIVALVULIDA
Sub order BIPOLARINA
Family MYXIDIIDAE
513. Myxidium appocryptae
Bajpai & Haldar
Host: Apocryptes bato.
Distribution : Nadia.
514. Myrldium attuum
Sarkar
Host: Wallago attu.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
515. Myxidium boddaerti
Choudhury & Nandi
Host: Boleophthalmus boddaerti.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
516. Myxidium calcariferi
Chakravarty
Host: Lates calcanfer.
Distribution : Bankura.
517. Myxidium fasciatum Sarkar
Host: CoUsa fasciata.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
518. Myxidium glossogobi Chakravarty
Host: Glossogobius giuris.
Distribution : Kolkata.
519. Myxidium haldari Sarkar
Host: Hyla arborea.
Distribution : Nadia.
520. Myxidium' heteropneustesi
Chakravarty
Host: Heteropneustres fossilis.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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521. Myxidium islampurium
Sarkar, Mazumdar & Pramanik
Host: Channa marulius.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
522. Myxidium leiberkuhni Butschli
Host: Anabas testudineus, Boleophthalamus
boddaerti.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
523. Myxidium lepidocephalichthysum
Sarkar and Ray Chaudhury
Host: Lepldocephalichthys thermalis.
Distribution : Hugli.
524. Myxidium menodae Sarkar
Host: Aonchthys meroda menoda.
Distribution: Hugli.
525. Myxidium notopterum Sarkar
Host: Notopterus netopterus
Distribution : Hugli.
526. Myxidium mystusium
Sarkar & Ray Chaudhuri
Host: Mystus vittatus.
Distribution: Hugli.
527. Myxidium sciaenae Sarkar
Host : Sciaena bleekari.
Distribution: Medinipur.
528. Myxidium sp.
Host: Clanas batrachus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
529. Myxidium sp.
Host: Ophicephalus punctatus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
530. Myxidium sp.
Host: Ophicephalus punctahls.
Distribution : Nadia.
531. Myxidiunl sp.
Host : Heteropnestes fossilis.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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532. Myxidium striatusi Sarkar
Host : Ophicephalus striatus.
Distribution : HugH.
533. Sphaeromyxa corsulae
Sarkar & Ghosh
Host: Rhinomugil corsula.
Distribution : Bankura.
534. Sphaeromyxa dighae
Sarkar & Mazumdar
Host: Hilsa ilisha.
Distribution: Medinipur.
535. Sphaeromyxa hareni Sarkar
Host: Tachysurus platystomus.
Distribution : Medinipur.
536. Sphaeromyxa pultai Tripathi
Host: Odontamblyopus rubicundus.
Di~tribution : North 24 Pgs.
537. Sphaeromyxa theraponi Tripathi
Host: Theraponjarbua.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
538. Zschokkella auerbachi (Weill)
Host Bufo melanostictus, Rana
limnocharis, Rana tigrina.
Distribution : Kolkata.
539. Zschokkella cascasiensis Sarkar
Host : Sicamugil caseasia.
Distribution : HugH.
540. Zschokkella channae Sarkar
Host: Charma punctatus.
Distribution: Hugli.
541. Zschokkella ci.,..,.hinae Sarkar
Host: Cirrhinus reba.
Distribution: HugH.
542. Zschokkella fossilae Chakravarty
Host: Heteropneustes fossilis.
Distribution : Kolkata.
543· Zschokkella gobidiensis
Sarkar and Ghosh
Host: Gobius giuris.
Distribution : Hugli.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
544. Zschokkella illishae Chakravarty
Host: Hilsa ilisha.
Distribution : Kolkata.
545. Zschokkella lissemysi Chakravarty
Host : Lissemys punctata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
546. Zschokkella platystomusi Sarkar
Host: Tachysurus platystomus.
Distribution: Medinipur.
547. Zschokkella p~eudosciaena Sarkar
Host : Pseudosciaana coibor.
Distribution : HugH.
Family ORTHOLINEIDAE
548. Ortholinea gadusiae Sarkar
Host: Gadusia chapra.
Distribution : HugH.
549. Ortholinea indica Sarkar
Host: Microspinispora cuja.
Distribution : HugH.
Family SINUOLINEIDAE
550. Sinuolinea indica Sarkar
Host: Psaudosciaera coibor.
Distribution: Hugli.
551. Myxoproteus cujaeus Sarkar
Host: Microspiuosa cuja.
Distribution : HugH.
Suborder EURYSPORINA
Family CERATOMYXIDAE
552. Ceratomyxa gobioidesi Chakravarty
Host: Odontamblyopus rubicundus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
553. Ceratomyxa cyanoglossi Das et ale
Host : Cyanoglossus lingua.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
554. Ceratomyxa cylindrobiconica
Sarkar
Host: Avius soua.
Distribution: Medinipur.
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555· Ceratomyxa macroualuula Sarkar
Host: Avius sagor.
Distribution: Medinipur.
556. Ceratomyxa daysciaenae
Sarkar and Pramanik
Host: Daysciaena albida.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
557. Ceratomyxa nengae Sarkar
Host : Tachysurus nenga.
Distribution : Medinipur.
558. Ceratomyxa sagarica
Choudhury & Nandi
Host: Boleophthalmus boddaerti.
,Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
559. Ceratomyxa scatoph~gi
Chakravarty
Host: Scatophagus argus.
Distribution : Bankura.
560. Ceratomyxa tenulosae
Sarkar and Pramanik
Host: Tenulosa toli.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
561. Ceratomyxa sp.
Host: Gobioides rubicundus.
Distribution: Kolkata.
562. Ceratomyxa sp.
Host: Trichogaster fasciatus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
563. Ceratomyxa sp.
Host: Macrones gulio.
Distribution : Kolkata.
564. Ceratomyxa tartoori Sarkar
Host : Opisthopterus tartoor.
Distribution : Medinipur.
Family SPHAEVOSPORIDAE
565. Sphaerospora corsulae
Sarkar and Ghosh
Host: Rhinomugil corsula.
Distribution : West Bengal.
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566. Myxobilatus odontamblyopusi
Basu and Haldar
Host: Odontamblyopus rubicundus.
Distribution: Nadia.
567. Chloromyxum amphipnoui Ray
Host: Amblypharygodon mola, Amphipnous
cuchia, Heteropneustes fossilis.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
568. Chloromyxum clariasum Sarkar
Host: Clarias batrachus.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
569. Chloromyxum meglistchi Sarkar
Host: Ophicephalus punctatus.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
570. Chloromyxum mrigalae Tripathi
Host: Cirrhinus mrigala.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
571. Chloromyxum ompakii Sarkar
Host: Ompak maculatus.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
572. Chloromyxum puntii
Host: Puntius ticto.
Distribution: Hugli.
573. Chloromyxum sp.
Host: Xenentodon cancila.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
574. Leptotheca latesi Chakravarty
Host: Lates calcarifer.
Distribution : Bankura.
575. Leptotheca macronesi
Chakravarty
Host: Macrones gulio.
Distribution : Bankura.
Family PARVICAPSULIDAE
576. NeopaMJicapsula monsalata
Sarkar
Host: Microspinispo1'a cuja.
Distribution: HugH.
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Family NEOTHELOHANELLIDAE
577. Neothatohanellus catlae
Das and Haldar
Host: Catla catla.
Distribution: Nadia.
578. Neothelohanellus krishnagarensis
Das and Haldar
Host : Labeo calbasu.
Distribution : Nadia.
Suborder PLATYSPORINA
Family MYXOBOLIDAE
579. Henneguya bengalensis
Ray & Chakravarty
Host: Ophicephalus punctatus.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
580. Henneguya bicornuata
Raychaudhury & Chakravarty
Host: Ophicephalus punctatus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
581. Henneguya bleekeri
Haldar & Mukherjee
Host: Mystus bleekeri.
Distribution : Nadia.
582. Henneguya chaudhuryi
Bajpai & Haldar
Host : Ophicephalus punctatus.
Distribution : Nadia.
583. Henneguya latesi Tripathi
Host : Lates calcarifer.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
584. Henneguya mystasi Haldar et ale
Host: Mystus geelio.
Distribution : Nadia.
585. Henneguya mystusia Sarkar
Host: Mystus sp.
Distribution: Hugli.
586. Henneguya namae
Haldar, Das & Sharma
Host: Chanda nama.
Distribution : Nadia.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
'587. Henneguya ophicephali
Chakravarty
Host : Ophicephalus gachua, Ophicephalus
punctatus.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
588. Henneguya renalis
Sarkar, Mazumdar & Pramanik
Host: Channa maruliensis.
Distribution : Murshidabad.
589. Henneguya "tae
Bajpai & Haldar
Host: Rita rita.
'Distribution : HugH.
590. Henneguya rubicundi
Haldar & Mukherjee
Host: Odontamblyopus rubicundus.
Distribution : Nadia.
591. Myxobolus aligarhensis
Bhatt & Siddiqui
Host: Ophicephalus punctatus.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
592. Myxobolus anili Sarkar
Host: Rhinomugil corsula.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
593. Myxobolus bankimi Sarkar
Host : Slcamugil cascasia.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
594. Myxobolus barbi Tripathi
Host: Puntius ticto.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
595. Myxobolus bengalensis
Chakravarty & Basu
Host : Catla catla.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
596. Myxobolus bhadurius Sarkar
Host : Wallago attu.
Distribution : West Bengal.
597. Myxobolus brachialis Tripathi
Host: Barbus sarana.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
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598.~yxobolus buccoroo~
Basu and Haldar
Host : Labeo batao
Distribution : Nadia.
599. Myxobolus calbasui Chakravarty
Host: Cirrhinus mrigala, Labeo calbasu,
Labeo rohita.
Distribution : Kolkata.
600. Myxobolus calcariferum
Basu and Haldar
Host : Lates calcarifer.
Distribution: Nadia.
601. Myxobolus catlae Chakravarty
Host: Catla catla, Cirrhinus mrigala, Labeo
rohita.
Distribution : Kolkata.
602. Myxobolus cahnrigalae
Basu and Haldar
Host: Catla-Mrigala Hybrid.
Distribution : HugH.
603. Myxobolus chakrauartyi
Haldar, Das & Sharma
Host: Catla catla.
Distribution : Nadia.
604. Myxobolus chinsurahensis
Basu and Haldar
Host: Anabas testudineus.
Distribution: HugH.
605. Myxobolus ciani Chakravarty
Host: Clarius batrachus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
606. Myxobolus cylindrica
(Sarkar, Mazumdar & Pramanik)
Host: Channa gachua.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
Murshidabad.
607. Myxobolus dermitis
(Haldar, Mukherjee & Kundu)
Host : Labeo rohita.
Distribution : Nadia.
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60S. Myxobolus ectointestinalis
Mukhopadhyay and Haldar
Host: Catla catla.
Distribution : Nadia.
609. Myxobolus edellae
Sarkar
Host: Gtenopharyngodor edella.
Distribution : Kolkata.
610. Myxobolus eeli MandaI & Nair
Host: Mastacembelus armatus.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
611. Myxobolus filamentosa
(Haldar, Mukherjee & Kundu)
Host: Puntius Jilamentosus.
Distribution : Nadia.
612. Myxobolus indicum Tripathi
Host: Cirrhinus mrigala.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
613. Myxobolus indirae (Kundu)
Host: Cirrhinus mrigala.
Distribution : Nadia.
614. Myxobolus labeosus Sarkar
Host: Labeo Jimbriatus.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
615. Myxobolus magaudi
(Bajpai & Halder)
Host: Colisafasciatus.
Distribution : Nadia.
616. Myxobolus magurii
Sarkar
Host: Clarias magur.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
617.Myxobolus mahendrae Sarkar
Host; Catla catia.
and
Distribution: HugH.
61S. Myxobolus maruliensis
(Sarkar, Mazumdar & Pramanik)
Host: Channa maruliensis.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
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619. Myxobolus monoramae 630. Myxobolus rigida Sarkar

Basu and Haldar Host: Amblypharyagodon mola.
Host: Catla-Rohu hybrid. Distribution : HugH.
Distribution : H ugli. 631. Myxobolus rohitae
620. Myxobolus molae Haldar, Das & Sharma
Sarkar Host: Labeo rohita.
Host: Amblypharyngodin mola. Distribution: HugH.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. 632. Myxobolus serrata
621. Myxobolus mrigalae Chakravarty Pagarkar and Das
Host: Cirrhinus mrigala. Host: Cypninus carpio.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : West Bengal.
622. Myxobolus mrigalhitae 633. Myxobolus shantipuri
Basu and Haldar Basu and Haldar
Host: Cimhina mrigala-Labes rohita hybrid. Host: Catla-Rohu hybrid.
Distribution: Nadia.
Distribution : Nadia.
623. Myxobolus mustusius Sarkar
634. Myxobolus sphericum Tripathi
Host: Mystus vittatus.
Host: Cirrhinus mrigala.
Distribution : HugH.
Distribution : Nadia.
624. Myxobolus multivaderis
635. Myxobolus trichogasteri (Sarkar)
Mukhopadhyay and Haldar
Host: Catla catla. Host: Colisa fasciatus.
Distribution : Nadia. Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
625. Myxobolus naihatiensis 636. Myxobolus undsuturae Sarkar
Acharya et ale Host: Amblypharyngodon mola.
Host: Cirrhira mrigala. Distribution: Hugli.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. 637. Neohenneguya tetraradiata
626. Myxobolus noblei (Sarkar) Tripathi
Host: Ophicephalus striatus. Host: Odontamblyopus rubicundus.
Distribution: Hugli. Distribution : West Bengal.
627. Myxobolus ophthalmasculata Basu 638. Neothelohanellus catlae
and Haldar Das & Haldar
Host: Cirrhina mrigala. Host: Catla catla.
Distribution : Nadia Distribution : Nadia.
628. Myxobolus parsi Das 639. Neotholohanellus krishnagarensis
Host: Liza parsia. Das & Haldar
Distribution : West Bengal. Host: Labeo calbasu.
629. Myxobolus renicatlae Distribution : Nadia.
Mukhopadhyay and Haldar 640. Thelohanellus auerbachi Sarkar
Host: Catla catla. Host: Tachysurus platystomus.
Distribution : Nadia. Distribution : Medinipur.
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641. Thelohanellus avijiti
Basu and Haldar
Host: Labeo rohita.
Distribution : HugH.
642. Thelohanellus bengalensis
Sarkar & Raychaudhury
Host: Catla catla.
Distribution: HugH.
643. Thelohanellus bifurcata
Basu and Haldar
Host: Labeo rohita-Catla catla hybrid.
Distribution : Nadia.
644. Thelohanellus calbasu Tripathi
Host: Labeo calbasu.
Distribution: HugH.
645. Thelohanellus catlae
Chakravarty & Basu
Host: Catla catla.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
646. Thelohanellus caudatus
Pagarkar and Das
Host: Labeo rohita.
Distribution : West Bengal.
647. Thelohanellus chandannagaransis
Basu and Haldar
Host: Catla catla.
Distribution: HugH.
648. Thelohanellus coeli
Sarkar & Mazumdar
Host: Tachysurus tenuispinis.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
649. Thelohanellus disporomorphus
Basu et a1.
Host: Cirrhina mrigala.
Distribution : Nadia.
650. Thelohanellus endodernitus
Mukhopadhyay and Haldar
Host: Labes rohita.
Distribution : Nadia.
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651.. Thelohanellus gangeticus Tripathi
Host: Chela bacaila.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
652. Thelohanellus jiroveci
Kundu & Haldar.
Host: Labeo batao
Distribution: Nadia.
653. Thelohanellus mrigalae Tripathi
Host: Cirrhinus mrigala.
Distribution : West Bengal.
654. Thelohanellus sarasinhamurtius
Sarkar
Host: Amblypharyagodon mola
Distribution: HugH.
655. Thelohanellus opthalmicus
Haldar, Das & Sharma
Host: Catla catla.
Distribution : Nadia.
656. Thelohanellus rodgii
Kundu & Haldar
Host: Labeo calbasu.
Distribution : Nadia.
657. Thelohanellus rohitae
(Southwell & Prasad)
Host: Labeo rohita.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
658. Thelohanellus sanjibi
Sarkar & Ghosh
Host: Mystus gulio.
Distribution: HugH.
659. Thelohanellus seni Sarkar & Ghosh
Host: Catla catla.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
660. Thelohanellus sudevi
Sarkar & Ghosh
Host: Amblyopharyngodon ,nola.
Distribution : HugH.
661. Thelohanellus wallagoi
Sarkar
Host: Wallago atta
Distribution : HugH.
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Order MULTIVAVULIDA
Family KUDOIDAE
662. Kudoa bengalensis
Sarkar & Mazumdar
Host: Tachysurus platystomus.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family TRILOSPORIDAE
663. Kudoa cascasia
Sarkar & Ray Chaudhury
Host: Sieamugil caseasia.
Distribution : Hugli.
664. Kudoa coibori
Sarkar
Host: Pseudosciaena coibor.
Distribution : Hugli.
665. Kudoa haridasae
Sarkar & Ghosh
Host: Mugil parsia.
Distribution : HugH.
666. Kudoa sagarica
Das
Host: Lizaparsia.
Distribution: HugH.
667. Kudoa tachysurae
Sarkar & Mazumdar
Host: Tachysurus tenuispinis.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
668. Unicapsula maxima Sarkar
Host: Pseudosciana coibor.
Distribution : HugH.
Phylum CILIOPHORA
Class KINETOFRAGMINOPHOREA
Sub class HYPOSTOMATIA
Order RHYNCHODIDA
Family ANCISTROCOMIDAE
669. Ancistrocoma dissimilis Kozloff
Host: Mactra luzonica.
Distribution: Medinipur.
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670. Ancistrocoma pelseneeri
Chatton & Lwoff
Host : M actra luzonica.
Distribution : Medinipur.
671. Ancistrocoma thorsoni Fenchel
Host : Mactra luzonica.
Distribution : Medinipur.
672. Raabella helensis Chatton
Host: Modiolus striatulus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subclass VESTIBULIFERIA
Order TRICHOSTOMATiDA
Sub order TRICHOSTOMATINA
Family BALANTIDIIDAE
673. Balantidium blattarum Ghosh
Host : Periplaneta americana.
Distribution : Kolkata.
674. Balantidium coli (Malmsten)
Host: Sus scrofa, Homo sapiens.
Distribution·: Sou~ 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
675. Balantidium depressum (Ghosh)
Host: Piia globosa.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Kolkata and DaIjiling.
676. Balantidium dogie Ii
Das & Mukherjee
Host: Lissemys punctata punctata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
677. Balantidium helenae Bezzenberger
Host : Rana cyanophiyctis., Rana
limnocharis, Rana hexadactyla, Rana tigrina.
Distribution : Kolkata and Puruliya.
678. Balantidium knowlesi Ghosh
Host : Culicoides peregrinus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
679. Balantidium mrigalae
Mukherjee & Haldar
Host: Cirrhinus mrigala.
Distribution : Nama.
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680. Balantidium ovatum Ghosh
Host: Periplaneta americana.
Distribution: Kolkata.
681. Balantidium pangasi
Mukherjee & Haldar
Host: Pangasius pangasius.
Distribution : Nadia.
682. Balantidium ranarum Ghosh
Host: Rana tigrina.
Distribution : Kolkata.
683. Balantidium rayi
Pal & Das Gupta
Host : Tylototriton verrucossus.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
684. Balantidium rhesum Ghosh
Host: Macaca mulatta.
Distribution : Kolkata.
685. Balantidium rotundum
Bezzenberger
Host: Rana hexadactyla, Rana tigrina.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
686. Balantidium sushillae Ray
Host: Rana tigrina.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
687. Balantidium tylototritonis
Pal & Das Gupta
Host: Tylototriton vessucossus.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Class OLIGOHYMENOPHOREA
Sub class HYMENOSTOMATIA
Order ASTOMATIDA
Fa1nily ANOPLOPHRYIDAE
688. Anoplophrya aelosomatis
Anderson
Host: Aelosoma clilorosticum, Metaphire
posthuma.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
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689. Anoplophrya anili
MukbeIjee & Chakrabarti
Host: Perionyx excavatus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
690. Anoplophrya chauhani
MukheIjee & Chakrabarti
Host: Perionyx excavatus.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
691. Anoplophrya cylindrica Ghosh
Host: Belamya bengalensis.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
692. Anoplophrya elongata Ghosh
Host: Small gastropods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
693. Anoplophrya lloydi Ghosh
Host: Metaphire posthuma.
Distribution : Kolkata.
694. Anoplophrya lumbrici (Schrank)
Host: Pheretima posthuma.
Distribution : Kolkata.
695. Anoplophrya pheritima
RayChaudhuri, Haldar & Chakravarty
Host: Metaphire posthuma.
Distribution : Kolkata.
696. Anoplophrya variabilis Ghosh
Host : Small gastropods.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family MAUPASELLIDAE
697. Maupasella nova Capede
Host: Perionyx excavarus.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
Order HYMENOSTOMATIDA
Sub order OPHRYOGLENINA
Falnily ICHTHYOPHTHIRIIDAE
69B. lchthyophthirius multifilis
Fouquet
Host: Cirrhinus mrigala, Labeo batao
Xiphophorus helle1;i, Labeo rohita, l\1ajor carps
Distribution : Bankura.
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Order SCUTICOCILIATIDA 708. Protophrya indica

Sub order PLEURONEMATINA Jamadar & Choudhury
Family CONCHOPHTHIRIDAE Host : Littorina meianostoma, Littorina
699. Conchopthirius curtus Engleman scabra scabra.
Host: Lamellidens marginallis. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Family Hysterocinetidae
Kolkata and Medinipur. 709. Drilocineta perionyxi
700. Conchopthirius elongatus Ghosh Nair & Chakrabarty
Host: Lamellidens marginallis. Host : Perionyx excavatus.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Distribution : Medinipur.
Kolkata and Medinipur. Subclass PERITRICHA
701. Conchopthirius lamellidens Ghosh Order PERITRICHIDA
Host: Lamellidens marginallis. Sub order MOBILINA
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Family TRICHODINIDAE
Kolkata and Medinipur.
710. TMchodina gangetica
Family CYCLIDIIDAE
Jamadar & Choudhury
702. Cristigera susamai Jamadar &
Choudhury
Host: Modiolus striatulus.
Host: Crassostrea cucullata. Distribution : Kolkata.
"

Distribution : South 24 Pgs. 711. TMchodina cancilae Asmat

Suborder THIGMOTRICHINA
Family ANCISTRIDAE
703. Ancistrumina barbata (IsseI)
Host: Cerithidea obtusa.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
704· Ancistrumina obtusae
Jamadar & Choudhury
Host: Cerithidea obtusa.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
705. Bovena teredinidi Nelson
Host: Mactra luzonica.
Distribution: Medinipur.
706. Fenchelia kapili
Jamadar & Coudhury
Host: Cerithidea obtuse.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
707. Fenchelia saganca Jamadar &
Choudhury
Host: Cerithidea obtusa.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
Host: Xenentodor cancila.
DistribZ1:tion : West Bengal.
712. Trichodina giurusi
Mitra and Bandyopadhyay
Host: Glossogobius giuris.
Distribution : West Bengal.
713. 1Hchodina giurusi
Mitra and Haldar
Host: Glossogobius giuris.
Distribution : Nadia.
714. Trichodina indica Tripathi
Host : Amblypharyngodon mola, Catla
catla, Chanda nama, Chanda ranga, Channa
gachua, Cirrhinus mrigala, Cirrhinus reba,
Labeo calbasu.
Distribution : Bankura.
715~ Trichodina haldar
Mitra and Bandyopadhyay
Host: Glossogobius giuris.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
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716. Trichodina molae 727. Trichodinella epizootica (Raabe)
Mitra and Haldar
Host: Puntius sarana.
Host: Ambhypharyagodon mola.
Distribution : West Bengal.
Distribution : Nadia.
728. Tripartiella bulbosa (Davis)
717. Trichodina kalyniensis
Ray and Choudhury Host: Catla catla, Chanda nama, Cirrhinus
mrigala, Labeo rohita, Mystus bleekeri.
Host: Rana cyanophlyctis.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. Distribution : Nadia.
718. Trichodina mukundai 729. Tripartiella copiosa Lorn
Ray & Choudhury Host: Cyprinus carpio, Labeo rohita.
Host : Bufo malanostictus. Distribution : Nadia.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. 730. Tripartiella obtusa Ergens & Lorn
719. Trichodina mystusi Host: Ctenopharyngodon idella.
Asmat and Haldar
Distribution : Nadia.
Host: Mystus gulio.
Suborder SESSILINA
Distribution : Nadia.
Family SCYPHIDIIDAE
720. Trichodina nigra Lorn
Host: Major carps, Nandus nandus, Tilapia 731. Scyphidia bengalensis
mossambica. Jamadar & Choudhury
Distribution : Nadia. Host: Cerithidea cingulata.
721. Trichodina pediculus Ehrenberg Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
Host: Tadpole. 732. Scyphidia pyrifonnis Tripathi
Distribution : Kolkata. Host: Catla catla, Cirrhinus mrigala,
722. Trichodina sp. Cirrhinus reba, Labeo rohita.
Host: Tilapia mossambica. Distribution : Hugli.
Distribution : Kolkata. 733. Scyphidia ubiquita Hirshfield
723. Trichodina sp. Host : Littorina melanostoma, Littorina
Host: Sphaeroides oblongus. scabra scabra.
Distribution : Medinipur. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
724. Trichodina sp. Class POLYHYMENOPHOREA
Host: Ophicephalus punctatus. Sub class SPIROTRICHA
Distribution : Nadia.
Order HETEROTRICHIDA
725. Paratrichodina bassonae
Sub order CLEVELANDELLINA
Mitra and Bandyopadhyay
Host : Mystus cavasius. Family NYCTOTHERIDAE
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. 734. Nyctotheroides cordifonnis
726. Paratrichodina notopteriae (Ehrenberg)
Saha et ale Host: Bufo melanostictus, Rana tigrina.
Host: Notopterus notopterus. Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Distribution : Kolkata. Kolkata and Hugli.
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735. Nyctotheroides bengalensis
Ray and Choudhury
Host: Rana tigrina.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
736. Nyctotheroides kaloulae
Ray and Choudhury
Host: Kaloula pulchra.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
737. Nyc to theroides ornatae
Ray and Choudhury
Host: Microhyla ornata.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
738. Nyctotheroides ranae
Ray and Choudhury
Host: Rana tigrina erassa.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
739. Nyctotheroide.s sundarbanensis
Ray and Choudhury
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Host: Rana cyanophlyctis.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
740. Nyctotherus chatterjeei
Chakravarty & Chatte~ee
Host: Gryllotalpa vulgaris.
Distribution : H ugli.
741. Nyctotherus ke~pi Ghosh
Host: Pila globosa.
Distribution : Kolkata.
742. Nyctotherus ovalis Leidy
Host: Periplaneta americana.
Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah.
Family SICUOPHORIDAE
743. Sicuophora ~aCropha'Yngeus
(Bezzenberger)
Host: Rana tigrina.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Kolkata.
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PORIFERA
Phylum PORIFERA
Class DEMOSPONGIAE
Family SPONGILLIDAE
1.Corvospongilla caunteri Annandale
Distribution : Kolkata.
2. COMJospongilla lapidosa (Annandale)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
3. Dosilia plumose (Carter)
Distribution: Bankura (Susunia).
4. Ephydatia meyeni (Carter)
Distribution: Haora (Domjur).
5. Eunapius calcuttanus .(Annandale)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Rayna) and
Haora (AI:nta, Bagnan, Shyampur).
6. Eunapius carteri (Bowerbank)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (NabapaUy),
Bankura (Bishnupur, Joyrambati, Saltora,
Susunia), Birbhum (Nalhati, Sainthea), Haora
(Bagnan), Hugli (Chinsura), Jalpaiguri
(Alipurduar), Koch Bihar (Mathabhanga),
Maldah (Maldah town), Medinipur (Contai,
Ghatal, Gopiballavpur, Tamluk), Nadia
(Krishnanagar), Puruliya (Bagmundi, Manbazar,
Raghunathpur) and W. Dinajpur (Raiganj).
7. Eunapius crassissimus (Annandale).
Distribution : Bankura (Kotalpur, Tejpal,
Bishnupwr), Jalpaiguri (Lataguri) and Koch
Bihar (Mathabhanga).
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8. Eunapiusfragilis (Leidy)
Distribution: Haora (Mourigram), HugH
(Janai) and Medinipur (Kolaghat, Naradari).
9. Radiospongilla cerebellata
(Bowerbank)
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
10. Radiospongilla indica (Annandale)
Distribution: HugH and Maldah (Gajal).
11. Spongilla alba Carter
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Kolkata.
12. Spongilla lacustris (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Bankura (Aral Bansi, Kotalpur,
Saltora), Birbhum (Nalhati), Barddhaman
(Galsi), HugH (Hooghly), Maldah (Bamangola,
Gajal) and Medinipur (Talpukur).
13. Stratospongilla indica (Annandale)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
14. Trochospongilla latouchiana
Annandale
Distribution : Kolkata.
15. Trochospongilla philottiana
Annandale
Distribution : Kolkata.
16. Umborotula bogorensis (Weber)
Distribution: HugH (Kamarpukur).
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CNIDARIA
Phylum CNIDARIA 7. Pelocoetes minima Panikkar
Class ANTHOZOA Habitat : Marine form, occuring in estuary
Subclass HEXACORALLIA also.
Order ACTINIARIA Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Family ACTINIIDAE 8. Phytocoeteopsis ramunnii Panikkar
1. Paracondylactis indica Dave Habitat : Soft mud burrowing form in the
Habitat: Muddy sand of littoral zone. intertidal zone.
Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha), South Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island,
24 Pgs. (Bakkhali). Jharkhali).
Family DIADUMENIDAE 9. Phytocoetes gangeticus Annandale
2. Diadumene schilleriana (Stoliczka) Habitat : Soft mud burrowing form in the
Habitat: Decaying wood in intertidal zone intertidal zone.
and shalow. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Mandirtola,
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning, Maligwalinighat, Sagar Island, Canning).
Diamond harbour, Sagar Island), East Class SCYPHOZOA
Medinipur (Digha, Shankarpur, Junput).
Order CORONATAE
Family EDWARDSIIDAE
10. Atolla wyvillei Haeckel
3. Edwardsia tinctrix Annandale
Distribution : WB Coast (off Gangetic delta).
Habitat: Burrowing form in soft muddy
substratum of. Order CUBOMEDUSAE

Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip). Family CARYBDEIDAE

4· Edwardsia jonesii Seshaiya & Cuttress 11. Tamoya gargantuan Haeckel
Habitat : Mangrove ecosystem, Soft muddy Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sand heads).
substratum of. Order RHIZOSTOMAE
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gangasagar, Family CASSIOPEIDAE
Gosaba, Jalakhati, Jharkhali, Purandar) , East
12. Cassiopea andromeda (Forskal)
Medinipur (Digha Mohana).
Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha).
Family HALIACTIIDAE
Family CATOSTYLIDAE
5· Nevadne glauca (Annandale)
13. Acromitus jlagellatus (Maas)
Habitat: Marine.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Canning,
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Gosaba,. Harbar point), East Medinipur
6. Pelocoetes exul Annandale
(Digha).
Habitat : Soft muddy substratum of
14. Acromitus rabanchatu Annandale
intertidal zone.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Basanti, Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha).
....Gosaba, Jharkhali), East Medinipur (Digha 15· Crambionella annandalei Rao
Mohana, .Jalda). Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).
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Family CEPHEIDAE Order SIPHONOPHORA

16. Netrosoma fyphlodendrium Schultze Family PHYSALIDAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gangetic delta, 20.Physalia physalis (Linnaeus)
Canning). Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha).
Family VERSURIGIDAE Family DIPHYIDAE
17. Versuriga anadyomene (Maas) Diphyes bojani (Chun.)
21.

Distribution : WB Coast off Sand heads. Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).

Class HYDROZOA Order THECATA
Family CAMPANULARIIDAE
Order CHONDROPHORA
Obelia spinulosa (Bell.)
22.
Family PORPITIDAE
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).
18. Porpita porpita Limaeus
Order HYDROIDA
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).
Family HYDRIDAE
Family VELELLIDAE 23. Hydra vulgaris Pallas
19. Velella vellella (Linnaeus) Distribution: Kolkata and adjoining area and
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha). Puruliya (Adra).
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CTENOPHORA
Phylum CTENOPHORA Class TENTACULATA
Class NUDA Order CYDIPPIDA
Order BEROIDA
Family PLEUROBRACHIDAE
Family BEROIDAE
1. Beroe sp. -2. Pleurobrachia globosa Mosser
Distribution : West Bengal Coast. Distribution : West Bengal Coast.
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PLATYHELMINTHES : CESTODA
Family AMPHILINIDAE 9. Southwellia gallinarum (Southwell)
Subfamily GEPHYROLININAE Host: Fowl.
1. Gephyrolina paragonopora· (Woodland) Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
Host: Macrones aor, Mystus seenghala. 10. Prochoanotaenia microsoma
Distribution : Mednipur, North 24 Pgs. and (Southwell)
South 24 Pgs. Host : Crested bunting.
Family CARYOPHYLLAEIDAE Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Subfamily LYTOCESTINAE Subfamily DILEPIDINAE
2. Lytocestus indicus (Moghe) 11. Lateriporus spinosus Fuhrrmann
Host: Clanas batrachus. Host: Adrea purpurea.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Birbhum, Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Mednipur, North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs.
12. Choanotaenuia deeaeantha Fuhrmann
3. Lytocestus longicollis Ramadevi Host: Snipe.
Host: Clanas batrachus.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
13. Amoebotaenia ~henoides Railliet
Pgs.
Host: Domestic Fowl.
4. Djombangia penetrans Bovien
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
Host: Clanas batrachus.
14. Anomotaenia acollis Fuhrmann
Distribution : Maldah, North 24 Pgs.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
5. Lytocestoides lepidocephali Kundu
15. Dilepis eampylancristrota (Wedl)
Host: Lepidocestoides lepidocephali.
Host: Herodias garzetta, Ardeola grayi.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
Family PTEROBOTHRIIDAE
16. Dilepis eypselina Neslobinsky
6. Syndesmobothrium filicolle Linton
Host: Treepie, Dendrocitta leucogaster.
Host : [Zisha iZisha.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Distribution : Kolkata.
17. Cyclorehida omalancristrota (Wedl)
Family DILEPIDIDAE
Host: Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia.
Subfamily DIPLIDIINAE
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
7. Dipylidium caninum (Linnaeus)
18. Cyclorchida forteria Meggitt
Host Paradoxurus grayl, P.
hermaphroditus, Felis viverrina. Host: Orange headed ground Thrush.

Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong, Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).

Darjiling). Subfamily PARUTERINAE
8. Joyeuxiella gervaisi (Setti) 19. Rhabdometra tomiea Cholodkoysky
Host: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus Host: Trancolium pictus.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
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20. Rhabdometra dendrocitta Woodland
Host: Dendrocitta vagabunda.
Distribution : Puruliya.
Family ANOPLOCEPHALIDAE
Subfamily ANOCEPHALINAE
21. Anocephala perfoliata (Goeze)
Blanchard
Host: Horse, Ass.
Distribution : Comopolitan.
22. Anocephala magna (Abildgaard)
Spengel
Host: Horse, Donkey.
Distribution : Kolkata.
23. Anocephala manubriata Railliet,
HenlY & Bouch
Host: Elephant.
Distribution : North Bengal, Kolkata
(Zoological Garden).
24. Aporina delqfondi (Railliet) Baer
Host: Platycercus pennanti, Columba livia.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
25. Bertiella studeri (Blanchard) Stiles &
Hassal
Host: Simia satyrus, Hylobates hoolock,
Man.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
26. Moniezia expansa (Rudolphi) Blanchard
Host: Antilope cericapra, Testicercus
quadricornis, Bos in dicus, Capra sp.
Distribution: Kokata (Zoological Garden),
Puruliya, Murshidabad, Barddhaman.
27. Moniezia benedeni (Moniez) Blanchard
Host: Bos indicus, Capra sp., Ox.
Distribution : Birbhum, Puruliya, Kolkata.
28. Mesogovoyia pectinata (Goeze)
Spassky
Host: Hare, Lepus hispidus.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
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29. Paronia columbae (Fuhrmann)
Host: Columba livia.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
30. Oochoristica tuberculata (Rudolphi)
Southwell
Host: Varanus bengalensis.
Distribution : Medinipur, Barddhaman,
North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs.
31. Oochoristica sigmoides Moghe
Host: Calotes versicolor.
Distribution : Kolkata and Barddhaman.
Subfamily AVITELLINAE
32. Avitellina cenmpunctata (Rivolta)
Woodland
Host: Cattle and Buffalo.
Distribution : Barddhaman, J alpaiguri,
Darjiling (Siliguri) and Birbhum.
33. Avitellina goughi Woodland
Host : Cattle, Sheep, Goat.
Distribution : Locality not known.
34. Stilesia globipunctata (Rivolta) Ra~lliet
Host: Cattle.
Distribution: Darjiling (Siliguri) and Kolkata.
35. Stilesia vittata Railliet
Host: Sheep and Goat.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Medinipur and
Darjiling.
Family DIBOTHRIOCEPHALIDAE
36. Duthiersia expansa Perrier
Host: Varanus bengalensis.
Distribution : Cosmopolitan.
37. Bothridium pithonis Blainville
Host: Python reticulate, Naja hannah.
Distribution : Darjiling and Kolkata
(Zoological Garden).
38. Ligula intestinalis Bloch
Host: Labeo calbasu, Labeo rohita, Catla
catla, Barbus sp., Danio sp.
Amblypharyngodon, Nemacheilus rupicola.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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Family DIPLOPOSTHIDAE 47. Hymenolepis lanceolata (Bloch)

39. Diplosposthe laevis. (Bloch) Jacobi Host: Black Auastralian Swan.
Host: Nyroca baeri. Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Birbhum, Kolkata, Darjiling, Haora, Hugli,
Family ONCHOBOTHRIIDAE Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Mednipur,
40. Acanthobothrium corona tum Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Pgs., Puruliya,
(Rudolphi) South 24 Pgs. and Dinajpur.

Host: Rhyncobatis olyddensis. 48. Hymenolepis fusa (Krabbe)

Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Hooghly Host: Larus brunneicephalus.
estuary). Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
41. Pedibothrium hutsoni (Southwell) 49. Hymenolepis farciminosa (Goeze)
Host: Ginglymostoma concolor. Host : Corvus macrorhynchus.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Family DIOECOCESTIDAE 50. Hymenolepis capillaroides Fuhrmann
Subfamily DIOECOCESTINAE Host: Snipe.
42. Dioecocestus novaeguineae Fuhrmann Distribution : Murshidabad.
Host: Little grebe. 51. Hymenolepis simplex Fuhrmann
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Host: Todorna cornuta.
Family MESOCESTOIDIDAE Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
43. Mesocestoides lineatus (Goeze) Birbhum, Kolkata, Darjiling, Hugli, Jalpaiguri,
Host: Felis tigris. Koch Bihar, Maldah, Mednipur, Murshidabad,
Nadia, North 24 Pgs., Puruliya, South 24 Pgs.
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Birbhum, Kolkata, Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, and Dinajpur
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Mednipur, 52. Hymenolepis medici (Stossich)
Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Pgs., Puruliya, Host: Pelicanus philippensis.
South 24 Pgs., Dinajpur. Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Family TETRARHYNCHIDAE Birbhum, Kolkata, Darjiling, Hugli, Jalpaiguri,
44. Tetrarhynchus sp. Koch Bihar, Maldah, Mednipur, Murshidabad,
Host: Cybium guttatum. Nadia, North 24 Pgs., Puruliya, South 24 Pgs.
and Dinajpur.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family HYMENOLEPIDIDAE 53. Flamingolepis liguloides (Gervais)
Subfamily HYMENOLEPIDINAE Host: Flamingo.

45. Hymenolepis diminuta (Rudolphi) Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).

Host: Rat. 54. Flamingolepis megalorchis (Luhe)

Distribution : Kolkata, J alpaiguri, South 24
Pgs.
46. Hymenolepis gracilis (Zeder)
Host: Phoenicopterus roseus.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
ost : Flamingo.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
55. Passerilepsis zosteropis (Fuhrnlann)
Host: Bulbul, Magpie.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
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56. Echinocotyle rosseteri Blanchard
Host: Domestic duck.
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Birbhum, Kolkata, Darjiling, Haora, H ugli,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Mednipur,
Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Pgs., Puruliya
and South 24 Pgs.
57. Echinocotyle uralensis Clerc.
Host: Snipe.
Distribution : Locality not known.
Family TAENIIDAE
Subfamily TAENIINAE
58. Taeniarhynchus saginatus (Goeze)
Host: Man.
Distribution : Kolkata.
59. Taenia solium Linnaeus
Host: Man.
Distribution : Kolkata.
60. Taenia hydatigeraa Pallas
Host: Four horned antelope.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
61. Taenia pisiformis (Bloch)
Host: Felis tigris, Felis leo, Felis viverrina.
Distribution : Locality not known.
62. Taenia crassiceps (Zeder)
Host: Felis viverrina.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
63. Multiceps gaigeri Hall
Host: Dog.
Distribution : Kolkata
64. Multiceps multiceps (Leske)
Host : Jackal.
Distribution : Locality not known.
65. Multiceps serialis (Gervais)
Host: Dog.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family PROTEOCEPHALIDAE
Subfamily PROTEOCEPHALINAE
66. Gangesia bengalensis (Southwell)
Host: Ophiocephalus striatus.
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Distribution : Birbhum, Mednipur and
Murshidabad (Baharampur).
67. Acanthotaenia biroi Ratz.
Host: Varanus nebulosus.
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs. and
South 24 Pgs.
68. Acanthotaenia nilotica (Beddard)
Distribution : Kolkata.
69. Acanthotaenia beddardi (Woodland)
Host: Varanus bengalensis.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
70. Ophiotaenia calmetti Barrois
Host: Bungurus caeruleus.
Distribution : Locality not known.
71. Ophiotaenia naie Beddard
Host: Naja tripudians.
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum
Campus).
Family NEMATOTAENIIDAE
72. Nematotaenia dispar (Goeze)
Host : Bufo mealostictus.
Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah.
Family TRIAENOPHORIDAE
73. Anchistrocephalus sp.
Host: Ophiocepha-Ius striatus.
Distribution : Locality not known.
Family DEVAINEIDAE
Subfamily OPHRIOCOTYLINAE
74. Ophryocotyloides monacanthis
Moghe & Inamdar
Host: Dendrocitta rufa.
Distrib~tion : Locality not known.
Subfamily DAVAINEINAE
75. Davainea proglottina Davaine
Host : Domestic fowl.
Distribution : Cosmopolitan.
76. Cotugnia margeta Beddard
Host: Crow.
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata (Zoological
Garden).
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77. Cotugnia digonophora (Pasquale)
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden)
and Murshidabad (Baharampur).
78. Cotugniafastigata Meggitt
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata
(Zoological Garden) and Murshidabad.
79. Raillietina (Raillietina) spiralis
(Baczynska)
Host: Green pigeon.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata
(Zoological Garden), Maldah and Nadia.
80. Raillietina (Raillieti!la) polychalix
(Kotlan)
Host: Lorius garrulous
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
81. Raillietina (Raillietina)
Microscolecina (Fuhrmann)
Host : Parrot.
Di$tribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
82. Raillietina (Raillietina) cohni
(Baczynska)
Host: Pterocles exustus.
D~tribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
83. Raillietina (Raillietina) friedbergeri
(Linstow)
Host: Pavo nigripennis.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
84. Raillietina (Raillietina) ceylonica
(Baczynska)
Host: White bellied pigeon.
Distribution : Locality not known.
85. Raillietina (Raillietina) tetragona
(Molin)
Host: Tragopan phesant.
Distribution : Cosmopolitan.
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86. Raillietina (Raillietina) fuhrmanni
(Southwell)
Host: Crocopus phoenicopterus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
87. Raillietina (fuhrmannetta)
echinobothrida (Megnin)
Host: Domestic fowl.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
88. Raillietina (fuhrmannetta) korkei
Joyeux & Houdemer
Host: Domestic pigeons.
Distribution : Kolkata.
89. Raillietina (paroniella) cruciata
(Rudolphi)
Host : Corvus macrorhynchus.
Distribution : Locality not known.
90. Raillietina (paroniella) urogalli
(Modeer)
Host: Partridge pheasant.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
91. Raillietina (paroniella) corvina
(Fuhrmann)
Host: Felis pardus.
Distribution : Barddhaman and Kolkata.
92. Raillietina (paroniella) tragopani
Southwell
Host: Tragopan Pheasant.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
93. Raillietina (Skljabinia) cesticillus
(Molin)
Host: Domestic fowl.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Murshidabad (Baharampur).
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TREMATODA
(VERTEBRATE EXCLUDING FISHES)
Family ACANTHOSTOMIDAE Family CYCLOCOELIDAE
Poche, 1926 Krossok, 1911
Sub family ACANTHOSTOMINAE Sub family CYCLOCOELINAE
Nicoll, 1914 Stossich, 1902
1. Acanthostomum bunninis 6. Cyclococlum (Cyclococlum)
(Bhalerao) Bhalerao, 1940 mutabile (Zeder) Brandes, 1888
Host: Xenochrophis piscator. Host : Stilt.
Distribution; North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Distribution : Hugli and Puruliya.
Bankura and Puruliya.
Family DICROCOELIIDAE
Family BRACHYLAOMIDAE
Odliner, 1910
Miller, 1936
Sub family BRACHYLAIMINAE 7. Dicrocoelium dendnticum
Miller, 1926 (Rudolphi), 1968
2. Glaphyrostomum indicum Host: Goat.
Mukherjee, 1964 Distribution : Darjiling.
Host : Pigeon. 8. Eurytrema pancreaticum
Distribution : Kolkata. (Johnson), 1920
Family CEPHALOGONIMIDAE Host: Cow.
(Looss, 1899)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
Nicoll, 1914
9. Eurytrema bhaleraoi
Sub family CEPHALOGONIMINAE
(Johnson) 1.,ooss, 1907
Looss, 1899
3. Cephalogonium gangeticus Host: Cow.
Pan de, 1937 Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
Host: Trionyx gangeticus. Lyperosomum kakea
10.
Distribution: Kolkata and Hugli. Bhalerao, 1972
Family CYATHOCOTYLIDAE Host: Corvus splendens.
Poche, 1926 Distribution : Kolkata.
Sub family MUEHLINGININAE 11.Lyperosomum (Lyperosomum)
Yomoguti, 1939
reangensis Soota and Ghosh, 19.73
4. Muehlingina lutrai Mehra
Host : Picus flavinchucha.
Host: Lutra bulgaris.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Family DIPLOSTOMIDAE
Subfamily SZIDATIINAE
Poirie, 1886
(Dubois, 1938)
5. Gogatea serpentium Sub family ALARIINAE
(Gogate) Lutz, 1895 Yamaguti, 1926
Host: Xenochrophis, Natrix. 12.Alana alata (Goeze) Krause, 1914
Distribution : Haora, Medinipur and South Host: Dog.
24 Pgs. Distribution : Kolkata and J alpaiguri.
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Subfamily DIPLOSTOMINAE Subfamily PSEUDOECHINOSTOMINAE
Mouhielli, 1892 Yamagati, 1970
13· Diplostomum (Delichorchis) 21. Pseudoechinostomum indicus
splendens Manna & Choudhury Mehra, 1980
Host: Corvus splendens. Host : Netton creCCQ.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution: HugH and Medinipur.
14· Neodiplostomum cochleare 22. Psilorchis indicus Thapar & Lal, 1935
(Krause, 1914) La Rue, 1926
Host: Domestic Duck.
Host: Hornbill.
Distribution: Medinipur.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Subfamily ECHINOCHASMINAE
Family ECHINOSTOMATIDAE
Odhner, 1910
Poche, 1926
Sub family CHAUNOCEPHALINAE
23. Echinochasmus perfoliatus (Ratz,
1908, Deitz, 1909) Gedoelst
Travassos, 1922
15. Chaunocephalus similiferox
Host: Dog, Cat, Pig, Man.
Verma, 1936 Distribution : Kolkata.
Host: Blach headed Gull, Black necked 24. Episthmium corvus (Bhalerao, 1926)
Stork. Price, 1931
Distribution : Kolkata. Host: Corvus splendens.
Subfamily ECHINOSTOMATINAE Distribution : Kolkata.
(Looss, 1899) 25. Episthmium canium (Verma)
Faust 1912 Yamaguti, 1941
16. Echinostoma eduardoi Host: Dog.
Ghosh &Chauhan, 1972
Distribution : Kolkata.
Host : Bandicota bengalensis.
Subfamily MICROPARYPHIUM,
Distribution: Kolkata (Salt Lake).
Dietz, 1909
17. Echinostoma malayanum
26. Microparyphium montei Venna,
Leiper, 1914
1936
Host: Bandicota indica.
Host: Common Kingfisher.
Distribution : Kolkata and Dinajpur.
Distribution : Kolkata.
18. Echinostoma revolutum (Froelich)
27. Spisthmium caninum (Vernla)
Looss
Yamaguti, 1942
Host: Duck.
Host: Dog.
Distribution : Barddhaman, Haora and
Medinipur. Distribution : Kolkata.
19. Echinoparyphium gizzardai Family FASCIOLIDAE (Raihnet,
Verma, 1936 1895)
Host; Not known. Subfamily FASCIOLINAE (Railnlet,
Distribution : Kolkata. 1895) Slileset Hassal,
20. Verman-ema longitestis (Verma) 1898
Srivastava 28. Fasciola jacksoni (Cobbold, 1869)
Host: Black Swan. Host: Elephant.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : J alpaiguri.
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29. Fasciola hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 37. ProsthodendMum ovimagnosum

Host: Cattle, Sheep. Dollfus, 1944
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata, Darjiling Host: Dog, Bat.
(Darjiling , Siliguri) and J alpaiguri. Distribution : Kolkata.
30. Fasciola gigantica Cobbold, 1855 Subfamily PLEUROGENINAE
Host: Cow, Buffalo. Travassos, 1921
Distribution : Bankura, Kolkata and DaIjiling 38. Pleurogenoides gastroporus Luhe,
(Siliguri, DaIjiling). 1901
Subfamily FASCIOLOPSINAE Host: Toad, Frog.
Odhner, 1910 Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
31. Fasciolopsis buski (Lankester, 1857) Hugli and Medinipur.
Stiles, 1901 Subfamily PROSOTOSINAE
Host: Pig. Yamaguti, 1958
Distribution : Darjiling and Maldah. 39. Mehraorchis ranarum
Family LECITHODENDRIIDAE Srivastava, 1934
(Luhe, 1901) Host: Frog.
Odhnen, 1910 Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Subfamily GANEONINAE Kolkata and Puruliya.
Yomoguti, 1950 40. Prosotocus bengalensis
32. Ganeo srinagarensis Kaw, 1950 Hafeezullah & Dutta
Host: Frog. Host: Frog.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. Distribution : Kolkata.
33. Ganeo ankholaensis Hafeezullah & Family BRACHYCOELIIDAE
Dutta, 1998 (Looss, 1899) Johnston,
Host: Frog. 1912
Distribution: Kolkata (Beliaghata). Subfamily MESOCUELINAE Faust,
34. Ganeo tigrinum Mehra & Negi, 1928 1924
Host: Frog & Toad. 41. Mesocoelium Barddhamanensis
Mukherjee, 1979
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Haora and Medinipur (Digha). Host : Calotes sp.
Subfamily PROSTHODENDRIUM Distribution : Barddhaman.
Stunkard, 1938 42. Mesocoelium sociale (Luhe, 1901)
35. Parabascus macrorchis (Gogate) Odhner, 1910
Skrjabin, 1943 Host: Bufo sp.
Host: Hemidactylus, Calotes. Distribution : Kolkata and East Medinipur
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman, (Digha).
Kolkata and Medinipur. Subfamily BRACHYCOELIINAE
36. ParabascUs ovatus (Tubangui) 43. Tremiorchis ranarum
Skrjabin, 1943 Mehra & Negi, 1926
Host: Ca10tes , Hemidactylus. Host: Rana sp.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Barddhaman and Puruliya. Kolkata and East Medinipur (Digha).
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Family MICROPHALLIDAE Family OPISTHORCHIIDAE

(Ward, 1901) Travassos, (Looss, 1899) Braun, 1901
1916 Subfamily OPISTHORCHIINAE
Looss, 1899
Subfamily MICROPHALLINAE
Ward, 1901
49. Amphimerus noverca (Braun, 1902)
Barner, 1911
44. Megalotriotrema dicaecus Host: Pig, Wild Dog.
(Mukherjee & Ghosh)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Host: Atretium schistosum, Rana sp. 50. Opisthorchis felineus (Rivolta, 1884)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. Blanchard, 1895
and Barddhaman. Host: Cat, Dog.
Family PROTERODIPLOSTOMIDAE, Distribution : Kolkata.
Dubois, 1936 Subfamily PSEUDAMPHISTOMINAE
Yamaguti, 1958
45. Proalaroides tropidonotis Vidyarthi,
51. Pseudamphistomum truncatum
1937 (Rudolphi, 1819) Luhe, 1908
Host: Natrix, Bufo, Rana. Host: Dog.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Barddhaman, Distribution : Kolkata.
Haora, South 24 Pgs. and Puruliya. Family PARAGONIMIDAE
Family NOTOCOTYLIDAE Dollfus, 1939
Diesiaz, 1839 52. Paragonimus westeMnanii (Kerbert,
1878) Braun, 1899
Subfamily NOTOCOTYLINAE
Host: Tiger, Cat, Mongoose, Dog.
Kossack, 1911
Distribution : Kolkata.
46. Notocotylus attenuatus (Rudolphi,
Family PARAMPHISTOMIDAE
1809) Kossack, 1911 Fishoeder, 1901
Host: Duck. Subfamily Gastrothylacinae
Distribution : Medini~ur. 53. Fischoederius cobboldi (Poirier)
Stiles & Goldberger, 1910
Family OMMATOBREPHIDAE
Poche, 1926
Host: Cattle.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily OMMATOBRAPHINAE
54. Fischoederius elongatus
Dubois et Mahou, 1959
(Poirier, 1883) Stiles & Goldberger
47. Ommatobrephus ben9,alensis Host: Goat.
Mukherjee & Ghosh Distribution: Kolkata, DaIjiling (Siliguri) and
Host: Natrix stolata. Medinipur.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. 55. Gastrothylax crumenifer
(Creplin, 1847) Otto, 1896
48. Ommatobrephus lobatum Mehra
Host : Goat, Cattle.
Host: Varanus sp., Natrix sp., Zamenis sp.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs ..
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Kolkata, Darjiling (SiliguriJ, Hugli, Medinipur
Birbhum, Kolkata, Haora and Medinipur. and Puruliya.
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Subfamily GASTRODISCINAE 63. Ceylonocotyle maplestoni

Mouticolli, 1892 (Bhalerao, 1937) Mukherjee &
56. Gastrodiscus aegyptiacus Chauhan, 1965
(Cobbold, 1877) Railliet, 1892 Host: Hog Deer.
Host : Horse. Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Distribution : Darjiling. 64. Ceylonocotyle scoliocoelium
57. Gastrodiscus secundans Looss, 1907 (Fischoeder, 1909) Nasmark, 1937
Host: Elephant. Host : Goat, Cattle, Buffalo, Deer.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri. Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman,
58. Gastrodiscoides hominis Kolkata, Darjiling (Siliguri), Jalpaiguri and
(Lewis & Mc Connell, 1826) Leiper, 1913 Puruliya.
Host: Pig, Man, Bandicota bengalensis. 65. Cotylophoron cotylophorum.
Distribution: Kolkata, Darjiling (Siliguri) and (Fischoeder, 1901) Stiles &
J alpaiguri.
Goldberger, 1910
Subfamily CLADORCHIINAE
Fischoeder, 1901 Host: Cattle, Goat.
59. Olveria indica Thapar & Sinha, 1945 Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Host: Cattle. Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Darjiling, Haora, HugH, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling (Siliguri).
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia,
Subfamily DIPLODISCINAE
Puruliya and Dinajpur.
Cohn, 1904
66. Cotylophoron indicum Stiles &
60. Diplodiscus amphichrus
Goldberger, 1910
Tubangui, 1933
Host: Rana cyanophylctis, Rana tigrina. Host: Goat, Cattle, Deer.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata, DaIjiling,
Kolkata, Darjiling (Siliguri), Haora, Medinipur Haora, HugH and Puruliya.
and Puruliya. 67. Cotylophoron orientalis Harsh:ey,
Subfamily ORIENTODISCINAE 1934
Yamaguti, 1971 Host: Sheep, Goat, Sable Antelope.
61. Orientodiscus lobatum Distribution : Kolkata.
Srivastava, 1938
68. Paramphistomum explanatum
Host: Trionyx gangeticus.
(Creplin, 1847) Fischoeder, 1901
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Host : Cattle.
Kolkata and HugH.
Distribution : Kolkata, DaIjiling (Siliguri),
Subfamily PARAMPHISTOMINAE
Haora, J alpaiguri and Puruliya.
Fischoeder, 1901
(Bhalerao, 1937) 69. Paramphistomum cervi
62. Ceylonocotyle cuonum (Zeder, 1790) Fischoeder, 1901
Mukherjee & Chauhan, 1965 Host: Cow, Buffalo.
Host: Cuon dukhunensis. Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Darjiling, HugH, Medinipur and Puruliya.
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Subfamily zyaOCOTYLINAE 77. Xenopharnyx solus Nicoll, 1912

Ward, 1970 Host: Naja naja.
70. Stunkardia dilymphosa
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
Bhalerao, 1931
and Puruliya.
Host: Turtle.
Subfamily ENCYCLOMETRINAE
Distribution: Kolkata, Darjiling (Siliguri),
Mehrs, 1931
Puruliya and Dinajpur.
78. Encyclometra bungara
Family PLAGIOROHIIDAE
Luhe, 1901 Srivastava & Ghosh, 1968

Subfamily ASTIOTREMATINAE Host: Bungarus fasciatus.

Baer, 1924
'71. Astiolrema odhnen Bhalerao, 1934
Host: Kachuga, Trionyx.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Maldah and East Medinipur (Digha).
72. Astiolrema reniferum
(Looss, 1899) Stossich, 1904
Host: Kachuga, Trionyx.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Kolkata and Haora.
73. Astiotrema sudarshani
Mukherjee & Ghosh, 1970
Host: Bufo sp.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Birati) and
South 24 Pgs.
Subfamily STYPHLODORINAE
Dollfus, 1937
74. Styphlodora nicolli Bhalerao, 193 6
Host: Zamenis mucosus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
75. Styphlodora honda (Leidy, 1851)
Odhner, 1910
Host: Bufo sp.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Medinipur.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagarpukur).
79. Encyclometra japonica
Yoshida & Ozaki, 1929
Host: Natrix, Ptyas, Naja.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
HugH and PuruHya.
80. Encyclometra colubrimurorum
(Rudolphi, 1911), Dollfus, 1929
Host: Tropidonotus colubrimurum.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden),
Hugli, South 24 Pgs. and Puruliya.
Family PROSTHOGONIMIDAE
Luhe, 1909
81. Prosthogonimus elongates
Mukherjee, 1967
Host : Pigeon.
Distribution : Kolkata.
82. Prosthogonimus putschowskii
Skrjabin, 1912
Host : Domestic fowl.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family PSILOSTOMIDAE
Looss, 1900

Subfamily PLAGIOCHIINAE, Sub family PSILOSTOMINAE

Pralt, 1902 Looss, 1900
76. Bilorchis indicus Mehra, 1°937 83. Psilochasmus oxyurus
Host: Kachuga, Trionyx, Lissemys. (Creplin, 1825) Luhe, 1909

Distribution : Kolkata and East Medinipur Host: Domestic Duck.

O(Digha). Distribution : Medinipur.
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Family SCHISTOSOMATIDAE Family HEMURIDAE

Poche, 1907 Luhe, 1901
Sub family SCHISTOSOMANTINAE Subfamily LECITHOCHIRIINAE
Stiles et Hassal, 1898 Luhe, 1901
84. Schistosoma haematobium 90. Lecithochirium acutum
(Bilharz, 1892) Weinland, 1858 Chauhan, 1945
Host: Cow. Host: Enhydrina schistosa.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).

85. Schistosoma incognitum Subfamily HALl PEGINAE

Chandler, 1926 Ejsmont, 1933

Host: Pig. 91. Halipegus mehransis

Srivastava, 1933
Distribution : Kolkata.
Host: Rana cyanophlyctis, Rana tigrina,
86. Schistosoma indicum
Uromastix sp.
Montgomary, 1906
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
Host: Cattle, Buffalo.
and East Medinipur (Digha).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Family STRIGEIDAE
Bankura, Darjiling and Medinipur.
Railliet, 1919
87. Schistosoma nasa Ie R~o, 1933
Sub family STRIGEINAE
Host : Cattle, Buffalo. Railliet, 1919
Distribution: Bankura, Medinipur and 92. Strigea elongata
Puruliya. Yamaguti, 1935
Family SPIRORCHIDAE Host: Oriolus xanthersous.
Stunkand, 1921 Distribution : Medinipur.
Sub family SPIRORCHINAE Family HETEROPHYIDAE
Stunkand, 1921 Odhner, 1914
88. Hemiol'chis bengalensis Subfamily HAPLOCHINAE
Mehra, 1940 Looss, 1899
Host: Hardella thurgi. 93. Haplorchis taichui (Nishigori, 1924)
Distribution: Dinajpur, Ranaghat. Chen, 1936
Family STOMYLOTREMATIDAE Host: Cat.
(Tavessos, 1922) Distribution : Kolkata.
Poche, 1926 Subfamily HETEROPHYINAE
Sub family STOMYLOTREMINAE Leiper, 1909
89· Stomylotrema trauassosi 94. Heterophyes heterophyes
Mehra, 1938 (Seibold, 1852) Stiles & Hassal, 1900
Host: Metapodius indicus. Host: Dog.
Distribution : Barddhaman. Distribution : Kolkata.
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.Family ANCHITREMATIAE Family ISOPARORCHIDAE

Poche, 1925
Mehra, 1925
96. lsoparorchis hypselobagri
Subfamily ANCHITREMATINAE (Billet, 1898) Ejsmont 1932
Mehra, 1925 Host: Man, Fresh water fishes.
95. Anchitrema sanguineum Distribution : Locality not known.
(Sonsino, 1894) Looss, 1899 Family BALFOURIDAE
Travassos, 1951
Host : Suncus murinus, Pipistrellus
97. Balfouria monogama Leiper, 1909
mimus.
Host : Open billed stork.
Distribution : Kolkata, Bankura and South Distribution: Dinajpur, Nadia (Ranaghat) and
24 Pgs. HugH.
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DIGENETIC TREMATODES OF FISHES

Family ACANTHOCOLPIDAE 8. Allocreadium kosia Pande, 1938
Luhe, 1909 Host: Mystus cavasius.
Subfamily ACANTHOCOLPINAE Distribution : Kolkata.
Luhe, 1906
9. Allocreadium mehrai Gupta, 1958
1.Acanthocolpus liodorus Luhe, 1906
Host: Rhynchobdella aculeata.
Host: Chirocentrus dorab.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha) and
Harbour).
South 24 Pgs. (HugH estuary).
10. Allocreadium heteropneustusius
2. Acanthocolpus caballeroi
Gupta & Sharma, 1972 Agrawal, 1964

Host : Anadontosotoma chakunda, Host: Heteropneustes fossilis.

Chirocentrus dorab. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha). harbour).
Subfamily STEPHANOSTOMINAE Subfamily ORIENTOCREADIINAE
3. Stephanostomum bicoronatum Yamaguti, 1958
(Stossich, 1883) Fuhrmann, 1928 11. Orientocreadium batrachoides
Host: Otolithoides biauratus. Tubangui, 1931
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (HugH es.tuary). Host: Clarius batrachus.
4. Stephanostomum orientalis Distribution : Kolkata.
(Srivastava, 1939) Madhavi, 1976 12. Orientocreadium pseudobagM
Host: Megalaspis cordyla. Yamaguti, 1934
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha). Host: Clarius batrachus.
5· Stephanos~omum triacanthi Distribution : Kolkata.
Madhavi, 1976
Family AZYGIIDAE
Host: Triacanthus brevirostris.
13. Azygia (Azygia) angusticauda
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).
(Stafford, 1904) Montor, 1926
Family ALLOCREADIIDAE
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
(Looss, 1902)
(Diamond Harabour).
Stossich, 1903
Sub family ALLOCREADIINAE Family BUNOCOTYLIDAE
Looss, 1902 Dollfus, 1950
6. Allocreadium chilkai Sub family APHANURINAE
(Chatterji, 1956), Madhavi, 1978 Sknjabin Guschanskaja,
Host: Colisafasciata. 1954
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond 14. Aphanurus stossichi
Harbour). (Monticelli, 1891) Looss, 1907
7· Allocreadium handiai Pande, 1937 Host: Clupeafimbriata.
Host: Channa gachua. Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha coast)
Distribution : Kolkata. and South 24 Pgs. (Canning town).
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Family CLINOSTOMIDAE 21. Monascus chauhani

Luhe, 1901 Vasantha Kumari, 1975
Sub family EUCLINOSTOMINAE Host: Pampus argentius.
Yamaguti, 1958 Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha coast).
15· Metacercaria of Euclinostomum 22. Monascus filifonnis
(Rudolphi) (Rudolphi, 1819) Looss, 1907
Host: Channa punctatus. Host: Caranx sp.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha coast,
Family DEROGENIDAE Junput).
Nicoll, 1910 Family HEMIURIDAE
Sub family HALIPEGINAE Looss) 1899
Poche, 1926 Sub family DINURINAE
Looss, 1907
16. Genarchopsis cuchiai Kakaji, 1969
23. Stomachicola muraenesocia
Host: Amphipnous cuchia.
Yamaguti, 1934
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning).
Host: Muraenesox talabonoides.
17. Genarchopsis dasus Gupta, 1951
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (HugH estuary).
Host: Channa punctatus.
24. Uterovesiculurus hamati
Distribution : Kolkata. (Yamaguti, 1934) Sknjabin &
Family DEROPRISTIIDAE Guschankaja 1954
Sknjabin, 1958 Host: Polynemus sextarius.
Sub family DEROPRISTIINAE Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha coast,
Cable & Hunninea, 1942 Junput) and South 24 Pgs. (Hugli estuary,
18. Slajabinopsolus elongates Bakkhali).
(Madhavi, 1974) Hafeazullah, 1984 25. Uterovesiculurus lemeriensis
Host : Polyhemus sextarius. (Tubangui & Masilungan, 1935)
Host: Ololithoides brunneus.
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha coast).
Family FELLODISTOMATIDAE
Nicoll, 1913 26. Uterovesiculurus paralichthydis
(Yamaguti, 1934) Sknjabin &
Sub family MONASCINAE
Guschankaja, 1954
Dollfus, 1947
Host: Platycephalus indicus.
19. Faustula brevichrus
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).
(Srivastava, 1935) Yamaguti, 1958
Subfamily ELLYfROPHALLINAE
Host: Hilsa ilisha.
Sknjabin &
Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha coast). Guschankaja, 1954
20. Faustula gangetica 27. Lecithocladium excisum
(Srivastava, 1935) Yamaguti, 1958 (Rudolphi, 1819) Luhe, 1901
Host: Hilsa ilisha. Host: Apolectus niger.
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha coast). Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (HugH estuary).
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28. Lecithocladium glandulum Family LACITHODENDRIIDAE

Chauhan, 1945 (Luhe, 1901)
Host: Caranx melampygus. Odhuer, 1910
Sub family PLEUROGENINAE
Distribution: East Medinipur (Junput, Digha
Travossos, 1920
Coast).
35. Pleurogenoides pabdai
29. Lecithocladium harpodontis
(Pande, 1937) Kow, 1944
Srivastava, 1937
Host: Ompok bimaculatus.
Host: Pampus argenteus.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha coast). Harbour).
30. Lecithocladium piscicola Family LECITHASTERIDAE
(Srivastava, 1935) Manter et Pritchand, 1960 Odhner, 1905
Host: Hilsa ilisha. Sub family LECITHASTERINAE
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha coast). Odhner, 1905
Subfamily LECITHOCHIRUNAE 36. Aponurus brevifonnis
Luhe, 1901 Srivastava, 1930
Host: llisha filigera.
31. Lecisthochirium polynemi
Chauhan, 1945 Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha coast)
and South 24 Pgs. (HugH estuary).
Host: Harpodon nehereus.
Family MACRODEROIDIDAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali, McMullen, 1937
HugH estuary).
Sub family MACRODEROIDINAE
Family HETEROPHYIDAE Odening, 1964
Leiper, 1909 37. Macrolecithus indicus
Sub family HAPLORCHIINAE Gupta & Agrawal, 1967
Looss, 1899 Host : Puntius sophore.
32. Haplorchoides piscicola Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip).
(Srivastava, 1935) Chen, 1945 Family MONODHELMINTHIDAE
Host: Mystus vittatus. Dollfus, 1937
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip). Sub family MONODHELMINTHINAE
33. Haplorchoides attenuatus Yamaguti, 1958
(Srivastava, 1935) Chen, 1945 38. Mehratrema dollfusi
Host: Mystus aor. Srivastava, 1939
Host: Anus jella.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip).
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha coast).
Family ISOPARORCHIIDAE
Family MONORCHIIDAE
(Trovossos, 1922)
Odhner, 1911
Poche,. 1926
Subfamily OPISTHOMONORCHIINAE
Sub family ISOPARORCHIINAE
Yamaguti, 1952
34. Isoparorchis hypselobagri 39· Opisthomonorchis decaptari
(Billet, 1898) Ejsmant, 1913 Parukhin
Host: Wallago attu. Host: Parastromateus niger.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha).
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40. Opisthomonorchis carangi
(Madhavi, 1974)
Host: Carangoides malabaricus.
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).
Subfamily LASIOTOCINAE
Yamaguti, 1958
41. Chrisomon polynemi
Dutta, Hafeezullah & Manna
Host: Eleuthorenema tetradnctylum.
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).
42. Chrisomon sunderbansensis
Dutta, Hafeezullah & Manna
Host: Polynemus paradiscus.
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).
43. Genolopa ampullacea Linton, 1910
Host: Pomadagys hasta.
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).
44. Genolopa bychowskii Zhukov, 1917
Host: Apolectus niger.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (HugH estuary).
Subfamily ASYMPHYLODORINAE
Szidat, 1943
45. Asymphylodora kedarai
Srivastava, 1951
Host: Puntius sophore.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip).
Family OPECOELIDAE
Ozaki, 1925
Subfamily DIPLOPROCTODAEINAE
Park, 1939
46. Bianium bombayense Gupta, 1968
Host: Torguigener oblongus.
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha Coast).
47. Bianium plicitum
(Linton, 1928) Stunkard, 1930
Host: Torguigener oblongus.
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha coast)
and South 24 Pgs. (Hugli estuary).
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48. Cotylocreadium triacanthi
(Hafeezaullah, 1970) Madhavi, 1972
Host: Tricanthus brevirostris.
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha coast).
Subfamily OPECOELINAE
Stunkand, 1931
49. Karyakartia pambanense
(Karyakarte, 1968) Hafezullah, 1979
Host: Therapen jarbus.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning town).
50. Lepocreadioides indicum
Srivastava, 1941
Host: Cynoclossus macrolepidotus.
DistriQution : East Medinipur (Junput) and
South 24 Pgs. (HugH estuary, Bakkhali, Sagar
Island).
51. Opechona sp. of Zhukov, 1977
Host: Pampus argenteus.
Distribution: Hugli estuary.
52. Paradactylostomum indicum
Zhukov, 1972
Host: Engraulis telara.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Hughli estuary).
53. Pseudopecoeloides tenuis
Yamaguti, 1940
Host: Priacanthus hamrur.
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha coast).
54. Pseudopecoeloides tenuoides
Martin, 1960
Host: Rastralliger kanagurta.
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha Coast).
Family OPISTHOLEBITIDAE
Fukui, 1929
Sub family PYCNADENINAE
Yamoguti, 1971
55. Birendralebes krishnakantai
Srivastava & Ghosh, 1972
Host: Chanda nama.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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Family OPECOELIDAE
Ozaki, 1925
Subfamily OPECOELINAE
Stunkard, 1931
56. Opegaster beliyai Pan de, 1937
Host: Glossogobius giuris.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
harbour).
Family PLAGIORCHIIDAE
Luhe, 1901
Subfamily ASTIOTREMATINAE
Baer, 1924
57. Astiotrema reniferum
(Looss 1896) Looss, 1900
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Host: Clarius bamcus.
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
(Kakdwip).
Family PROSOGONOTREMATIDAE
Perez Vigueras 1943
Sub family PROSOGONOTREMATINAE
Perez Vigueras 1943
58. Prosogonotrema bilabiatum
Perez Vigueras, 1940
Host: Platax orbicularis.
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha' coast).
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ROTIFERA
Class ROTIFERA
Subclass EUROTATORIA
~ Super order MONOGONONTA
Order PLOIMIDA
Family BRACHIONIDAE
Brachionus angularis Gosse
1.
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Hoara, Hugli, Barddhaman, Nadia,
Medinipur, Bankura, Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Koch
Bihar and Darjiling.
2. Brachionus bidentata bidentata
Anderson
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Hoara, Hugli,
Barddhaman, J alpaiguri, Koch Bihar and
Darjiling.
3. Brachionus bidentata crassispineus
(Hauer)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Barddhaman,
J alpaiguri, Koch Bihar and Darjiling.
4. Brachionus bidentata jirovci (Bartos)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Maldah.
5. Brachionus budapestinensis Daday
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Hugli, Bankura,
Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
6. Brachionus calyciflorus f. dorcas
(Gosse)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Hugli, Barddhaman, Nadia, Maldah,
J alpaiguri, Koch Bihar and Darjiling.
7. Brachionus calyciflorus f.
annuraeiformis (Brehm)
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
8. Brachionus calyciflorus f. borgerti
(Apstein)
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs. and
South 24 Pgs.
9. Brachionus caudatus personatus
(Ahlstrom)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
J alpaiguri and Darjiling.
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10. Brachionus caudatus aculeatus
(Hauer)
Distribution : Not mentioned.
11. Brachionus caudatus aculeatus f.
lateralis (Hauer)
Distribution : Not mentioned.
12. Brachionus caudatus vulgatus
(Ahlstr<>m)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
13. Brachionus diversicornis
(Daday)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Hoara, Maldah, Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
Brachionus donneri Brehm
14.
Distribution : J alpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
15. Brachionus forficula Zacharias
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Hugli, Bankura, Barddhaman, Maldah,
Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
16. Brachionus forficula forficula
Wierzejski
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Hoara, Hugli, Barddhaman, Nadia, Koch Bihar
and Darjiling.
17. Brachionus forjicula minor
(Voronkov)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Maldah and
Darjiling.
18. Brachionus falcatus Zacharias
Brachionus mirabilis (Daday)
19.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Koch Bihar.
20. Brachionus patulus Muller
Distribution: Not mentioned.
21. Brachionus patulus macracanthus
(Daday)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
Brachionus plicatilis Muller
22.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.

23. Brachionus pteridinoides Rousselet
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
24. Brachionus quadridentatus
quadridentatus Hermann
Distribution: Kolkata, South 24 Pgs., Hoara,
Hugli, Barddhaman, Nadia, Maldah, Jalpaiguri,
Koch Bihar and Darjiling.
25. Brachionus quadridentatus
cluniorbicularis (Skorikov)
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.,
Medinipur and Koch Bihar.
26. Brachionus quadridentatus
rhenanus (Lauterborn)
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs. and
South 24 Pgs.
27. Brachionus quadridentatus
brevispinus (Ehrenberg)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs. and Hoara.
28. Brachionus rubens Ehrenberg
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs. and
South 24 Pgs.
29. Brachionus sessilis Verga
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
30. Brachionus urceolaris (Muller)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Hoara.
31. Keratella cochlearis Gosse
Distribution: Kolkata, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar
and Darjiling.
32. Keratella lenzi Hauer
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Maldah and
Koch Bihar.
33· Keratella procurva (Thorpe)
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs. and
South 24 Pgs.
34· Keratella quadrata (Muller)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
35· Keratella tropica (Apstien)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Hoara, Barddhaman, Nadia,
Medinipur, Jalpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
36. Platyias quadricornis (Ehrenberg)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Nadia and Jalpaiguri.
37. Anuraeopsis coelata (De Beauchamp)
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.,
Barddhaman and Medinipur.
38. Anuraeopsis fissa (Gosse)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Maldah, Koch Bihar and Darjiling.
Family EUCHLANIDAE
39. Beauchampiella eudactylota (Gosse)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Hoara and
HugH.
40. Euchlanis dilatata Ehrenberg
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Hoara and
HugH.
41. E~chlanis oropha Gosse
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
42. Euchlanis triqueta Ehrenberg
Distribution : Koch Bihar and Darjiling.
43. Dipleuchlanis propatula Gosse
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Hoara,
Barddhaman, Bankura and Darjiling.
44. Tripleuchlanis plicata (Levander)
Distribution : Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
Family MYTILINIDAE
45. Mytilina ventralis ventralis
(Ehrenberg)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Hoara, Barddhaman, Medinipur and
Koch Bihar.
46. Mytilina ventralis longidactyla
(Wulfert)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
47. Mytilina acanthophora Hauer
Distribution : Kolkata.
48. Mytilina bisulcata (Lucks)
Distribution : J alpaiguri and Koch Bihar.
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Family TRICHOTRIDAE
49. Trichoma tetractis (Ehrenberg)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Hoara, Hugli, Barddhaman, Maldah, Jalpaiguri,
Koch Bihar and Darjiling.
50. Macrochaetus seMca Thorpe
Distribution: Kolkata, South 24 Pgs., Hoara.
51. Macrochaetus collinsi Gosse
Distribution: Hoaran and Koch Bihar.
Family COLURELLIDAE
52. Colurella obtusa (Gosse)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Barddhaman, Medinipur and Bankura.
53. Colurella uncinata (Muller)
Distributj.on : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Hoara, Hugli and Medinipur.
54. Colurella sulcata (Sternroos)
Distribution : Koch Bihar and Darjiling.
55. Lepadella (Lepadella) acuminata
(Ehrenberg)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., HugH, Bankura
and Koch Bihar.
56. Lepadella (Lepadella) aspida Harring
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
57. Lepadella (Lepadella) cristata
(Rousselet)
Distribution : Koch Bihar.
58. Lepadella (Lepadella) imbMcata
Harring
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
59. Lepadella (Lepadella) ovalis larga
(Sharma)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
60. Lepadella (Lepadella) patella ~uller
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Medinipur, Bankura, Maldah, and
Koch Bihar.
61. Lepadella (Lepadella)
quadricarinata (Sternroos)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
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62. Lepadella (Lepadella) rhomboids
(Gosse)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Barddhaman, Nadia, Medinipur,
Maldah and DaIjiling.
63. Lepadella (Lepadella) rhomboidula
(Bryce)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
64. Lepadella (Lepadella) triptera
Ehrenberg
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Barddhaman, Medinipur, Bankura, and
Koch Bihar.
65. Lepadella (Lepadella) triprojectus
Sharma
Distribution : Kolkata.
66. Lepadella (Heterolepadella)
aspicora Mayers
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
67. Lepadella (Heterolepadella)
eherenbergi (Party)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Barddhaman,
Medinipur, Koch Bihar and Oarjiling.
68. Lepadella (Heterolepadella)
heterostyla (Murray)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Jalpaiguri and
Koch Bihar.
69. Squatinella mutica (Ehrenberg)
Distribution : Koch Bihar.
Family LECANIDAE
70. Lecane (Lecane) aculeata (Jakubski)
Distribution: Kolkata, South 24 Pgs., Hugli,
Nadia, Bankura, Maldah, and Koch Bihar.
71. Lecane (Lecane) arcula Harring
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
72. Lecane (Lecane) bifastigata Hauer
Distribution : Kolkata.
73. Lecane (Lecane) crepida crepida
Harring
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Barddhanlan,
Medinipur and Bankura.
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74. Lecane (Lecane) crepida
bengalensis (Sharma)
Distribution : Kolkata.
75. Lecane (Lecane) curvicornis
curvicornis (Murray)
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Hoara, Hugli, Medinipur and Maldah.
76. Lecane (Lecane) curvicornis ninda
(Murray)
Distribution: Koch Bihar.
77. Lecane (Lecane) Jlexilis (Gosse)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Koch Bihar.
78. Leeane (Leeane) hastata (Murray)
Distribution : Hoara and Koch Bihar.
79. Lecane (Leeane) hornemanni
(Ehrenberg)
Distribution : Kolkata, Hoara, Bankura,
Maldah, and Koch Bihar.
80. Leeane (Leeane) inermis (Bryce)
Distribution : Darjiling.
81. Lecane (Lecane) lateralis Sharma
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
82. Leeane (Leeane) leontina (Turner)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs. Barddhaman, Maldah, Koch Bihar and
Dazjiling.
83. Lecane (Leeane) ligona (Dunlop)
Distribution : Hoara.
84. Lecane (Leeane) ludwigi (Eckstein)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., HugH, Maldah
and Koch Bihar.
85. Lecane (Lecane) luna luna Muller
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Hoara, Hugli, Nadia, Bankura, Maldah,
Koch Bihar and Darjiling.
86. Lecane (Lcane) luna dorsicalis
(Arora)
Distribution ; Kolkata.
87. Leeane (Leane) nana (Murray)
Distribution: Kolkata, South 24 Pgs., Hugli,
Barddhaman, Medinipur and Koch Bihar.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
88. Lecane (Lecane) ohioensis (Herrick)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
89. Lecane (Lecane) papuana (Murray)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Hoara,
Barddhaman, Medinir'lr, Bankura, Maldah,
Koch Bihar and Darjiling.
90. Lecane (Lecane) pertica
Harring & Myers
Distribution : Koch Bihar.
91. Leeane (Leeane) signifera signifera
(Jennings)
Distribution : Daljiling.
92. Lecane (Lecane) signifera
ploenensis (Voigt)
Distribution: Koch Bihar.
93. Lecane (Leeane) stokesii (Pell)
Distribution: Hoara.
94. Leeane (Lecane) ungulata (Gosse)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Nadia, Maldah, Koch Bihar and DaIjiling.
95. Leeane (Leeane) vasishti Sharma
Distribution : Kolkata.
96. Lecane (Hemimonostyla) inopinata
(Harring & Mayers)
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.,
Medinipur, Bankura and Koch Bihar.
97. Lecane (Hemimonostyla) sympoda
(Hauer)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and
Barddhaman.
98. Lecane (Hemimonostyla) syngenes
(Hauer)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
99. Lecane (Monostyla) bulla (Gosse)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Hoara, Hugli, Barddhaman, Nadia,
Maldah, Koch Bihar and Darjiling.
100. Lecane (Monostyla) closterocerca
(Schmarda)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Barddhaman, Medinipur and Koch
Bihar.
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101. Lecane (Monostyla) decipiens
(Murray)
Distribution: Kolkata, South 24 Pgs., Hoara,
Hugli and Barddhaman.
102. Lecane (Monostyla) fu:rcata
(Murray)
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
103. Lecane (Monostyla) hamata (Stokes)
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
104.Lecane (Monostyla) lunaris
lunam (Ehrenberg)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Medinipur,
Bankura, Maldah, Koch Bihar and DaIjiling.
105. Lecane (Monostyla) lunaris
crenata (Harring)
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
106. Lecane (Monostyla) obtusa (Murray)
Distribution: Koch Bihar.
107. Lecane (Monostyla) pawlowskii
Wulfert
Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
108. Lecane (Monostyla) pyriformis
(Daday)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Nadia, Maldah and Koch Bihar.
109. Lecane (Monostyla)
quadridentata (Ehrenberg)
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.,
Barddhaman, Nadia, Bankura and DaIjiling.
110. Lecane (Monostyla) scutata
(Harring & Mayers)
Distribution: Koch Bihar.
111. Lecane (Monostyla) sinuata (Hauer)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Bankura.
112. Lecane (Monostyla) stenroosi
(Meissner)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Barddhaman and Koch Bihar.
.113. Lecane (Monostyla) thalera
(Harring & Mayers)
Distribution: Kolkata and Koch Bihar.
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114. Lecane (Monostyla) thienemanni
(Hauer)
Distribution: Hoara and Koch Bihar.
115. Lecane (Monostyla) unguitata
(Fadeev)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Hugli, Barddhaman, Medinipur,
Maldah and Koch Bihar.
Family NOTOMMATIDAE
116. Cephalodella auriculata (Muller)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
117. Cephalodella catellina (Muller)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
118. Cephalodella forficula (Ehrenberg)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
119. Cephalodella gibba (Ehrenberg)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and HugH.
120. Cephalodella mucronata
Harring & Myers
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Barddhaman,
Bankura and Koch Bihar.
121. Scaridium longicaudum (Muller)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Hoara, Maldah and Koch Bihar.
Family TRICHOCERCIDAE
122. Trichocerca (Trichocerca) raltus
(Muller)
Distribution: Kolkata, South 24 Pgs., Hugli
and Medinipur.
123.Trichocerca (Trichocerca)
elongata braziliensis (Murray)
Distribution : Kolkata.
124. Trichocerca (Trichocerca) pasHia
(Lauterborn)
Distribution: Medinipur, Bankura and Koch
Bihar.
125. Trichocerca (Trichocerca)
cylindrica (Imhof)
Distribution : Koch Bihar and Daljiling.
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126. Trichocerca (Diurella) similis
(Wierzejski)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Nadia, Medinipur, Koch Bihar and
Darjiling.
127. Trichocerca (Diurella) weberi
(Jennings)
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
Family ASPLANCHNIDAE
128. Asplanchna brightwelli Gosse
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Nadia, Medinipur and Bankura.
129. Asplanchna priodonata Gosse
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Maldah, Koch
Bihar and Darjiling.
Family SYNCHAETIDAE
130. Polyarthra valgaris Carlin, 1943
Distribution: Kolkata, South 24 Pgs., Hugli,
Medinipur,. Maldah and Koch Bihar.
Family DICRANOPHORIDAE
131. Dicranophorus forcipatus Muller
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Hugli, Bankura,
Maldah and Koch Bihar.
132. Dicranophorus lutkeni (Bergendal)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family GASTROPHORIDAE
133. Gastropus stylifer Imhof.
Distribution : Koch Bihar.
134. Ascomorpha saltans Bartsch
Distribution: Koch Bihar.
135. Ascomorpha ovalis
(Bergendal)
Distribution : Medinipur and Darjiling.
Order GNESIOTROCHA
Suborder FLOSCULARIACEA
Family CONOCHILIDAE
136. Conochilus natans (Seligo)
Distribution : Kolkata.
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137. Conochil'us-unicornis Rousselet
Distribution : Koch Bihar and DaIjiling.
Family HEXARTHRIDAE
138. Hexarthl-a mira (Hudson)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Nadia, Bankura and Maldah.
Family TESTUDINELLIDAE
139. Pompholyx sulcata (Hudson)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Hugli, Nadia, Medinipur, Bankura,
Maldah and DaIjiling.
140. Testudinella emarginula (Sternroos)
Distribution: Maldah and Koch Bihar.
141. Testudinella paMJa (Terners)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family FILINIDAE
142. Filinia longiseta (Ehrenberg)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Nadia, Medinipur, Bankura, Maldah
and Koch Bihar.
143. Filinia tenninalis (Plate)
Distribution: Hoara, HugH and Koch Bihar.
144. Filinia opoliensis Zacharias
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs., Hoara, Hugli, Barddhaman, Bankura,
Medinipur and Koch Bihar.
145. Filinia pejleri (Hutchinson)
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
Family TROCHOSPHAERIDAE
146. Horaella brehmi Donner
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
Superorder DIGONOTA
Order BDELLOIDAE
Family PHILODINIDAE
147. Rotaria neptunia (Ehrenberg)
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs. and Darjiling.
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GASTROTRICHA
Phylum GASTROTRICHA 10. Lepidodermella squamatum
Order CHAETONOTOIDA (Dujardin, 1941)
Habitat: Freshwater and mud.
Family CHAETONOTIDAE
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and HugH.
1. AspidophoMlS marinus Remane, 1926
11. Polymerurus nodicaudus
Habitat: Beach sand. (Voigt, 1901)
Distribution : Medinipur. Habitat: Freshwater and mud.
2. Chaetonotus anomalus Brunson, 1950 Distribution: Medinipur.
Habitat: Freshwater. Family XENOTRICHULIDAE
12. Xenotrochula tentaculatus
Distribution: Darjiling and Hugli.
Rao and Ganapati, 1968
3. Chaetonotus atrox Wilke, 1954 Habitat: Sand
Habitat: Sand and mud. Distribution: Medinipur.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. 13. Xenotrochula velox Remane
and Medinipur. Habitat: Sand and mud.
4. Chaetonotus formosus Strokes, 1887 Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Medinipur.
Habitat : Plankton. Order MACRODASYIDA
Family DACTYLOPODOLIDAE
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
14. Dactylopodola indica
Pgs.
(Rao and Ganapati, 1968)
5. Chaetonotus longispinosus Habitat: Sand and mud.
Strokes, 1887 Distribution: Medinipur.
Habitat: Plankton. Family LEPIDODASYIDAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Darjiling. 15. Acanthodasys aculeatus
6. Chaetonotus octonarius Strokes, 1887 Remane, 1927
Habitat: Beach sand.
Habitat: Freshwater and weeds.
Distribution : Medinipur.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
16. Paradasys littoralis
7. Chaetonotus schulzei Metschnikoff Rao and Ganapati, 1968
Habitat: Freshwater and weeds. Habitat: Beach sand.
Distribution: Darjiling. Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Medinipur.
Family MACRO DASYI DAE
8. Chaetonotus similas Zelinka, 1889
17. Macrodasys waltairensis
Habitat: Freshwater.
Rao and Ganapati, 1968
Distribution: Darjiling and HugH. Habitat: Beach sand.
9. Ichthydium auritum Brunson, 1950 Distribution : Medinipur.
Habitat: Plankton. 18. Urodasys vivipaJ·us Wilke, 1954

Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Habitat : Beach sand.

Pgs. Distribution : Medinipur.
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Family PLANODASYIDAE
19. Crasiella indica Rao, 1980
Habitat : Beach sand.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
?amily THAUMASTODERMATIDAE
20. Pseudostomella indica Rao, 1970
Habitat: Sand and mud.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
21. TetranchyrodeM1ta indica
Rao and Ganapati, 1968
Habitat: Beach sand.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Medinipur.
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22. Tetranchyrodenna littoralis
Rao, 1981
Habitat : Beach sand.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Medinipur.
23. Thaumastodenna heiden
Remane, 1926
Habitat: Beach sand.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Medinipur.
Family TURBANELLIDAE
24. Paraturbanella mesoptera
Rao, 1970
Habitat: Sand and mud.
Distribution: Medinipur.
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KINO RHYNC HA
Phylum KINORHYNCHA 3. Echinoderes ehlersi Zelinka, 19 13
Order CYCLORHAGIDA Habitat: Beach mud.
Family ECHINODERIDAE Distribution: Medinipur.
1. Echinoderes bengalensis Family SEMNODERIDAE
(Timm, 1958) 4. Sphenoderes indicus Higgins, 1969
Habitat: Beach mud. Habitat: Benthos.
Distribution: Medinipur, North 24 Pgs. and Distribution: Medinipur.
South 24 Pgs. Family PYCNOPHYIDAE
2. Echinoderes sonadiae (Timm, 1958) 5. Pycnophyes sp.
Habitat : Beach mud. Habitat: Benthos.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
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NEMATODE PARASITES OF VERTEBRATE
Phylum NEMATODA
Class ADENOPHOREA
Order ENOPLIDA
Superfamily TRICHINELLOIDEA
Family TRICHURIDAE
Subfamily TRICHURINAE
1. Capillaria columbae (Rudolphi)
Host : Pigeon.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
2. Capillaria prashadi
Maplestone & Bhaduri
Host: Rattus norvegicus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
3. Trichuris discolor (Linstow)
Host: Zebra, Cattle, Buffalo, Okapi.
Distribution : Kolkata.
4. Trichuris globulosa (Linstow)
Host: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kurseong).
5. Trichuris sp.
Host: Bandicota sp.
Distribution : Haora.
6. Trichuris mchiura (Linnaeus)
Host: Hylobatis sp.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden)
and DaIjiling (Ghoombhanjang).
7.· Trichuris vulpis (Froelich)
Host: Dog.
Distribution: Murshidahad (Baharampur).
8. Trichuris ovis (Abildgaard)
Host : Sheep, Goat, Ox, Camel.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Class S~CERNENTEA
Order ASCARIDIDA
Superfamily ASCARIDOIDEA
Family ASCARDIDAE
9· Amplicaecum capellae Majumdar
Host: Gallingo gallingo.
Distribution : Kolkata.
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10. Amplicaecum ixobrychusi
Majumdar & Chakravarty
Host: Ixobrychus cinamoneus.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Dum Dum).
11. Amplicaecum phalacrocoraxi
Chakraborty & Majumdar
Host: Phalacrocorax sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
12. Amplicaecum Varani
Baylis & Daubney
Host: Common monitor lizard.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
13.Ascaris lumbricoides Linnaeus
Host: Human.
Distribution : Kolkata.
14. Ascaris sp.
Host: Rat.
Distribution : Puruliya.
IS. Ophidascaris filaria (Dujardin)
Host: Python molurus.
Distribution : Kolkata (Haridevpur,
Tollygung).
16.Ophidascaris gestri (Parona)
Host : Natrix piscator.
Distribution: Kolkata (Salt Lake).
17. Ophidascaris naiae (Gedoelst)
Host: Naja tripudians.
Distribution : Kolkata.
18. Ophidascaris piscatori
Soota & Chaturvedi
Host: Natrix piscator.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Birati).
19. Parascaris equorum (Goeze)
Host: Horse.
Distribution : Kolkata.
20. Toxascaris leonina (V. Linstow)
Host: Lion, Tiger, Leopard.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
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21. Toxascaris transfuga (Rudolphi.) 32. Toxocara mystax (Zeder)

Host: Panda, Sloth Bear. Host : Domestic cat.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Distribution : Kolkata (Indian museum).
Subfamily TOXOCARINAE 33. TyphlophoMLS lame"aris Linstow
22. Dujardinascaris dujardini Host : Gharial.
(Travassos)
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Host: Crocodilus porosus.
Family ANISAKIDAE
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning port).
Sub family ANISAKINAE
23. Multicaecum agile (Weld)
34. Contracaecum engonium
Host: Gharial.
Baylis & Daubney
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Host: Black stork.
24. Multicaecum gangeticum
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
(Maplestone)
35. Contracaecum haliaeti
Host: Gharial.
Baylis & Daubney
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Host: Kite.
25. Porrocaecum ardeae (Frolich)
Distribution : Kolkata (Chandni chowk).
Host: Kite.
36. Contracaecum lobulatum
Distribution : Kolkata.
(Schneider)
26. Porro caecum angusticolle (Molin)
Host : Plantanista gangetica.
Host: Common crane.
Distribution: Haora (Hooghly river).
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
37. Contracaecum rosarium (Connal)
27. Porrocaecum ardeae (Frolich)
Host: Indian Shag.
Host: Common crane.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
38. Contracaecum spiculigerum
28. Porrocaecum depressum (Zeder)
(Rudolphi.)
Host : Vulture.
Host: Indian shag.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Distribution : Kolkata.
29. Porrocaecum ibidis (Mapleston)
39. Contracaecum tricuspe (Gedoelst)
Host : Tawny wood owl, Ibis.
Host: Indian darter.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden)
Distribution : Kolkata.
and DaIjiling (Ghoombhanjang).
40. Duplicaecum ibisi
30. Porrocaecum reticulatum Majumdar & Chakraborty
(Unstow)
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Host: Cattle egret.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Dum Dum),
31. Toxocara canis (Werner)
41. Terranova pristis (Baylis & Daubney)
Host : Indian fox, Wolf.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden) Host: Saw fish.
and Murshidabad (Baharampur). Distribution: Haora eUlheria).
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Subfamily GOEZIINAE
42. Goena gavialidis Maplestone
Host : Gharial.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Subfamily RAPHIDASCARIDINAE
43. Lappetascaris lu#jani Rasheed
Host: [lisha feligera.
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
Superfamily HETERAKOIDEA
Family ASCARIDIIDAE
44. Ascardia columbae (Gmelin)
Host: Columbia livia.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
45. Ascardia cristata CV. Linstow)
Host: Grus antigone.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
46. Ascardia stroma (V. Linstow)
Host: Grus grus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
47. Ascaridia compar (Schrank)
Host: Alectoris graeca chukar.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
48. Ascaridia galli (Schrank)
.Host : Common fowl, Turkey, domestic
duck.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Family HETERAKIDAE
Sub family HETERAKINAE
49· Heterakis berhamporia Lane
Host: Domestic fowl.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
50. Heterakis bosia Lane
Host: Tragopan satyra.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
51. Heterakis gallinae (Gmelin)
Host : Lophophorus impejanus, Tragopan
sp.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
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52. Heterakis indica Maplestone
Host: Domestic fowl.
Distribution : Kolkata (Kolkata market).
53. Heterakis isolenche V. Linstow
Host: Tragopan satyra.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden)
and Murshidabad.
54. Heterakis papillosa (Bloch)
Host: Phasianus to,:quatus.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
55. Heterakis parva Maplestone
Host: Euplocammus nycthemerus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
56. Heterakis pavonis
Host: Silver pheasant.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
57. Heterakis spumosa Schneider
Host: Rattus norvegicus, Rattus Rattus,
Bandicoota.
Distribution : Maldah and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
58. Heterakis vulvolabiata Chandler
Host : Arboricola torqueola.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
59. Pseudaspidodera pavonis
Baylis & Daubney
Host: Pavo muticus.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
60. Pseudaspidodera voluptuosa
Chandler
Host: Argusianus argus.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
61. Pseudospidodera jnanendrae
Chakraborty
Host: Pavo cristatus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
62. Pseudospidodera spinosa
Maplestone
Host: Argusianus argus.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
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Subfamily METERAKINAE 72. Monhysterides piscicola

63· Gireterakis girardi Lane Baylis & Daubney
Host: Hystrix bengalensis. Host: Tor tor.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Torsa rIver,
64. Meterakis mabuyae (Chakraborty) Falakata).
Host : Mabuya carinata. 73. ProbShnayria simiae Maptestone
Distribution : Kolkata. Host: Hyalobates hoolock.
65. Meteterakis govindi Karve Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Host: Dattaphyrynus melanostictus. Family COSMOCERCIDAE

Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Birati), Haora Sub family COSMOCERCINAE

(Amta), Koch Bihar (Atiamochar), Maldah 74. Cosmocercoides dukae (Holl)
(Bhaluka), Murshidabad (Baharampur), South Host: Himalayan toad, Pelobatid toad.
24 Pgs. (Basna) and Dinajpur (Kulik). Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong,
Subfamily SPINICAUDINAE Manibhanjan).
66. Africana bufonis 75. Oxysomatium anurae
Biswas & Chakraborty Biswas & Chakraborty
Host: Dattaphyrynus melanostictus. Host: Dattaphyrynus melanostictus.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution: North 24 ~gs. (Barasat).
67. Africana varani Maplestone 76. Oxysomatium macintoshii
Host: Varanus bengalensis. (Stewart)

Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Host: Toad, Frog.

68. Strongyluris calotis
Baylis & Daubney
Host: Calotes versicolor.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Dum Dum),
Barddhaman (Krishna sagar, Bardhaman) and
Kolkata (Kolkata).
69. Strongyluris chamaeleonis
Baylis & Daubney
Host: Chamaeleon vulgaris.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Superfamily COSMOCERCOIDEA
Family ATRACTIDAE
70. Atractis granulosa (Railliet & Henry)
Host : Testudo elongata.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Baradighi).
71. Atractis opeatura Leidy
Host: Iguana.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Birati),
Bankura (Suri), Birbhum (Gonpur, Sainthia,
Tarapit), Barddhaman, Darjiling (Sukna), Haora
(Amta), Koch Bihar (Atiamochar), Murshidabad
(Baharampur), South 24 Pgs. (Basna), Puruliya
and Dinajpur (Kulik).
77. Oxysomatium stomatici
Biswas & Chakraborty
Host: Dattaphyrynus stomaticus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family KATHLANIIDAE
78. Falcaustra barbi Baylis & Daubney
Host: Tor tor.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Torsa river.
Falakata).
79. Falcaustra bengalensis
Manna & Mahapatra
Host: Turtle.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur).
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80. Falcaustra brevispiculata (Baylis) Family SUBULURIDAE

Host: Euphlyctis hexadactyl(l. Sub family ALLODAPINAE
Distribution : Kolkata (Salt lake) and South 89. Allodapa (Allodapa) turnicis
24 Pgs. (Sujapur, Falta). (maplestone)
81. Falcaustra kempi (Baylis & Daubney) Host : Turnix dussumieri.
Host : Testudo elongata. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Baradighi, Subfamily LABIOBULURINAE
J alpaiguri).
90. Tarsubulura pe"!lata (Ratzel)
82. Falcaustra leptocephala
Host: Loris lydekkerianus, L.Gracilis.
Baylis & Daubney
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Host: Tor tor.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Torsa river, Subfamily SUBULURINAE
Falakata). 91. Subulura (Subulura) andersoni
Subfamily CRUZIINAE (Cobbold)
83. Pseudocruzia orientalis (Maplestone) Host: Faunambulus pennanti.
Host: Pig. Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Distribution : Kolkata. 92. Subulura (Subulura) galloperdicis
Superfamily SEURATOIDEA Baylis & Daubney
Family CUCULLANIDAE Host: Galloperdix spadicea, Francolinus.
Sub family CUCULLANINAE Distribution: Kolkata and Medinipur.
84. Cucullanus pangasius 93. Subulura (Subulura) multipapi-
Soota & Chaturvedi llata (Chandler)
Host: Pangasius pangasius. Host: Rollus rouloul.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban). Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
85. Cucullanus panjjuseus Dey Sarkar 94. Subulura (Subulura) olympioi
Host: Sillagionoperis panijus. Barreto
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond Host: Pavo cristatus.
harbour).
Distribution : Kolkata.
86. Cucullanus ritai Karve
95. Subulura (Subulura) perdicularia
Host: Rita buchanani. . Dey Sarkar
Distribution : Kolkata.
Host : Perdicula asiatica.
87. Dichelyne tMonyrl
Distribution: Medinipur (Jhargram).
Chakraborty & Majumdar
Order OXYURIDA
Host: Trionyx gangeticus.
Superfamily OXYUROIDEA
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family HETEROXYNEMATIDAE
88. Dichelyne wallagoni
Chakraborty & Majumdar 96. Syphaciella indica Maplestone
Host: Walago attu. Host: Pterocels excustus.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
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Family OXYURIDAE 106. Acuaria indica Maplestone

97· Avilandros avis (Maplestone) Host : Shikra.
Host: Tringa hypoleucos. Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). 107. Acuaria lata Maplestone

9B. Enterobius anthropopitheci Host: Red crested wood-quail.

(Gedoelst) Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Host: Lemur brunneus. loB. Echinuria hargilae
(Baylis & Daubney)
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Host: Adjutant stork.
99. Enterobius veM1licularis (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Host: Man.
109. Synhimantus (Dispharynx) nasuta
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur). (Rudolphi)
100. Syphacia muris (Yamaguti) Host: Bronze winged Jacana.
Host: Rattus sp. Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Distribution : Kolkata. 110. Syntimantus (Synhimantus)

Family PHARYNGODONIDAE hydrabadensis Ali

101. Pharyngodon gekko Host: Crow Pheasant.
(Chakraborty & Bhaduri) Distribution : Barddhaman.
111. Syntimantus (Synhimantus)
Host: Gekko gekko.
invaginatus (Linstow)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Host: Cattle egret.
102. Thelandros (Thelandros)
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
maplestonii (Chatterjee)
112. Syntimantus (Synhimantus)
Host : Hemidactylus j7.aviviridis, Calotes nanus Maplestone
versicolor.
Host: Golden backed woodpecker.
Distribution : Barddhaman and Kolkata. Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Order SRIRURIDA Subfamily SCHISTOROPHINAE
Sub order CAMALLANINA 113.Schistorophus tenuis (Maplestone)
Superfamily ACARIOIDEA Host: White breated Kingfisher.
Family ACURIIDAE Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Sub family ACUARIINAE Subfamily SEURATIINAE
103. Acuaria anthuMs (Rudolphi) 114. Aviculariella alcyona Wehr.
Host: Redbilled blue magpie. Host: Kingfisher.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Superfamily CAMALLANOIDEA
104. Acuaria brevispicula Maplestone
Family CAMALLANIDAE
Host: Magpie Robin.
115. Camallanides prashadi
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Baylis & Daubney
105. Acuaria conica Maplestone Host: Banded Krait.
Host: Magpie Robin. Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden)
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). and South 24 Pgs. (Basna & Sujapur).
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116. Camallanus anabantis Pearse 126. Cylicospirura (gastronodus)

Host: Anabas testudineus. strassenii (Singh)
Distribution : Birbhum and Kolkata. Host: Suncus murinus.
117. Camallanus mastacembeli Distribution: Medinipur (Kanaisole).
(Sahay & Sinha) Superfamily HABRONEMATOIDEA
Host: Nandus nandus. Family HABRONEMATIDAE
Distribution: Haora (Amta).
Sub family HABRONEMATINAE
118. Paracamallanus singhi (Ali)
127. Habronema asymmetricum
Host: Channa striatus.
Maplestone
Distribution : Kolkata and Dinajpur
(Raigunj). Host : Pale harrier.
119. Spirocamallanus gubernaculus Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
(Khera) 128. Habronema avicedae·
Host: Rita rita. Soota & Dey Sarkar
Distribution: Hoogly river. Host: Indian Black Creasted baza.
Superfamil~ SPIRUROIDEA Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna).
Family GONGYLONEMATIDAE 129. Habronema bulbosum (Linstow)
120. Gongylonema (Gongylonema)
Host: Pavo cristatus.
capucini Maplestone
Host: Cebrus capucinus. Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). 130. Habronema casuarii Maplestone
Sub family ASCAROPSINAE Host: Double wattled cassowary.
121. Ascarops strongylina (Rud) Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Host: Domestic pig. 131. Habronema diesingi Maplestone
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling Host: Vuturine guinea fowl.
(Kurseong).
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
122. Physocephalus primus
(Maplestone) 132. Habronema euplocami Maplestone
Host: Hollock Gibbon. Host: Kalij Pheasant.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
123. Physocephalus sexalatus (Molin) 133. Habronema imbricatum
Host: Domestic pig. Maplestone
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong). Host: Scops Owl.
124. Streptoph"aragus pigmentus Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
(Linstow)
134.Habronema indicum Maplestone
Host: Hollock Gibbon.
Host: Indian Roller.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Subfamily SPIROCERCINAE
125. Cylicospirura (Cylicospirura)
135. Habronema magnilabiatum
felinea (Chandler) Maplestone
Host: Domestic Cat. Host: Himalayan grey-headed Fishing Eagle.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
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Subfamily HISTOCEPHALINAE
136. Viguiera majumdari De
Host : Black Drongo.
Distribution : Barddhaman and Dinajpur
(Kulik).
Family TETRAMERIDAE
Subfamily TETRAMERINAE
137· Tetrameres (Microtetrameres)
spiralis (Seurat)
Host: Cattle Egret.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
138. Tetrameres (Tetrameres) spinosa
(Maplestone)
Host: Common Pochard.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Family CYSTIDICOLIDAE
139. Pseudoproleptus vestibules Khera
Host: Mastacembelus armatus.
Distribution : DaIjiling Siliguri.
140. Spinitectus caballeroi
Datta & Majumdar
Host: Bagarius bagarius.
Distribution : Medinipur.
141. Spinitectus minor (Stewart)
Host : Notopterus notopterus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Superfamily DIPLOTRIAENOIDEA
Family DIPLOTRIAENIDAE
Sub family DICHEILONEMATINAE
142. Diplotriaena dubia (Maplestone)
Host: Red billed Cough.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
143. Diplotriaena l!raculi (Maplestone)
Host: Red billed Choug.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
144. Diplotriaena molpastisi
Majumdar & Chakraborty
Host : Red-vented bulbul.
Distribution : Kolkata.
145. Diplotriaena nepalensis
Soota & Chaturvedi
Host : Himalayan Whistling Thrush.
Distribution : DaIjiling (Reang).
146. Diplotriaena tricuspis (Fedchenko)
Host: Laughing Thrush.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden)
and South 24 Pgs.
147· Diplotriaena urocissae (Maplestone)
Host: Yellow billed blue Magpie.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Subfamily DICHEILONEMATINAE
148. Hastospiculum macrophallos
(Parona)
Host: Varanus varanus.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Superfamily FILARIOIDEA
Family ONCHOCERCIDAE
Subfamily WALTONELLINAE
149. Ochoterenella ranae
Sarkar & Manna
Host: Hoplobatrachus tigrinus.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur),
North 24 Pgs. (Habra).
150. Ochoternella bengalensis
Sarkar & Manna
Host: Dattaphyrynus melanostictus.
Distribution: Haora (Lilua).
Superfamily APROCTOIDEA
Family APOCTIDAE
Sub family APROCTINAE
151. Pseudaprocta vagabunda
Dey Sarkar
Host: Tree Pie.
Distribution: Birbhum (Gonpur).
Superfalnily FILARIOIDEA
Fanlily FILARII DAE
Sub family FlLARIINAE
1f)2. Filaria abbreviata Rudolphi
Host : Saxicola sp.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
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153. Filaria haje Wedl. 162. Gnathostoma doloresi Tubangui

Host : Cobra, Banded krait. Distribution : Kolkata.

Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). 163. Tanqua anomala (Linstow)
Family ONCHOCERIDAE Host: Snake.
Sub family LEMDANINAE Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Birati), Kolkata
154. Lemdana bengalensis (Zoological Garden), Haora (mberia) and South
Soota & Chaturvedi 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
Host: Brown Shrike. 164. Tanqua tiara (Linstow)

Distribution: Kolkata (Salt lake). Host: Varanus bengalensis.

Subfamily ONCHOCERCINAE Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden)
155. Dipletalonema digitatum and South 24 Pgs. (Bhasana).
(Chandler) Subfamily SPIROXYlNAE
Host: Hoolock Gibbon. 165. Spiroxys gangeticus Baylis & lane
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Host: Trionyx gangeticus.
Subfamily SETARIINAE Distribution : Haora (Gangetic delta).
156. Papillosetaria verersi Maplestone 166. Spiroxys gubernae
Host: Tragulus javanicus. Chakraborty & Mazumdar
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Host: Chitra india.
157. Setaria cervi (Rudolphi) Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Baranagar).
Host: Cervus axis. Superfamily DRACUNCULOIDEA
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Family MICROPLEURIDAE
158. Setaria equina (Abildgaard) 167. Micropleura vivipara Linstow
Host: Donkey, Horse, Mule. Host: Gharial.
Distribution: Kolkata. Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Subfamily SPLENDIDOFILARIINAE Superfamily PHYSALOPTEROIDEA
159. Chandlerella bosei (Chandler) Family PHYSALOPTERIDAE
Host: Racket Tailed Drongo. Sub family PHYSALOPTERINAE
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). 168. Abbreviata varani (Parona)
160. Protofililaria furcata Chandler Host: Varanus bengalensis.
Host: Ruffed Lemur. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bhasana).
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). 169. Physaloptera alata Rudolphi
Superfamily GNATHOSTOMATOIDEA Host: Sparrow Hwak.
Family GNATHOSTOMATIDAE Distribution : DaIjiling.
Sub family GNATHOSTOMATINAE 170. Physaloptera brevispiculum
161. Echinocephalus uncinatus Molin V. Linstow
Host: Trygon sp. Host: Felis temmincki.
Distribution: HugH. Distribution : Kolkata.
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171. Physaloptera praeputialis Order STRONGYLIDA

v. Linstow Superfamily TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDAE
Host: Domestic cat.
Family AMIDOSTOMATIDAE
Distribution : Kolkata.
Sub family AMIDOSTOMATINAE
172. Physaloptera sp.
180. Amidostomum slajabini Boulenger
Host : Vulpus bengalensis.
Host: Golden eyed Pochard.
Distribution: Kolkata.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Subfamily PROLEPTINAE
Subfamily EPOMIDIOSTOMATINAE
173· Heliconema longissima (Ortlepp)
181. Epomidiostomum uncinatum
Host: Mastacembalus armatus. (Lundhal)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur). Host: Pintail Duck.
Superfamily THELAZIOIDAE Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Family THELAZIIDAE 182. Pseudamidostomum boulengeri
Subfamily OXYSPIRURINAE Maplestone
174. Oxyspirura (Barusispirura) Host: Cotton Teal.
montana Soota & Dey Sarkar Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Host: Brown Crested Tit. Family ORNITHOSTRONGYLIDAE
Distribution: DaIjiling (Tonglu). Sub family ORNITHOSTRONGYLINAE
175. Oxyspirura (Barusispirura) 183. OMtithostrongylus nicobaricus
longistrata Sarkar Maplestone
Host: Jungle Babbler. Host: Nicobar Pigeon.
Distribution: Birbhum (Gonpur). Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
176. Oxyspirura (Hamulofilaria) indica 184. OMtithostrongylus travassosi
(Chandler) Maplestone
Host: Cissa chinensis. Host: Coral-billed Pigeon.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Subfamily THELAZIINAE Family TRICHOSTRONGYLIDAE
177. Thelazia (Thelazia) rhodesii Sub family HAEMONCHINAE
(Desmarest)
185. Haemonchus contortus (RudolphL)
Host: Domestic cow.
Host: Sheep.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
Distribution : Kolkata.
178. Thelazia (Thelaziella)
186. Mecistocirrus digitatus (Linstow)
campanulata (Molin)
Host: Whistling thrush, Jungle crow. Host: Cow.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Kuntimari); Distribution: DaIjiling (Ghoom).
Darjiling (Reang), W. Dinajpur (Kulik). Family MOLINEIDAE
Family RHABDOCHONIDAE Sub family MOLINEINAE
179. Rhabdochona (Globochona) sp. 187. Oswaldocruzia goezea (Goeze)
Host : Eutropiichthys vacha. Host: Bufo meZanostictus, Rana tiyrillQ,
Distribution : Maldah (Bhaluka). CaZotes.
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Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Birati, Dum 194. Galoncus peMticious (Linstow)

Dum), Birbhum (Tarapith, Sainthia), Host: Panthera pardus.
Barddhaman, Kolkata, Haora (Amta), Koch Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Bihar (Atiamochar), Maldah (Bhatia Bill),
195. Globocephalus connorfilli Lane
Murshidabad (Baharampur) and South 24 Pgs.
Host: Pig.
(Basana).
Distribution : Kolkata.
Superfamily METASTRONGYLOIDEA
196. Globocephalus samoensis Lane
Family ANGIOSTRONGYLIDAE
Host: Pig.
188. Pulmostrongylus palustris
(Soota & Chaturvedi)
Distribution : Kolkata.
197. Globocephalus urosubulatus
Host: Indian Marsh Mongoose.
(Alessandrini)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bhasana).
Host: Pig.
Superfamily ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family ANCYLOSTOMATIDAE
Subfamily BUNOSTOMINAE
Sub family ANCYLOSTOMATINAE
198. Bunostomum cobi Maplestone
189. Ancylostoma (Ancylostoma)
Host: Water buck.
caninum (Ercolani)
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Host: Wild Dog, Wolf, Fox, Leopard, Fishing
199. Bunostomum trigonocephalum
Cat.
(Rudolphi)
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden)
Host: Sheep.
and Darjiling (Kalimpong).
Distribution : Darjiling.
190. Ancylostoma (Ancylostoma)
200. Necator americanus (Stiles)
duodenaIe (Dublin)
Host : African Rhinocerous, Indian
Host: Man, Tiger.
Rhinoicerous.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden),
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Darjiling and Murshidabad.
201. Tetragomphius procyonis
191. Ancylostoma (Ceylancylostoma)
Baylis & daubney
" ceylanicum Leiper
Host: Raccon.
Host: Canius aurius, C.pallipes, Cyon
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
dukhunernsis.
Superfamily DIAPHANOCEPHALOIDEA
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden,
Indian Museum), Darjiling and Murshidabad. Family DIAPHANOCEPHALIDAE
202. Kalicephalus (Kalicephaloides)
192. Ancylostoma (Ceylancylostoma)
minutus (Baylis & Daubney)
malayanum (Alessandrini)
Host: Naja tripudiens, Bungarusjasciatus.
Host : Sloth Bear, Malay Bear.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Birati) and
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden)
Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
and Darjiling.
203. Kalicephalus (Occiptodontus)
193· Arthrostoma longespiculum ·fimbriatus (Ortlepp)
(Maplestone)
Host: Bandred Krait, Bungarus jasciatus.
Host: Civet cat.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Birati) and
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
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Kalicephalus (Schadius) 212. Oesophagostomum (Bosieola)
brachyeephalus Maplestone curvatum (Maplestone )
Host : Rat Snake. Host: Axis axis.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
205· Kalicephalus (Schadius) elongates 213. Oesophagostomum (Bosieola)
Maplestone radiatum (Rud)
Host: Rat Snake. Host : Bison, Bas bubalus.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden)
206. Kalicephalus (Sehadius) indieus and Darjiling (Darjiling).
Ortlep 214. Oesophagostomum (Conoweberia)
Host: Ptyas mucosus, Bungarus jasciatus, blanchardi Railliet & Henry
Natrix piscator. Host: Hylobates hoolock.
Distribution: Kolkata (Salt Lake) and South Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
24 Pgs. (Bhasana). 215. Oesophagostomum (Conoweberia)
207. Kalicephalus (Sehadius) longior ovatum (Linstow)
Maplestone Host: Hylobates hollock.
Host: Naja tripudians, Bungarus jasciatus. Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). 216. Oesophagostomum (eonoweberia)
208. Kalicephalus (Sehadius) willeyi tridentatum Maplestone
Linstow Host : Dusky langur.
Host: Bungarus jasciatus, Naja tripudians, Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden),
Ptyas. 217. Oesophagostomum (Hysteracrum)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Birati) and asperum Railliet & Henry
Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Host: Goat.
209. Kalieephalus sp. Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Host: Enhydris sp. 218. Oesophagostomum (Hysteraerum)
Distribution: Kolkata (Salt lake) and South indieumMaplestone
24 Pgs. (Sujapur). Host: Axis axis, Cervus elaphus.
Superfamily STRONGYLOIDEA Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Family CHABERTIIDAE Oesophagostomum
219.
(Oesophagostomum) brevicaudum
Subfamily CHABERTIINAE
Schwartz & Alicata
210. Agriostomum v-ryburgi Railliet
Host: Pig.
Host: Bos indicus.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Darjiling.
220.Oesophagostomum
Subfamily OESOPHAGOSTOMINAE (Oesophagostomum) dentatunl
211. Bourgelatioides traguli Chandler (Rudolphi)
Host: Tragulus javanicus. Host: Pig.
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
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Oesophagostomum
221. Order RHABDITIDA
(Oesophagostomum) maplestonei Superfamily RHABDITOIDEA
(Schwartz) Family RHABDIASIDAE
Host: Pig. 229. Rhabdias bulbicauda Sarkar &
Distribution : Kolkata. Manna
222. Oesophagostomum Host: Dattaphyrynus melanestictus.
(Oesophagostomum)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
quandrispinulatum (Marcone)
Pgs.
Host: Pig.
Taxonomic status uncertain
Distribution : Kolkata.
230. Amphisakis bengalensis
223. Oesophagostomum (Proteracrum)
Chakraborty & Mazumdar
columbianum (Curtice)
Host: Eutropiichthys bengalensis.
Host -: Goat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling (Ghoom).
231. Aproctoides lissum Chandler
224. Rhabdiostomum traguli
(Maplestone) Host: Magpie Robin.
Host: Tragulus javanicus. Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden). 232. Neoprotozoophaga bufonis Biswas
& Chakraborty
Family STRONGYLIDAE
Subfamily CYANTHOSTOMINAE Host: Bufo melanostictus.
225. Khalilia pileata (Railliet, Henry &
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barasat).
Bauche) 233. Neoprotozoophaga natrixi Biswas &
Host : Indian elephant. chakraborty
Distribution: Murshidabad. Host: Natrix stolata.
226. Murshidia (Murshidia) falcifera Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Dum Dum).
(Cobbard) 234. Paraicosiella coturnyxi Majumdar
Host: Indian elepahnt. & Chakraborty
Distribution: Jalpaiguri. Host: Coturnyx coturnyx.
227. Murshidia (Murshidia) murshidia Distribution : Kolkata.
Lane 235. Paraprocta brevicaudata (Chandler)
Host: Indian elepahant. Host : Racket-tailed Drongo.
Distribution : J alpaiguri. Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Subfamily STRONGYLINAE 236. Propharyngodon ranae Biswas &
228. Choniangium epistomum (Piana) Chakraborty
Host: Indian elephant. Host: Euphlyctis tigrina.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur). Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Dum Dum).
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PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES

Class SECERNENTIA 10. Nothotylenchus acutus Khan
Order TYLENCHIDA Distribution: W. Dinajpur.
Suborder TYLENCHINA 11. Safianema anchilisposoma (Tarjan)
Infraorder TYLENCHATA Siddiqi
Superfamily TYLENCHOIDEA Distribution : Bardhaman, Hooghly
Family TYLENCHIDAE (Jangipara), Haora and South 24 Pgs.
Subfamily TYLENCHINAE Subfamily HALENCHINAE
1. Tylenchus arcuatus Siddiqi 12. Chitinotylenchus paragracilis
Distribution : Birbhum. (Micoletzuy) Filipjev

2. T. davainei Bastian Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Haora.

Distribution : Birbhum, Bardhaman and Suborder HOPLOLAIMINA
Hooghly. Superfamily HOPLOLAIMOIDEA
3. Filenchus filifoMltis (Biitschli) Meyl Family HOPLOLAIMIDAE
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore), Subfamily HOPLOLAIMINAE
Hooghly (Arambagh) and East Medinipur 13. Hoplolaimus (Basirolaimus)
(Ghatal). columbus Sher
Subfamily BOLEODORINAE Distribution: Bardhaman.
4. BoleodoMlS acutus Thorne & Malek 14. H. (B.) dudius Chaturvedi & Khera
Distribution : Birbhum. Distribution: Musshidabad (Rangasagar).
Subfamily DUOSULCIINAE 15. H. (B.) indicus Sher
5. Ottolenchus equisetus Host : Citrus.
(Husain & Khan) Wu Distribution : Birbhum, Bardhaman,
Distribution : Birbhum (Bolpur). Darjiling, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri and
Infraorder ANGUINATA Dinajpur.
Superfamily ANGUINOIDEA 16. H. (B.) seinhorsti (Lue) Shamsi
Family ANGUINIDAE Distribution : Birbhum.
Subfamily ANGUININAE 17. Scutellonema brachyurus (Steiner)
6. Ditylenches caudatus Thorne & Malek Andrassy
Distribution: Birbhum (Bolpur). Distribution: Darjiling.
7. D. dipsaci (Kuhn) Filipjev Subfamily ROTYLENCHOIDINAE
Distribution: Murshidabad. 18. Helicotylenchus abunaamai Siddiqi
8. D. mirus Siddiqi Distribution : Birbhum (Kharbani) and
Distribution : Bardhaman. Jalpaiguri.
9. Indoditylenchus sundarbanensis 19. H. dihystera (Cobb) Sher
Sinha, Choudhury & Baqri Distribution : Darjiling (Lebong, DUljiling,
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sundarban). Phoolsering, Dargapur and Kurseong).
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20. H. digitatus Siddiqi & Husain
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
21. H. erythrinae (Zimmermann) Golden
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling), Haora and
North 24 Pgs. (North & South).
22. H. indicus Siddiqi
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Darjiling,
Haora (Mourigram, Sankrail, Andul) , Nadia,
South 24 Pgs. and almost all the districts of W.
Bengal.
23. H. medinipurensis Gantait et a1.
Distribution : East Medinipur (Kesiwari).
24. H. microcephalus Sher
Distribution : Haora (Belur) and J alpaiguri.
25. H. minzi Sher
Distribution : Maldah.
26. H. mucronatus Siddiqi
Distribution: NorthPgs., South 24 Pgs.,
24
Nadia, Hooghly and Bardhaman.
27. H. multicinctus (Cobb) Golden
Distribution : DaIjiling and Westerri plains.
28. H. paraplatyurus Siddiqi
Distribution: Haora (Belur).
29. H. retusus Siddiqi & Brown
Distribution : Birbhum and Bardhaman
CKrishnapur, Majherpara).
30. H. seshadrii Singh & Khera
Distribution : Haora.
Family ROTILENCHULIDAE
Subfamily ROTILENCHULINAE
31. Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford &
Oliveira
Distribution: Bardhaman, Hooghly, North
24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs.
Family PRATYLENCHIDAE
Subfamily PRATYLENCHINAE
32. Pratylenchus brachyurus
(Godfrey, 1929) Filipjer & Schuurmans
Stekhoven
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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33. P. coffeae (Zimmermann) Filipjev &
Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1941
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
34. P. neglectus (Rensch) Filipjev &
Sehuurman Stekhoven
Syn. P. minyus Sher & Allen
Distribution : HugH.
35. P. pratensis (de Man) Filipjev
36. P. seribneri Steiner
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
37. P. thornei Sher & Allen
Distribution : DaIjiling, Maldah.
Subfamily HIRSCHMANNIELLINAE
38. Hirschmanniella gracilis (Man) Lue
& Goodey
Distribution : Birbhum, Bardhaman,
DaIjiling, Maldah, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri and
W. Dinajpur.
39. H. mannai Gantait et ale
Distribution: East Medinipur.
40. H. oryzae (van Breda de Haan) Luc &
Goodey
Distribution : East Medinipur, Birbhum
(Bolpur), Bardhaman (Memari, Monteswar),
Jalpaiguri and Hooghly (Arambagh).
Family MELOIDOGYNIDAE
41. Meloidogyne graminicola Golden &
Birchfield
Distribution : Bardhaman, Hooghly and
Maldah.
42. M. incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitword
Distribution Birbhum (Bolpur,
Santinekatan, N anur) and Hooghly (Arambagh,
Tarkeshwar).
43. M. jauanica (Treub) Chitwood
Distribution: Bankura (Chatna, Kotulpur),
Bardhaman (Memari) and Hooghly (Bainchi).
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Family TELOTYLENCHIDAE
Subfamily TELOTYLENCHINAE
44· Tylenchorhynchus annulatus
(Cassidy) Golden
Distribution: Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri.
45. T. brassicae Siddiqi
Distribution : Birbhum and DaIjiling.
46. T. divittatus Siddiqi
Distribution : Maldah.
47. T. elegans Siddiqi
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, North 24 Pgs.,
South 24 Pgs., Nadia, Hooghly, Maldah,
Murshidabad and Bardhaman.
48. T. leviteM1tinalis Siddiqi, MukheIjee &
Dasgupta
Distribution : Bardhaman, Hooghly,
Darjiling.
49. T. mashhoodi Siddiqi & Basir
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Bankura (Susunia),
Bardhaman (Shaktigarh), Murshidabad
(Jangipur), Maldah, East Medinipur.
50. T. nudus Allen
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
51. T. zeae Sethi & Swarup
Distribution: Murshidabad and all districts
of South Bengal.
52. Bitylenchus brevilineatus (Williams)
Jairajpuri
Distribution: Nadia, Hooghly, Bardhaman,
Murshidabad, MaIda, North and South 24 Pgs.
53. B. goffarti (Sturhan) Jairajpuri
Distribution : North 24 Parganas, South 24
Pgs. and Birbhum.
54. B. swarupi (Singh & Khera) Jairajpuri
Distribution : Around Kolkata.
55. Quinisulcius capitatus (Allen) Siddiqi
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kalimpong).
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56. Nagelus aJ1inis (Allen) ~iddiqi
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Suborder CRICONEMATINA
Family CRICONEMATIDAE
Subfamily CRICONEMATINAE
57. Criconema (Criconema) bengalense
(Sinha, Baqri & Choudhury) Siddiqi
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sagar Island).
58. C. (Nothocriconemella) degrissei
(Bagri) Raski & Luc
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Subfamily MACROPOSTHONIINAE
59. Macroposthonia brevistylus (Singh &
Khera) Ebsary
Distribution : Haora.
60. Macroposthoniaferniae (Luc) De
Grisse & Loof
Distribution : Hooghly.
61. Macroposthonia onoensis CLue) De
Grisse & Loof
Distribution : DaIjiling, Bardhaman.
62. M. ornata (Raski) De Grisse & Loof
Distribution : Bardhaman, Darjiling,
Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Hugli and W. Dinajpur.
63. M. rustica (Micoletzky) De Grisse & Loof
Distribution : Bardhaman.
Subfamily HEMICRICONEMOIDINAE
64. Hemicriconemoides brachyurus
(Loos) Chitwood & Birchfield
Distribution: HugH.
65. H. cocophillus (Loos) Chitwood &
Birchfield
Distribution: Birbhum, Bardhanlan, Hugli,
Haora and Darjiling.
66. H. mangiferae Siddiqui
Distribution: Cooch Bihar.
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67. H. sunderbanensis Ganguly & Khan Family PARATYLENCHIDAE

Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderbans). Subfamily PARATYLENCHINAE
Superfamily TYLENCHULOIDEA 69. Paratylenchus (Paratylenchus>
dianthus Jenkins & Taylor
Family TYLENCHULIDAE
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
Subfamily TYLENCHULINAE
70. Paratylenchus (Gracilacus) janai
68. Tylenchus semipenetrans Cobb (Bagri) Siddiqi
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution: Bardhaman.
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ACANTHOCEPHALA
Family OLIGACANTHORHYNCHIIDAE Family NEOECHINORHYNCHIDAE
1. Macracanthorhynchus hirudinoceus 9. Neoechinorhynchus topseyi Podder,
(Pallas, 1781) Travassos, 1917 1937
Host: Sus scrota cristata. Host : Polynemues heptadactylus and
Location: Intestine. Cyanoglossus lingua.
Distribution : Kolkata. Location : Intestine.
Family MONILIFORMIDAE Distribution : Kolkata.
2. Monilifonnis spiralis Subramaniam, 10. Neoechinorhynchus bangoni

1927 Tripathi, 1959

Host: Bandicoota sp. Host: MugU tade.
Location : Intestine. Location : Intestine.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Kolkata.
Family QUADRI GYRI DAE Family ARTYTHMACANTHIDAE
3. Acanthosentis antespinus Verma and 11. Paracanthocephaloides tripathii
Datta, 1929 Golvan, 1969
Host: Mysrus gulio. Host: Plotosus caninus.
Location: Intestine. Location : Intestine.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning),
Family CENTRORHYNCHIDAE
4. Acanthosentis dattai Podder, 1938
Host: Barbus tic to , Barbus stigma. 12. Centrorhynchus erraticus Chandler,
19 2 5
Location : Intestine.
Host: Felis caruso
Distribution: Kolkata (Salt Lake).
Location: Small intestine.
5. Acanthosentis sircan Podder, 1941
Distribution : Kolkata.
Host: Rasbora elonga.
13. Centrorhynchus bengalensis Datta
Location : Intestine. and Soota, 1954
Distribution : Kolkata. Host: Dinopium sp.
6. Acanthosentis giuns Soota and Sen, 1954 Location: Intestine.
Host: Glossogobius giuris. Distribution : Kalkata.
Location : Intestine. 14. Centrorhynchus knowlesi Datta and
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Palta). Soota, 1954
7. Raosentis podden Datta, 1947 Host: Ottus sp.
Host: Mysrus cavasius. Location : Intestine.
Location: Intestine. Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution: Kolkata. 15. Centrorhynchus smyrnensis
8. Pallisentis nandai Sarkar, 1953 Bhattacharya, 2007

Host: Nandus nandus. Host: Halcyon smyrnensis.

Location: Intestine. Location : Intestine.
Distribution: Kolkata. Distribution : Kolkata.
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SIPUNCULA
Phylum SIPUNCULA 2. Siphonosoma australe
Class PHYLACTOLAEMATA (Keferstein, 1865)
Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha).
Order SIPUNCULIFORMES
3. Phascolosoma arcuatum (Gray, 1828)
Family SIPUNCULIDAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island
1. Sipunculus nudus Linnaeus, 1766 Chemguri, Gangasagar, Canning, Jharkhali
Distribution :' East Medinipur (Digha). Sunderbans, Bakkhali).
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Phylum MOLLUSCA
Class GASTROPODA
Order ARCHAEOGASTROPODA
Family NERITIDAE
1.Neriona (Dostia) violacea (Gmelin)
Habitat: Low saline water (Near freshwater).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Falta,
Lakhlkantapur, Diamond Harbour, Frasergunj),
Kolkata (Kidderpore, Bagbazar canal).
Neriona (Vittina) smithi Wood
2.
Habitat: Low saline water (Near freshwater).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Palta,
Barrackpore), South 24 Pgs. (Falta), Kolkata.
3. Clithon reticularis (Sowerby)
Habitat: Low saline water (Near freshwater).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs. (Diamond Harbour).
4. Septaria lineata (Lamarck)
Habitat: Low saline water.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Diamond Harbour, Frazergunj, Diamond
Harbour), HugH (Serampore).
Order MESOGASTROPODA
Family VIVIPARIDAE
5. Bellamya dissimilis (Mueller)
Habitat: Freshwater.
_ Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip,
Canning, Sunderban), Kolkata (Patipukur, Dum
Dum), Haora (Sibpur ), HugH (Uttarpara,
Konnagar), Koch Bihar (Dinhata), Maldah (Santi
colony), Medinipur (Kharagpur), Murshidabad
(Narainpur), Nadia (Kalyani), Puruliya, W.
Dinajpur (Banshihari, Patiram).
6. Bellamya bengalensis f. annandalei
(Kobelt)
Habitat: Freshwater.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore,
Habra), Kolkata (Tollygunge, Garia, Behala,
Rabindra sarobar), Haora (Sibpur), HugH
(Konnagar), Nadia (Nabadwip).
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7· Bellamya bengalensis f. balteata
(Benson)
Habitat: Freshwater.
Distribution: Darjiling (Siliguri).
8. Bellamya l?engalensis f. eburnea
(Annandale)
Habitat: Freshwater.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Budge Budge),
HugH (Uttarpara), Puruliya.
9· Bellamya bengalensis f. gigantea
(Reeve)
Habitat : Freshwater.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning),
Bardhaman (Ranigung), Nadia (Kalyani).
10. Bellamya bengalensis f.
mandiensis (Kobelt)
Habitat : Freshwater.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
HugJi (Uttarpara), Medinipur, Nadia
(Ranaghat).
11. Bellamya bengalensis f. typica
(Lamarck)
Habitat: Freshwater.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (DumDum),
South 24 Pgs. (Lakhikntapur, Kakdwip),
Bankura, Kolkata (Narkeldanga, Tollygunge,
Jadavpur), Darjiling (Mahananda), Haora
(Sibpur), HugH (Konnagar), Jalpaiguri
(Chilapata), Koch Bihar (Mathabhanga,
Dinhata), Medinipur (Digha), Nadia (Kalyani),
Puruliya, W. Dinajpur (Raiganj, Islalnpur,
Harischandra pur).
12. Bellamya bengalensis race doliaris
(Gould)
Habitat: Freshwater.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs. (Lakhikntapur, Kakdwip),
Birbhum (Ranlpurhat), Kolkata (Barisa), Haora
(Shibpur), HugH (Sherampore), Jalpaiguri
(Chilapata), Koch Bihar (Mathabhanga),
Murshidabad, Puruliya, W. Dinajpur
(Banshihari, Harirampur, Patiraln).

13. Bellamya crassa (Benson)
Habitat : River.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Teesta river), Koch
Bihar (Dinhata), Maldah (Harishchandrapur),
Nadia (Rariaghat), W. Dinajpur (Patiram).
Family AMPULLARIIDAE
14. Pila globosa (Swainson)
Habitat: Freshwater.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Lakhikantapur,
Garia, Thakurpur, Kakdwip), Bankura,
Bardhaman, Birbhum (Nalhati, Alambazar,
Garia), Kolkata (Patipukur Gobra, Barisa,
Rabindra sarobar), Hugli (Bandel, Konnagar),
Medinipur, Murshidabad (Narainpur), Nadia
(Nabadwip).
15. Pila globosa var. incrassatula
(Nevill)
Habitat: Freshwater.
Distribution : Kolkata (Dum Dum), Hugli
(Konnagar).
16. Pila globosa var. minor (Nevill)
Habitat: Freshwater.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Falta,
Sonarpur), Kolkata (Dum Dum).
Family CYCLOPHORIDAE
17. Alycaeus (Dicharax) plectochilus
Benson
Habitat: Damp shady places.
Distribution : Darjiling.
18. Alycaeus (Cycloryx) bembex
Godwin-Austen
Habitat: Damp shady places.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
19· Alycaeus (Cycloryx) constrictus
Benson
Habitat: Damp shady places.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
20. Alycaeus (Cycloryx) graphicus
Blanford
Habitat: Damp shady places.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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21. Alycaeus (Cycloryx) otiphorus
Benson
Habitat: Damp shady places.
Distribution : Darjiling.
22. Alycaeus (Dicharax) crenulatus
Benson
Habitat: Damp shady places.
Distribution : Darjiling.
23. Alycaeus (Dicharax) digitatus
H. Blanford
Habitat: Damp shady places.
Distribution : Darjiling.
24. Alycaeus (Dicharax) gemmula
Benson
Habitat: Damp shady places.
Distribution : Darjiling.
25. Alycaeus (Dicharax) lectus Godwin-
Austen
Habitat : Damp shady places.
Distribution: Darjiling (Chaukkalan).
26. Alycaeus (Dicharax) lenticulus
Godwin-Austen
Habitat: Damp shady places.
Distribution : Darjiling.
27. Alycaeus (Dicharax) stylifer Benson
Habitat: Damp shady places.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
28. Alycaeus (Dicharax) subhumilis
Mollendorff
Habitat: Damp shady places.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
29. Chamalycaeus physis (Benson)
Habitat: Damp shady places.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
30. Cyclophorus (Glossostylus) aurora
(Benson)
Habitat: Land.
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
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31. CyclophoMls (Glossostylus) exul 42. Diplommatina oviformis Fulton
Benson
Habitat: Land.
Habitat: Land.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
43· Diplommatina pachycheilus Benson
32. CyclophoMls (Glossostylus)
Habitat: Land.
himalayanus Pfeiffer
Habitat: Land. Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
44· Diplommatina polypleuris Benson
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghumti), Jalpaiguri
(Sipchu forest, Chilapata). Habitat: Land.
33· CyclophoMlS (Glossostylus) Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
tryblium Benson 45· Diplommatina (D.) pullula Benson
Habitat: Land. Habitat: Land.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
34. CyclophoMls.(Litostylus) 46. Diplommatina regularis Fulton
pyrotrema Benson Habitat: Land.
Habitat: Land. "Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Maldah. 47. Diplommatina (D.) semisculpta
35. Cyclophouus (Litostylus) Blanford
polynema Pfeiffer Habitat: Land.
Habitat: Land. Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Medinipur. 48. Diplommatina theobaldi Godwin-
36. Dioryx urnula Benson Austen
Habitat: Land. Habitat: Land.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling). Distribution : Darjiling.
37. Lagochilus tomotrema (Benson) Family PUPINIDAE
Habitat: Land. 49. Pseudopomatia shimalayae
Distribution : Darjiling. ~enson)

38. Pterocyclus rupesms Benson Habitat: Land.

Habitat: Land. Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Raj abhatkhawa) , 50. Rhaphaulus blarifordi (Benson)
Maldah (Gour). Habitat: Land.
39. Theobaldius phaenotopicus (Benson) Distribution: Darjiling (Daljiling).
Habitat: Land. 51. Schistoloma funiculatum (Sowerby)
Distribution: Darjiling. Habitat: Land.
Family
.
DIPLOMMATINIDAE
40. Diplommatina ungulata Blanford
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum) .
Family BITHYNIIDAE
Habitat: Land. 52. Bithynia (Digoniostoma)
Distribution: Darjiling. cerameopoma (Benson)
41. Diplommatina blanfordiana Benson Habitat: Freshwater.
Habitat: Land. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling). South 24 Pgs. (Garia), Kolkata (Maniktala,
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Patipukur, Dum Dum), Haora (Sibpur), Hugli
(Uttarpara), Koch Bihar (Bairagi dighi),
Maldah (Mahananda river), Murshidabad
(Behrampur, Dakhineswar), W. Dinajpur
(Raiganj).
53. Digoniostoma pulchella (Benson)
Habitat: Freshwater (Pond/River).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Canning),
Bankura, Bardhaman, Kolkata (Rabindra
sarobar, Kidderpore, Park street), Haora
(Sibpur), Hugli (Bandel), Maldah (Gour), Nadia
(Kalyani).
54. Gabbia orcula Frauenfeld
Habitat: Freshwater (Pond/River).
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Bairagi dighi).
55. Gabbia orcula yare producta (Nevill)
Habitat: Freshwater (Pond/River).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Habra), South
24 Pgs. (Lakhikantapur), Birbhum
(Rampurhat), Kolkata (Rabindra sarobar,
Tollygunge), Haora (Sibpur), Hugli (Konnagar),
Medinipur (Digha), Murshidabad (Narainpur),
Nadia (Ranaghat), Puruliya.
Family ASSIMINEIDAE
56. Assiminea francessi (Wood)
Habitat: Lowsaline water.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar island),
Hugli (Konnagar, Dakineshwar).
Family PLEUROCERIDAE
57. Brotia (Antimelania) costula
(Rafinesque)
Habitat: Freshwater.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Harbour, Bagherkhal), Kolkata (Eden Gardens,
Tollygunj), Darjiling (Siliguri), Hugli
(Uttarpara), Jalpaiguri (Chapatali), Koch Bihar
(Dinhata, Toofangunje), Maldah (Maldah river),
W. Dinajpur (Banshihari, Gangarampur,
Patiram, Raiganj).
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58. Paludomus (Paludomus)
blarifordiana Nevill
Habitat: Freshwater, rivers.
Distribution: Darjiling (Siliguri), Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhawa).
59. Paludomus (Paludomus) regulata
Benson
Habitat: Rivers/Streams.
Distribution : W. Dinajpur (Bangshihari,
Raiganj).
Family THIARIDAE
60. Melanoides tuberculata (Mueller)
Habitat: Freshwater.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip), Bankura, Bardhaman,
Birbhum (Nalhati), Kolkata (Rabindra sarobar,
Barisa, Tolygunge, Bagbazar), Darjiling
(Siliguri), HugH (Konnagar, Uttarpara),
Jalpaiguri (Hasimara, Alipurduar), Koch Bihar
(Kaliagunje, Dinhata, Mathabhanga,
Toofanganje), Maldah (Mahananda River),
Puruliya, W. Dinajpur (Kharmuja, KaHaganj).
61. Tarebia granifera (Lamarck)
Habitat: Freshwater.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore,
Daksineswar), Birbhum (Nalhati), Kolkata (lSI
compond, Rabindra sarobar), HugH (Uttarpara),
Nadia (Ranaghat), Puruliya.
62. Thiara (Thiara) scabra (Mueller)
Habitat : Freshwater.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
Bardhaman, Kolkata (Behala), Hugli (Konnagar,
Bandel), Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar), Koch Bihar
(Mathabhanga, Taragunje), Maldah
(Mahananda), Medinipur (Bramhan sasan), W.
Dinajpur (Raiganj).
63. Tarebia lineata (Gray)
Habitat: Freshwater.
Distribution : Bardhaman (Ranigunj),
Kolkata (Jodhpur park, Tollygunj, Eden
Gardens), Darjiling (Siliguri), Haora (Shibpur),
Hugli (Uttarpara), Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar,
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Raj abhatkhawa) , Koch Bihar (Dinhata,
Toofangunje) , Maldah (Mahananda river),
Nadia, South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur, lakhikantapur,
Kakdwip), W. Dinajpur (Harirampur, Patiram,
Raiganj).
Order BASOMMATOPHORA
Family LYMNAEIDAE
64· Lymnaea (Pseudosuccinea)
acuminata f rufescens Gray
Habitat : Pond, river.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Falta), Bankura,
Bardhaman, Kolkata (Rabindra sarobar), Haora
(Sibpur), Hugli (Konnagar), Jalpaiguri
(Hasimara, Rajabhatkhawa, Raidak), Maldah,
Darjiling (Mahananda river), Murshidabad
(Narainpur), Nadia (Kalyani), Puruliya.
65. Lymnaea (Pseudosuccinea)
acuminata f gracilior Martens
Habitat: Freshwater, pond, river.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Ichapur,
Barasat, Barrackpore), Kolkata (Ballygunj,
Thakurpukur, Dum Dum), Hugli (Uttarpara).
66. Lymnaea (Pseudosuccinea)
acuminata f typica Lamarck
Habitat: Pond, river.
Distribution : Bankura, Bardhaman
(Ranigunj), Birbhum (Nalhati), Kolkata (Dum
Dum, Khidderpore, Tollygunj), Haora
(Shibpur), Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar,
Rajabhatkhawa, Sankosh river), Koch Bihar
(Singhimari river, Mathabhanga, Ghughumari),
Medinipur (Konnagar), Nadia (Ranaghat),
Puruliya, W. Dinajpur (Raigunge,
Gangarampur).
67. Lymnaea (Pseudosuccinea) luteola
f australis Annandale and Rao
Habitat: Pond, river.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip),
Bardhaman, Kolkata (Ballygunj), HugH
(Ko~nagar), Medinipur, Nadia (Kalyani),
Puruliya, W. Dinajpur cIslampur).
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68. Lymnaea (Pseudosuccinea) luteola
f. ovalis Gray
Habitat: Pond, river.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Habra), South
24 Pgs. (Canning), Birbhum (Nalhati), Kolkata
(N arkeldanga, Kidderpore, Behala, Park
Circus), Hugli (Konnagar), Nadia (Nabadwip),
Puruliya, W. Dinajpur (Raiganj).
69. Lymnaea (Pseudosuccinea) luteola
f. typica (Lamarck)
Habitat: Pond, river.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
harbour, Canning), Birbhum, Kolkata
(Narkeldanga, Barisha, Tollygunj, Kidderpore,
Dum Dum), HugH (Uttarpara), Nadia
(Ranaghat).
Family ANCYLIDAE
70. Femssia baconi (Bourguignat)
Habitat: Stream/river.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa,
Kaljani river).
Family PLANORBIDAE
71. Gyraulus barrackporensis (Clessin)
Habitat: Pond.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
Kolkata (Park Street), HugH (Serampore).
72. Gyraulus convexiusculus (Hutton)
Habitat: Pond.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Ichapur),
Bardhaman, Kolkata (Narkeldanga, Jodhpur
park), HugH (Chandannagar), Jalpaiguri (Kaljani
river, Sankosh river), Koch Bihar (Raidak
river), Nadia (Kalyani), Puruliya.
73. Gyraulus labiatus (Benson)
Habitat: Pond, river.
Distribution: Birbhum (Nalhati), Kolkata
(Khidderpore), Haora (Shibpur), Jalpaiguri
(Kaljani river), Maldah, W. Dinajpur
(Harirampur).
74. Indoplanorbis eXllstus (Deshayes)
Habitat: Pond, river.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Canning,
Lakhikatnapur, Baruipur), Bankura,
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Barddhaman, Birbhum (Saithia), Kolkata
(Narkeldanga, Tollygunj, Kidderpore,
Maniktala, Barisha), Hugli (Uttarpara), Maldah
(Mahananda river), Medinipur, Murshidabad
(Behrampore), Nadia (Kalyani), W. Dinajpur
(Islampur, Kaliagunje).
Order SYSTELLOMMATOPHORA
Family VERONICELLIDAE
75. Laevicaulis alte (Ferussac)
Habitat: Soil.
Distribution: Barddhaman, Kolkata (Alipur),
Nadia (Kalyani), South 24 Pgs. (Basirhat,
Canning).
Order STYLOMMATOPHORA
Family VERTIGINIDAE
76. Pupisoma senoia (Benson)
Habitat: Tree bark.
Distribution : Darjiling.
77. Pupisoma orcula (Benson)
Habitat : Bark ·of the tree.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs., Kolkata, Darjiling.
Family BULIMINIDAE
78. Subezebnnus boysiana (Reeve)
Habitat: Land.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
Family CERASTUIDAE
79. Rhachis bengalensis (Lamarck)
Habitat: Shrubs.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs. (Budge Budge), Barddhaman
(Ranigunj), Kolkata (Ballygunj), HugH
(Serampore, Chandannagar), Maldah
(Harischandrapur).
80. Rhachis praetermissus (Blanford)
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family PUPILLIDAE
81. Pupilla barrackporensis Gude
Habitat: Tree bark.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
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82. Pupilla brevicostis Guide
Habitat : Tree bark.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
Family CLAUSILIIDAE
83. Euphaedusa ios (Benson)
Habitat: Land.
Distribution: Darjiling.
84. Oospira loxostoma (Benson)
Habitat: Land.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family SUCCINEIDAE
85. Indosuccinea semiserica (GoUld)
Habitat : Tree bark and leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata, HugH (Serampore).
86. Indosuccinea semiseMca f.
sthulasiras Rao
Habitat: Tree bark and leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata (Ballygunj).
87. Quickia (Burchella) calcuttensis
Patterson
Habitat : Tree bark and leaves.
Distribution : Kolkata (Khidderpore).
88. Quickia bensoni (Pfeiffer)
Habitat: Tree bark and leaves.
Distribution: Kolkata (Fort Willaim, Eden
Gardens), Haora (Shibpur).
89. Succinea crassinuclea Pfeiffer
Habitat: Tree bark and leaves.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs. (Canning), Kolkata.
90. Succinea daucina Pfeiffer
Habitat: Amphibious, moist places.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Canning),
Kolkata, HugH (Uttarpara).
91. Succinea daucina f. hraswasikhara
Rao
Habitat : Tree bark and leaves.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Canning),
Kolkata.
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92 Succinea godivariana f. vangiya Rao
Habitat: Tree bark and leaves.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning).
93· Succinea snigdha Rao
Habitat : Tree bark and leaves.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning),
Kolkata.
Family PLECTOPYLIDIDAE
94. Plectopylis (Endothyrella) blanda
Gude
Habitat: Land, Shady, damp places.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jayanti).
95. Plectopylis (Endothyrella) minor
Godwin-Austen
Habitat: Land, Shady, damp places.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
96. Plectopylis (Endothyrella) pinacis
(Benson)
Habitat: Land, Shady, damp places.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
Family SUBULINIDAE
97. Bacillum erosum (Blandford)
Habitat: Land, Shady, damp places.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
98. Curvella khasiana (Godwin-Austen)
Habitat: Land, Shady, damp places.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
99. Curvella sikkimensis (Reeve)
Habitat: Land, Shady, damp places.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
100. Curvella blanfordi Gude
Habitat: Land, Shady, damp places.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
101. Glessula crassula (Reeve)
Habitat: Land, Shady, damp places.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong, DaIjiling).
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102. Glessula gemma (Reeve)
Habitat: Land, Shady, damp places.
Distribution : Maldah (Gour), Bankura
(Gangajalbati), Kolkata (Baranagar), Hugli
(Uttarpara).
103. Glf;ssula nongena (Benson)
Habitat: Land, Shady, damp places.
Distribution : Kolkata, DaIjiling.
104. Glessula gemma var. frumentum
(Reeve)
Habitat: Land, Shady, damp places.
Distribution: Haora (Ulberia).
105. Glessula hastula (Benson)
Habitat: Land.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
106. Glessula orobia (Benson)
Habitat: Land.
Distribution: Darjiling.
107. Glessula sarissa (Reeve)
Habitat: Land, Shady, damp places.
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora (Ulberia).
108. Glessula tenuispira (Benson)
Habitat: Land.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
109. Glessula amentum (Reeve)
Habitat: Land.
Distribution : Haora.
110. Lamellaxis (Allopeas) gracilis
(Hutton)
Habitat: Land.
Distribution Bardhaman, Kolkata
(Golpark), Haora (Shibpur), Hugli
(Sherampore), Maldah (Harischandrapur),
Medinipur (Digha), Nadia (Nabadwip), W.
Dinajpur (Dhonaipur, Raiganj, Hilli,
Hariralnpur).
111. Lamellaxis (Allopeas) latebricola
(Reeve)
Habitat: Land.
Distribution: Darjiling (Daljiling).
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Family ACHATINIDAE
112. Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica
fulica (Bowdich)
Habitat: Land.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore,
Barasat), South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur,, Budge
Budge, Canning), Kolkata (Ballygunj, Ranikuti,
Garia), Haora (Sibpur), HugH (Uttarpara,
Konnagar), Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri (Jayanti),
Maldah (Harischandrapur), Medinipur, W.
Dinajpur (Kaliagunje, Islampur, Raiganj,
Harirampur).
Family PHILOMYCIDAE
113. Incillaria campestMs Godwin-Austen
Habitat : Under wood log.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
Family STREPTAXIDAE
114. Gulella (Huttonella) bicolor (Hutton)
Habitat: Gardens.
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum,
Baranagar, Khidderpore, Barisa).
Family HELIXARIONIDAE
115. Kaliella barrakporensis (Pfeiffer)
Habitat : Tree Bark.
Distribution Kolkata, Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhat1<hawa).
116. Kaliella nevilli Godwin-Austein
Habitat: Tree Bark.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
117. Kaliella nana (Hutton)
Habitat : Tree Bark.
Distribution : Darjiling.
118. Sivella _castra (Benson)
Habitat: Gardens.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
Kolkata, Darjiling (Darjiling).
Family ARIOPHANTIDAE
119. Ariophanta interrupta (Benson)
Habitat: Gardens.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore,
Barasat), South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur), Kolkata
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
(Tollygunj), Maldah (Harischandrapur),
Puruliya, W. -Dinajpur (Kaliagunje).
120. Ariophanta laidlayana (Benson)
Habitat : Tree Bark.
Distribution : Bardhaman (Ranigunj),
Puruliya.
121. Austenia annandalei Godwin-Austen
Habitat: Gardens.
Distribution : Darjiling (Siliguri, Kurseong).
122. Austenia sikkimensis (Godwin-
Austen)
Habitat: Gardens.
Distribution : Darjiling.
123. Bensonies camura (Benson)
Habitat: Garden.
Distribution : D3:rjiling (Takdah, Palmajua,
Kurseong, Darjiling).
124. Bensonies mainwaringi (Godwin-
Austen)
Habitat: Garden.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
125. Cryptozona ligulata (Ferussac)
Habitat: Garden.
Distribution: Maldah (Harischandrapur).
126. Macrochlamys hardwickii Godwin-
Austen
Habitat: Garden.
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling.
127. Macrochlamys hodgsoni (Benson)
Habitat: Garden.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
128. Macrochlamys indica Godwin-Austein
Habitat: Garden.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore,
;Habra), South 24 Pgs. (Sripur, Baruipur),
Bardhaman, Birbhum, Kolkata (Bondel gate,
Indian Museum, Kidderpore, Dakshineswar),
Darjiling (Kurseong), Hugli (Uttarpara),
Jalpaiguri (Jayanti, Rajabhatkhawa), Maldah
(Harischandrapur), W. Dinajpur (Balurghat).
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129· Macrochlamys lubnca (Benson) 139. Macrochlamys superjlua Blanford

Habitat: Garden. Habitat: Garden.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling). Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jayanti).
130. Macrochlamys opipara Godwin- 140. Macrochlamys tuguMum (Benson)
Austein Habitat: Garden.
Habitat: Garden. Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling). 141.Oxytesta blanfordi (Theobald)
131. Macrochlamys patane (Benson) Habitat: Garden.
Habitat: Garden. Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Darjiling. 142. Oxytesta cycloplax (Benson)
132. Macrochlamys petasus (Benson) Habitat: Garden.
Habitat: Garden. Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
Distribution: Darjiling. Oxytesta orobia (Benson)
143.
133- Macrochlamys petrosa (Hutton) Habitat: Garden.
Habitat: Garden. Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum, Darjiling).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore), 144. Sitala rimicola (Benson)
Bardhaman (Ranigunj), Kolkata, Darjiling Habitat: Leaves of Shrubs.
(Darjiling), Maldah (Gour). Distribution : Kolkata.
134. Macrochlamys ronda (Benson) 145. Sitala infula (Benson)
Habitat: Garden. Habitat: Leaves of Shrubs.
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling). Distribution: Maldah (Harischandrapur), W.
135. Macrochlamys anonae Godwin- Dinajpur (Hilli).
Austen Family ARIOPHANTIDAE
Habitat: Garden. 146. Cryptaustenia bensoni (Pfeiffer)
Distribution : Kolkata. Habitat: Soil, Plant.
136. Macrochlamys darjilingensis Distribution : Kolkata (Baranagar), Haora
(Godwin-Austen) (Sibpur), HugH (Chandannagar).
Habitat : Garden. 147. Cryptaustenia ovata (H. Blanford)
Distribution: Darjiling. Habitat: Plant leaves.
137. Macrochlamys sequax (Benson) Distribution : Darjiling.
Habitat: Garden. 148. Cryptaustenia panchetensis
(Godwin-Austen)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, Darjiling),
Jalpaiguri (Jayanti), Maldah (Harischandrapur), Habitat: Plant leaves.
W. Dinajpur (Hilli). Distribution: Darjiling.
138. Macrochlamys sequins Godwin- 149. Cryptaustenia heteroconcha
Austein (H. Blanford)
Habitat: Garden. Habitat: Plant leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.

150. Durgella salius (Benson)
Habitat : Plant leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling
151. Durgella seposita (Benson)
Habitat: Plant leaves.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family CAMAENIDAE
152 Chlontis delibrata (Benson)
Habitat: Soil.
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri (Jayanti).
153. Ganesella acris (Benson)
Habitat: Soil.
Distribution: Jalpiaguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
Family BRADYBAENIDAE
154. Bradybaena similaris (Ferussac)
Habitat: Soil.
Distribution : Datjiling.
155. Aegista (Plectotropis) tapeina
(Benson)
Habitat: Soil.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jayanti)
Class BIVALVIA
Order ARCOIDA
Family ARCIDAE
156. Scaphula celox Benson
Habitat: Fresh water with slight salinity.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
157. Scaphula deltae Blanford
Habitat: Fresh water with slight salinity.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore,
Habra, Palta), Kolkata (Dhakuria Lake), Haora
(Shibpur), Nadia (Kalyani).
Order UNIO~OIDA
Family UNIONIDAE
15 8 . Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck)
Habitat: Freshwater pond, river.
Distribution: Bankura, Bardhaman, Kolkata
(Museum tank, Eden Gardens, Narkeldanga),
.Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa), Koch Bihar (Bairagi
Dighi), Maldah, Medinipur (Digha), Nadia
(Kalyani).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
159. Lamellidens corrianus (Lea)
Habitat: Freshwater pond, river.
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata (Tollygunj,
Gari ahat , Rabindra sarobar, Barisa), Darjiling
(Siliguri), Haora (Bagnan), HugH (Serampore),
Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa), Koch Bihar (Bairagi
Dighi), Maldah (Gangrampur), Murshidabad
(N arainpore bhil), Puruliya, Barddhaman
(Raiganj).
Family AMBLEMIDAE
160. Parreysia (Parreysia) fauidens
(Benson)
Habitat: Freshwater pond, river.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Port Cannin~),
Kolkata (lSI compound), Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhawa), Puruliya, W. Dinajpur
(Kaliagunje) .
161. Parreysia (Parreysia) fauidens
var. plagiosoma (Benson)
Habitat: Freshwater pond, river.
Distribution: Birbhum, Kolkata, Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhawa).
162. Parreysia (Parreysia) fauidens
var. marcens (Benson)
Habitat: Freshwater pond, river.
Distribution : Bardhaman (Ranigunj),
Kolkata, W. Dinajpur (Patiram, Bansihari).
163. Parreysia (Parreysia) sikkimensis
(Lea)
Habitat: Freshwater pond, river.
Distribution : Puruliya.
164. Parreysia (Parreysia) triembolus
(Benson)
Habitat: Freshwater pond, river.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
Parreysia (Radiatula) caeMllea
165.
var. gaudichaudi (Eydoux)
Habitat :.Pond, river.
Distribution : Puruliya.
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166. Parreysia (Radiatula) lima (Simpson) 174. Pisidium (Odhneripisidium)

Habitat; Pond, river. atkinsonianum Theobald.
Distribution ; Darjiling. Habitat: River.
167.Parreysia (Radiamla) lima var. Distribution : Darjiling.
siliguMensis (Preston) 175. Sphaerium indicum Deshayes
Habitat: Pond, river.
Habitat: River.
Distribution: Darjiling (Siliguri).
Distribution Darjiling, Jalpaiguri
168. Pa.,.,.eysia (Radiatula) occata (Lea) (Alipurduar, KaHani river).
Habitat: Pond, river. Family CORBICULIDAE
Distributiqn : Kolkata.
176. Corbicula bensoni Deshayes
169. Parreysia (Radiatula) pachysoma
Habitat: Low saline water.
(Benson)
Distribution; HugH, Nadia (Nabadwip).
Habitat : Pond, river.
177. Corbicula striatella Deshayes
Distribution: Kolkata (Indian museum tank).
Habitat: Low saline water.
170. Parreysia favidens deltae (Benson)
Habitat : Pond, river. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
Bankura, Kolkata, Hugli (Uttarpara), Koch
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
Bihar (Mathabhanga), Medinipur (Karagpur),
Kolkata, Hugli (Uttarpara).
Nadia (Churni river), W. Dinajpur (Bansjhari,
171. Pa.,.,.eysiafavidens viridula (Benson)
Harirampur, Kaliagunje).
Habitat : Pond, river.
178. Polymesoda (geloina) bengalensis
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore), (Lamarck)
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderbans, Canning),
Habitat: Low saline water.
Bardhaman (Raiganj), Kolkata (lSI compound).
Pa.,.,.eysia rajahensis (Lea)
172.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban.
Junput, Bakkhali, Jharkhali), North 24 Pgs.,
Habitat: Pond, river.
Medinipur (Digha, Haldia).
Distribution : Puruliya.
Family CULTELLIDAE
Order VENEROIDA
179. Tanysiphon rivalis Benson
Family PISIDIIDAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
173.Pisidium (Afropisidium)
Kolkata, Medinipur (Geonkhali).
clarckeanum G.&H. Nevill
Family PSAMMOBIIDAE
Habitat: Pond, river.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning), 180. Novaculina gangetica Benson
Kolkata (Rabindra sarobar, Indian Museum Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
tank), Darjiling, Jalpaiguri (Kaljani river, South 24 Pgs. (Purandar), Kolkata, Medinipul"
Alipurduar). (Geonkhali).
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ESTUARINE & MARINE MOLLUSCS

Phylum MOLLUSCA Family MACTRIDAE
Class BIVALVIA 9. Mactra (Mactra) mera Reeve
Order MYIODA Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Ganga Sagar),
Family CORBULIDAE Medinipur (Digha, Junput).

1. Barnea candida (Linnaeus) 10. Mactra (Mactrinula) plicata"a

(Linnaeus)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali),
Medinipur (Digha, Junput). Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead),
Medinipur (Digha).
2. Lignopholas fluminalis (Blandford)
Family TELLINIDAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning),
Kolkata (Khidderpore dock). 11. Macoma birmanica (Philippi)
Family TEREDINIDAE Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Chemaguri,
Prentice Island, Pargumti, Chhotamullakh ali ,
3. BactronophoMlS thoracites (Gould)
Gosaba, Jharkhali, Champta, Port Canning),
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali) , Medinipur (Digha), Puruliya.
Medinipur (Haldia).
12. Macoma truncata Jonas
4. Bankia nordi Moll
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Buge Budge,
13. Strigilla splendida (Anton)
Sajnakhali, Haldibari, Sunderban,
Sudhanyakhali), Kolkata (Khiderpore dock). Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali,
Mainapara, Kakdwip, Port Canning), Medinipur
Order NUCULOIDA
(Digha).
Family NUCULIDAE
Family VENERIDAE
5. Nucula (Nucula) mitralis Hinds
14. Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Order VENEROIDA Harbour, Port Canning, Ganga Sagar, Gosaba,
Family CARD I I DAE Talseri, Ajmalmari-Kaikalmari Junction),
6. Trachycardium asiaticum Bruguiere
Medinipur (Digha).
Class CEPHALOPODA
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead).
Order OCTOPODA
Family CORBICULIDAE
Family OCTOPODIDAE
7. Polymesoda (Geloina) bengalensis
(Lamarck) 15. Octopus macropus Risso

Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs. Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).

(Sunderban, Bakkh ali , Jharkhali), Medinipur 16. Octopus rugosus (Bose)
(Digha, Haldia, Junput). Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
Family DONACIDAE Order TETHOIDEA
8. Donax incarnatus Gmelin Family LOLIGINIDAE
Distribution :- South 24 Pgs. (Ganga Sagar 17· Loligo duuauceli D'Orbigny
beach, Bakkhali), Medinipur (Digha). Distribution: South 24 pis. (Sandheads).
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Class GASTROPODA
Order ARCHAEOGASTROPODA
Family ACMAEIDAE
18. Potamacmaea fluviatilis (Blanford)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Basirhat),
South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning, Sajnakhali,
Sudhanyakhali, Gomati river,Pargumti,
Chhotamullakhali, Jharkhali, Purander).
Family CYCLOSTREMATIDAE
19. Tubiola microscopica (Nevill)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Matla river
bed, Saimari)
Family NERITIDAE
20. Clithon reticulam (Sowerby)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Falta), Kolkata.
21. Nerita articulata Gould
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Matla river,
Sunderban, Port Canning, Sajnakhali,
Namkhana, Arbesy block (Sunderban), Gosaba,
Chhota MollakhaH).
22. Neritina (Vittina) smithi Wood
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gona,
Sunderban)
23. Neritina (Dostia) violacea (Gmelin)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. ( Sag a r
island, Di~ond Harbour, Jhigakhali, Pargumti,
Falta, Chingrighata), Kolkata" Hugli ( R i v e r
HugH), Medinipur (Digha, Haldia).
24. Pseudonerita obtuse (Benson)
Distribution: Kolkata, Hugli (River Hugli).
25. Pseudonerita sulculosa (von
Martens)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Harbour, Geonkhali, Falta, Port Canning),
Medinipur (Haldia) ..
26. Septaria caerulescens (Sowerby)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Falta), Kolkata
(Zoological Garden).
27. Septaria lineata (Lamark)
Distribution: 24 Pgs. (S) (Sunderban,
Diamond Harbour, Frazergunj, Diamond
Harbour), Haora (Serampore).
Family TROCHIDAE
28. Solariella sataparaensis Preston
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
29· Umbonium vestiarum (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha coast).
Order ENTOMOTAENIATA
Family PYRAMIDELLIDAE
30. Odostomia babylonica Winckworth
Distribution : Medinipur (Digha).
31. Odostomia orla Watson
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
32. Pyramidella dolobrata terebellum
(Mueller)
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
33. Turbonilla felicita Laseron
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
Family RINGICULIDAE
34. Ringicula encarpoferens de Folin
Distribution : Medinipur (Digha).
35. Ringicula propinquans Hinds
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali),
Medinipur (Digha).
Order MESOGASTROPODA
Family ARCHITECTONICIDAE
36. Architectonica perspectiva (Linnaeus)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Harbour, , Sandhead, Ajmalmari-Kaikalmari
junction, Sunderban, Parseymari), Medinipur
(Digha).
37. Heliacus (Heliacus) stramineus
(Gmelin)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead).
Family ASSIMINEIDAE
38. Assiminea beddo.m,:ana Nevill
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narayangunj,
Nadabhangachara, Pargumti, Kakdwip, Port
Canning).
39. Assiminea brevicula (Pfeiffer)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kachuberia,
Kakdwip, Nadabhangachara, Namkhana, Sagar
island, Ganga), Medinipur (Haldia).

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40. Assiminea francessiae (Wood)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali, Soladanar char,
Taki, Diamond Harbour, Haldia, Goenkhali,
Falta, Sagar island, Sunderban), Kolkata, HugH
(Tribeni).
41. Assiminea mierosculpta Nevill
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning).
42. Assiminea theobaldiana Nevill
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning).
43. Assiminea woodmasoniana Nevill
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning).
Family BURSIDAE
44. Bursa spinosa (Lamark)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead).
Family CASSIDAE
45. Phalium bisulcatum (Schubert &
Wagner)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead).
Family CYMATIIDAE
46. Gyrineum natator (Roeding)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
Family EPITONIIDAE
47. Amlla acuminata (Sowerby)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba, Chhota
Hardi) , Kolkata.
48. Amlla gracilis (Sowerby)
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
Family EULIMIDAE
49. Eulima cuspidata A.Adams,
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
50. Niso pyramidelloides G.&H. Nevill
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
Family FICIDAE
51. Ficus gracilis (Sowerby)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead).
52. Ficus variegata Roeding
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead).
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Family IRAVADIIDAE
53. lravadia ornate Blanford
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning).
Family LI'ITORINIDAE
54. Littonna (Littorana) melanostoma
Gray
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning,
Sunderban, Gosaba, Diamond Harbour,
Sunderban, Kachuberia, Ganga sagar).
55. LittoMna (Littora"';a) undulata Gray
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Port Canning, Sajnakhali , Gosaba block),
Medinipur (Digha).
Family NACTICIDAE
56. Nactica gualteMana Recluz
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning,
Sagar island), Medinipur (Digha).
57. Nactica lineata (Roeding)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead),
Medinipur (Digha).
58. Nactica tigrina (Roeding)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Matla, Diamond
Harbour, Ganga sagar, Bakkhali, Gosaba, Port
Canning, Sandhead), Medinipur (Digha).
59. Nactica vitellus (Linnaeus)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead).
60. Polinices didyma (Roeding)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead),
Medinipur (Digha).
61. Polinices mammilla (Swainson)
Distribution :. South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead),
Medinipur (Digha).
62. Sinum neritoideum (Linnaeus)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead),
Medinipur (Digha).
Family POTAMIDAE
63. CeMthidea (CeMthideopsis)
cingulata (Gmelin)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning,
Annandale, Sunderbans, Sajnakhali, Ganga
sagar, Susnichara, Daknisagar), Medinipur.
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64. Cerithidea obtusa (Lamark)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Sandhead, Port Canning, Sajnakhali, Gosaba,
Sagar Island, Kakdwip, Arbesy block),
Medinipur (Digha).
65. Telescopium (Telescopium)
telescopium (Linnaeus)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning,
Mouth of Sela river, Sajnakhali, Gomti river,
Junput, Arbesy), Kolkata, Medinipur (Digha).
Family STENOTHYRIDAE
66. Gangetia miZiacea (Nevill)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning).
67. Stenothyra bZanjordiana Nevill
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning).
68. Stenothyra deZtae (Benson)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narayangunj,
Ganga sagar, Costala (Sagar Island), Manipara
(Kakdwip), Diamond Harbour, Falta), Kolkata
(Chandpal Ghat), Medinipur (Haldia).
69. Stenothyra soluta Annandale and
Prashad
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Basanti).
70. Stenothyra woodmasoniana Nevill
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning).
Family THIARIDAE
71. Larina burmana (Blanford)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island),
Medinipur (Haldia, Digha).
72. Th(ara (Mainwaringia)
paZudomidea (Nevill)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning,
Namkhana).
Family TONNIDAE
73. Tonna dolium (Linnaeus)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead,
Junput), Medinipur (Digha).
74. Tonna sulcosa (Born)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead).
Family TURRITELLIDAE
75. Turritella attenuata Reeve
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
Order NEOGASTROPODA
Family CANCELLARIIDAE
76. Scalptia scalariformis (Lamarck)
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
Family MARGINELLIDAE
77. Persicula uentricosa (Fischer)
Distribution : Medinipur (Digha).
Family MELONGENIDAE
78. Pugilina cochlidium (Linnaeus)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Tura khal,
Sunderban, Daltenganj, Sajnekhali, Sagar
Island, Bidya river, Bagmara khal, Saimari
khal), Medinipur (Digha).
Family MURICIDAE
79. Cymia lacera (Born)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban ,
Matla river, Port Canning, Gosaba, Jharkhali,
Bakkhali, Netidhopani, Saimari).
80. Murex tribulus Linnaeus
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead).
81. Rapana rapifonnes (Born)
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
Family NASSARIIDAE
82. Nassarius foveolatus (Reeve)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunischara,
Sagar Island, Chemaguri, Gosaba, Jharkhali,
Port Canning, Bhangankhali, Basanti),
Medinipur (Digha).
83. Nassarius orissaensis (Preston)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Matla river,
Namkhana, Chotamullakhali, Gosaba,
Sonakhali, Basanti, Kaikalmari).
84. Nassarius stolatus (Gnlelin)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali, Port
Canning, Parbatipur, Jharkhali, Halliday
Island), Medinipur (Digha).
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Family OLIVIDAE
85. Amalda ampla (Gmelin)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead,
Bakkhali), Medinipur (Digha).
86. O'ivanci"aria gibbosa (Born)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead).
Family PYRENIDAE
87. Columbella duclosiana Sowerby
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island,
Diamond Harbour, Champta Sunderban,
Lashkarpur) .
Family TEREBRIDAE
88. Terebra durgella Ray
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
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89. Terebra tenera A Adams
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
90. Terebra tricincta Smith
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
Family TURRIDAE
91. Asthenotoma vertebrata (Smith)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jharkhali).
92. Brachytoma crenularis (Lamarck)
Distributipn : Medinipur (Digha).
93. Turricula javana (Linnaeus)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandhead),
Medinipur (Digha).
94. Thrridrupa bijubata (Reeve)
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
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ECHIURA
Phylum ECHIURA 2. Anelassorhynchus dendrorhynchus
Class ECHIURIDA (Annandale & Kemp, 1915)
Order EUCHIROINEA Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sajinatala,
Family THALASSEMATIDAE Basanti, Ajmalmari, Prentice Island, Dayapur
Subfamily THALASSEMATINAE Pakhirala) Medinipur (E) (Digha).
1.Anelassorhynchus branchiorhynchus 3. Anelassorhynchus microrhynchus
(Annandale & Kemp, 1915) (Prashad, 1919)
Distribution : Medinipur (Terapekhya char, Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali,
Digha, Keshabpur), South 24 Pgs. (Forest jetty Sajinatala Basanti, Goalbari khal Bakkhali,
Gosaba, Canning, East Khati Parghumti, Ajmalmari, Panchamukhani), Medinipur (Digha
Goalbari khal Bhakkhali). Mohana).

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ANNELIDA
Phylum ANNELIDA
Class OLIGOCHAETA
Family ACANTHODRILIDAE
1. Plutellus sikkimensis Michaelsen
Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu).
Plutellus ghumensis Julka
2.
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum Bhanjang).
3. Pontodrilus bermudensis Beddard
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family ALMIDAE
4. Glyphidrilus tuberosus Stephenson
Distribution: Bankura (Shaltora, Aral Bansi,
Jayrambati), Birbhum (Nalhati, Sainthia,
Bolpur), Haora (Shyampur), Jalpaiguri,
Medinipur (BeIda, Contai, Medinipur town,
Garbeta, Kolaghat), Nadia (Plassy), Puruliya
(Puruliya town, Manbajar, Bagmundi,
Ragunathpur) and W. Dinajpur (Bangar).
Family GLOSSOSCOLECIDA
5. Pontoscolex corethrurus (Muller)
Distribution : Darjiling (Siliguri), J alpaiguri
(Jayanti, Kartick), Koch Bihar (Dinhata,
Mathabhanga, Toofanganj), Medinipur
(Medinipur town, Ghatal, Gopiballavpur) and
W. Dinajpur (Raiganj).
Family LUMBRICIDAE
6. Aporrectodea rosea (Savigny)
Distribution: Darjiling.
7. Bimastos parous (Eisen)
Distribution: Darjiling.
8. Dendrobaena rubida (Savigny)
Distribution : Darjiling.
9. Eisenia foetida (Savigny)
Distribution: Darjiling (Manibhanjang).
10. Eisenia hortensis (Michaelsen)
Distribution: Darjiling.
11. Eiseniella tetraedra (Savigny)
Distribution : Darjiling.
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12. Octolasion cyaneum (Savigny)
Distribution : Darjiling.
13. Octolasion tyrtaeum (Savigny)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family MEGASCOLECIDA
14. Amynthas alexandri Beddard
Distribution : Kolkata (Kakurgachi),
Darjiling (Reang) and Jalpaiguri (Jayanti).
15. Amynthas dYfringens (Baird)
Distribution : Darjiling (Pedong, Kurseong,
Resium forest, Dhobikhola Kurseong) .and
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara Wild Life Sanctuary).
16. Amynthas hawayanus (Rosa)
Distribution: Darjiling.
17. Amynthas morrisi (Beddard)
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum
Compound) and Darjiling.
18. Amynthas robustus (Parrier)
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Town).
19. Lampito mauritii Kinberg
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpur,
Dakshineswar), South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island,
Kamdohari, Boral, Kurebhanga, Amtala),
Bankura (Aral Bansi Bankura Town,
Sonamukhi), Barddhaman (Panagarh), Birbhum
(Nalhati, Sainthia, Bolpur, Rampurhat), Kolkata
(Paik Para, Indian Museum compound, Chetla
Park), Darjiling, Haora (Domjur, Mourigram,
Amta, Bagnan, Shyampur), Jalpaiguri
(Jalpaiguri Town), Koch Bihar (Atiamochar,
Dinhata), Murshidabad (Berhampur, Lalbagh,
Farakka, Kandi, Ragunathgunj), Nadia
(Krishnanagar, Nabadwipdham, Champta,
Goalapara), Puruliya (Manbajar) and W.
Dinajpur (Bangar, Jordighi).
20. Metaphire anomala (Michaelsen)
Distribution : Not known.
21.Metaphire anomala A morphs (Gates)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong, Reang)
and Haora.
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22.Metaphire califoMtica (Kinberg)
Distribution : Darjiling.
23· Metaphire houlleti H morph (Gates)
Distribution : Darjiling.
24. Metaphire houlleti larger Hp morph
(Gates)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Kadampukur),
South 24 Pgs. (Raidighi, Komdohari, Haltu) ,
Bankura (Aral Bansi), Birbhum (Nishchintapur,
Rampurhut), Kolkata (St. Paul Cathedral
compound, Kolkata Maidan, Rabindra
Sarobar), Haora (Shyampur) and Murshidabad
(Berhampur).
25. Metaphire houlleti smaller Hp morph
(Gates)
Distribution : Barddhaman and Kolkata.
26. Metaphire peguana (Rosa)
!Jistribution : Kolkata (St. Paul Cathedril
compound, Indian Museum compound) and
Jalpaiguri (Jayanti, Bhutia Basti near Jayanti).
27. Metaphire p,lanata (Gates)
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens),
Darjiling (Churabati, Mong .Pong), HugH
(Jogram), Jalpaiguri (Duars, Kartick (BTR)),
Koch Bihar (Atiamochar), Murshidabad
(Berhampur, Lalbagh, New Farakka) and W.
Dinajpur (Raiganj).
28. Metaphire posthuma (Vaillant)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Naihati), South
24 Pgs. (Ranaghata near Joynagar-Mijilpur,
Kamdohari, Boral), Bankura (Aral Bansi,
Sonamukhi), Barddhaman, Kolkata (Eden
Gardens, Paik Para, St. Paul Cathedral
compound), Haora (Bally, Domjur, Mourigram,
Amta, Bagnan, Shyampur), Jalpaiguri
{Baradabari, Bhutia Basti near J ayanti, Kartick
(BTR)}, Medinipur (Tamluk, Medinipur Town,
Garbe, Ghatal, Gopiballavpur), Murshidabad
(Berhampur, Lalbagh, Ragunathgunj, Jangipur),
Nadia (Krishnanagar, N abadwipdham,
Nabadwipghat, Champta) and W. Dinajpur
(Bangar, Karandighi, Raiganj).
29. Perionyx alatus Stephenson
Distribution : Darjiling.
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30. Perionyx jorpokriensis Julka
Distribution : Darjiling.
31. Perionyx annandalei (Michaelsen)
Distribution : Darjiling.
32. Perionyx excauatus Parrier
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpur,
Dakshniwar, Sodepur), South 24 Pgs.
(Kamdohari, Tentulberia), Bankura
(Jayarambati, Sonamukhi), Barddhaman
(Burdwan Town, Panagarh, Andal) , Kolkata
(Paik Para, Park Circus Maidan, Kolkata
Maidan, Chetla Park), Darjiling, Haora (Amta,
Shyampur), HugH (Tribeni, Chinsura),
J alpaiguri (J alpaiguri Town, Lataguri ,
Hasimara, Alipurduar), Koch Bihar (Dinhata,
Mathabhanga, Toofanganj), Maldah (Gour,
Piasbari, Baiki, Maldah Town), Medinipur
(Contai, Garbeta, GopalbaUavpur, Midinipur
town), Murshidabad (Sagardighi, Kandi,
Jalangi), Puruliya (Purulia Town, Manbajar)
and W. Dinajpur (Karandighi, Raigunj).
33. Perionyx gravelyi Stephenson
Distribution : Darjiling.
34. Perionyx heterochaetus (Stephenson)
Distribution: Darjiling.
35. Perionyx himalayanus Michaelsen
Distribution : Darjiling.
36. Perionyx inornatus Stephenson
Distribution : Darjiling.
37. Perionyx macintoshi Beddard
Distribution: Darjiling and Haora.
38. Perionyx nanus Stephenson
Distribution: Darjiling.
39. Perionyx pallidus Stephen~on
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
40. Perionyx pincerna Stephenson
Distribution: DarjiM)1g.
41. Perionyx pokhrianus
Distribution: Darjiling (Jorpokri).
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42. Perionyx pokhrianus var affinis
Stephenson
Distribution: Darjiling (Sirong Ridge).
43. Perionyx pulvinatus Stephenson
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
44. Perionyx rimatus Stephenson
Distribution: DarjiUng (Jorpokri).
45. Perionyx sikimensis (Michaelsen)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
46. Perionyx variegatus (Michaelsen)
Distribution : Darjiling (Phallut).
47. Plutellus ghumensis Julka
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum Bhanjun).
48. Polypheretima elongata (Perrier)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Baradanagar
Raidighi, Purba Sridharpur near Raidighi) and
Kolkata (Kolkata Maidan)_
49. Tonoscolax hOl'(li (Stephenson)
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Toofanganj).
50. Tonoscolex monorchis (Stephenson)
Distribution : Dal'jiling (Ghum) and
Jalpaiguri {Jayanti (BTR)}.
Family MONILIGASTRIDAE
51. Drawida nepalenais Michaelsen, 1907
Distribution: Banku:ra (Joyrambati), Kolkata
(St. Paul's Cathedral CQmpound), Darjiling
(Siliguri), Jalpaiguri C8aradabari, Jayanti
(BTR), Bhutia Basti Jayanthi), Koch Bihar
(Dhinhata, Mathabhanga, Toofanganj) and
Nadia (Katagunj near Kalyani).
Family OCNERODRILIDAE
52. Nematogenia panamaensis (Eisen)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Lataguri).
53· Nematogenia elegans morph pasld
Stephenson
Distribution: Puruliya (Puruliya town).
Family OCTOCHAETIDAE
54· Dichogaster bolaui (Michaelsen)
Distribution : Kolkata (Kakurgachi), Haora,
Jalpaiguri (Jayanti (BTR), Jalpaiguri town),
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Koch Bihar (Dinhata, Toofanganj) and W.
Dinajpur (Jordighi).
55. Dichogaster modiglianii (Rosa)
Distribution : Birbhum (Muradihi near
Sainthia), Kolkata, Darjiling (Siliguri), Jalpaiguri
(New Jalpaiguri, Mohitnagar), Koch Bihar
(Toofanganj), Nadia (Bhatjungla near
Krishnanagar, Plassy), Puruliya (Manbajar,
Ragunathpur) and W: Dinajpur (Jordigi,
Raigunj).
56. Dichogaster saliens (Beddard)
Distribution: Darjiling.
57. Eutyphoeus gammiei (Beddard, 1888)
Distribution : Darjiling (Dhobighora,
Kurseong, Dalingcoat) and J alpaiguri
(Baradabari, Alipurduar).
58. Eutyphoeus· incommodus (Beddard)
Distribution : Birbhum (Maloberia near
Sainthia), Kolkata (Kolkata Maidan, Chetla
Park), Murshidabad (New Farakka), Nadia
(Nabadwipdham, Nabadwipghat, Champta,
Kalyani) and W. Dinajpur (Bangar).
59. Eutyphoeus nicholsoni (Beddard)
Distribution : Birbhum (Maloberia near
Sainthia, Muradihi near Saithia), Kolkata,
Murshidabad (Berhampur, Farakka, Kandi) and
Nadia (Krishnanagar, Kalyani).
60. Eutyphoeus orientalis (Beddard)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore,
Pulta, Rajarhat, Naihati, Gopalpur), South 24
Pgs. (Kamdohari near Garia), Birbhum
(Sainthia), Kolkata (Indian Museum
compound, Kolkata Maidan, Chetala Park),
Haora (Bally), HugH (Chinsura), Murshidabad
(Berhampur, Lalbagh, Kandi, Jangipur) and
Nadia (Krishannagar, Champta, Kalyani,
Plassy).
61. Eutyphoeus quadripapillatus
Michaelsen
Distribution : Kolkata.
62. Eutyphoeus waltoni Michaelsen
Distribution : Kolkata.
63· Lennogaster pusillus (Stephenson)
Distribution : Birbhum (Rampurhat) and
Kolkata (Chetla Park).
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64. Octochaetona beatrix (Beddard)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Barddhaman
(Raniganj), Kolkata (Rabindra Sarobar, Kolkata
Maidan, Chetla Park, Kasba), Darjiling (Reang),
Murshidabad (Kharsa near Kandi) and Nadia
(Krishnanagar, Kalyani).
65. Octochaetona compta Gates
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur) and
Barddhaman (Galsi).
Fresh water Oligochaetes
Class CLITELLATA
Superorder MICRODRILI
Order TUBIFICIDA
Family TUBIFICIDAE
Subfamily NAIDINAE
69. Chaetogaster langi Bretscher
Distribution : Kolkata.
70. Chaetogaster limnae bengalensis
Annandale
Distribution : Kolkata.
71. Allonais gwaliorensis (Stephenson)
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur).
72. Allonais inaequalis (Stephenson)
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum
Tank), Barddhaman (Katwa town), HugH (Janai)
and Haora (Mourigram).
73. Allonais paraguayensis (Michaelsen)
Distribution : Maldah (Bamongola) and
Kolkata.
74. Branchiodrilus hortensis (Stephenson)
Distribution: Bankura (Soltora) and HugH
(Chinsura).
75. Branchiodrilus semperi (Bourne)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Katwa , Burdwan
University campus), Nadia (Nabadwip),
Medinipur (Garbeta, Medinipur town), Bankura
(Saltora), Puruliya (Ragunathpur) and W.
Dinajpur (Bangar).
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66. Pellogaster bengalensis Michaelsen
Distribution: HugH (Tribeni).
67. Ramiella bishambari (Stephenson)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jalpaiguri town,
Hasmara, Alipurduar), Medinipur (BeIda,
Kolaghat) and W. Dinajpur (Bangar).
68. Scolioscolides bergtheili (Michaelsen)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
76. Dero tonkinensis (Vejdovsky)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Burdwan
University campus).
77. Dero cooperi Stephenson
Distribution : Barddhaman (Andal, Raina,
University campus), Maldah (Bamgola),
Bankura (Saltora, Susunia, Aural Bansi),
Medinipur (Medinipur town) and Nadia
(Champta).
78. Dero dorsalis Ferroniere
Distribution: Maldah (KaHachawk), HugH
(Pandooah, Kamarpukur), Bankura (Saltora),
Medinipur (Medinipur town), Barddhaman
(Burdwan University Campus, Galsi, Katwa,
Andal, Raina), Nadia (Champta, Paraz) and W.
Dinajpur (Bangar, Raigunj).
79. Dero indica Naidu, 1962
Distribution : Bankura (Saltora), Haora
(Domjur), Hugli, Maldah and Kolkata.
80. Dero zeylanica Stephenson
Distribution : Bankura (Aral Bansi, Saltora,
Susunia), Medinipur (Medinipur town),
Barddhaman (Katwa, Galsi, Raina, University
campus) and Maidah (Bamangola, Kaliachawk).
81. Nais barbata Muller
Distribution : Kolkata.
82. Nais elinguis Muller
Distribution : Kolkata.
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83. Nais simplex Pignet Class POLYCRAETA

Distribution : Bankura (Aral Bansi), Raora Family POLYNOIDAE
(Mourigram) and South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur). Subfamily LIPODONTINAE
84. Slavina appendiculata (d'udekem) 95. Lepidonotus sp.
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island,
85. Stylarias fossularis Leidy Sunderbans).
Distribution : Barddhaman (Katwa), 96. Lepidonotus tenuistosus (Gravier)
Murshidabad (Lalbag), Haora (Unsani) and
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kuchuberia,
Bankura (Bishnupur).
Sagar Island, Bakkhali) and Raora.
Sub family PRISTINIAE
Subfamily HARMOTHOINAE
86. Pristina aequiseta Bourne
97. Gattyana fauveli Misra
Distribution : Kolkata.
87. Pristina longiseta Ehrenberg Distribution : Not known.

Distribution : Kolkata. 98. Gaudichaudius cimex (Quatrefages)

88. Pristina proboscidea Beddard Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali, Sagar
Island).
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur) and
Kolkata. Family POLYODONTIDAE
89. Pristina sperberae Naic\u 99. Eupanthalis eriophathalma (Potts)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Andal village). Distribution : Medinipur (Digha cost).
Sub family RHYACODRILINAE Family SIGALIONIDAE
Bothrioneurum iris Beddard
90. 100. Thalenessa djiboutiensis (Gravier)
Distribution: W. Dinajpur (Bangar). Distribution : Medinipur (Digha cost).
91. Branchiura sowerbyi Beddard Family AMPHINOMIDAE
Distribution : Koch Bihar (Dinhata, 101. Chloeia paroa Baird
Toofanguj), Maldah (Kaliachawk, Maldah
Distribution : Haora and Medinipur (Lykani
town), Puruliya (Sahib Bandh, Puruliya town),
Khal, Digha).
Barddhaman CAndal village, Katwa, Raina,
University Campus) and Hugli (Janai, Family PHYLLODOCIDAE
Kamarpukur, Pandooah). 102. Anaitid madeirensis (Langerhans)
Sub family TUBIFICINAE Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jhingakhali,
92.Limnodrilus hoffineisteri Claparede Sunderbans, Canning, Kakdwip).
Distribution: Haora, Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar), 103. Eteone barantollae Fauvel
Koch Bihar CDinhata, Mathabhanga, Domjur),
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
Medinipur (Medinipur town), Nadia (Paraz),
Puruliya CBagmundi, Sahib Bandh), 104· Eteone ornate Grube
Barddhaman and Maldah (Kaliachawk). Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Mouth of
Tubifex tubifex Muller
93. Hoogly estuary).
Distribution : Maldah (Kaliachawk). Family PILARIGIDAE
Aulodrilus remex (Stephenson)
94. 105· Sigambra constricta (Sourthern)
Distribution: Murshidabad (Lalbagh). Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali).
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106. Sigatarigis cimmensalis Misra
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Birajmani char,
Gosaba, Sunderbans).
Family TALEHSPIIDAE
107. Talehsapia annandalei Fauvel
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kamalpur,
Sagar Island, Kuchuberia, Kakdwip, Sagar
Island).
Family HESIONIDAE
108. Hesione splendida Suvigny
Distribution South 24 Pgs.
(Kishorimonharpur, Sunderbans).
Family NEREIDIDAE
Subfamily NAMANEREIDINAE
109. Namalycastis fauveli Rao
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Barrackpur
Bhushighata), Haora (Bally, Salkia) and
Medinipur (Narayanpur, Patkhali, Haldia,
Geonkhali).
ito. Namalycastis indica (Southern)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Barrackpur
Bhushighata), Haora (Salkia ghat) and
Medinipur (Geonkhali, Haldia).
111. Namalycastis meraukensis (Horst)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Falta) and
Medinipur (Geonkhali).
Subfamily NEREIDINAE
112. Cerafoneresis bunnensis Monro
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Birajmanichar,
Gosaba, Sunderbans) and Medinipur (Digha
coast).
113. Dentronereides heteropoda Southern
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bhusighata,
Barrackpur), South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip,
Raychak, Bakkhali, Dimond Harbopur, Falta),
Haora (Salikia) and Medinipur (Haldia,
N arayanpur, Geonkhali, Ramnagar,
Teropekhya).
114. Dentronereides gangetica Misra
Distribution: Medinipur (Nurpur, Champa
river, Ramnagar) and South 24 Pgs.
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(Gangasagar, Sagar Island, Muriganga creek,
Jhingakhali) .
115. Dentronereis aestuarina Southern
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandeshkhali,
Gangasagar, Kachuberia, Namkhana).
Dentronereis dayi Misra
116.
Distribution South 24 Pgs.
(Bhangatushkhali, Taldi, Kakdwip, Caning,
Bakkhali) and Medinipur (Champa river,
Ramnagar).
117. Ganganereis sootai Misra
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Jhingakhali,
Naraharipur, Champatala, Gangasagar).
118. Lycastonereis indica Rao
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bhushighata)
and Medinipur (Champa river, Ramnagar).
119. Neanthes chingrighattensis (Fauvel)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kachuberia,
Harwood point, Kakdwip, Gangasagar, DiInond
Harbour) and Medinipur (Haldia, Gadiara).
120. Neanthes glandicincata (Southern)
Distribution : Kolkata (Baratolla, Salt Lake).
121. Neanthes meggitti (Monro)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Raychak,
Narayanpur, Dimond Harbour, Falta), Haora
(Uttarpara Library Ghat) and Medinipur
(Haldia, Ter'opekbya, Geonkhali).
122. Perinereis cavwons (Ehlers)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Harwood point,
Kakdwip).
123. Perinereis cultrifera (Grube)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Champatala,
Sagar Island).
124. Perinereis nigropunctata (Horst)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jhingakhali,
Canning, Sunderbans, Kachuberia, Sagar
Island).
Family NEPHTYIDAE
125. Nephtys oligobranchia Southern
Distribution : Haora (Uttarpara Library
Ghat) and Medinipur (Chanlpa river).
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126. Nephtys poly branchia Southern 137. Lysidice natalensis Kinberg

Distribution : Haora (Uttarpara Library Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Naraharipur,
Ghat) and Medinipur (Geonkhali, Teropekhya). Mandirtala, Sagar Island).
Family GLYCERIDAE 138. Marphysa mossambica (Peters)
127. Glycera convoluta Keferstein Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jhingakhali,
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jammu Island, Sunderbans, Kachuberia, Sagar Island).
Sagar Island). 139. Marphysa sanguinea (Montagu)
128. Glycera lancadivae Schmarda Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island). 140. Marphysa· sp.
129. Glycera longipinnis Grube Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Mandirtala,
Distribution : Medinipur (Digha coast, Sagar Island).
Lykani Khal). Family LUMBRINERIDAE
130. Glycera rouxii 141. Lumbrineris bilabiata Misra
Audouin & Milne-Edwards Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip,
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island, Kach~beria, Sagar Island, Bakkhali) and
Canning). Medinipur (Champa river).
131. Glycera tesselata Grube 142. Lumbrineris heteropoda
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Doarakara, (Marenzeller)
Sunderban). Distribution South 24 . Pgs.
Family GONIADIDAE (Bhangatushkhali, Sunderbans).
132. Glycinde oligodon Southern 143. Lumbrineris notocirrata (Fauvel)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Namkhana, Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kachuberia,
Taldi, Canning). Sagar Island, Canning) and Medinipur (Champa
river).
133· Goniada emerita Audouin & Milne-
Edwards 144. Lumbrineris polydesma (Southern)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Haldi, Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip,
Sunderban, Jharkhali, Sagar Island). Naraharipur, Canning, Jinghakhali,
Family ONUPHIDAE Muriganga) .

134· Diopatra cuprea (Bose) Family ORBINIIDAE

Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island, Subfamily ORBINIINAE

Champatala, Kachuberia, Canning, Bakkhali). 145· Leitoscoloplos sp.
135· Hyalinoecia tubicola (Muller) Distribution : South· 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads 146. Scoloplos (Scoloplos) sagarensis
HRM). Misra
Family EUNICIDAE Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
136. Eunica aphoroditois (Pallas) Family SPIONIDAE
Distribution : Lower reaches of Hooghly 147· Minuspio cirrifera (Wiren)
estuary. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Taldi).
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148. Polydora normalis Day Family SABELLARIDAE

Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Namkhana, 160. Sabellaria alcocld Gravier
Canning).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Matla river).
149. Polydora sp.
161. Sabellaria pactinata intermedia
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Naraharipur). Fauvel
150. Pseudopolydora kempi (Southern) Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Naraharipur,
Distribution : Kolkata (Chingrighata, Salt Namkhana, Harwood point, Kakdwip, Matla).
Lake).
Family TEREBELLIDAE
151. Spio bengalensis Willey
Subfamily AMPHIRTITINAE
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning).
162. Loimia medusa (Savigny)
Family FLABELLIGERIDAE
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
152. Pherusa bengalensis (Fauvel)
163. Pista typha (Grube)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
HRM).
Family AMPHARETIDAE
Family CAPITELLIDAE
Subfamily MALINNINAE
153. Barantolla sculpa Southern
164. Isolda pulchella (Muller)
Distribution: Kolkata (Baratolla, Salt Lake).
154. Capitella capitata (Fabricius) Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Chhotahardi,
Sunderban).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Matla river).
Family SABELLIDAE
155. Mastobranchus sp. cf. indicus
(Southern) Subfamily SABELLINAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kachuberia, 165. Potamilla leptochaeta Southern
Kakdwip, Bhushighata, Dimond Harbour) and Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali,
Medinipur (Haldia, Patikhali). Namkhana, Canning, Jhingakhali).
156. Parheteromastus tenuis Monro Family SERPULIDAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (M uriganga Subfamily SERPULINAE
creek, Sagar Island, Namkhana). 166. Ficopomatus macrodon Southern
Family MALDAHNIDAE Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (N amkhana,
Subfamily MALDANIDAE Jhingakhali, Canning).
157. Asychis gangeticus Fauvel Class HIRUDINEA
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads). Order RHYNCHOBDELLAE
Family OWENIIDAE Family PLSCICOLEDAE
158. Owenia fusiformis delle Chaije 167. Ozobranchus shipleyi Harding
Distribution: Medinipur (Champa river) and Distribution : Kolkata.
South 24 Pgs. (Naraharipur, Namkhanna,
Family GLOSSIPHONIDAE
Bakkhali).
168. Batracobdella reticulata Kaburaki
Family STERNASPIDAE
159. Srernaspis scutata (Ranier) Distribution: Murshidabad (Kandi).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Banamali Khal, 169. Glossiphonia annandalei Oka
Jharkhali, Sunderban). Distribution : Maldah (Ramkali).
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170. Glossiphonia heteroclita Linnaeus
Distribution: Maldah and Hugli (Bhadreswar).
171. Glossiphonia weberi Blanchard
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Bankura
(Bishnupur, Susunia), Bardhaman (Bardhaman
town), Kolkata (Indian Museum tank), Haora
(Domjur, Maurigram), Hugli (Pandooa),
Jalpaiguri (Mohitnagar), Koch Bihar (Dinhata),
Maldah (Bhatia hill, Gour, Maldah town),
Medinipur (Contai, Gopiballavpur, Kolaghat),
Puruliya (Manbzar, Baghmundi, Ragunathpur).
172. Helabdella nociva Harding
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Balia near
Garia), Bankura (Balitha), Kolkata (Indian
Museum tank), Haora (Maurigram, Bagnan),
Medinipur (Contai) and Puruliya
(Ragunathpur).
173. Hemiclepsis marginata asiatica
Moore
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba),
Bardhaman (Bardhaman town), Kolkata
(Dhakuria lake, Indian Museum tank) and
Jalpaiguri (Jalpaiguri town, Lataguri).
174. Hendclepsis marginata marginata
(Muller)
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora (Shyampur,
Bagnun), Maldah (Bhatia bill near Gour),
Murshidabad and Puruliya (Baghmundi).
175. Paraclepsis gardensi MandaI
Distribution: Haora (Shibpur); North 24
Pgs. (Kalikapur); Medinipur (Mechagram);
South 24 Pgs. (Vojerhat).
176. Paraclepsis praedatrix Harding
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur),
Medinipur (BeIda) and Puruliya.
177. Placobdella emydae Harding
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Ichamati river
near Bangaon), South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba), Kolkata
(D hakuria lake), Hugli and Puruliya.
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178. Placobdella fulva Harding
Distribution : Puruliya.
179. Placobdella horai Baugh
Distribution : Puruliya.
180. Placobdella harasundarai MandaI
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Harasundari
Pond, Vojerhat).
181. Placobdella undulata Harding
Distribution: Barddhaman (Golsi), Nadia
(Krishna Nagar).
Suborder ARHYNCHOBDELLA
Family ERPOBDELLIDAE
182. Barbronia weberi (Blanchard)
Distribution: Maldah (Sagardighi).
183. Nematobdella indica (Kaburaki)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bangaon) and
Birbhum (Bolpur).
184. Herpodelloidea lateroculata Kaburaki
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur),
Barddhaman (Barddhaman town), HugH
(Chinsura), Jalpaiguri (Jalpaiguri town,
Lathagiri, Mohitnagar, New Alipurdwar), Koch
Bihar (Dinhata, Mathabhanga, Koch Bihar
town), Medinipur (BeIda, Medinipur town,
Gopigram) and W. Dinajpur (Jordighi, Raigunj
town).
Family HAEMADIPSIDAE
185. Haemadipsa dussumieri Blanchard
Distribution : Darjiling.
186. Haemadipsa montana Moore
Distribution: Darjiling (Palmaju, Tiger hill).
'187. Haemadipsa ornate Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
188. Haemadipsa sylvestris Blanchard
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Garia), Bankura, Barddhaman, Birbhum
(Nalhati, Nischintapur), Kolkata (Kolkata, Salt
Lake), Darjiling (Neora valley), Haora
(Khantora, Ulubaria, Amta, Bagnun), HugH
(Chinsura), Jalpaiguri (Karthicn forest, Bhutan
gate, Lataguri), Koch Bihar, Maldah, Medinipur
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(Tamluk, Kharagpur, Talpukur village),
Murshidabad (Pakuria village, Kalyanpur),
Nadia (Subhas Nagar, Kalyani, Beldanga),
Puruliya and Dinajpur.
189. Haemadipsa zeylanica agilis Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
190. Haemadipsa zeylanica
montivindicis Moore
Distribution : Bankura (Garati river near
Garumara) and Darjiling (Tiger hill).
Family HIRUDIDAE
191. Dinobdella ferox (Blanchard)
Distribution : Darjiling.
192. Hirudina"a granulose (Savigny)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Barddhaman, Birbhum (Kashim
Bazar), Kolkata, Darjiling, Haora, Hugli,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Medinipur,
Murshidabad (Baharampur, Beniagram), Nadia,
Puruliya and W. Dinajpur.
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193. Hirudinaria manillensis (Lesson)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpur),
South 24 Pgs. (Canning), Bankura (Bagri near
Bishnupur, Jamuna Bandh, Bishnupur, Veda
Sole), Barddhaman (Katowa, Galsi, Raina),
Birbhum (Bahara village, Madunir hil near near
Saithea, Kashim Bazar), Kolkata (Salt Lake,
Raj arhat) , Darjiling, Haora, HugH (Kamarpukur,
Andal), Jalpaiguri (Lataguri), Koch Bihar,
Maldah (Dakia bill near Gour), Medinipur
(Kharagpur, Paskura Chaitannyapur, Ghatal),
Murshidabad (Raghunathgunge), Nadia
(Krishnan agar, Champta bill, Gopi near
Krishnanagar, Kalyani), Puruliya (Puruliya
town) and W. Dinajpur (Kutubdighi near
Raigunj, Jordighi, Karandighi).
194. Hirudo birmanica (Blanchard)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Balia near
Garia), Bankura (Noonjhor), Kolkata (Dum
Dum, Salt Lake), Darjiling (Siliguri) and Koch
Bihar (Tufangunj).
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CRUSTACEA
Pbylum ARTHROPODA
Class CRUSTACEA
Subclass BRANCHIOPODA
Family BOSMINIDAE
Bosminopsis deitersi Richard
1.
Distribution: Kolkata (Hooghly river) and
HugH (Kasipur Hugla Jhill, Santragachi Jhill,
Damodar river).
Family CHYDORIDAE
Subfamily CHYDORINAE
2. Alona affinis (Leydig)
Distribution : Birbhum (Gole Park,
Rampurhat), Haora (Shibpur, Santragachi Jhill),
HugH (Dankuni JhilI, Gholla Krishnanagar
Dighi) and Medinipur.
3. Alona costata Sars
Distribution : Haora (Kasipur Hugla Jhill,
Shabadaha, Birshipur, Malanchaberia,
Santragachi Jhill, Barnl jetty ghat).
4. Alona davidi Richard
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Budge Budge,
Sarisha, Mahestala, Memanpur), Birbhum
(Saithia beel) and Haora (Bagnan Jhill, Kasipur
Hugla Jhill, Shibadaha, Kulai river, Santragachi
Jhill).
5. Alona intermedia Sars
Distribution Birbhum (Ballavpur
Sanctuary), Haora (Santragachi Jhill) and Hugli
CDankuni Jhill, Baluguri Jhill).
6. Alona kwangsiensis Chiang
Distribution : Haora CSantragachi Jhill) and
HugH (Gholla Krishnanagar Dighi).
7. Alona monacantha Sars
Distribution : Haora (Malanchaberia).
8. Alona pulchella King
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Budge Budge,
Memanpur, Mahestala), Birbhum CBallavpur
Sanctuary), Haora (Synop Cotton Mill, Sibpur,
Shibadaha, Birshipur, Malanchaberia,
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Santragachi Jhill, Baurl jetty ghal) and HugH
(Jagathur Jhill).
9. Alona quandrangularis (0. F. Muller)
Distribution : Birbhum (Dhatin Jhill) and
Haora (Kasipur Hugla Jhill, Birahipur,
Malanchaberia).
10. Alona rectangula Sars
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Amta, Bon
Hooghly, Shovakole, Thakurpukur, Sirsha) and
Birbhum (Kanakund Jhill, Saintia Jhill).
11. Biapertura ka:rua (King)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Amtala, Bon
Hooghly, Sarisha, Mahestala, manikur), Raora
(Bagnan Jhill, Kasipur Hugla Jhill, Shibadaha,
Kulai river, Birshipur Jhill, Malanchaberia,
Santragachi) and HugH (Dankuni Jhill,
Hatgacha Jhill, Baluguri Jhill, kanakund Jhill).
12. Biapertura verrucosa (Sars)
Distribution: Hapra (Kasipur Hugla Jhill,
Shibadaha, Birshipur, Malanchaberia,
Santragachi Jhill) and HugH (Dankuni Jhill).
13. Camptocercus australis Sars
Distribution: Haora (Kulai) and HugH
(Baluburi Jhill).
14. Camptocercus rectirostris Schoedler
Distribution : Kolkata (Park street).
15. Euryalona orientalis (Daday)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Maheshtala),
Kolkata (Baranagar), Haora (Boramolla Jhill,
Kulai, Santragachi Jhill) and Hugli (Rupnarayan
river, Gholla Krishnanagar Dighi, Kegnan
Bander).
16. Graptoleberis testudinaria (Fischer)
Distribution: Haora (Kasipur Hugla Jhill).
17· Kurzia latissima (Kurz)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Barisha),
Birbhum (Ballavpur Sanctuary, Dhatin Jhill)
and Haora (Kulai, Malanchaberia, Santragachi
Jhill).
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18. Kurzia longirostris (Daday)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sirsha),
Birbhum (Ballavpur Sanctuary, Tilpara barrage,
Gole park, Rampurhat), Kolkata, Haora
(Shibadaha, Kulai, Malanchaberia, Santragachi
Jhill) and HugH (Kanakund Jhill).
19· Leydigia acanthocercoides (Fischer)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bon Hooghly),
Birbhum (Ballavpur Sanctuary, Dhatin Jhill),
Haora (Kasipur Hugla Jhill, Shibadaha,
Birshipur Jhill, Malanchaberia) and HugH
(Rupnarayanriver, Gholla Krishnanagar Dighi,
Kegnan Bander).
20. Notalona globulosa (Daday)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Achipur,
Baruipur, Memanpur), Birbhum (Ballavpur
Sanctuary, Dhatin Jhill), Haora (Kasipur Hugla
Jhill, Shibadaha, Birshipur Jhill, Malanchaberia)
and HugH (Rupnarayan river, Gholla
Krishnanagar Dighi, Kegnan Bander).
21. Oxyurella singalensis (Daday)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Barisha,
Mahestala), Birbhum (Ballavpur Sanctuary),
Haora. (Kasipur Hugla Jhill, Shibadaha,
Santragachi Jhili) and HugH (Dankuni Jhill,
Baluguri Jhill).
22. EphemeropeMlS barroisi (Richard)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bon Hooghly),
South 24 Pgs. (Sirsha), Birbhum (Ballavpur
Sanctuary, Dhatin Jhill) , Kolkata (Baranagar,
Dhakuria Lake), Haora (Shibadaha, Birshipur
Jhill, Malanchaberia, Santragachi Jhill, Barul
jetty ghat, Damodar river) and HugH (Dankuni
Jhill, Kanakund Jhill, Khegnan Bandar Jhill).
23. ChydoMlS eurynotus Sars
Distribution: Haora (Kasipur Hugla Jhill,
Shibadaha, Birshipur Jhill, Malanchaberia,
Santragachi Jhill, Barul jetty ghat, Damodar
river) and HugH (Dankuni Jhill, Baluguri Jhill).
24. ChydoMlS favifoM1tis Birge
Distribution: Haora (Kasipur Hugla Jhill).
25. ChydoMlS pubescens Sars
Distribution : Haora (Natibpur Jhill, Kasipur
Hugla Jhill, Goalapota, Garchmuke).
26. ChydoMlS sphaericus (0. F. Muller)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Amtala,
Mahestala, Thakurpukur) and Kolkata
(Baranagar, Dhakuria Lake, Behala).
27. ChydoMlS ventricosus Daday
Distribution Birbhum (Ballavpur
Sanctuary, Dhatin Jhill), Haora (Kasipur Hugla
Jhill, Shibadaha, Birshipur Jhill, Malanchaberia)
and HugH (Baluguri Jhill, Gholla Krishnanagar
Dighi).
28. Dunhevedia crassa King
Distribution Birbhum (Ballavpur
Sanctuary, Tilpara barrage, Dhatin Jhill,
Sainthia beel), Haora (Bagnan Jhill, Shibadaha,
Birshipur, Malanchaberia, Santragachi Jhill,
Barul Jetty ghat, Garchumke) and Hugli
(Dankuni Jhill, Baluguri Jhill).
29. Dunhevedia serrata Daday
Distribution : Haora (Kasipur Hugla Jhill)
and Hug}i (Khanayn Babdar JhiU).
30. Pleuroxux denticulatus Birge
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Thakurpukur),
Birbhum (Ballavpur Sanctuary) and Haora
(Shibadaha, Malanchaberia, Santragachi Jhill,
Barnl jetty ghat).
31. Pleuroxux similis Vavra
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Achipur,
Memanpur, Thakurpukur), Birbhum (Ballavpur
Sanctuary, Gole Park, Rampurhat) and Haora
(Synop Cotton Mill, Kasipur Hugla Jhill,
Santragachi Jhill).
32. PseudochydoMlS globosus (Baird)
Distribution : Kolkata.
33. Alonella excisa (Fischer)
Distribution : Haora (Shibadaha, Amta,
Malanchaberia) and Hugli (Dankuni Jhill,
Khnaya Bandar Jhill).
Family MACROTHRICIDAE
34. Macrothrix triserialis Brady
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bon Hooghly,
Baranagar), South 24 Pgs. (Sirsha, Alntala),
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Birbhum (Ballavpur Sanctuary, Dhatin Jhill) ,
Haora (Kasipur Hugla Jhill, Shibpur, Kulai,
Birshipur, Malanchaberia Jhill, Santragachi
Jhill) and HugH (Dankuni Jhill, Jagatpur Jhill,
Kanakund Jhill).
35. Macrothrix goeldi Richard
Distribution: Kolkata (Museum Tank).
36. Macrothrix spinosa King
Distribution Birbhum (Ballavpur
Sanctuary, Tilpara Barrage, Sainthia Jhill),
HugH and Haora (Synop Cotton Mill, Natibpur
Jhill, Kasipur Hugla Jhill, Shibpur, Birshipur,
Santragachi Jhill).
37. Grimaldina brazzai Richard
Distribution : Haora (Malanchaberia,
Santragachi Jhill).
38. Guernella raphaelis Richard
Distribution: Birbhum (Dhatin Jhill) and
Haora (Malanchaberia, Santragachi Jhill).
Family ILYOCRYPTIDAE
39· Ilyocryptis spinifer Herrick
Distribution Birbhum (Ballavpur
Sanctuary), Haora (Synop Cotton Mill,
Shibadaha, Damodar river) and HugH
(Kanakund Jhill).
Family MOINIDAE
40. Moina micrura Kurz
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barisha,
Barrackpur), South 24 Pgs. (Bauripur, Amtala,
Mahestala, Sirisha), Birbhum (Rajgram, Tilpara
barrage), Kolkata (Behala), Haora (Natibpur
Jhill, Kasipur Hugla Jhill, Shibadaha,
Udayanarayanpur) and HugH (Hatragacha Jhill,
Jugihido dighi, Jagatpur Jhill, Madrasipara
dighi).
41. Moina weismanni Ishikawa
Distribution : HugH (Gholla Krishnanagar
Dighi).
42. Moinodaphnia macleayi (King)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bon Hooghly)
and Haora (Santragachi Jhill).
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Family DAPHNIIDAE
43. Ceriodaphnia cornuta Sars
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Birbhum (Ballavpur Sanctuary, Tilpara
barrage), Haora (Shibpur, Gadhiara,
Santragachi Jhill, Damodar river) and Hugli
(Dankuni Jhill, Triveni Jhill, Baluguri Jhill,
Ruonarayan river, Beluguri Jhill).
44. Ceriodaphnia reticulata (Jurine)
Distribution : Haora (Shibadaha, Dadkhali,
Santragachi Jhill).
45. Daphnia cannata King
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bon Hooghly)
and South 24 Pgs. ( Thakurpukur).
46. Daphnia lumholtzi Sars
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Birbhum (Ballavpur Sanctuary, Tilpara
barrage), Haora (Natibpur Jhill, Bagnan Jhill,
Birshibpur, Udayanarayanpur), HugH (Dankuni
Jhill, HatgachaJhill), Medinipur.
47. Daphnia similis Claus
Distribution Birbhum (Ballavpur
Sanctuary, Rajgram) and Haora
(Udayanarayanpur).
48. Scapholeberis kingi Bars
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bon Hooghly),
Birbhum (Ballavpur Sanctuary), Kolkata
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(Baranagar), Haora (Natibpur Jhill, Kasipur,
Hugla Jhill, Santragachi Jhill, Damodar river,
Udayanarayanpur) and HugH (pankuni Jhill,
Triveni Jhill, Baluguri Jhill, Gholla
Krishnanagar Dighi).
49. Simocephalus exspinosus (Koch)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Budge Budge,
Memanpur), Birbhum (Ballavpur Sanctuary),
Haora (Shibadaha, DadkhaH, Santragachi Jhill,
Amta) and HugH (Dankuni Jhill, Triveni Jhill,
Hatgacha Jhill).
50. Simocephalus latirostris Stingelin
Distribution: Haora (Shibadaha, DadkhaH,
Santragachi Jhill) and HugH (Dankuni Jhill).
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51. Simocephalus vetulus (0. F. Muller)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bon Hooghly,
Baranagar) , South 24 Pgs. (Achipur, Amtala,
Behala, Thakurpukur), Birbhum (Ballavpur
Sanctuary, Dhatin Jhill, Sathsowtheen Dighi,
Gole Park, Rampurhat), Kolkata (Dhakuria
Lake, Indian Museum Tank), Haora (Natibpur
Jhill, Bagnan Jhill, Kasipur Hugla Jhill,
Santragachi Jhil, Udayanarayanpur) and HugH
(Dankuni Jhill, Triveni Jhill, Baluguri Jhill,
Jagarpur Jhill).
Family SIDIDAE
52. Diaphanosoma brachyurum (Lieven)
Distribution: Kolkata (Hooghly river),
Haora (Damodar river) and Hugli (Jagatpur
Jhill, Khanakur).
53. Diaphanosoma excisum Sars
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Birbhum
(Raj gram, Saithia beel), Haora (Synop Cotton
Mill, N atibpur Jhill, Bagnan Jhill, Shibpur,
Gadiara, Santragachi, Golapota,
Udayanarayanpur), HugH (Hatgacha Jhill,
Rupnarayan River, Khnayan) and Medinipur.
54. Diaphanosoma sarsi Richard
. Distribution: Birbhum (Ballavpur Sanctusry,
Dhatin Jhill, Bakreswar pond, Gole Park,
Rampurhat) and Haora (Natibpur Jhill, Bagnan
Jhill, Santragachi Jhill).
55. Latonopsis australis (Sars)
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata, Haora
(Kasipur Hugla Jhill, Shibadaha, Santragachi
JhiIl) and HugH (Dankuni Jhill, Baliguri Jhill,
Kamarkund Jhill).
56. Pseudosida bidentata (Herrick)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Birbhum, Kolkata, and Haora (Kashipur Hugla
Jhill, Malanchaberia).
Subclass Copepoda
Order Calanoida
Family Acartiidae
57. Acartia (Acanthacartia) chilkaensis
Sewell
Distribution: Kolkata (Salt Lake).
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58. Acartia (Acanthacama) plumosa
T. Scott
Distribution: Kolkata (Salt Lake).
59. Acartiella major Sewell
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gazikhali canal,
Sundarban).
60. Acartiella minor Sewell
Distribution: Kolkata (Salt Lake).
61. Acartiella tortaniformis Sewell
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Chingrighata
canal, Uttarbhag, Pirkhali canal, Bidya river,
Sundarban).
Family DIAPTOMIDAE
62. Acrodiaptomus shillongensis Reddiah
Distribution: Nadia (Bhagirathi river, Janaki
Nagar, Plassey).
63. Heliodiaptomus ( Heliodiaptomus)
viduus (Gurney)
Distribution South 24 Pgs.
(Bhangankhalighat, Canning), Bankura
(Bhairabsthan, Bankura Town), Bardhaman
(Dobrana Village, Asansol), Kolkata (Museum
Tank), Darjiling (Siliguri), Darjiling
(Bidhannagar Village), Murshidabad
(Berhampore) and Nadia (Janakinagar,
Santipur).
64. Heliodiaptomus (Indodiaptomus)
cinctus (Gurney)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur village),
Birbhum (Shantiniketan, Bolepur, Rampurhut),
Nadia (Bhagirathi river, Palasi, Farakka) and W.
Dinajpur (Raiganj).
65. Heliodiaptomus (Indodiaptomus)
contortus (Gurney)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba),
Bardhaman (Asansol), Kolkata (Museum
Tank), Darjiling (Nawabganj) and Nadia
(Bhagirathi river, Palasi, Santipur).
66. Neodiaptomus madrasensis Roy
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Canning),
Bardhaman (Sehara Village, Ambagan Village,
Khanda Kosh Village, Chinkuri Village, Asansol)
and Nadia (Palasi Village, Farakka).
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67. Neodiaptomus lindbergi Brehm
Distribution : Bardhaman (Khanda Kosh
village) and Darjiling CMadhyasatali Village).
68. Neodiaptomus schmackeri
(Poppe and Richard)
Distribution : Bardhaman (Asansol),
Birbhum (Iuri, Bakreswar), Maldah (Piasbari
village), Murshidabad (Berhampur) and W.
Dinajpur (Raiganj).
69. Phyllodiaptomus blanci
(De Guerne and Richard)
Distribution: Maldah (Piasbari Village),
MurshidabadCBerhampore) and Puruliya CHura
Village, Jhalda, Sindhri Village).
70. Tropodiapyomus australis Kiefer
Distribution: Kolkata (Hooghly River).
Family PSEUDODIAPTOMIDAE
71. Pseudodiaptomus annandalei Sewell
Distribution : Kolkata (Chingrighata canal,
Salt Lke).
72. Pseudodiaptomus auriuilli Cleve
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dimond
Hrbour).
73· Pseudodiaptomus binghami Sewell
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gazikhali canal,
Sundarbans).
74· Pseudodiaptomus lobipes Gurney
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gazikhali Canal,
Sundarban).
75· Pseudodiaptomus tollingeri Sewell
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning,
Pirkhali canal, Gazikhali canal, Sundarbans) and
Medinipur (Tamluk).
Family PONTELLIDAE
76. Labidocera acuta Dana
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Pirkhali canal,
Kachia Khal, Sundarbans) and Medinipur
(Tamluk).
77· Labidocera pavo Dana
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kachia Khal,
Sundarban).
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Order CYCLOPOIDA
Family CYCLOPIDAE
78. Mesocyclops leuckartii (Claus)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gazikhali Canal,
Sundarbans), Bankura (Bishnupur), Bardhaman
(Bardhaman, Chinakuri Village, Asansol),
Birbhum (Bakreswar, Santiniketan, Bolpur),
Kolkata (Indian Museum Tank), Darjiling
(Siliguri), Koch Bihar (Raidhaka river,
Baxirhat) and Maldah (Piasbari village).
79. Microcyclops varicans (Sars)
Distribution : Kolkata.
80. Paracyclops fimbriatus (Fischer)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subclass HOPLOCARIDA
Order STOMATOPODA
Superfamily SQUILLOIDEA
Family HARPIOSQUILLIDAE
81. Harpiosquilla annandalei (Kemp)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
82. Harpiosquilla harpax (De Haan)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
83. Harpiosquilla raphidea (Fabricius)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island,
Kakdweep, Bakkhali, Frasergunj) and
Medinipur (Digha beach, Junput).
Family SQUILLIDAE
84· Alimopsis supplex (Wood-Mason)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (J ambudwip,
Sundarbans).
85· Carinosquilla multicarinata (White)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sundarbans).
86. Clorida decorata Wood-Mason
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali,
Frazergunj).
87. Clorida latreillei Eydoux & Souleyet
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sundarban).
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88. Cloridopsis bengalensis 101. Acanthosquilla dighaensis

(Tiwari & Biswas)
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
Distribution: Medinipur (Junput, Digha
102. Acanthosquilla multifasciata
beach) and South 24 Pgs. (Jharkhali, Gosaba,
Sundarban). (Wood-Mason)

89. Cloridopsis immaculata (Kemp) Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sundarban) and

Medinipur (Digha).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sundarbans,
Canning, Sajnakhali, Gosaba, Jhingakhali, Order DECAPODA
Chhota Mollakhali, Matla river, Raimangal Section PODOTREMATA
river). Family DROMIIDAE
90. Cloridopsis scorpio (Latreille)
103. Conchoecetes artificiosus
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Frazergunj). (Fabricius)
91. Dictyosquilla faveolata
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
(Wood-Mason)
Family RANINIDAE
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Frazergunj).
104.Raninoides personatus Henderson
92. Oratosquilla holoschista (Kemp)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Frazergunj).
Section EUBRACHYURA
93. Oratosquilla inornata (Tate)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads). Subsection HETEROTREMATA
94. Oratosquilla intelTUpta (Kemp)
Family AETHRIDAE
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jambudweep, 105.Drachiella morum (Alcock)
Bakkhali, Gangasagar) and Medinipur (Digha Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
beach). Family CALAPPIDAE
Oratosquilla nepa (Latreille)
95.
Calappa lophos (Herbst)
106.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jambudweep, Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gangetic Delta).
Sundarban).
107. Calappa pustulosa Alcock
96. Oratosquilla perpensa (Kemp)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandsheads,
Hooghly Delta). Family MATUTIDAE
97. Oratosquilla wood-masoni (Kemp) Ashtoret lunaris (ForskAl)
108.

Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island, Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gangetic Delta).
Su~darban). 109. Matuta planipes Fabricius
98. Squilloides gilesi Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads,
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads). Sagar Island, Sundarbans).
Superfamily LYSIOSQUILLOIDEA Matuta victor (Fabricius)
110.
Family LYSIOSQUILLIDAE Distribution: Medinipur (Digha coast).
99. Lysiosquilla sp. Family CORYSTIDAE
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads). Jonas indica (Chopra)
111.
Family NANNOSQUILLIDAE
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
100. Acanthosquilla acanthocarpus
(Miers) Family DORIPPIDAE

Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads 112.Dorippe quadridens (Fabricius)

HRM). Distribution: Medinipur (Digha coast).
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113. Dorippoides facchino (Herbst) 126. Spiralothelphusa hydrodroma

(Herbst)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum, Kolkata,
114. Neodorippe callida (Fabricius)
Medinipur (Kasain canal) and W. Dinajpur
Distribution : (Raigunj).
Family ETHUSIDAE Family SCALOPIDIIDAE
115. Ethusa indica Alcock 127. Scalopidia spinosipes Stimpson
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
Family MENIPPIDAE Family IPHICULIDAE
116. Menippe rumphii (Fabricius) 128. Iphiculus spongiosus
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads, Bay Adams and White
of Bengal). Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
117.Myomenippe hardwickii (Gray) 129. Pariphiculus mariannae
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads, Bay (Herklot)
of Bengal). Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
Family GECARCINUCIDAE Family LEUCOSIIDAE
118. Barytelphusa cunicularis Subfamily EBALIINAE
(Westwood) 130. Arcania erinaceus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong) and Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
J alpaiguri. Arcania septemspinosa (Fabricius)
13 1 .
119. Globitelphusa planifrons (Biirger) Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
Distribution: J alpaiguri. 132. Ixa cylindrus (Fabricius)
120. Liotelphusa campestris (Alcock) Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
Distribution: Kolkata (Baranagar). 133. Ixa inermis Leach
Liotelphusa gageii (Alcock)
121. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong). HRM).
122. Liotelphusa laevis (Wood-Mason) Myra elegans Bell
134.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).

123. Maydelliathelphusa lugubris
(Wood-Mason)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong, Teesta
Valley, Siliguri), Jalpaiguri (Mahananda River)
and Koch Bihar (Duars, Terai).
Family PARATHELPHUSIDAE
Oziotelphusa auranua (Herbst)
124.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
125. Sartoriana spinigera (Wood-Mason)
Distribution: Kolkata (Museum Tank),
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar and W. Dinajpur
(Raigunj).
135. Myrafugax (Fabricius)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
136. Philyra globus (Fabricius)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
Subfamily LEUCOSIINAE
137.Euclosia rotundifrons (Chopra)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
138. Leucosia craniolaris (Linnaeus)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
139. Seulocia rhomboidalis
(De Haan)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
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Family EPIALTIDAE
140. Doclea annata De Haan
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
141.Doclea canalifera Stimpson
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
142. Doclea hybrida (Fabricius)
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha coast).
143. Doclea muricata (Fabricius)
Distribution :
144. Docl~a ovis (Fabricius)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
145. Doclea Mssonii Leach, 1815
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
146. Hyastenus diacanthus (De Haan)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
147. ~halangipus longipes (Linnaeus)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
Family HYMENOSOMATIDAE
148. Neorhynchoplax inachoides
(Alcock)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning).
149. Neorhynchoplax nasalis (Kemp)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bidyadhari
River) and Kolkata (Chingrighata).
150. Neorhynchoplax woodmasoni
(Alcock)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning).
151. Hymenicoides carteri Kemp
Distribution: ·Haora (Sibpur), North 24 Pgs.
(Gobardanga).
152. Trigonoplax unguijonnis
(De Haan)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sundarbans).
Family PARTHENOPIDAE
153. Cryptopodia angulata
H. Milne Edwards & Lucas
Distribution: 'South 24 Pgs. (Bay of Bengal).
154. Enoplolambrus pransor (Herbst)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sundarban).
Family GALENIDAE
Galene bispinosa (Herbst)
155.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads,
Matla River).
Halimedefragifer De Haan
156.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
157. Halimede tyche (Herbst)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
Family PILUMNIDAE
Parapanope euagora De Man
158.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
159. Benthopanope indica Stimpson
Distribution: Kolkata (Salt Lake).
160. Eurycarcinus bengalensis Deb
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sundarban).
161. Eurycarcinus natalensis (Krauss)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Canning,
Gangetic Delta, Sundarban).
162. Eurycarcinus orientalis
A. Milne Edwards
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
163. Heteropanope glabra Stimpson
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
164. Heteropanope neolaevis Deb
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gangetic Delta,
Kachuberia).
165.Heteropilumnus ciliatus (Stimpson)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
166. Typhlocarcinus nudus Stimpson
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
Family PORTUNIDAE
Lissocarcinus arkati Kemp
167.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
168. Portunus (Achelous) granulatus
(H. Milne Edwards)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
169. Portunus (LupocyclopoMls)
gracilimanus (Stimpson)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
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170. Portunus (Monomia) gladiator
Fabricius
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
171. Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads
HRM) and Medinipur (Digha).
172. Portunus (Portunus)
sanguinolentus (Herbst)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads) and
Medinipur (Digha).
173. Portunus (Portunus) pubescens
(Dana)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
174. Portunus (Xiphonectes)
hastatoides Fabricius
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
175. Scylla serrata (Forskal)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bagmara,
Bakkhali, Basanti, Bhangaduni Island, Canning,
Chhota Mollakhali, Diamond Harbour, Gosaba)
and Medinipur (Junput).).
176. Scylla tranquebarica (Fabricius)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
177. Charybdis (Charybdis) affinis
Dana
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali) and
Medinipur (Junput).
178. Charybdis (Charybdis) callianassa
(Herbst)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
179· Charybdis (Charybdis) feriatus
(Linnaeus) .
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali,
Jharkhali, Mouth of Hooghly River), Medinipur
(Digha coast).
180. Charybdis (Charybdis) helleri
(A. Milne Edwards)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads,
Gosaba).
181. Charybdis (Charybdis) lucifera
(Fabricius)
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha coast).
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182. Charybdis (Charybdis) miles
(De Haan)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
183. Charybdis (Charybdis) orientalis
Dana
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
184. Charybdis (Charybdis) rostrata
(A. Milne Edwards)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Piali river,
Frasergunj, Matla River, Bakkhali, Ganga Sagar,
Gosaba, Sandheads), Medinipur (Junput).
185. Charybdis (Charybdis) variegata
(Fabricius)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
186. Charybdis (Goniohellenus)
truncate (Fabricius)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
187. Charybdis (Goniohellenus)
vadorum Alcock
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads)~
188. Thalamita crenata (Latreille, 1829)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sundarbans).
Family XANTHIDAE
189. Liagore erythematica Guinot
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
190. Orphanoxanthus microps (Alcock
and Anderson)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bay of Bengal).
Family GRAPSIDAE
191. Metopograpsus latifrons (White)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bhangaduni
Island, Sagar Island, Prentice and Luthian
Islands.
192. Metopograpsus messor (Forskal)
Distribution: Kolkata (Geokhali), North 24
Pgs. (Basirhat), South 24 Pgs. (Achipur,
Raychak, Diamond Harbour, Canning,
Bhangonkhali Ghat, Gosaba, Champa river bed,
Sagar Island, .Prentice and Luthian Islands).
193· Pachygrapsus porpinquus De Man
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning,
Kakdwip).
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Family SESARMIDAE
194· Clistocoeloma merguiense
DeMan
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Matla River,
Sagar'Island).
195. Episesarma mederi
(H. Milne Edwards)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Nurpur,
Jhingakhali, Canning and other parts of
Sundarban, Sagar, Luthian, Jammu and Prentice
Islands).
196. Metasesarma rousseauxii
H. Milne Edwards
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads,
mouth of river Hooghly).
197. Muradium tetragonum (Fabricius)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Lower Bengal,
Canning, Sundarban, Sandheads, mouth of river
Hooghly).
19B. Neosarmanum smithi
(H. Milne Edwards)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bagmara Khal).
199. Parasesarma pictum (De Haan)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
200. Parasesarma plicatum
(Fabricius, 179B)'
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpur),
South 24 Pgs. (Matla River, Uttarbhag).
201. Perisesarma bidens (De Haan)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Achipur,
Nurpur, Diamond Harbour, Kakdwip, Bakkhali,
Uttarbhag, Matla Island, Gosaba, Bidya River,
Bhangaduni Island, Baghmara, Sajnakhali,
Jhingakhali, Sagar, Luthian and Prentice
Islands), Kolkata and Medinipur (Digha).
202. Pseudosesarma edwardsi (De Man)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Basirhat, Palta),
South 24 Pgs. (Achipur, Chingrighata, Canning,
Falta), Kolkata (Kolkata Maidan) and Medinipur
(Tamluk, Kolaghat).
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203. Sesarmoides kraussi
(De Man)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Nurpur).
204. Sesarmoides longipes
(Krauss)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bhangonkhali
Ghat), Sagar Island.
205. Sesarmops impressum
(H. Milne Edwards)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jhingakhali and
other parts of Sundarban).
206. Se~armops intermedius (De Haan)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Nurpur).
Family VARUNIDAE
207. Metaplax crenulata (Gerstaecker)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Frazergunj,
Canning, Matla River, Bagmara, Bhangaduni
Island, Jhingakhali, Sajnakhali) Sundarban
Prentice and Luthian Islands.
20B. Metaplax dentipes (Heller)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Achipur,
Nurpur, Diamond Harbour, Kakdwip,
Uttarbhag, Canning, Bhangonkhali Ghat,
Gosaba, Basanti, Geokhali, Jhingakhali,
Canning and other parts of Sundarban), Kolkata
and Medinipur (Tamluk, Haldia),
209. Metaplax distincta
H. Milne Edwards
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jhingakhali and
other parts of Sundarbans).
210. Metaplax indica H. Milne Edwards
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Achipur
Prentice and Luthian Islands).
211. Metaplax intermedia De Man
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Nurpur, Sagar,
Luthian, Prentice and Jammu Islands, Kakdwip,
Sandheads HRM, Canning, Basanti, Gosaha,
Chota Mollakhali, Sajnakhali and Jhingakhali),
Kolkata and Medinipur CMedinipur Town).
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212. Parapyxidognathus deianira 222. Scopimera globosa De Haan

(DeMan) Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sundarbans).
Distribution: Haora (Shibpur) (Ghosh). 223. Scopimera investigatoMs Alcock
213. Ptychognathus dentatus De Man Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sundarbans,
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Palta), South Tiger Reserve Area).
24 Pgs. (Falta, Nurpur, Diamond Harbour,
224. Scopimera proxima Kemp
Bakkhali, Uttarbhag), Kolkata and Medinipur
(Geokhali). Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sundarbans,
Bay of Bengal coast).
214. ptychognathus onyx Alcock
Family MACROPHTHALMIDAE
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Palta), South
24 Pgs. (Nurpur, Falta). 225. Macrophthalmus
215. Pyxidognathus fluviatilis Alcock (Macrophthalmus) brevis (Herbst)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Palta), South Distribution : South 24 ~gs. (Harinbari,
""
24 Pgs. (Sundarbans). Sagar Island).
216. Varuna litterata (Fabricius) 226. Macrophthalmus
Distribution : Kolkata (Dhapa), North 24 (Macrophthalmus) crassipes
Pgs. (Palta), South 24 Pgs. (Nurpur, Falta, H. Milne Edwards
Roychak, Diamond Harbour, Sagar Island, Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jharkhali).
Sandheads, Uttarbhag, Port Canning, 227.~acrophthalmus
Bhangonkhali Ghat, Sajnakhali, Jhingakhali,
(Macrophthalmus) sulcatus
Sagar Island) and Medinipur (Tamluk, Haldia).
H. Milne Edwards
Family DOTILLIDAE
Distribution : Medinipur.
217. Dotilla blanfordi Alcock, 1900
228. Macrophthalmus
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip Lower
(Macrophthalmus) transversus
Long Sand, Sagar and Prentice Islands).
(Latreille)
218. Dotilla intennedia De Man
Distribution: Medinipur (Haldia), South 24
Distribution : Sagar Island.
Pgs. (Sandheads).
219· Dotillopsis brevitarsis (De Man)
229. Macrophthalmus (Mareons)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Harwood Point, depressus Riippell
Kakdwip, Naraingunj, Namkhana, Jhingakhali,
Canning, Champa river bed, South of Pargumti, Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba,
Gosaba, Lower Long Sand, Sagar, Prentice, Sonakhali), Medinipur (Haldia).
Jammu and Luthian Islands). 230. Macrophthalmus (Mareons)
220. llyoplax gangeticus pacificus Dana
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gangetic delta, Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Birajmanir
Chhoto Mollakhali, Gosaba, Canning, Prentice Char, Gosaba).
Islands). 231. Macrophthalmus (Mareons)
221. llyoplax stapletoni (De Man) teschi Kemp
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Nurpur), Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning
Medinipur (Geonkhali). Pargumti, Jharkhali, Gosaba, Sagar Island).
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23 2 . Macrophthalmus (Mareotis)
tomentosus Souleyet
Distribution : South 24 ·Pgs.
233. Macrophthalmus (Paramareotis)
erato DeMan
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island,
Bakkhali).
234. Macrophthalmus (Venitus)
dentipes Lucas in Guerin-Meneville
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
Family OCYPODIDAE
235. Ocypode ceratophthalma
(Pallas)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island,
Lower Long Sand), Medinipur (Digha coast).
236. Ocypode macrocera
H. Milne Edwards
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island,
Lower Long Sand, Bakkhali, Luthian Island,
Champa river bed).
237. Ocypode platytarsis
H. Milne Edwards
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha coast).
238. Uca dussumie·ri
(H. Milne Edwards)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island,
Prentice Island, Luthian Island, Champa river
bed (Shankarpur), Jharkhali, Bakkhali,
Iswaripur near Namkhana, Sagar, Prentice and
Luthian Islands).
239. Uca rosea (Tweedie)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali,
Basirhat, Gosaba, Port Canning, Jharkhali,
Lower Long Island, Luthian, Sagar, Prentice,
Jammu Islands), Medinipur (Narayanpur,
Tamluk, Digha coast, Haldia).
240. Uca vocans (Linnaeus)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Chemaguri
creek, Sagar Island and Gomdi River,
Sajnakhali.
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241. Uca lactea (De Haan)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali beach,
Sagar Island, Luthian, Lower Long Sand, Mouth
of river Hooghly, Champa river bed
(Shankarpur), Medinipur (Haldia, D~gha coast).
242. Uca triangularis (A. Milne Edwards)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jhingakhali,
Jharkhali and Bakkhali, Sagar Island, Prentice
and Luthian Islands), Medinipur (Digha coast).
Family PINNOTHERIDAE
243. Nepinnotheres cardii (Biirger, 1895)
Distribution : Medinipur (Digha).
244. Pinnotheres boniensis
Stimpson, 1858
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
245. Pinnotheres mactricola Alcock, 1900
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
Family POTAMIDAE
246. Acanthopotamon martensi
(Wood-Mason)
Distribution: Kolkata (Baranagar), Darjiling
(Teesta River) and Medinipur (Kasai canal).
247. Eosamon tumidum (Wood-Mason)
Distribution : Darjiling.
248. Himalayapotamon
atkinsonianum (Wood-Mason)
Distribution : Darjiling (Teesta River,
Mangpoo, Kurseong).
249. Himalayapotamon koolooense
(Ra·thbun, 1904)
Distribution: Darjiling ( Gopaldhara).
250. Lobothelphusa woodmasoni
(Rathbun)
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Gargaria River,
Toofanganj).
251. Trichopotamon sikkimense
(Rathbun)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Dow
Hill).
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INSECTA: THYSANURA
Phylum ARTHROPODA 3. Ctenolepisma nigra (Oudemans)
Class INSECTA Distribution : Kolkata.
Order THYSANURA 4. Acreotelsa collaMs (Fabricus)
Suborder ZYGENTOMA Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum
Superfamily LEPISMATOIDEA Campus) and North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
Family LEPISMATIDAE 5. Stylifera wygodzinskyi Hazra
1. Ctenolepisma longicaudata Escherich Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur),
Distribution: Bankura (Panchubag, Near Bardhaman (Barddhaman forest), Medinipur
Bankura Town), Bardhaman (Dewandighi), (Arabari), Murshidabad (Lalbag) and Puruliya
Kolkata (Chittaranjan Avenue), Darjiling (Birch (Matha protected forest).
Hill), Murshidaba~ (Hazardwari campus) and 6. Tricholepisma gravelyi (Silvestri)
North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore). Distribution : Kolkata.
2. Ctenolepisma ciliata (Dufour) 7. Silvestrella termitophila Escherich
Distribution: Bankura (Bhatapur village), Distribution : Bankura, Puruliya.
Birbhum (Gonpur village), Kolkata
Family ATELURIDAE
(Chittaranjan Avenue), Darjiling (Darjiling
Govt. College), Murshidabad (Beldanga, 8. Atelura typhloponis Silvestri
Hazardwari), Puruliya (Ghatiali Hills), Distribution: Darjiling (Siliguri).
Medinipur (Digha) and South 24 Pgs. 9. Thermobia domestica (Packard)
(Kakdwip). Distribution : Kolkata.
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INSECTA: COLLEMBOLA
Phylum ARTHROPODA Subfamily PARONELLINAE
Class INSECTA 7. Callyntrura (Callyntrura) zaheri Mitra

Order Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).

COLLEMBOLA
8. Callyntrura (Handschinphysa)
Suborder ARTHROPLEONA vestita (Handschin)
Family ENTOMOBRYIDAE Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
Subfamily ENTOMOBRYINAE 9. Dicranocentroides jlavescens Yosii
1. Lepidocyrtus (Acrocyrtus) Distribution: Kolkata and Haora (Shibpur).
heterolepis (yosii) 10. Salina bengalensis Mitra

Distribution: Haora (Shibpur). Distribution : Kolkata.

2. Lepidocyrtus (cinctocyrtus)
magnificus Carpenter, 1924
Distribution: Nadia, North 24 Pgs.
3. Lepidocyrtus caeruleicornis Bonet
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
4. Lepidocyrtus (cinctocyrtus) medius
Schaeffer
Distribution: Nadia, South 24 Pgs.
Subfamily CYPHODERINAE
5. Cyphoderus javanus Borner
Distribution: Kolkata and Haora (Shibpur).
6. Heteromuricus cercifer Imms
Distribution : Kolkata.
11. Salina javana Handschin
Distribution: Kolkata and DaIjiling (Ghum).
Suborder SYMPHYPLEONA
Family NEELIDAE
12. Mega 10 thorax minimus Willem
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family SPHYROTHECIDAE
13. Sphyrotheca gangetica Yosii
Distribution : India : Kolkata.
Family ISOTOMIDAE
14. Ballistrura bengalensis Yosii
Distribution: Kolkata, Nadia, South 24 Pgs.
15. Cryptopygus thermophilus
(Axelson)
Distribution: Kolkata, Nadia, South 24 Pgs.
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INSECTA : DIPLURA
Ph~um ARTHROPODA
Class INSECTA
. Order DIPLURA
Family CAMPODEIDAE
1. Lepidocampa (Lepidocampa) Juradii
bengalensis Rani & Mitra, 1977
Distribution: Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills).
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INSECTA: ODONATA
Suborder ZYGOPTERA
Family COENAGRIONIDAE
Subfamily ISCHNURINAE
1. Aciagrion pallidum Selys
Distribution: Bankm'a (Bishnupur), Birbhum
(Ranlpurhat), Darjiling, Jalpaiguri (Jainti Hills,
Bania forest, Chilapata, Hasimara, Birpara) and
W. Dinajpur (Islampur, Raiganj).
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2. Aciagrion occidentale Laidlaw
Distribution: Not Known.
3. Aciagrion olympicum Laidlaw
Distribution : Darjiling.
4. Ischnura nifostigma rufostigma
Selys
Distribution : Birbhum (Nalhati), Kolkata,
Haora, Maldah· (Maldah agricultural farm),
North 24 Pgs. and Dinajpur (Raiganj).
5. lschnura forcipata Morton
Distribution : Kolkata.
6.lschnura aurora aurora (Brauer)
Distribution: Bankura (Gangajalghati,
Bishnupur, Simlapal), Barddhaman (Ketugram,
Dhatrigram), Birbhum (Sainthia, Bhachapur,
Birchandrapur, Mallarpur, Bolpur,
Muhmmadbazar), Haora, Jalpaiguri (Hasimara,
Joygaon, Hamiltongunge, Alipurduar,
Nagrakata), Maldah (Mahadipur), Medinipur
(Chilkigarh forest, Keranitola), Murshidabad
(Raghunathgunj, J angipur, Dhan-patnagar,
Jiyaganj, Berhampore, Cossimbazar), South 24
Pgs. -and W. Dinajpur (Raiganj).
7. Ischnura senegalensis (Ramb)
Distribution: Bankura (Chatna), Kolkata,
Haora, H~gli, w. Medinipur (Jhargram) and
South 24 Pgs.
8. Enallagma parvum Selys
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur, Simlapal,
Chhatna, Ranibandh, Sushunia Hills),
Barddhaman (Futi Sagar, Dhatrigram,
Ramgopalpur), Birbhum (Muhammadbazar,
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Sainthia, Bhadrapur, Narayanpur, Mallarpur,
Bolpur, Bhadrapur, Birchandrapur,
Maureswar), Kolkata, Haora (Uluberia),
Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa), Medinipur (Bhaluk,
Sahapur, Paglaghat), South 24 Pgs., W.
Dinajpur (Raiganj, Kaliaganj) and Murshidabad
(Dhulian).
9. Rhodischnura nursei (Morton)
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Birbhum, Kolkata, Haora, HugH, Jalpaiguri,
Koch Bihar, Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad,
Nadia, North 24 Pgs., Puruliya, South 24 Pgs.
and Dinajpur.
Subfamily PSEUDAGRIONINAE
10. Ceriagrion fallax cerinomelas
Lieftinck
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri.
11. Ceriagrion olivaceum Laidlaw
Distribution: Bankura (Ramsagar), Birbhum
(Maureswar), Darjiling (Fansidewa), Jalpaiguri
(Bania forest, Chilapata, Palasbari, Salpaiguri,
Jainti), Koch Bihar (Sonapur) and Murshidabad
(Jangipur, Dhanpatnagar, Amaspur).
12. Ceriagrion coromandelianum
(Fabricius)
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur, Simlapal,
Kutumdengra, Sushunia Hills, Joypur,
Dhuldanga), Barddhaman (Dhatrigraln,
Adhrahati, Katwa), Birbhum (Ballavpur,
Sainthia, Bolpur, Nalhati), Haora (Mahespur,
Jalpai), Jalpaiguri (Kanak shyaguri, Alipurduar,
Hasimara), Medinipur (AlaI, Digha, Keranitola),
Murshidabad (Kodampur, Jiaganj, Dhulian,
Cossimbazar), South 24 Pgs. (Lakshikantapur,
Bakkhali, Joka, Madhabpur, Baruipur), W.
Dinajpur (Raiganj), Maldah (Ratu) and
Murshidabad (Dhulian).
13. Ceriagrion azureum (Selys)
Distribution: Daljiling.
14. Ceriagrion cerinorubellum (Bratler)
Distribution : Medinipur (Shamsi).
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Pseudagrion hypeM1telas Selys
15.
Distribution Hugli, Koch Bihar
(Mathabhanga) and South 24 Pgs.
16. Pseudagrion malabaricum Fraser
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Kathambari).
17. Pseudagrion rubriceps rubiceps
Selys
Distribution: Maldah (Maldah Agri. Farm).
18. Pseudagrion decorum (Rambur)
~
Distribution : Haora, Maldah (Nishipur,
Tulshihata), Medinipur, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs. (Amtala) and Dinajpur (Raiganj).
19. Pseudagrion microcephalum
Rambur
Distribution: Bankura (Dhaldanga), Kolkata,
Haora, Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar), Murshidabad
(Moregram, Amaspur), Puruliya, Bankura and
South 24 Pgs.
20. Pseudagrion australasiae Selys
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata, Haora and
South 24 Pgs.
21. Pseudagrion spencei Fraser
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
Subfamily ARGIINAE
22. Onychargia atrocyana Selys
Distribution : Bankura (Hatipahari), Haora,
Hugli, Maldah, Medinipur (Belpahari) and
Puruliya.
Subfamily AGRIOCNEMIDINAE
23. Argiocnemis rubescens rubeola
Selys
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling.
24. Agriocnemis pygmaea (Rambur)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur),
Barddhaman (Katwa), Birbhum (Balsur,
Maureswar), Kolkata, Haora, Jalpaiguri
(Dalringpara, Hamiltongunje, Hasimara,
Mandabri forest, Chilapata), Koch Bihar
(Tufangonj), Maldah (Agri. Farm), Medinipur
(Chilkigarh forest), South 24 Pgs. (Rai Dighi,
Gobindapur), Dinajpur (Raiganj) and Puruliya
(Adra).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
25. Agriocnemis femina (Brauer)
Distribution: Not Known.
26. Agriocnemis lacteola Selys
Distribution : Bankura (Taldangra).
27. Agriocnemis splendidissima Laidlaw
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Raja Bhathkhawa,
Kanakshyaguri) and Koch Bihar (Sonarpur).
28. Agriocnemis aborensis (Laidlaw)
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
29. Agriocnemis clauseni Fraser
Distribution : Not Known.
Subfamily COENAGRIONINAE
30. Himalagrion exclamatione Fraser
Distribution : Darjiling.
31. Paracercion calamoMlm dye"';'
(Fraser)
Distribution : Haora and M urshidabad
(Barhampur, Gorabazar, Jiyaganj).
32. Paracercion malayanum (Selys)
Distribution : Birbhum (Mallarpur) and
Kolkata.
Family PLATYSTICTIDAE
Subfamily PLATYSTICTINAE
33. Protosticta himalaica Laidlaw
Distribution : Darjiling.
34. Drepanosticta polychromatica
Fraser
Distribution : Darjiling (Andheri khola
stream, Rangpo).
Family PROTONEURIDAE
Subfamily DISPARONEURINAE
35. Prodasineura odoneli (Fraser)
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
Family PLAITCNEMIDIDAE
Subfamily PLATYCNEMIDINAE
36. Copera ciliata (Selys)
Distribution : Bankura (Kanchanpur forest),
Haora, HugH and Medinipur.
37· Copera superplaty»es Fraser
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
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38. Copera uittata serapica (Selys)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Chilapata, Bani
forest).
39· Copera marginipes (Rambur)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Hamiltongunj) and
South 24 Pgs. (Batanagar).
Subfamily CALICNEMIDINAE
40. Coeliccia renifera (Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
41. Calicnemia eximia (Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Andheri khola).
42. Calicnemia puluerulans (Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
43. Calicnemia miniata (Selys)
Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum (Balarpur)
and Darjiling (Rangpo).
Superfamily LESTOIDEA
Family CHLOROLESTIDAE
Subfamily MEGALESTINAE
44. Megalestes irma Fraser
Distribution : DaIjiling.
45. Meglestes major Selys
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family LESTIDAE
Subfamily LESTINAE
46. Lestes platystyla (Rambur)
Distribution: Kolkata, Jalpaiguri.
47. Lestes thoracicus Laidlaw
Distribution: Not known.
48. Lestes uiridulus Rambur
Distribution: Medinipur.
49. Orolestes selysi McLachlan
Distribution : DaIjiling.
50. Indolestes cyaneus (Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Superfamily CALOPTERYGOIDEA
Family AMPHIPTERYGIDAE
Subfamily PHILOGANGINAE
51. Philoganga montana (Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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Family CHLOROCYPHIDAE
52. Rhinocypha immaculata (Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
53. Rhinocypha trifasciata (Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
54. Rhinocypha cuneata Selys
Distribution : DaIjiling.
55. Rhinocypha fenestrella Rambur
Distribution : Darjiling (Sevok forest).
56. Rhinocypha quadrimaculata Selys
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo) and
Jalpaiguri (Jayanti).
57. Rhinocypha unimaculata Selys
Distribution: DaIjiling (Rangpo, Mollikhola).
58. Rhinocypha ignipennis Selys
Distribution : DaIjiling (Rangpo).
Family EUPHAEIDAE
59. Bayadera indica (Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
60. Bayadera longicauda Fraser
Distribution : DaIjiling.
61. Anisopleura lestoides Selys
Distribution : DaIjiling.
62. Anisopleura comes Hagen
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family CALOPTERYGIDAE
Subfamily CALIPHAEINAE
63. Caliphaea coJifusa Selys
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily CALOPTREYGINAE
64. Vestalis smaragdina smaragdina
Selys
,Distribution : Darjiling.
65. Vestalis gracilis gracilis Ranlbur
Distribution: DaIjiling (Sevok fores~).
66. Neurobasis chinensis chinensis
(Unnaeus)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sevok forest).
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Suborder ANISOZYGOPTERA
Superfamily HETROPHLEBIOIDEA
Family EPIOPHLEBIIDAE
67. Epiophlebia laidlawi Tillyard
Distribution : Darjiling.
Suborder ANISOPTERA
Superfamily CORDULEGASTEROIDEA
Family CORDULEGASTERIDAE
Subfamily CORDULEGASTERINAE
68. Neallogaster hennionae (Fraser)
Distribution : Darjiling.
69. Neallogaster latifrons (Selys)
Distribution : Darjiling.
70. Anotogaster nipalensis Selys
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily CHLOROGOMPHINAE
71. Chlorogomphus fraseri St. Quentin
Di$tribution : Darjiling.
72. Chlorogomphus selysi Fraser
Distribution : Darjiling.
73· Chlorogomphus preciosus (Fraser)
Distribution : Darjiling.
74· Chlorogomphus atkinsoni (Selys)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Superfamily AESHNOIDEA
Family AESHNIDAE
Subfamily BRACHITRONINAE
75· Oligoaeschna martini (Laidlaw)
Distribution : Darjiling.
76. Oligoaeschna speciosa Karube
Distribution : Darjiling.
77· Tetracanthagyna waterhousei
MacLachlan
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
78. Cephalaeschna orbifrons Selys
Distribution : Darjiling.
79· Gynacanthaeschna sikkima
(Karsch)
Distribution: Not Known.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
80. Periaeschna unifasciata Fraser
Distribution : Darjiling.
81. Periaeschna magdalena Martin
Distribution : Not Known.
Subfamily AESHNINAE
82. Anaciaeschna jaspidea (Burmeiste~)
Distribution : Kolkata and J alpaiguri.
83. Anax guttatus (Burmeister)
Distribution : Kolkata.
84. Anax imperator Leach
Distribution : Kolkata.
85. Hemianax ephippiger (Burmeister)
Distribution: Haora and Medinipur.
Subfamily BRACHITRONINAE
86. Polycanthagyna erthromelas
(MacLachlan)
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
87. Polycanthagyna ornithocephala
MacLachlan
Distribution : DaIjiling.
88. Aeshna petalura Martin
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Subfamily AESHNINAE
89. Gynacantha o'doneli Fraser
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
90. Gynacantha khasiaca MacLachlan
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
91. Gynacantha rammohani Mitra &
Lahiri
Distribution : Kolkata.
92. Gynacantha bayadera Selys
Distribution : DaIjiling.
93. Gynacantha albistyla Fraser
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
94· Gynacantha dravida Lieftinck
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
Family GOMPHIDAE
Subfamily LINDENIINAE
95· Ictinogomphus angulosus (Selys)
Distribution : Kolkata.
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96. Ictinogomphus rapax (Rambur)
Distribution: Kolkata, DaIjiling and Puruliya
(Bhaldungi Hills).
97.Ictinogomphus pertinax Selys
Distribution : Haora.
Subfamily GOMPHOIDINAE
9B. Gomphidia williamsoni Fraser
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Subfamily GOMPHINAE
99. Macrogomphus seductus Fraser,
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri.
100. Macrogomphus montanus Selys
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs. and
South 24 Pgs.
101. Davidius abberrans senchalensis
Fraser
Distribution : Darjiling.
102. Davidius delineatus Fraser
Distribution : Darjiling.
103. Davidius davidi assamensis Laidlaw
Distribution : Darjiling.
104. Anormogomphus heteropterus
Selys
Distribution: Maldah (ManikChak), Koch
Bihar (Haldibari).
105. Burmagomphus hasimaricus
Fraser
Distribution: DaIjiling, J alpaiguri.
106. Burmagomphus sivalikensis
Laidlaw
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
107. Asiagomphus o'doneli (Fraser)
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
loB. Platygomphus dolabratus Selys
Distribution : Not Known.
109. Anisogomphus occipitalis (Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
110. Anisogomphus bivittatus (Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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111. Anisogomphus orites Laidlaw
Distribution : DaIjiling.
112. Merogomphus martini (Fraser)
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
113. Stylogomphus inglisi Fraser
Distribution : DaIjiling.
114. Phaenandrogomphus aureus
(Laidlaw)
Distribution : Kolkata.
115. Nepogomphus modestus (Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
Subfamily ONYCHOGOMPHINAE
116. Perissogomphus stevensi Laidlaw
Distribution : DaIjiling.
117. Paragomphus lineatus (Selys)
Distribution: Not Known.
lIB. Paragomphus lindgreni (Fraser)
Distribution: DaIjiling.
119. Megalogomphus flavicolor (Fraser)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
120. Megalogomphus smithi (Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
121. Onychogomphus biforceps (Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
122. Onychogomphus risi (Fraser),
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
123. Onychogomphus duaricus Fraser
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
124. Onychogomphus bistrigatus
(Hagen in Selys)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Superfamily LIBELLULOIDEA
Family CORDULIIDAE
Subfamily MACROMIINAE
125. Epopthalmia vittata vittata
Burmeister
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah, Koch Bihar
(Haldibari).
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126. Macromia moorei Selys
Distribution: Darjiling.
127. Macromia pallida Fraser
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
128. Macromia jlavovittata Fraser
Distribution : Darjiling.
129. Macromia jlavocolorata Fraser
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Duars of Bengal,
Haldibari tea estate).
130. Macromia ./lavicincta Selys
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily IDIONYCHINAE
131. Idionyx stevensi Fraser
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family LIBELLULIDAE
Subfamily ONYCHOTHEMISTINAE
132. Onychothemis testacea ceylanica
Ris
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
Subfamily ZYGONYCHINAE
133. Zygonyxiris davina Fraser
Distribution : Darjiling.
134. Zygonyx iris iris Fraser
Distribution: Not known.
Subfamily TRAMEINAE
135· Tholymis tillarga (Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura (Joypur), Birbhum
(Illambazar), Kolkata, Darjiling (Bagdogra),
Haora, Medinipur, Puruliya (Sainik school
camp, Puruliya) and Dinajpur.
136. Zyxomma petiolatum Rambur
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora.
137· Camacinia gigantea (Brauer)
Distribution : Not known.
138. Rhyothemis variegata variegata
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : Birbhum (Ballavpur), Maldah
(Parbatidanga) and Puruliya.
139· Pseudotramea prateM Fraser
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
140. Tramea basilaris burmeisteri
Kirby
Distribution Bankura (Jampuri,
Panthasevya), Kolkata and HugH.
Subfamily BRACHYDIPLACTINAE
141. Brachydiplax chalybea chalybea
Brauer
Distribution : Kolkata, W. Medinipur
(Jhargram) and South 24 Pgs. (Gobindapur).
142. Brachydiplax farinosa Kruger
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Dattapukur),
South 24 Pgs.
143. Brachydiplax sobrina (Rambur)
Distribution Bankura (Kamalpur,
Kusumdanga), Barddhaman (Katwa), Haora,
Hugli, Maldah (Naimbari, Tulsihata, Ratua),
Medinipur (Arabari forest), South 24 Pgs. and
Koch Bihar (Haldibari).
Subfamily LIBELLULINAE
144. Orthetrum pruinosum neglectum
Rambur
Distribution : Bankura (Khatra), Kolkata,
J alpaiguri (Kathambari) and Medinipur
(Keranitala) .
145. Orthetrum sabina sabina (Drury)
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur, Sushunia
Hills), Barddhaman (Katwa), Birbhum
(Maureswar), Kolkata, Jalpaiguri (Kathambari,
Jayanti), Maldah (Gaur), Medinipur (Jhargram,
Medinipur Rly. Stn.), Murshidabad (Amarpur),
South 24 Pgs.· (Achipur, Budge Budge) and
Dinajpur (Raiganj, Rampur).
146. Orthetrum triangulare triangulare
(Selys)
Distribution: DaIjiling, Jalpaiguri.
147. Orthetrum luzonicum (Brauer)
Distribution: Not known.
148. Orthetrum japonicum internum
MacLachlan
Distribution : Darjiling.
149· Orthetrum glaucum (Brauer)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangpo).
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150. Nesoxenia lineata (Selys)
Distribution : Darjiling.
151. Agrionoptera insignis dorothea
Fraser
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
152. Cranlla lineata calverti Foerster
Distribution : Darjiling.
153. Amphithemis vacillans Selys
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
154. Lyriothemis bivittata (Rambur)
Distribution : Darjiling.
155. Lyriothemis tricolor Ris
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
156. Lyriothemis acigastra (Selys)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily UROTHEMISTINAE
157. Aethriamanta brevipennis
(Rambur)
Distribution: Bankura (Kamalpur), Kolkata,
Haora, Murshidabad (Dhulian), Medinipur,
Bankura (Gangajalghati) and South 24 Pgs.
158. Urothemis signata signata
(Rambur)
Distribution: Bankura (Kamalpur), Kolkata,
Hugli, Maldah (Parbatidanga), Medinipur
(Demtom, Chaulia) and South 24 Pgs.
159. Macrodiplax cora (Brauer)
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora, North 24 Pgs.
and South 24 Pgs.
Subfamily SYMPETRINAE
160. Sympetrum hypomelas (Selys)
Distribution : Darjiling.
161. Diplacodes nebulosa (Fabricius)
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur), Kolkata,
Medinipur (Belpahari, Keranitala) and South 24
Pgs.
162. Diplacodes lefebvrei (Rambur)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Katwa).
163. Diplacodes trivialis CRambur)
Distribution Bankura (Sushunia),
Barddhaman (Katwa), Birbhum
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(Birchandrapur), Kolkata, Haora
(Abhirampur), Jalpaiguri (Chilapata), Maldah
(Alal) , Medinipur (Belpahari), Murshidabad
(Raghunathganj), South 24 Pgs. (Gobindapur)
and Dinajpur (Bhata!).
164. Acisoma panorpoides panorpoides
Rambur
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Maldah
(Golabganj), Medinipur and South 24 Pgs.
(Gobindapur).
165. lndothemis carnatica (Fabricius)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
166. lndothemis limbata limbata
(Selys)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sevok forest).
167. Crocothemis servilia servilia
(Druty)
Distribution: Bankura (Gangajalghati),
Barddhaman (Katwa), Birbhum (Illambazar,
Rampurhat), Kolkata, Jalpaiguri (Bagracot),
Maldah (Manikchak), Medinipur (Haldia),
Murshidabad (Cossimbazar, Dayanagar), South
24 Pgs. (Sarberia) and Dinajpur (Fetchpur).
168. Bradinopyga geminata (Rambur)
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, Maldah
(Pakuahat), North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs.
169. Neurothemis tullia tullia (Drury)
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora, Hugli, Koch
Bihar (Dinhata), Maldah, S. Dinajpur
(Gangarampur, Pakuahat), Medinipur
(Keranitala) and South 24 Pgs.
170. Neurothemis fulvia (Drury)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Chilapata).
171. Neurothemis intermedia degener
Selys
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
172. Neurothemis intermedia
intermedia (Rambur)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Palasbari),
173. Brachythemis contaminata
(Fabricius)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Katwa), Kolkata.
Haora, Koch Bihar (Alipurduar), Maldah
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(Katagar), Medinipur (Keranitala, Digha),
Murshidabad (Lalbag, Katra Colony, Jangipur,
Dhanpat nagar), Nadia, South 24 Pgs. and
Dinajpur (Kaliganj).
~ubfamily PALPOPLEURINAE
174. Palpopleura sexmaculata
sexmaculata (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sevok forest,
Naxalbari).
175. Pantala jlavescens (Fabricius)
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata, Haora
(Nantia), Jalpaiguri (Chilapata), Medinipur
(Keranitala) and Murshidabad (Moregram).
Subfamily TRITHEMISTINAE
176. Trithemis pallidinervis (Kirby)
Distribution : Birbhum (Maureswar),
Kolkata, Haora, Koch Bihar (Natabari), Maldah
(Parbatidanga), Puruliya (Jhalda) and Dinajpur
(Fatchpur).
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177. Trithemis festiva (Rambur)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sevok forest) and
Jalpaiguri (Jayanti).
178. Trithemis aurora (Brumeister)
Distribution : Bankura (Simlapal), Birbhum
(Bhachapur), Darjiling, Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhawa) and Dinajpur (Islampur,
Chowsia).
Subfamily LIBELLULINAE
179. Lathrecista asiatica asiatica
(Fabricius)
Distribution: Bankura, Kolkata and Puruliya
(Jhalda, Ajodhya hills).
180. Potamarcha congener (Rambur)
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupui-), Birbhum
(Eglegram Gopalpur), Kolkata, Haora
(Abhirampur), Jalpaiguri (Jainti Hills), Maldah
(Chancal), Medinipur (Keranitala, Belpahari)
and Murshidabad (Jangipur, Dhanpatnagar).
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INSECTA: PLECOPTERA
Family NEMOURIDAE Family PERLIDAE
Amphinemoura elegans Zwick
1. Gibosia needhami Klapalek
12.
Distribution: Darjiling (Lopchu, Rimbick- Distribution: Darjiling (Jhepi).
Ramam).
13.Neoperla limosa Hagen
2. Amphinemoura luteipes Kimmins
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
DIstribution: Darjiling (Jhepi, Singamari-
14. Neoperla lushana Wu
Bharapatea Bung).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Lopchu, Ghum).
3. Amphinemoura nigrifrons Zwick
15. Neoperla montiuaga Zwick
Distribution : DaIjiling (Tiger hills, Darjiling,
Ghum). Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
4. Amphinemoura pulchera Zwick 16. Neoperla perspicillata Zwick
Distribution: DaIjiling (Lopchu, Ramam). Distribution: Darjiling (Jhepi).
5. Amphinemoura rahungi Aubert 17. Perla xenocia Banks
Distribution: Darjiling (Lopchu). Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
6. Indonemoura adunca Harper Kalijhora, Pasokjhora).
Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu). 18.Phenoperla himalayana Zwick
7.Indone~oura assa~i (Aubert) Distribution : Darjiling (Lopchu, Jhepi,
Distribution: DaIjiling (Lopchu, Kalimpong). Lebong).
8. Indonemoura indica (Kimmins) Family LEUCTRIDAE
Distribution: DaIjiling (Ghoom). 19.Rhopalopsole magnicerea (Je\vett)
9. Indonemoura shergaoni (Aubert) Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu, Lopchu,
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Ramam, Ghum, Srikhola, Rimbik).
Singamsari, Bharapatea Bung). Family PELTOPERLIDAE
10. Mesone~ourajiligera (Kimmins) Crypfoperla torva Needhaln
20.

Distribution: Darjiling (Tiger Hills, Ghum). Distribution: Darjiling (Jhepi).

11. Nemoura magnicauda Zwick & Sivee 21. Cryptoperla pentagonalis

Distribution: Darjiling (Chimkhona-Ghoom, Zwick & Sivec

Tiger. Hills). Distribution: Darjiling (Lopchu, Ghlun).
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INSECTA : EMBIOPTERA
Phylum ARTHROPODA 4. Oligotoma humbertiana (Saussure)
Class INSECTA Distribution : Dist. not known.
Order EMBIOPTERA 5. Oligotoma michaeli McLachlan
Family OLIGOTONIDAE Distribution : Dist. not known.
1. Aposthonia himalayensis (Kapur and
6. Oligotoma minuta M~keIji
Kripalani)
Distribution : Dist. not known.
Distribution : Dist. not known.
2. Oligotoma gravelyi Kapur and 7. Oligotoma montana Kapur and
Kripalani Kripalani
Distribution : Dist. not known. Distribution : Dist. not known.
3. Oligotoma greeniana Enderlein 8. Oligotoma saundersii (Westwood)
Distribution : Dist. not known. Distribution : Dist. not known.
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INSECTA: ORTHOPfERA
Family TETTIGONIIDAE
Letana despecta (Brunner)
1.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Teesta
River belt).
2. Trigonocorypha unicolor (Stal)
Distribution: Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills).
3. Elimaea securigera Burnner
Distribution : Nadia (Bethuadohari),
Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills, Garh Dhuluswar) and
South 24 Pgs. (Raidighi).
4. Allodapa aliena Brunner
Distribution : DaIjiling.
5. Holochlora indica Kirby
Distribution: Barddhaman (Panagarh),
Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar), Medinipur (Digha,
Sambarpur), Murshidabad (Beldanga) and
Nadia (Debgram).
6. Sathrophyllia rugosa (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur),
Barddhaman (Damodar .river bed), Birbhum
(Noorpur), Murshidabad (Murshidabad) and
Puruliya (Ayodhya Hills).
7. Sathrophyllia femorata (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
B. Sanna regalis (Brunner)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
9. Onomarchus leuconatus (Serville)
Distribution : Kolkata.
10. Acanthoprion suspectum (Burnner)
Distribution : Kolkata.
11. Meroncidius ochraceous Stal
Distribution : Kolkata.
12. Phisis pectinata (Guerin)
Distribution : Kolkata.
13. Euhexacentrus annulicoMtis Stal
Distribution: Puruliya (Ayodhya Hills).
14. Xiphidiopsis straminnula (Walker)
Distribution : Bankura (Jhilmil), Birbhum
(Rampurhat), Darjiling (Fansidewa, Kharibari),
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Jalpaiguri (Noorpur), Koch Bihar (Tuanganj),
Maldah (Pandua, Gaur), Murshidabad
(Berhampore) and South 24 Pgs.
(Lakhikantapur).
15. Mecopoda elongata (Linnaeus)
I
Distribution : Barddhaman (Panagarh),
Darjiling (Tista river belt), Medinipur
(Belpahari) and Puruliya CAyodhya Hills).
16. Euconocephalus incertus (Walker)
Distribution : Haora (Botanical Garden) and
North 24 Pgs. (Barasat).
17. Euconocephalus pallidus
Redtenbacher
Distribution: Barddhaman (Damodar river
belt), Kolkata (Kolkata), Koch Bihar (Jorai) and
South 24 Pgs. CCanning).
Superfamily TETRIGOIDEA
Family TETRIGIDAE
Subfamily CLADONOTINAE
18. Oxyphyllum pennatum Hancock
Distribution : Darjiling.
19. Epitettix elytratus Gunther
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong)\
Subfamily SCELIMENINAE
20. Indoscelimena angulata (Hancock)
Distribution : Kolkata.
21. Indoscelimena flavopicta (Bolivar)
Distribution : Kolkata.
22. Indoscelimena saussurei (Hancock)
Distribution : Kolkata.
23. Criotettix bispinosus (Dalnlan)
Distribution : Kolkata (Kolkata).
24. Eucriotettix aequalis (Hancock)
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
25. Eucriotettix dohertyi (Hancock)
Distribution: Darjiling (Goke forest Guest
House).

26. Eueriotettix grandis (Hancock)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jayanti river bed).
27. Eucriotettix pallidus (Hancock)
Distribution Darjiling (Panighata
suspension bridge).
28. Hebarditettix lobatus (llancock)
Distribution Darjiling (Kurseong,
Kalimpong).
29. Hebarditetlix quadratus (Hancock)
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghumti, Pashok,
Teesta Bazar).
30. Loxilobus assamus Hancock
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
31. Loxilobus striatus Hancock
Distribution : Kolkata.
32. Synalibas perplexus (Hancock)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangiroom,
Manibhanjan, Ghoombhanjan, Lepchajagat,
Tiger Hills).
33. Synalibas vagans Gunther
Distribution : Darjiling.
34. Thoradonta apiculata Hancock
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Chilapata), South
24 Pgs. (Narendrapur), Dinajpur (Tundidighi).
35. Thoradonta nodulosa (Stal)
Distribution: Birbhum (Illambazar), Kolkata
(Maidan tank), Darjiling (Rangpoo, Singhla) ,
Haora (Botanical Garden), J alpaiguri
(Raajabhatkhawa) and Koch· Bihar (Chilapata,
Adapara, Dhulian).
36. Thoradonta pMLthii Gunther
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur).
Subfamily METRODORINAE
37· Bolivaritettix dubius (Hancock)
Distribution: Darjiling (Lebong).
38. Bolivaritettix ghumtianus (Hancock)
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghumti, Lebong,
Goke forest Rest House).
39· Bolivaritettix latieeps (Bolivar)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
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40. Bolivaritettix lativertex (Brunner)
Distribution : Darjiling.
41. Bolivaritettix seulputus (Bolivar)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna).
4 2 . Bolivaritettix sikkimensis (Bolivar)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
43. Bolivaritettix singlaensis (Hancock)
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
44. Hyboella eonioptiea Hancock
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
45. Hyboella obesa Hancock
Distribution : Darjiling (Tindharia, Pashok,
Mangpa, Teesta Bazar).
46. Hyboella tentata Hancock
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Chilapata).
47. Systolederus gravelyi Gunther
Distribution : Darjiling.
48. Teredorus cannichaeli Hancock
Distribution: Darjiling (Rambhi), Jalpaiguri
(Chilapata).
49. Teredorus frontalis Hancock
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Teesta
Bazar).
50. Xistrella dromadaria Bolivar
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum), Jalpaiguri
(Bagarcot).
51. Xistrella inennis (Hancock)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghumti, Mahanady,
Pashok, Rangiroom).
Subfamily TETRIGINAE
52. Coptotettix annandalei Hancock
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla, Kurseong),
South 24 Pgs. (Nilganj).
53. Coptotettix conspersus Hancock
Distribution: Darjiling (Chunabati).
54. Ergatettix callosus Hancock
Distribution : Darjiling.
55. Ergatettix dorsifera (Walker)
Distribution : Bankura (Jhilimili, Joypur),
Barddhaman (Andal, Asansol), Birbhum
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(Ballavpur, Illambazar, Bolpur, Suri) , Kolkata
(Kolkata), Darjiling (Tiger Hills, Panitanki,
Fansidewa), Haora (Bauria), Jalpaiguri
(Kathambari, Chilapata), Maldah (Bhaluka
station), Medinipur (Chilkigarh, Digha,
Sankarpur), Murshidabad (Baharampur), Nadia
(Karimpur), North 24 Pgs. (Khardah,), Puruliya
(Bongabari, Arsha, Jhalda), South 24 Pgs.
(Narendrapur) and Dinajpur (Gangarampur,
Tundidighi).
56. Ergatettix guntheri Steinmann
Distribution : Bankura (Sonamukhi forest),
Barddhaman (Ambika kalna), Birbhum CBolpur,
Bakreshwar), Darjiling (Teesta Bazar), HugH
(Bhadreshwar, Baidyabati), Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhawa, Kathambari), Koch Bihar
(Chaudhury hat, Kaligunj), Maldah (Sahapur,
Kankrajhar forest), Nadia (Bahadurpur), North
24 Pgs. (Barasat), Puruliya (Puncha, Arsha) and
South 24 Pgs. (Budge Budge).
57. Euparatettix histricus (Sta1)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur,
Sonamukhi, Parthasayar, Jhilmili, Joyrambati,
Roypukur), Barddhaman (Ambika-Kalna, Golsi,
Bolgona), Birbhum (Bolpur, Suri, Tarapeeth),
Kolkata (Stream of Hooghly river, Eden
Gardens, Kalighat), Darjiling (Singla, Teesta
bazar), Haora (Botanical Garden, Santragachi ,
Bauria,), HugH (Baidyabati), Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhawa), Koch Bihar (Chaudhury hat,
Mathabhanga Baxirhat,), Maldah (Agri. farm,
Gaur, Nalakhokson, Gopalganj), Medinipur
(Belpahari, Jhargram, Kankrajhar forest, Digha,
Keyagaria), Murshidabad (Baharampur), Nadia
(Krishnanagat,· Bahadurpur, Karimpur), North
24 Pgs. (Barasat, Fathepur, Kankinara),
Puruliya (Puncha, Chutakidih, Arsha, Jhalda)
and South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur, Santoshpur,
Behela, Diamond harbour, Narendrapur).
58. Euparatettix personatus (Bolivar)
Distribution: Bankura (Sonamu1ffii forest),
Birbhum (Illambazar, Bolpur), Kolkata
(Kolkata, Hastings), Darjiling (Himul,
Matigarah), Haora (Botanical Garden), HugH
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(Baidyabati), Jalpaiguri (Bagracot, Chilapata),
Koch Bihar (Koch Bihar), Maldah (Gopalganj,
Harischandrapur, Tulsihata, Bhaluk station),
Medinipur (Keyagaria, Digha) and South 24
Pgs. (Diamond Harbour, Budge Budge,
Narendrapur).
59. Euparatettix tenuis Hancock
Distribution: Bankura (Sonamukhi forest,
Bishnupur), Barddhaman (Ambika-kalna),
Birbhum (Illambazar), Kolkata (Hastings),
Haora (Botanical Garden), Maldah (Gopalganj,
Bhaluk station), North 24 Pgs. (Datta pukur)
and Puruliya (Puruliya).
60. Hedotettix attenuatus Hancock
Distribution : Barddhaman (Bolgona),
Darjiling (Himul, Matigarah, Fansidewa),
Jalpaiguri (Teesta river bed, Joygaon,
Chilapata), Koch Bihar (Manthabhanga,
Baxirhat), Maldah (Gopalganj, Tulsihata) and
Medinipur (Sankarpur, Key~garia).
61. Hedotettix costatus Hancock
Distribution: Bankura (Bankura), Birbhum
(Rampurhat), Kolkata (Kolkata, Garia),
Darjiling (Amban, Darjiling), Koch Bihar
(Manthanbhanga, Baxirhat), Maldah
(Agrlc.Farm., Parbatidanga), Murshidabad
(Baharampur) and Dinajpur (Islampur,
Gangarampur).
62. Hedotettix gracillis (De Haan)
Distribution : Bankura (Bankura, Jhilimili,
Bishnupur), Barddhaman (Galsi, Durgapur,
Ukhra, MandaI, Asansol), Birbhum (Ilambazar,
Bolpur, Suri, Bakreshwar, Palitpur), Kolkata
(Eden Gardens, Hastings), Darjiling (Panitanki,
Darjiling), Haora (Botanical Garden), Hugli
(Baidyabati), Jalpaiguri (Teesta river bed,
Alipurduar, Kathambari, Bagracot), Koch Bihar
(Koch Bihar, Manthanbhanga, Baxirhat),
Maldah (Agri. Farm,maldah, Gopalganj, Harish
chandrapur), Medinipur (Belpahari, Jhargranl,
Chiligarh forest, Chittin1ati village, Dig ha),
Murshidabad (Amarpur), Nadia (Krishnanagar),
Puruliya (Ayodhya, Balranlpur, Puncha,
Nandwara, Velladih village, Jhalda), South 24

Pgs. (Shyamnagar, Baruipur, Narendrapur,
Diamon Harbour) and Dinajpur (Tunidighi).
63. Hedotettix gross us Hancock
Distribution : DaIjiling, Maldah.
64. Paratettix alatlus Hancock
Distribution : DaIjiling.
65. Paratettix curtipennis (Hancock)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Singla, Sevok, Mirik,
Darjiling) and Koch Bihar (Manthabhanga,
Baxirhat).
66. Paratettix hancockus (Shishodia &
Varshney)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Ranpo, Kurseong,
Lebong), Haora (Botanical Garden, Ulberia),
H ugli (Baidyabati), J alpaiguri (Oodlabari,
Jogaon, Chilapata) and South 24 Pgs. (Garia,
Narendrapur).
67. Paratettix rotlundatus Hancock
Distribution : Koch Bihar.
68. Paratetix tricarinatlus Bolivar
Distribution : Kolkata (Kolkata) and HugH
(Baidyabati) .
Subfamily BATRACHIDEINAE
69. Saussurella indica Hancock
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Superfamily GRYLLOIDEA
Family GRYLLOTALPIDAE
70. Gryllotalpa afri.cana Beauvois
Distribution Bankura (Kotulpur),
Barddhaman (Katwa, Dhatrigram), Kolkata
(Kolkata), Jalpaiguri (Sewak), Medinipur
(Gorbeta), Murshidabad (Baharampur) and
Nadia (Kalyani, Plassey).
71. Gryllotalpa OMlata Walker
Distribution.: DaIjiling, Murshidabad.
Family GRYLLIDAE
Subfamily GRYLLINAE
72. Brachytrypes orientalis
(Burmeister)
Distribution : Darjiling (Tadah) and
Jalpaiguri (Chilapata).
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73. Brachytrypes portenfosus
(Lichtenstein)
Distribution: J alpaiguri (Teesta river forest),
Koch Bihar (Kaligunj) and Nadia (Kalyani).
74. Brachytrypes sp.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Chilapata).
75. Gymnogryllus erythrocephalus
(Serville)
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani).
76. Gymnogryllus minor Chopard
Distribution : Puruliya (Dak-Bungalow
compond, Puruliya).
77. Acheta domesticus Linne
Distribution : Kolkata (Kolkata).
78. Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer
Distribution : Kolkata (Kolkata), Darjiling
(Darjiling), HugH (Chinsura) and Nadia
(Kalyani).
79. Teleogryllus himalayans (Chopard)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghumti, Kurseong).
80. Teleogryllus mitratus (Burmeister)
Distribution : Bankura, HugH (Chinsura),
Maldah (Parbatidanga), Nadia (Plassey,
Kalyani) and North 24 Pgs. (Naihati).
81. Teleogryllus testaceus (Walker)
Distribution : Medinipur (Jhargram,
Garbeta) and Nadia (Kalyani).
82. Modicogryllils blennus (Saussure)
Distribution : Medinipur (Jhargram).
83. Modicogryllus confirmatus
(Walker)
Distribution: Bankura (Sonamukhi forest,
Joypur), Birbhum (Illambazar), Maldah
(Parbatiganga), Medinipur (Garbeta), Puruliya
(Jhalda) and Dinajpur (Raigunj).
84. Modicogryllus minimus
(Chopard)
Distribution : Darjiling.
85. Plebeiogryllus guttiventris
(Walker)
Distribution: Bankura (Bankura, Bishnupur,
Sonamukhi forest, Bankura, Unda), Birbhum
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(Narayanpur, Palitpur), Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar),
Maldcih (Chanchal, Gangarampur, Nimbari,
Bhaluk station, Parbatidanga), Medinipur
(Jhargram, Belpahari, garbeta), Murshidabad,
Nadia (Ranaghat, Plassey) and PuruIiya
(Jhalda).
86. Melanogryllus carmichaeli
(Chopard)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna).
87· Cophogryllus angustus (Chopard)
Distribution : Darjiling.
88. Cophogryllus ornatus (Chopard)
Distribution: Darjiling.
89. Turanogryillis rufoniger (Chopard)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
90. Callogryllus pallidus Chopard
Distribution : Darjiling.
91. Platygryllus melanocephalus
(Serville)
Distribution: Not Known.
92. VelariJictorus aspersus (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling.
93. VelariJictoMlS parous (Chopard)
Distribution : DaIjiHng.
94. VelariJictorus sikkimenis
(Bhowmik)
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri.
95. Grylodes sigillatus (Walker)
Distribution: Bankura (Sonamukhi forest,
Kanchanpur forest) and Medinipur
(Bholabheda).
96. Loxoblemmus detectus (Serville)
Distribution : Darjiling.
97. Loxoblemmus equestris Saussure
Distribution : Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
DaIjiling (Kalimpong).
~8. Loxoblemmus hamulifer Chopard
Distribution : Maldah (Parbatidanga).
99. Loxoblemmus macrocephalus
Chopard
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
100. Loxoblemmus nigriceps Chopard
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Naihati).
101. Gryllopsis falconneti (Saussure)
Distribution: DaIjiling, Jalpaiguri.
102. Gryllopsis pubescens Chopard
Distribution : Darjiling.
103. Nemobiodes sukhadae Bhowmik
Distribution: DaIjiling, Jalpaiguri.
104. ltaropsis tenella (Walker)
Distribution : Not known.
105. Landreva sp.
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
Subfamily NEMOBIINAE
106. Pteronemobius concolor (Walker)
Distribution: Bankura (Bankura, Joypur),
Maldah (N alakhokson, Nimbari), Medinipur
(Jhargram) and Puruliya (Puruliya).
107. Pteronemobius fascipes (Walker)
Distribution : Bankura (Sonamukhi forest,
Unda, Joyrambati, Joypur), Barddhaman
(Asansol), Birbhum (Suri), \Jalpaiguri
(Apalchand forest, Chilapata), Maldah (Maldah),
Medinipur (Garbeta, Chikigarh, Shankarpur)
and Puruliya (Velladih, Bhaldugri Hill, Jhalda).
108. Pteronemobius indicus (Walker)
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
109. Pteronemobius montanus Chopard
Distribution : Darjiling.
110. PteroneJnobius pantel
Chopardorum Shishodia & Varshney
Distribution : Darjiling.
Pteronemobius
111.
pantelchopardorum Shishodia & Varshney
Distribution = Darjiling.
112. Pteronemobius ,.,qipes Chopard
Distribution : Darjiling.
113. Pteronemobius (?) stMgipennis
(Chopard)
Distribution : Kolkata, Daljiling.

114. Pteronemobius taprobanensis
(Walker)
Distribution ';,. Barddhaman (Asansol) and
Jalpaiguri (Palasbari, Oodlabari, Kathambari,
Joygaon, Chilapata, Bania forest).
115. Pteronemobius pantel Chopardorum
Shishodia & Varshney
Distribution : Daljiling.
116. Scoffiola diverna Bhowmik
Distribution : DaIjiling.
117. Scoffiola elongata Bhowmik
Distribution : DaIjiling.
118. Speonemobius decolyi Chopard
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family SCLEROPTERIDAE
119. ScleropteMlS coriaceus (Hann)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
120. ScleropteMlS variolosus Chopard
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
Family CACOPLISTIDAE
121. Cacoplistes rogenhoferi (Saussure)
Distribution : Kolkata (Kolkata).
Family PHALANGOPSIDAE
122.Arachnomimus nietneri (Saussure)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
123. Spleuncacris (?) annandalei
Chopard
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family OECANTI-IIDAE
Oecanthus indicll~; Saussure
124.
Distribution : Ma~dah (Gangarampur,
Parbatidanga, Bhaluk s~ation), Murshidabad
(Khandua village, lalgola) and Puruliya
(Puncha).
125. O(~'c!llnthus rujescens Serville
Distribution : Kolkata (Kolkata).
Family TRIGONIDIIDAE
126.Amusurgus lateralis Chopard
Distribution :··Kolkata (Kolkata).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
127. Amusurgus oedemeroides (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata (Kolkata) and
Darjiling (Pashok).
128. Anaxipha longipenniS (Serville)
Distribution: Kolkata (Kolkata).
129. Homoeoxipha lycoides (Walker)
Distribution: Kolkata (Kolkata).
130. Meticoche pallidinervis Chopard
Distribution : Darjiling.
131. Paratrigonidil,tm unifasciatum
Chopard
Distribution : Darjiling.
132. Trigonidium cicindeloides Rambur
Distribution Bankura (Simlipal),
Barddhaman (Asansol), Birbhum (Illambazar),
Jalpaiguri (Bhatkhawa, Alipurduar, Bagracot,
Joygaon), Medinipur (Kapra village),
Murshidabad (Ajimgunj) andPuruliya
(Puruliya).
133. Trigonidium humbertianum
(Saussure)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Durgapur),
Birbhum (Kolkata), Darjiling (Kurseong),
Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa, Joygaon,
Alipurduar), Koch Bihar (Toofangunj), Maldah
(Agricultural college, Maldah, Gaur), Medinipur
(Belpahari, Kakrajhar forest, Kapra village),
Murshidabad (Baharampur), Puruliya
(Puruliya, Velladih village) and Dinajpur
(Islampur, Chowsia).
Family ENEOPTERIDAE
Subfamily PODOSCIRTINAE
134. Euscyrtus concinnus (Hann)
Distribution : Kolkata (Kolkata).
135. Eusyrtus hemelytrus (Hann)
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Chilapata),
Medinipur (Medinipur) and Dinajpur
(Islampur, Chowsia, Birnagar, Raigunj,
Tunidighi).
136. Madasumma darjilingenesis
Chopard
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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137. Madasumma gravelyi Chopard
Distribution : Darjiling.
138. Patiscus cephalotes (Saussure)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily ENEOPTERINAE
139. Xenogryllus carmichaeli (Chopard)
Distribution : Darjiling.
140LXenogryllus transversus (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily ITARINAE
141. Itara minor Chopard
Distribution : Darjiling.
Superfamily ACRIDOIDEA
Family PYRGOMORPHIDAE
142. Atractomorpha crenulata
(Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura (Indas, Pokarna,
Kachanpur, Bishnupur, ), Barddhaman (Barsul,
Panagarh, ), Birbhum (Illambazar, Rampurhat),
Darjiling (Sonapur, Kharibari), Haora (Shibpur,
Bagnan), Jalpaiguri (Alipurdwar, Noorpoor),
Koch Bihar (Mathabhanga, Toofanganj,
Basi~hat), Maldah (Pandua, Kachuberia, Adina,
Haldibari, Chanchal, Ratua, Gaur, Nimbari),
Medinipur (Digha, Junput, Kalabani, Haldia,
Belpahari, Bholaveda, Kankrajhore),
Murshidabad (Baharampur, Beldanga, Dumkal,
Sagardighi, Kashimbazar, Lalgola), Nadia
(Debagram, Palpara, Plassey), Puruliya (Koris),
South 24 Pgs. (Canning, Ramdharia, Achipur,
Lakhikantapur, Joka, Madhabpur) and W.
Dinajpur (Islampur).
143. Atractomorpha burn Bolivar
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
144. Atractomorpha himalayica Bolivar
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Pashok,
Siliguri).
145. Atractomorpha psittacina
psittacina (De Haan)
Distribution : Darjiling (Fansidawa),
Jalpaiguri (Kathambari).
146. Aularches miliaris (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Kathambari).
147. Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus)
trachypterus trachypterus (Blanchard)
Distribution : Bankura (Indas), Birbhum
(Bolpur, Dubrajpur, Darmuda), Haora
(Meheshpur), Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar,
Hatkhola), Koch Bihar (Kochbihar), Maldah
(Ramkeli, Naranpur, Maldah), Medinipur
(Digha), Murshidabad (Manikchak, Jangipur)
and South 24 Pgs. (Jharkhali).
148. Poekilocerus pictus (Fabricus)
Distribution : Medinipur (Digha).
149. Pyrgomorpha conica (Bolivar)
Distribution: Medinipur (Garbeta, Digha).
150. Tagasta indica Bolivar
Distribution: Maldah (Gaur).
Family ACRIDIDAE
Subfamily TRUXALINAE
151. Dnopherula (Aulacobothrus)
decisus (Walker)
Distribution: Not Known.
152. Dnopherula (Aulacobothrus)
luteipus (Walker)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Pallaghat,
Barsul), Birbhum (Ballavpur, Illumbazar),
Haora (Shibpur) and Nadia (Bethuadahari).
153. Dnopherula (Aulacobothrus)
physopoda Navas
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
154. Dnopherula (Aulacobothrus)
rubripes Navas
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
155. Leva cruciata Bolivar
Distribution: Barddhaman (Kaksa village),
Birbhum (Tilapara, Mallarpur), Maldah (Ratua).
Medinipur (Bholaveda), Murshidabad
(Bahrampur, Sagardighi) and Nadia (Plassey).
156. Leva indica (Bolivar)
Distribution : Bankura (Sushunia),
Barddhaman (Durgapur), Birbhum (Bolpur,

Rampurhat), Haora (Bagnan), Maldah
(Manikchak, Gangarampur), Murshidabad
(Lalbag, Sagardighi) and Puruliya (Ajodhya
Hills).
Subfamily ACRIDINAE
157. Acrida exaltata (Walker)
Distribution: Bankura (Jhilimilli, Sushunia
Hills, Sonamukhi forest, Tantipukur,
Gopalnagar), Barddhaman (Barddhaman),
Birbhum (Nalhati, Chandrapur, Illambazar,
Mollarpur, Bolpur, ), Darjiling (Naxalbari,
Mirrik, Himul), Haora (Maheshpur), HugH
(Chandannagar), Jalpaiguri (Baribhasa,
Bagracot), Maldah (Chanchal), Medinipur
(Belpahari, Garbeta, Junput, Digha),
Murshidabad (Raghunathganj, Phulbari,
Sagardighi), Nadia (Gharanipara, Plapara),
PuruHya (Velladihi village, Bhaldangri Hill,
Ajodhya Hills) and South 24 Pgs. (Canning,
Raidighi).
158. Acrotylus humbertianus Saussre
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur, Indas,
Joypur forest, Bishnupur), Birbhum
(Dubrajpur, Darunda), Darjiling (Mapong,
Sevok), Medinipur (Digha) and Puruliya
(Ajodhya Hills).
159. Acrotylus inficita (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri.
160. Aiolopus thalassinus tamulus
(Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur),
Barddhaman (Barddhaman), Birbhum
(Kachanpur), Darjiling (Naxalbari, Mirrik,
Himul), Haora (Shibpur), Hugli (Chandannagar),
J alpaiguri (Hatkhola, Oodlabari forest,
Hanshnara), Maldah (Ghosimore, Gaur, Samsi),
Medinipur (Jhargram, Bholadeva, Grabeta),
Nadia (Nakasipara, Swarupganj), Puruliya
(Sirkabad) and South 24 Pgs. (Joka, Bakkhali).
161. Ceracris nigricornis nigricornis
(Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling, J alp aigu ri.
162. Chloebora grossa (Saussure)
Distribution: Darjiling ...
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
163. DittopteMtis venusta (Walker)
Distribution : Bankura (Jhotipahari),
Birbhum (Dubrajpur, Ballavpur), Darjiling
(Bamanpokri, Bhutanghat), Medinipur
(Bholaveda, Daighari forest), Murshidabad
(Lalbag) and Nadia (Bethuadhuari).
164. Gastrimargus afrieans orientalis
Sjostedt
Distribution : Birbhum (Rampurhat),
Daljiling (Panitanki, Naxalbari, Tukriajhar) and
J alpaiguri (Bhutanghat).
165. Gelastorrhinus latieoMtis (Serville)
Distribution : Koch Bihar (Baxirhat).
166. HeteropteMtis respondens (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling, J alpaiguri.
167. Meristopteryx rotundata (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Koch
Bihar.
168. Morphacris citrina Kirby
Distribution : Birbhum (Rampurhat).
169. Oedaleus abruptus (Thunb)
Distribution Bankura (Sushunia,
Mukutmanipur, Simlapal, Jhilimilli),
Barddhaman (Barsul), Birbhum (Mollarpur),
DarjiIing (Chun.abati, Kharibari), Haora (Jalpai),
HugH (Uttarpara), Jalpaiguri (Nilpara,
Kathambari, Hasimara), Maldah (Manikchak,
Gaur, Khajuria, Alal), Medinipur (Belpahari,
Patpira, Kankyajhar forest, Jhargram),
Murshidabad (Azimganj, Sagardighi), Nadia
(Bethuadhuari) and Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills,
Manbazar, Vaelladih village).
170. Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss)
Distribution : Kolkata.
171. Phaleoba antennata Brunner
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Teesta river belt,
Noorpoor, Kathambari, Mendlabari).
172. Phaleoba iJifumata Brunner
Distribution : Darjiling (Chatrihat, Sevok,
Kharibari), Jalpaiguri (Kathambari, Hatbaria),
Koch Bihar (Jori), Maldah (Gaur, Manikchak),
Mutshidabad (Barhampur), Nadia (Kaliaganj),
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South 24 Pgs. (Jharkhali, Raidighi,
Lakhikantpur) and Dinajpur (Islampur).
173. Phaleoba panteli Bolivar
Distribution: Darjiling (Naxalbari).
174. Pternoscirta cinctifemur (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
175. Holopercna drjeelingensis
(Saussure)
Distribution : Darjiling.
176. Chondronotalus bengalensis
(Saussure)
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri.
177. Sphingonotus longipennis Saussure
Distribution : Darjiling, J alpaiguri.
178. Trilophidia annulata (Thunberg)
Distribution Bankura (Sushunia,
Sonamukhi forest), Birbhum (Mollarpur),
Darjiling (Bamanpokri, Sukna, Fansidewa,
Kahribari), Haora (Ulberia, Shibpur), Hugli
(Anantapur), Jalpaiguri (Rydak, Noorpoor,
Hansimara), Maldah (Ramkeli, Narayanpur,
Haldabari, Farraka, Gaur, Manikchak),
Medinipur (Jhargram, Digha, Junput,
Belpahari, Bholabeda, Kankrajhor forest),
Murshidabad (Beldanga, Baharampur, Dumkal,
Jangipur, Lalgola) , Nadia (Baluria, Dhubulia,
Palassey, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat), Puruliya
(Belmura, Jhaldah, Ajodhy Hill, Manbazar) and
South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur, Amtala, Achipore,
Jharkhali, Lakhikantapur, Madhabpur).
Subfamily HEMIACRIDINAE
179. Gesonula punctifrons Stal
Distribution : Barddhaman (Asansol,
Dhatrigram), Birbhum (Ballavpur), Darjiling
(Panitanki, Sevok, Himul), Jalpaiguri
(Noorpoor, Alipurduar), Koch Bihar (Baxirhat,
BaJabhut), Murshidabad (Dumkal,
Kashimbazar), Nadia (Balgona), South 24 Pgs.
(Govindapur, Deulia) and Dinajpur (Raigunj).
180. Hieroglyphus 'banian (Fabricius)
Distribution: Bankura (Chatna, Bishnupur),
Barddhaman (Barsul), Nadia (Bethuadahaari),
Puruliya (Larsi) and South 24 Pgs. (Garia).
181. Hieroglyphus nigrorepletus
(Bolivar)
Distribution : Not Known.
182. Hieroglyphus oryzivorous Carl
Distribution: Murshidabad.
183. Parahieroglyphus bilineatus
(Bolivar)
Distribution: Not Known.
184. Leptacris vittata (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling, J alpaiguri, Koch
Bihar.
185. Spathosternum prasiniferum
pr(l$iniferum (W1Iker)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur),
Barddhaman (Barddhaman, Galsi), Birbhum
(Rampurhat), Darjiling (Tindharia, Himul,
Panitanki, Sonarpur, Kharibari), Haora (Andul),
Jalpaiguri (Joygaon, Binaguri, Hansimara),
Koch Bihar (Mathabhanga), Maldah (Khajuria),
Medinipur (Digha, Kankrajhor, Jambani),
Murshidabad (Raghunathgunj, Amarpur,
Sagardighi), Nadia (Kalyani, Habibpur),
Puruliya (Velladih village) and South 24 Pgs.
(Jharkhali, Raidighi, Kakdwip).
Subfamily OXYINAE
186. Oxya fuscovittata (Marschall)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Panagarh),
Birbhum (Narayanpur), Darjiling (Chatirhat,
Fansidewa), Haora (Shibpur), Jalpaiguri
(Alipduar, Hansimara), Koch Bihar (Tufangunj,
Baxirhat), Maldah (Manikchak, Chanchal),
Medinipur (Digha), Murshidabad
(Raghunathganj) and South 24 Pgs.
(Govindapur).
187. Oxya hyla hyla Serville
Distribution : Bankura (Sonanlukhi,
Bishnupur), Barddhaman (Borsul), Birbhunl
(Bolpur), Darjiling (Panitanki), Haora (Haora,
Laotala, Jayan), Jalpaiguri (Noorpoor,
Kathambari), Koch Bihar (Tufanganj, Baxirhat),
Maldah (Chanchal, Khajuria), Medinipur
(Belpahari, Garbeta, Digha), Nadia
(Bethuadhuari), Puruliya (Balarampur), South

24 Pgs. (Amtala, Govindapur, Devlia) and
Dinajpur (Raiganj, Sonapur).
188. Oxya nitidula (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling (Himul), Jalpaiguri
(Bagracot, Hansimara), Maldah (Maldah),
Medinipur (Sanbarpur forest, Digha), Puruliya
(Korsi) and South 24 Pgs. (Lakhikantapur,
Joka).
189. Oxya velox (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling (Fansidewa),
Jalpaiguri (Chilapata, Mendabari) and Koch
Bihar (Kaligunj).
Subfamily COPTACRIDINAE
190. Circocephalus indica
Bhowmik & Halder
Distribution : Darjiling (Naxalbari),
Jalpaiguri (Jayanti (BTR) , Rydak, Mendabari,
Chilapata).
191. Epistaurus sinetyi Bolivar
Distribution: Bankura (Mukutmanipur,
Indas), Raora (Shibpur), Medinipur
(Bholaveda) and South 24 Pgs. (Achipur).
192. Eucoptacra praemorsa Stal
Distribution: Bankura (Mukutmanipur),
Darjiling (Sevok, Tukriaghar) and Jalpaiguri
(Teesta river bed, Jayanti Hills).
Subfamily TROPIDOPOLINAE
193· TMstria pulvinata (Uvarov)
Distribution : Haora (Haora), J alpaiguri
(Alipurduar), Puruliya (Shahebband) and South
24 Pgs. (Ramdharia, Acihpur, Govindapur).
Subfamily CALLIPTAMNAE
194· Peripolus pedarius (Stal)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily EYPREPOCNEMIDINAE
195· Choroedocus robustus (Serville)
Distribution : Darjiling (Naxalbari) and
Jalpaiguri (Bhutanghat, Chailapata).
196. Eupreponotus injlatus Uvarov
Distribution Kolkata, Darjiling
(Bamanpokri), Raora (Sankrail) and South 24
Pgs. (Garia).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
197. Eyprepocnemis alams alacris
(Serville)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Kaichak),
Birbhum (Rampurhat), Darjiling (Sukna,
Himul), Jalpaiguri (Nilpara), Maldah
(Gosaimor), Medinipur (Belpahari) and South
24 Pgs. (Canning).
198. Heteracris pulchra (Bolivar)
Distribution: Darjiling (Naxalbari), Haora
(Shibpur), Koch Bihar (Falacata) and Maldah
(Gaur).
199. Tylotropidius varicornis (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sevok) and
Jalpaiguri (Teesta riyer bed).
Subfamily CATANTOPINAE
200. Catantops pinguis innotabilis
(Walker)
Distribution: Bankura (Dhaldanga), DaIjiling
(Naxalbari, Mirik), Koch Bihar (Mathabhanga)
and Medinipur (Belpahari, Kankrajhor forest,
Keyajaria).
201. Catantops erubescens (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
202. Gerenia bengalensis
Bhowmik & Halder
Distribution : Darjiling, J alpaiguri.
20~~. Mesambria dubia (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
204. Paraconophyma scabra (Walker)
Distributi.on : Barddhaman.
205. Xenocatantops humilis humilis
(Servile)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna), Jalpaiguri
(Bagracot, Chilapata, Noorpoor) and Koch
Bihar (Mathabhanga).
Subfamily CYRTCANTHACRIDINAE
206. Chondracris rosea (De Geer)
Distribution : Darjiling (Fansidewa),
Jalpaiguri (Kathambari), Koch Bihar (Balabhut)
and Medinipur (Jhargram).
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207. eyrtacanthacMs tatarica 208. Pachyacris vinosa (Walker)

(Linnaeus) Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur, 209. Pantanga succincta (Johansson)

Jhilimilli), DaIjiling (Bijanbari, Naxalbari), Koch Distribution: Nadia (Bethuaduari).

Bihar (Tufanganj), Maldah (Chanchal), 210. Patanga (Patanga) japonica
Medinipur (Jhargram, Junput forest) and (Bolivar)
Puruliya (Bhaldongri). Distribution : Darjiling.

INSECTA: DERMAPTERA
Super family PYGIDICRANOIDEA
Family PYGIDICRANIDAE
Subfamily PYGIDICRANINAE
Genus CRANOPYGIS
Burr, 1908
1. Cranopygis picta
(Guerin-Meneville, 1939)
Distribution: Birbhum (Singur) and Kolkata.
2. Cranopygis constricta (Hincks, 1955)
Distribution : Darjiling (Chunabati) and
Jalpaiguri.
Subfamily DIPLATYIMAE
3. Paradiplatys gladiator (Burr)
Distribution : Kolkata (Kolkata maidan) and
Maldah (Nishipur, Katagar, Sodhpur).
4. Diplatys brindlei Steinmann
Distribution : Darjiling.
5. Diplatys sinuatus Hincks
Distribution: Maldah (Ala}).
6. Haplodiplatys siva (Burr)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
7· Haplodiplatys kurseongensis
Srivastava
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
8. Haplodiplatys bhowmiki
(Srivastava & Saha)
Distribution: Darjiling (Jorpokhori).
9· Haplodiplatys bidentatus
(Hincks)
Distribution : Darjiling.
10.Haplodiplatys chinensis (Hinks)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom Bhanjang).
11. Haplodiplatys stemmleri
(Brindle)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom Bhanjang).
12. Haplodiplatys rileyi (Hincks)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
13· Haplodiplatys urbanii (Brindle)
Distribution: Darjiling (Jhepi).
Starns of Biodiversity of West Bengal
14. Haplodiplatys Mlfescens (Kirby)
Distribution : Darjiling.
15. Haplodiplatys lobatus Srivastava
Distribution: Darjiling (Rongbong).
Subfamily ECHINOSOMATINAE
16. Echinosoma convolutum
Hincks, 1959
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangpo).
17. Echinosoma dentifeMlm Borelli, 1912
Distribution : Darjiling (Bamanpokri,
Gorubathan, Kalijhora , Reang, N azeok, Rambi)
and Jalpaiguri (Chapramari Sanctuary,
Madarihat, Hasimara).
18. Parapsalis infernalis (Burr), 1913
Distribution : Darjiling (Bhuttabari, Sarnsing,
Jhalung, Dangi).
Superfamily ANISOLABOIDEA
Family ANISOLABIDIDAE
Subfamily ANISOLABIDINAE
19. Aborolabis pervicina (Burr, 1913)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Singla Bazar, Singla)
and Jalpaiguri (Jainti).
20. Anisolabis bhowmiki
Srivastava, 1991
Distribution : Darjiling (Sonada).
21. Anisolabis deplanata Srivastava
Distribution: Darjiling (Sivok).
22. EuboJ'ellia annulipes (Lucas, 1837)
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling), Jalpaiguri
(Jainti), Maldah (AlaI), Medinipur (Mahishadal,
Contai, Junput) and Puruliya (Jhalda,
Manbazar, Biramdih).
23· Euborellia compressa (Borelli, 1907)
Distribution : Bankura (Amtala more),
Medinipur (Digha) and Puruliya (Chutakidh).
24· Euborellia annandalei (Burr, 1906)
Distribution : Darjiling (Bamanpokri,
Chunabati).
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25· Euborellia annulata (Fabricius, 1793)
Distribution Kolkata (Talapark,
Kankurgachi, Bagmari area) and Medinipur
(Contai).
Subfamily BRACHYLABIDINAE
26. Metisolabis caudelli (Burr, 1908)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Teesta,
Tigerhill).
27. Brachylabis formicoides (Burr, 1911)
Distribution: Daljiling (Kalimpong).
Family LABIDURIDAE
Subfamily NALINAE
28. Nala liuidipes (Dufour, 1802)
Distribution Bankura (Sabanpur,
Amarkanan, Ranibandh, Sonamukhi), Birbhum
(Suri, Ballavpur), Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Chunabati), Maldah (Parbatidanga, Nimbari,
Dhulian, Tulsihata, Nishipur), Puruliya
(Ueladih, Nandwara) and South 24 Pgs.
(Diamond Harbour).
29. Nala nepalensis (Burr, 1907)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mongpong, Jhepi).
Subfamily LABIDURINAE
30. Labidura riparia (Pallas)
Distribution : Bankura (Kotilput), Maldah
(Pakuahat, Harischandrapur), Puruliya (Valadih
village, N andwara, H ura) and South 24 Pgs.
(Kakdwip).
31. Forcipula indica Brindle, 1966
Distribution: Darjiling (Rambi, Nazeok,
Pashok, Nayabazar).
32. Forcipula abbreuiata Srivastava, 1986
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok, DaIjiling).
33. Forcipula quadrispinosa (Dohrn,
1863)
Distribution: Darjiling (Chunabati).
34. Forcipula trispinosa (Dohrn, 1863)
Distribution: Darjiling (Chunabati, Nazdok,
Khumbani, Sombarihat, Rambi, Mongpong,
Pashok, Rangton).
Subfamily APACHYOIDEA
Family APACHYIDAE
Subfamily APACHYINAE
35. Apachyus feae Bormans, 1894
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalijhora, Thurbo).
Superfamily FORFICULOIDEA
Family LABIIDAE
Subfamily IRDEXINAE
36. Jrdex nitidipensis (Bormans)
Distribution : Darjiling (Khumani forest,
Samsing, Jhalung, Kalimpong, Rangpo).
Subfamily SPONGIPHORINAE
37. Apouostox stella samsingensis
Srivastava
Distribution : Darjiling (Lopchu).
38. Apouostox bum (Srivastava)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Subfamily LABIINAE
39. Maraua arachidis (Yersin)
Distribution : Birbhum (Tarapith), Kolkata
(Kolkata).
40. Spongouostox mucronatus (Stal)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Lodhama).
41. Spongouostox sem(flauus (Bormans)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rambi, Khumani,
Jhalung, Teesta, Gorubathan, Sukna, Kalijhora)
and Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
Subfamily HOMOTAGINAE
42. Homotages feae (Bormans)
Distribution : DaIjiling (DaIjiling Botanical
Garden).
Subfamily LAB I INAE
43. Chaetospania kurseongae Hebard
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
44. Chaetospania feae Bormans
Distribution: DaIjiling (Samsing).
45. Chaetolabia bihastata (Borg)
Distribution : Darjiling (Khumania forest,
Dalingkot, Thumthangkhola, Singhl,
Chunabhati, Jhalung).

46. Labia minor (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoological Garden),
Darjiling (Kurseong, Kalimpong), Haora
(Sibpur).
47. Paralabella curvicauda
(Motschulsky, 1863)
Distribution : Darjiling (Khumani forest,
Gorubathan, Samsing, Rambhi, Sukna, Singla,
Rangpo) and South 24 Pgs. (Canning,
Sonadanga, Manichak).
48. Paralabellafulleri Ramamurthi
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family CHELISOHIDAE
Subfamily CHELISOCHINAE
49. Proreus tezpurensis (Srivastava)
Distribution: Nadia (Raghunathpur).
50. Proreus abdominalia Rammurthi
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
Medinipur (Kharagpur, Mahisadal).
51. Adiathetus glaucopterus (Bormans)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sombarihat,
Lodhama).
52. Laprophorella kervillei (Burr)
Distribution : Kolkata (Dum Dum), Haora,
Darjiling (Kurseong, Singla), Hugli
(Chandannagar) and North 24 Pgs. (Barasat).
53· Hamaxas feae (Bormans)
Distribution: Darjiling (Singhla Bazar).
54· Hamaxas melanocephalus (Dohrn)
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum
premises).
Family FORFICULIDAE
55· Liparura punctata (Burr)
Distribution Darjiling (Rangirun,
Sukiapokri, Hima falls).
56. Liparura dentata Srivastava
Distribution: Darjiling (Reseium forest).
Subfamily COSMIELLINAE
57. Liparura debrepaniensis Kapoor,
Bhardwaj & Banerjee
Distribution Darjiling (Takadah,
Debrapani).
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Subfamily OPISTHOCOSMIINAE
58. Timomenus brahma (Burr)
Distribution : Darjiling.
59. Timomenus lug ens (Bormans)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
60. Eparchus insignis (Hann)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rambi, Tindharia,
Mahanandi, Kurseong).
61. Eparchus simplex (Bormans)
Distribution : Darjiling (Reseium forest).
62. Hypurgus humeralis (Kirby)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Banarhat).
Subfamily ANECHURINAE
63. Pterygida Vishnu (Burr)
Distribution : Darjiling (Manibhanjang,
Rangiroon).
Subfamily ALLODOBLIINAE
64. A"odah'ia ahrimanes (Burr)
Distribution: Darjiling (Deem).
65. A"odah'ia coriacea (Bormans)
Distribution Darjiling (Kurseong,
Kalimpong).
66. A"odah'ia scabriuscula (Serville)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing).
Subfamily ANECHURINAE
67. Anechura biswasi Srivastava
Distribution : Darjiling (Birch Hill).
Subfamily FORFICULINAE
68. Forficula cirstata Srivastava
Distribution : Darjiling.
69· Forficula wittmeri Srivastava
Distribution : Darjiling.
70. Forficula genitalia Kapoor
Distribution : Darjiling.
71. Forficula interrogans (Burr)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
72. Forficula mogul Burr.
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom, Birch Hill).
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73. Forficula beelzebub (Burr)
Distribution : Darjiling (Tindharia, Mirik,
Bedekl}asmahal).
74. Forficula beebei Burr
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu, Tonglu).
75. Forficula tawangensis Srivastava
Distribution : Darjiling (Takdah, Mirik,
Lava).
76. Forficula lucens Brindle
Distribution: Darjiling (Jhepi).
77. Forficula planicollis Kirby
Distribution: Darjiling (Lopchu, Debrapani,
Rangirun, Tindharia .Gorabari, Rambi,
Tonglu).
78. Forficula bhutanensis Brindle
Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu,
Tonglu).
79. Forficula schlagintweiti (Burr)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Sandakphu, Tonglu,
Rangiroon).
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INSECTA: EPHEMEROPTERA
Family BAETIDAE (Eden Gardens), North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
1. Baetidae tigroides Gillies J alpaiguri.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaintia), Darjiling. 9. Cprocloeon harveyi Kimmins

2. Baetis thurbonis Gillies Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South

Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Buxa duar, Jaintia), 24 Pgs., Bankura, Jalpaiguri.
Darjiling. 10. Pseudocoloeon inoponium Gillies
3. Baetis solitaries Gillies Distribution : Murshidabad (Plassey),
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Sobhaganj, Jaintia, Jalpaiguri, Darjiling.
New Alipurduar), Darjiling. Family CAENIDAE
4. Coloeon kimminsi Hubbard 11. Caenis picea Kimmins
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur), Distribution: Kolkata (Baranagar).
Birbhum, Bdardhaman, W. Dinajpur 12. Caenis picea Kimmins
(Rampurhat), Kolkata (Eden Gardens),
Distribution : Darjiling.
Jalpaiguri, (Alipurduar, Bhaktigarh). Birbhum,
North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Medinipur, 13. Caenis perpusilla Walker
Nadia, Puruliya. Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Eden Gardens),
5. Coloeon bicolor Kimmins Puruliya (Velladih, Shillage), J alpaiguri
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur), W. (Ali·purduar) .
Dinajpur (Bhrtow) Bardhaman (Ramgopalpur), Family HEPTAGENIIDAE
Kolkata (Eden Gardens), Jalpaiguri, 14. Ecdyonurus bengalensis Ulmer
(Shovaganj, New Alipurduar), Birbhum, North
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Alipurduar,
24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Medinipur, Nadia,
Jaintia), Darjiling.
Puruliya.
Family LEPTOPHLEBIIDAE
6. Coloeon bengalense Kimmins
15. Isca (Isca) purpurea Gillies
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur), W.
Dinajpur (Timidighi), Kolkatta (Eden Gardens), Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South
Jalpaiguri, (Jaintia), Birbhum, Bardhaman, 24 Pgs., Bankura, Maldah (Nishipur),
North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Maldah, Jalpaiguri, Medinipur.
Medinipur , Nadia, Puruliya. 16. Gilliensia hindustanica (Gukkues)
7. Coloeon variegatum Chopra Distribution : J alpaiguri (Alipurduar,
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs., South Buxaduar, Jaintia), Darjiling
24 Pgs., Bankura, Maldah (Nishipur), Family PALINGENIIDAE
Jalpaiguri, Medinipur.
17. Anagenesia minor (Eaton)
8. Coloeon marginal (Hagen)
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Jaintia), Maldah
Distribution : Maldah (Mucha), Kolkata (Sakaghat), Kolkata.
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INSECTA: MANTODEA
Family AMORPHOSCELIDAE Subfamily CALIRIDINAE
Subfamily AMORPHOSCELINAE 11. °Leptomantella (Leptomantella)
1. Amorphoscelis annulicornis St~n
indica (Giglio-Tos)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Medinipur (Jhargram), Nadia
(Ranaghat). 12. Leptomantella (Leptomantella)
montana (Beier)
Family HYMENOPODIDAE
Distribution: Darjiling (Garubathan).
Subfamily ACROMANTINAE
Family IRIDOPTERYGIDAE
Tribe ACRO~~
Subfamily NANOMANTINAE
2. Anaxarcha acuta Beier Tribe NANOMANTINI
Distribution: Darjiling (Takdah). 13.Prananomantis brevis Mukherjee
3. Ephestiasula amoena (Bolivar) Distribution: Medinipur (Jhargram).
Distribution: Nadia (Bethuadohori). Subfamily TROPIDOMANTINAE
4. Euantissa pulchra (Fabricius) Tribe TROPIDOMANTINI
Distribution: Medinipur (Arabari forest), 14. Tropidomantis (Eomantis)
Nadia (Ranaghat). guttatipennis (Stal)
5. Heliomantis elegans (Navas) Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling). Family MANTIDAE
Subfamily NANOMANTINAE
6. Hestiasula inermis (Wood-Mason)
Tribe OXYOTHESPINI
Distribution: Darjiling (Rhenoch).
15. Heterochaetula tricolor
Subfamily HYMENOPODINAE (Wood-Mason)
Tribe HYMENOPODINI Distribution : Kolkata.
7. Creobroter apicalis (Saussure) Subfamily SCHIZOCEPHALINAE
Distribution: Kolkata (Kolkata). Schizocephala bicornis (L.)
16.
8. Creobroter laevicollis (Saussure) Distribution: Nadia (Bethuadohori).
Distribution : Kolkata (Kolkata), Darjiling Subfamily AMELINAE
(Darjiling), Hugli (Serampur), Maldah (Maldah). Tribe AMELINI
9. Creobroter urbanus (Fabricius) 17. Amantis subirina Giglio-Tos
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jalpaiguri). Distribution: Darjiling (Rang'.·oom).
Family MANTIDAE 18. Amantis biroi Giglio-Tos

Subfamily TARACHODINAE Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kalikapur).

10. Dysaules longicollis SHU
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Birbhum, Kolkata, Darjiling, Haora, Huglj,
Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar, Maldah, Medinipur,
Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Pgs., Puruliya,
19. Amantis bolivarii Giglio-Tos
Distribution: Darjiling.
20. Amantis fumosa Giglio-Tos
Distribution: Daljiling.
21. Amantis testacea Werner

South 24 Pgs. and W. Dinajpur. Distribution: Darjiling.

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22. Gonypetyllis semuncialis 29. Mantis religiosa religiosa L.

Wood-Mason Distribution : Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs.
Distribution: Medinipur. (Narendrapur).
Subfamily PARAMANTINAE 30. Statilia nemoralis (Saussure)

Tribe PARAMANTINI Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bantala;

23. Hierodula patellifer patellifer
(Serville-Audinet)
Distribution : Birbhum.
24. Hierodula unimaculata (Olivier)
Distribution : Kolkata.
25. Rhombodera butleri Wood-Mason
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
Subfamily MANTINAE
Tribe POLYSPILOTINI
26. Tenodera aridifolia (Stol)
Distribution: Darjiling (Tukvar Tea Estate).
27. Tendoera fasiata (Oliver)
Distribution Kolkata, Nadia
(Bethuadohori), North 24 Pgs. (Khardah).
Tribe MANTINI
28. Mesopteryx platycephala (Still)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Narendrapur).
31. Statilia maculata maculata (Thunberg)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur).
32. Statilia apicalis (Saussure)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur).
Subfamily VATINAE
Tribe DANURIINI
33. Ambivia undata (Fabricius)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barasat).
Family TOXODERIDAE
Subfamily TOXODERINAE
Tribe AETHALOCHROAINI
34. Aethalochroa ashmoliana (Westwood)
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
Family EMPUSIDAE
Subfamily EMPUSINAE
35. Empusa (Empusa) sp.
Distribution: Puruliya (Puruliya).
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INSECTA: PHASMIDA
Family DIAPHEROMERIDAE
Sub family NECROSCIINAE
1. Asceles elongatus Redtenbacher
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur).
2. Marmessoidea Jlavo~arginata
Redtenbacher
Distribution : Darjiling.
3. Orxines rugulosus (Redtenbacher)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
4. Parasipyloidea montana
Redtenbacher
Distribution : Darjiling.
5. Parasosibia maculata Redtenbacher
Distribution : India : East (probably West
Bengal).
6. Sipyloidea brevialata Redtenbacher
Distribution : Kolkata.
7. Sipyloidea fontanesina Giglio-Tos
Distribution : Kolkata.
8. Sipyloidea inscia Redtenbacher
Distribution: Darjiling.
9. Sipyloidea erechtheus (Westwood)
Distribution : Kolkata.
10. Tagesoidea tages (Westwood)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family PHASMATIDAE
Sub family LONCHODINAE
11. Lonchodes decolyanus
Brunner von Wattenwyl
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
12. Lonchodes normalis
Brunner von Wattenwy]
Distribution : Kolkata.
13. Menexenus obtusespinosus Sinety
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
14. Menexenus quadrilobatus
Brunner von Wattenwy]
Distribution : Kolkata.
15. Menexenus semiarmatus
(Westwood)
Distribution : Darjiling.
16. Pericentrus bicoronatus
(Westwood)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Family PHASMATIDAE
Sub family LONCHODINAE
17. Neohirasea asperatus (Bates)
Distribution : Darjiling.
18. Neohirasea obesus (Brunner v.
Wattenwyl)
Distribution: Darjiling.
Sub family CLITUMNINAE
19. Cuniculina stilpna (Westwood)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Buxa).
20. Ramulus arrogans
(Brunner von Wattenwyl)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
21. Ramulus artemis (Westwood)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
22. Ramulus cylindriceps
(Brunner von Wattenwyl
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
23. Ramulus decolyi
(Brunner von Wattenwyl)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
24. Ramulus Penthesilea
(Wood-Mason)
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri (Buxa).
25. Ramulus russellii
(Bates)
Distribution : Darjiling.
26. Ramulus westwoodi
(Wood-Mason)
Distribution : Kolkata.
27. Rhamphophasma spinicorne
(Stal.)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family PHYLLlIDAE
Sub family PHYLLIINAE
28. Phyllium (Pulchriphyllium)
bioculatum Gray
Distribution : Kolkata.
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INSECTA : DIClYOPTERA
Family OXYHALOIDAE
1. Nauphoeta cinerea (Olivier)
Distribution Bankura (Bankura,
Bishnupur), Birbhum (Ballavpur) and Kolkata
(Banshdroni).
2. Hemithyrsocera palliata (Fabricius)
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla, Tindharia,
Kalijhora) and Jalpaiguri (Paltan para forest,
Rajabhatkhawa, Kathambari).
Family DEROCALYMMIDAE
3. Trichoblatta sericea Saussure
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Bhuttabari
forest, Chunabati, Riyang, Sukna), Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhawa, Chilapata) and Maldah
(Golapganj, Nimbari).
4. Pseudoglomeris glomeris (Saussure)
Distribution : Darjiling (Riyang, Chunabati,
Rangpo).
Family PYCNOSCELIDIDAE
5. Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Bankura (Sonamukhi,
Jhilimili), Birbhum (Illambazar), Kolkata
(Kolkata), Darjiling (Pashok, Gorubathan,
Khamani forest, Chunabati, Nozeok, Riyang,
Darjiling, Tumthangkhola, Singla, Nayabazar,
Singlabazar), Jalpaiguri (Buxa Tiger Reserve),
Maldah (Tulshihata, Parbatidanga), Medinipur
(Jhargram), Nadia (Krishnan agar) and Dinajpur
(Gangarampur).
Family BLATTELLIDAE
6. Supella (Supella) longipalpa
(Fabricius)
Distribution Bankura (Pokarna),
Barddhaman (Dhatrigram), J alpaiguri
(Dalsingpara, Birpara), Maldah (AtaI,
Tulsihata), Murshidabad (Jiyaganj, Dhulian)
and Dinajpur (Gangarampur).
7· Blattella humbertiana (Saussure)
Distribution: Bankura (Chatua, Jaypur
forest, Sonamukhi, Pokarna), Birbhum
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(Kanchanpur forest Illambazar), Kolkata
(Kolkata, Eden Gardens), Darjiling (Kumani
forest, Chunabati, Riyang, Rongpo,
Tumthangkhola, Singla, Nayabazar,
Kalimpong), Raora (Botanical Garden), Hugli
(Anantapur, Baidyabati), Jalpaiguri (Buxaduar,
Kathambari, Buxa Tiger Reserve, Rydak,
Rajabhatkhawa, Harischandrapur, Tulsihata,
Parbatidanga), Koch Bihar (Kaligung),
Murshidabad (Baharampur, Jangipur, Dhulian),
Nadia (Dhubulia), South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali) and
Dinajpur (Raiganj, Gangarampur).
8. Blattela geM1tanica (Linnaeus)
Distribution Bankura (Pokarna,
Jhatipahari, Jaypur forest, Bankura),
Barddhaman (Dhatrigram),. Birbhum
(Kanchanpur forest, Illambazar, Ballavpur),
Kolkata (Tollygunj, Eden Gardens), Darjiling
(Sonada, Rongpo, Khamani forest, Chunabati,
Mongpong, Bijanbari Phulbazar, Kalimpong,),
Haora (Botanical Garden), Jalpaiguri (Buxa,
J ainti Hills, Rajabhatkhawa, Kathambari,
Chilapata), Maldah (Chanchal, Nalakhokson,
Atal, Goalapganj, Nimbari, Bhaluk station),
Medinipur (Bel~ahari), Nadia (Bahadurpur
forest, Bethuaduhari), NOlth 24 Pgs. (Bongaon,
Sonadanga) and Dinajpur (Gangarampur,
Tundidighi).
Family BIABERIDAE
9. Calolampra in-orata (Fabricius)
Distribution ; Darjiling (Palmajue) and
Dinajpur (Gangarampur).
Family EPlIAMPRIDAE
10. Stictolampra plicata (Navas)
Distribution : Bankura (Sonamukhi,
Jhilimili), Birbhum (Ballavpur), Darjilirig
(Kurseong, Ghum, Mongpong, Sukna), Maldah
(Nimbari, Parbatidanga) and Medinipur (Digha).
Family BLAITIDAE
11.Hebardina concinna (Hann)
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden) and
Jalpaiguri (Kathambari).
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12. Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Bankura (Sonamukhi forest,
Pokarna), Birbhum (Illambazar), Kolkata
(Kolkata), Darjiling (Singla), Jalpaiguri (Buxa
Tiger Reserve), Maldah (Nimbari, Bhaluk
station, Parbatidanga), Murshidabad
(Baharampur, Dhulian) and North 24 Pgs.
(Ramdharia).
13. Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Ambika-kalna),
Kolkata (Kolkata), J alpaiguri (Binaguri tea
state, Hansimara), Maldah (Tulsihata) and
Murshidabad (Jiagunj, Dhulian).
14. Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll)
Distribution: Bankura (Jhatipahari), Kolkata
(Indian Museum Campus, Salt lake), Darjiling
(Riyang, Khumbani forest, Bijanbari, Singla),
Maldah (Ratua, Nimbari) and Murshidabad
(Baharampur, Dhulian).
15. Neostylopyga sexpustulata (Walker)
Distribution: Bankura (Sonamukhi forest),
Maldah (Parbatidanga) and Dinajpur
(Gangarampur).
16. Blatta (Shelfordella) lateralis (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Riyang, Singla).
17. Eucorydia westwoodi (Gerstaecker)
Distribution: Dinajpur (Gangarampur).
Family P ANESTHIIDAE
18. Panesthia angustipennis (Illiger)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mongpu).
19. Panesthia stellata Saussure
Distribution : Darjiling (Sureil, Riyang,
Daling Coate).
20.Panesthia laevicollis Saussure
Distribution: Darjiling (Mongpu, Kurseong).
21.Panesthia regalis Walker
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
22. Salgaenea morio (Burmeister)
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling, Mongpu,
Riyang, Singla, Kurseong, Kalimpong).
23. Salgaenea biglumis (Saussure)
Distribution Darjiling (Sureil,
Ghoombhanjang, Barbati basti, GhOOll1.
Darjiling, Takdah, Riyang, Rambi, Lopchu,
Kalimpong).

INSECTA : ISOPTERA
Family Kalotermitidae
Subfamily Toxoderinae
1. Neotermes bosei Snyder
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Chalsa forest,
Samsingh) and Koch Bihar (Atiamochar forest).
2. Neotermes buxensis
Roonwal & Sen-Sarma
Distribution : Darjiling (Bagdogra) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
3. Neotermes kalimpongensis Maiti
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong, Bong
Basti).
4. Neotermes mangiferae
Roonwal & Sen-Sarma
Distribution : Kolkata.
5. Glyptotermes sensarmai Maiti
Distribution : Koch Bihar (Atiamochar forest,
Khagribari).
6. Glyptotermes caudomunitus
Kemmer
Distribution: DaIjiling (Gailikhola forest).
7. Glyptotermes teknafensis Akhtar
Distribution: Darjiling (Gailikhola forest).
8. Glyptotermes krishnai
Maiti & Chakraborty
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Atiamochar forest).
9. Crytotermes bengalensis Snyder
Distribution : Kolkata (Ballygunge,
Beliaghata), Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar), Medinipur,
Nadia (Krishnanagar) and South 24 Pgs.
(Sundarban).
10. Cry to tenn es dudleyi Banks
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban, Sajnakhali, Jhingakhali).
Family RHINOTERMITIDAE
11. Heterotermes indicola (Wasmann)
Distribution: Kolkata, Hugli (Serampore),
Medinipur (Saibari) and North 24 Pgs.
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12. Reticulitermes assamensis Gardner
Distribution : Kolkata (Ultadanga) and
DaIjiling (Samsing, Kalimpong).
13. Coptotermes heimi (Wasmann)
Distribution : Kolkata (Eden Gardens,
Alipur, Garia, Park circus, Ultadanga),
Medinipur (Guaberia), Nadia (Krishnanagar),
North 24 Pgs. (Palta), South 24 Pgs. (Garia,
Baruipur, Namkhana, Narainpur,
Subhashgram), Jalpaiguri (Murti beat, Chalsa
FR) and Medinipur.
14. Coptotermes kishori
Roonwal & Chhotani
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur)
and Nadia (Kalyani).
15. Coptotermes lravians (Haviland)
Distribution : Kolkata (Ballygunge,
Jairampur).
16. Parrhinotermes khasii
Roonwal & Sen-sharma
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kalimpong).
Family STYLOTERMITIDAE
17. Stylotermes bengalensis
Mathur & Chhotani
Distribution : Darjiling.
18. Stylotermes parabengalensis Maiti
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Nagrakata).
. Family TERMITIDAE
Subfamily APICOTERMITINAE
19· EuryteMltes buddha Bose & Maiti
Distribution : Medinipur.
20. Speculitermes cyclops Wasmann
\
Distribution: Not Known.
21. -Speculitermes deccanensis paivai
Roonwal & Chhotani
Distribution : Kolkata (Tollygunge).
22. Speculitennes roonwali Maiti
Distribution: Medinipur.
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23. Euhamitennes chhotani Maiti
Distribution : Koch Bihar (Atiamochar
forest).
24. Synhamitennes quadriceps
(Wasmann)
Distribution: Medinipur and North 24 Pgs.
(Barrackpore, Barisa).
25. Microcertennes beesoni Snyder
Distribution : Birbhum (Santiniketan),
Kolkata, Murshidabad (Berhampore, Lalbag,
Gocorn), Nadia (Kamarhati) and South 24 Pgs.
(Jaynagar, Sunderban, Subhashgram).
26. Microcertennes cameroni Snyder
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur),
Medinipur, Nadia (Muragachi vill.) and South
24 Pgs. (Garia, Jaynagar, Sunderbans,
Subhashgram).
27. Angulitermes longifrons Maiti
Distribution: Medinipur (Gidhni).
28. Dicuspiditermes incola (Wasmann)
Distribution: Medinipur.
29. Pericapritermes ceylonicus
(Holmgren)
Distribution: Darjiling (Gailikhola, Ghumti).
30. Pericapritermes dunensis
(Roonwal & Sen-sharma)
Distribution: Darjiling (Gailikhola).
31. Pericapritermes tetraphilus
(Silvestri)
Distribution: Darjiling (Tashiding forest).
Subfamily MACROTERMITINAE
32. Macrotermes estherae (Desneux)
Distribution: Darjiling (Tashiding forest,
Ghumti).
33. Macrotermes gilvus (Hagen)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing).
34. Macrotermes khajuriai
Roonwal & Chhotani
Distribution : Darjiling (Gailikhola forest,
Teesta valley, Tashiding forest).
35. Odontotermes assmuthi Holmgren
Distribution : Kolkata (Alipur, Eden
Gardens, Khidderpore, Rabindra sarobar),
Murshidabad (Berhampore, Gocorn, Lalbag),
Nadia (Plassey), North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore,
Palta) and South 24 Pgs. (Garia).
36. Odontotermes bellahunisensis
(Holmgren & Holmgren)
Distribution: Not Known.
37. Odontotermes boveni Thakur
Distribution : Not Known.
38. Odontotermes distans
Holmgren & Holmgren
Distribution: Not Known.
39. Odontotermes feae (Wasmann)
Distribution : Bankura (Puranderpur,
Harra), Barddhaman, Kolkata (Alipur),
Medinipur (Bamunia vill., Terapakhia, Saibari),
Murshidabad (Gocorn, Lalbag), Nadia (Kalyani,
Ranaghat), North 24 Pgs. (Barasat, Barrackpore,
Bira) and South 24 Pgs. (Lakhikantapur,
Subhashgram).
40. Odontotermes gurdaspurensis
Holmgren & Holmgren
Distribution : Bankura.
41. Odontotermes horni (Wasmann)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Asansol),
Kolkata, Hugli (Chandannagar), Jalpaiguri
(Kamyakhyaguri), Koch Bihar, Medinipur
(Bamunia vill.), Murshidabad (Lalbag), Nadia
(Muragacha, Phulia) and North 24 Pgs.
(Barrackpore, Barasat, Gocharan).
42. Odontotermes obesus (Rambur)
Distribution: Not Known.
43. Odontotermes redemanrii (Wasnlann)
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhanlan,
Birbhum (Santiniketan, Bolpur), Kolkata,
Darjiling (Teesta valley forest), Hugli
(Chandannagar, Singur), Jalpaiguri (Malbazar,
Thaljhorahat), Maldah (Baishnabnagar),
Medinipur (Kharagpur), Nadia (Muragacha,
Phulia, Ranaghat), North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore,
Naihati, Titagarh, Tushkhali) and Puruliya.
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44. Hypotermes obscuriceps (Wasmann)
Distribution: Kolkata, Darjiling (Ghumti).
45. Hypotermes xenotermitis
(Was mann)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Panagarh airport).
46. Microtermes obesi Holmgren
Distribution : Barddhaman (Asansol),
Birbhum (Santiniketan), Kolkata (Alipur,
Ballygunge), Darjiling (Kalimpong), Haora
(Sihphur, Andul, Santragachi), HugH
(Chandannagar), Jalpaiguri (Murti forest), Koch
Bihar, Maldah (Kaliachak), Medinipur (Saibari,
Terapakhia hazar), Nadia (Kalyani, Plassey),
North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore) and South 24 Pgs.
(Baraipur, Garia, Suhhashgram).
47. Nasutitermes gardneri Snyder
Distribution Darjiling (Tarkhola,
Rangirum).
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48. Nasutitennes garoensis
Roonwal & Chhotani
Distribution: J alpaiguri (Atiamochar forest),
Koch Bihar.
49. Nasutitermesjalpaiguiensis
Prashad & Sen-Sarma
Distribution : Darjiling (Gailikhola forest,
Kalimpong, Peshok, Tarakhola, Tashiding).
50. Nasuntermes suknensis
Prasad & Sen-sarma
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna).
51. Bulbitermes emersoni Main
Distribution: Darjiling (Tashiding forest).
52. Trinervitermes biformis (Was mann)
Distribution : Bankura (Puranderpur),
Medinipur and Murshidabad.
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INSECTA : PSOCOPTERA
Family TROGIIDAE
1.Liponotus indicus Badonnel
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family PSYLLIPSOCIDAE
2. Granthakita cuttackae
Behura & Dash
Distribution: Medinipur (Haldia).
Family LIPOSCELIDAE
3. Liposcelis transvaalensis (Enderlein)
Distribution : Kolkata.
4. Liposcelis paetus Pearman
Distribution : Kolkata.
5. Liposcelis bengalensis Badonnel
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family PACHYTROCTIDAE
6. Tapinellafasciata Thornton & Wong
Distribution: Bankura (Susunia Hills).
7. Tapinella formosana Enderlein
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden).
8. Pschytroctes georgii (Menon)
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden).
9. Peritroctes bengalensis
Thornton & Wong
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barasat).
Darjiling.
Family CAECILIIDAE
10. Caececilius muggenburgi
Enderlein
Distribution: Kolkata (Tollygunge).
11. Caececilius himalayanus
Enderlein
Distribution : Darjiling.
12. Caececilius pictifrons
Jalpaiguri.
Thornton & Wong
Distribution : Darjiling.
13. Caececilius bengalensis Badonnel
Distribution : Darjiling.
14. Caececilius persimilaris
(Thornton & Wong)
Distribution : Darjiling.
15· Dypsocus fucosus
Thornton & Wong
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family STENOPSOCIDAE
16. Stenopsocus pallidus
Thornton & Wong
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family AMPHIPSOCIDAE
17. Amphipsocus heterothrix
Thornton & Wong
Distribution : DarjiHng.
18. Dasypsocus solax (Enderlein)
Distribution : HugH (Sheoraphuli).
Family LACHESILLIDAE
19. Lachesilla pedicularia (Linaeus)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur).
Family ECTOPSOCIDAE
20. Ectopsocus ramburi Datta
Distribution : Kolkata.
21. Ectopsocus bengalensis Datta
Distribution : Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
22. Ectopsocus cinctus Thornton
Distribution : Barddhaman (Durgapur) and
Family PERIPSOCIDAE
23. Peripsocus sinensis Datta
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
24. Peripsocus anoplus
Thornton & Wong
Distribution : Hugli (Dankuni) and
25. Peripsocus sclerotus
Thornton & Wong
Distribution : Kolkata.
26. Peripsocus bhaktae Badonnel
Distribution : Darjiling.
27. Peripsocus quercicola Thornton
Distribution: Darjiling.

Family HEMIPSOCIDAE
28. Hemipsocus chloroticus (Hagen)
Distribution: HugH (SheoraphuH).
29. Hemipsocus ornatus Datta
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
Family PSEUDOCAECILIIDAE
30. Pseudocaecilius citricola (Ashmead)
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden).
31. Pseudocaecilius fletcheri Datta
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
32. Heterocaecilius fuscipalpus
Lee & Thornton
Distribution : DaIjiling.
33. Allocaecilius heterothorax
Lee & Thornton
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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34. Scytopsocopsis hirtipenna
Lee & Thornton
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family ARCHIPSOCIDAE
35. Archipsocus recens Enderlein
Distribution : Kolkata.
36. Amphigerontia nubila Enderlaein
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family PSOCIDAE
37. Psococerastis asiatica Datta
Distribution : Kolkata.
38. 7'richadenotecnum apertum Thornton
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden).
Family MVPSOCIDAE
39. Myopsocus pattoni Datta
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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INSECTA: HEMPITERA
Superfamily PENTATOMOIDEA
Family PENTATOMIDAE
Adira parvula (Dall.)
1.
Distribution: Not 'known.
2. Aeliomarpha lineaticollis (Westwood)
Distribution: Not known.
3. Agonoscelis nubila (Fabr.)
Distribution: Birbhum (Bank of Ajoy river,
Illambazar), Darjiling (Sukna, Kalijhora),
Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa, Alipurduar) and
Murshidabad (Baharampur).
4. Andrallus spinidens (Fabr.)
Distribution: Medinipur (Jhargram) and
Nadia (Phulia).
5. Arctocoris incisus Stal.
Distribution : Not known.
6. Asopous malabaricus Fabr.
Distribution : Kolkata.
7. Atnestia anchora (Thunb.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri and Murshidabad
(Sagardighi).
8. Atnestia cruciata Fabricius
Distribution : Kolkata.
9. Bagrada picta Fabr.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR)~
10. Brachyplatys subaeneus (Westw.)
Distribution : Kolkata, North Bengal.
11. Canthecona jurcellata Wolff
Distribution: Kolkata and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
12. Carbula indica Westwood
Distribution : Darjiling.
13. Canthecona ornatula Distant
Distribution: Not known.
14. Carbula sp .
Distribution: Not known.
15.Catacanthus incarnatus (Dru.)
Distribution: Kolkata.
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Caystrus scutellatus Distant
16.
Distribution: Not known.
17. Cazira ulcerata (Herr-Schiff)
Distribution : Kolkata.
18. Cazira verrucosa Westwood
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha), Kolkata.
19. Chrysocoris grandis (Jhemsberg)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali,
Sonarpur) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
20.Chrysocoris purpureuS (Westwood)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Joka), Bankura
(Bishnupur), Nadia (Debagram) and W.
Dinajpur (Raiganj).
Chrysocoris stollii (Wolff.)
21.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Ramdharia),
Bankura (Bishnupur), Birbhum (Ballavpur
R.F.), Jalpaiguri (BTR), Medinipur (Shankarpur
forest), Murshidabad (Ajimganj) and Puruliya
(Jhalda).
Coptosoma abesum Montd.
22.
Distribution: Not known.
23. Coptosoma cribarium (Fabr.)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
24. Coptosoma duodecimpunctatum
(Germar)
Distribution: Bankura (Sonakumbhi forest).
25. Coptosoma indicum Distant
Distribution : Haora (Uluberia).
26. Coptosoma lethierry Distant
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
27. Coptosoma priscum Distant
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (BTR) and
Medinipur (Digha).
28. Coptosoma marginiifrons Distant
Distribution: Not known.
29. Coptosoma siamicum Walker
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore)
and Kolkata.

30. Coptosoma variegatum Montand
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore)
and Haora (Ulberia).
31. Compastes taurus Distant
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
32. Coptosoma testaceum Walker
Distribution : Kolkata.
33. Coptosoma sp.
Distribution: Not known.
34. Dalpada oculata Fabr.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
35. Dalpada nigricollis Westwood
Distribution : Not known.
36. Dalpada sp.
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Mendbari).
37. DolycoMs bacarum (Linn.)
Distribution : Darjiling (Bagdogra,
Kalijhora), Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar) and Maldah
(Nimbari).
38. Dolycoris indicus Sta1.
Distribution : Kolkata, Koch Bihar (Torsa
river bed), Darjiling (Kalijhora, Sukna,
Bagdogra) and Medinipur (Datan).
39. Erthesina fullo (Thunb.)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali) and
Puruliya (Belmura).
40. Erthesina oberrans Distant
Distribution: Not known.
41. EysarcoMs dubious Dall
Distribution : Not known.
42. Eurostus grossipes Dall
Distribution : Not known.
43· Eysarcoris aenescens
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
44· Eysarcoris capitatus (Distant)
Distribution: Medinipur (Keyagram).
45· EysarcoMs guttiger (Thunb.)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Rajarhat),
Bankura (Bishnupur, Sonamukhi), Jalpaiguri
(BTR), Medinipur (Jhargram, Denkal) and
Puruliya (Sainik School).
Status of Biodiversity of West' Bengal
46. Eysarcoris montivagus (Distant)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Raj arhat),
Jalpaiguri (BTR), Maldah (Piazbari), Medinipur
(Digha) and Puruliya (Sainik School).
47. EysarcoMs ventralis (Westwood)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali) ,
Bankura (Bishnupur), Maldah (Pizabari),
Medinipur (Digha) and Puruliya (Sainik School).
48. Fitha ardens Walker
Distribution: Bankura (Sonamukhi), Kolkata
(Horticulture Garden) and Medinipur (Digha).
49. HalyomoJPha picus (Fabricius)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Raidighi)~
50. Halys dentatus (Fabr.)
Distribution : Murshidabad (Beldanga),
Nadia (Ranaghat) and Puruliya (Sainik School).
51. Halys magnus (Fabr.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
52. Keriahana elongata Distant
Distribution: Dinajpur (Raiganj).
53. Melanophara spinifera (Westwood)
Distribution : Kolkata.
54. Menida histrio (Fabr.)
Distribution: Birbhum. (Ballavpur R.F.),
Maldah (Nimbari), Medinipur (Salbani, Digha)
and Nadia (Fulia).
55. Muscanda testacea Walk
Distribution : Darjiling.
56. Nezara viridula (Linn.)
Distribution: Birbhum (Ballavpur R.F.),
Koch Bihar (Sonarpur), Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar,
BTR), Medinipur (Sharikarpur Forest),
Murshidabad, Nadia (Mayapur) and Puruliya
(Sainik School).
57. Palomena unicolor (Westwood)
Distribution : Not known.
58. Piezodorus rubrofasciatus (Fabr.)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur), Koch
Bihar (Velaguri), Haora (Uluberia), Jalpaiguri
(Alipurduar), Medinipur (Keranitala, Kapri
village) and Murshidabad (Jangipur,
Baharampur).
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59. Plautiaflmbriata (Fabr.)
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Torsa river bed),
Jalpaiguri (BTR) , Medinipur (Haldia), Nadia
(Palpara) and Puruliya (Mukutmanipur).
60. Poeciloeons obesus DaIl.
Distribution : Darjiling.
61. Prionaea nigrecens Dist.
Distribution: Not known.
62. Pyeanum oehraeeum Distant
Distribution : Darjiling.
63. SciOCOMs sp.
Distribution : Not known.
64. Seotinophara dentata (Distant)
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah.
65. Stenozygum speciosum (Dallas)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa)
and W. Dinajpur (Raniganj).
66. Tessaratoma papillosa (Dru.)
Distribution: Not known.
67. liaroeons suffusus Distant
Distribution : Not known.
68. Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Birbhum (Illambazar), Koch
Bihar (Chowdhurihat), Darjiling (Panitanki),
Maldah (Piazbari) and Medinipur (Keyagaria).
Family CYDNIDAE
69. Cydnus indicus Westwood
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
70. Cyndus nigroaeneus (Walker)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
71. Cyndus seutellatus (Dohrn)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
72. Cydnus varians Fabr.
Distribution : Not known.
73. Geotomus pygmaeus (Dallas)
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur).
74. Lactistes rastellus Sciodte
Distribution: Not known.
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75. Macroscytus eleetus Distant
Distribution: Not known.
76. Nishadana typicus Distant
Distribution : Not known.
77. Stibaropus callidus (Schiodte)
Distribution: HugH (Srerampur).
Family UROSTYLLIDA
78. Urochela bimaculata (Dallas)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
79. Urochela quadripunctata Dall.
Distribution : Darjiling.
80. Urochela guttulata Stal.
Distribution : Darjiling.
81. Urochela pilosa Sta1.
Distribution : Darjiling.
82. Urolabida histrionica Westwood
Distribution : Kolkata.
83. Urostylis gracilis Dall.
Distribution: Darjiling.
84. Urostylis nigromarginalis Reut.
Distribution : Darjiling.
8S. Urostylis sinensis Walker
Distribution: Not known.
Family ACANTHOSOMATIDAE
86. Acanthosoma distine tum DaIl.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
87. Anaxaxdra hamata Reut.
Distribution : Darjiling.
88. Anaxandra MJjescens (DaB.)
Distribution: DaIjiling.
89. Anaxandra nigricornis (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
90. Elasmostethus truncatulum Walker
Distribution: Darjiling.
91. Elasmucha albicincta Distant
Distribution: Not known.
92. Elasmucha montandoni Distant
Distribution: Not known.

93. Microdeuterus megacephalus (Herr.-
Sch.)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family DINIDORIDAE
94. Coridius brunneus (Thunb.)
Distribution : Kolkata.
95. Coridi1:LS nepsleners Westwood
Distribution : Darjiling.
96. Coridius ianus (Fabr.)
Distribution: Not known.
97. Cyclopelta obscura Lep. & Servo
Distribution : Kolkata.
9B. Cyclopelta siccifolia (Westwood)
Distribution: Murshidabad.
99. Megymenum brevicorne (Fabricus)
Distribution: Kolkata.
100. Dalsira glandulosa Wolff.
Distribution : Not known.
101. Megymenum inerme (Her.-Sch.)
Distribution: Not known.
102. Megymenum severini Berg.
Distribution: Not known.
Family SCUTELLERIDAE
103. Scutellera nobilis Fabricus
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family TESSAROTOMIDAE
104. Bagrada picta (Fabr.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
105· Blachia ducalis Walker
Dist:ibution : Jalpaiguri (BTR).
106. Brachycerocons sp.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
107· CarpocoMs nigMcornis (Fabr.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
loB. Catacanthus incarnatus (Drun.)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning) and
J alpaiguri (BTR).
109· Cresphontes fulvus (Fabr.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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110. Dalcantha dilitata Amyot E' Servelle
Distribution : Kolkata.
111. Degonatus serratus (Distant)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
112. Dolycons indicus Still
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
113. Gynenica affinis Distant
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
114. Hyalomorpha sp.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
115. Lamprocoris lateralis (Guer.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
116. Podops dentata Distant
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
117. Pycanum ochraceum Distant
Distribution : DaIjiling.
lIB. Sabeus humeralis (Dallas)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
119. Tolumnia laopes (Dallas)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1~0. Tolumnia maxima Distant
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Superfamily COREOIDEA
Family ALYDIDAE
Leptocorisa acuta (Thunb.)
121.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Kolkata,
Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Nadia (Kalyani).
Riptortus pedestris (Fabr.)
122.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR) and
Murshidabad (Baharampur).
Riptortusfuscus (Fabr.)
123.
·Distribution : Kolkata, Koch Bihar
(Sonarpur), Darjiling, Jalpaiguri (BTR),
Murshidabad and Puruliya.
124.
Riptortus linearis (Fabr.)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling, Haora
(Sibpur) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family CAPSIDAE
125· Disphinctus humeralis Walker
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
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Family COREIDAE
126. Acanthocoris scabrator (Fabr.)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Rohni) and Jalpaiguri
(BTR).
127. Aschistus breuicornis Dall.
Distribution: Not known.
128. Anoplocnemis phasiana (Fabr.)
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri
(Buxaduar).
129. Babaranus ornatulus Distant
Distribution : DaIjiling (Pashok).
130. Calcagninus sp.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
131.Clauigralla gibbosa Spin.
Distributipn : Kolkata and J alpaiguri
(Oodlabari forest, BTR).
132. Clauigralla horrens Spin.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
133. Cletomorpha hastana Fabr.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
134.Cletomolpha raja Distant
Distribution: DaIjiling (Pashok), Jalpaiguri
(BTR).
(Panbari, Rajabhatkhawa).
135. Cletomorpha walkeri Distant
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
136. Cletus bipunctatus (Westwood)
Distribution: Birbhum (Gopalpur), Jalpaiguri
(BTR) and Puruliya (Balarampur).
137. Cletus bouillus (Westwood)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
138. Cletus caluminator (Westwood)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
139. Cletus feanus (Westwood)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
140. Cletus trigonus (Westwood)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
141. Cletus punctiger (DaB)
Distribution : Not known.
142. Cletus punctulatus (Westwood)
Distribution : Not known.
143. Cletomorpha hastana Fabr.
Distribution: Not known.
144. Cloresmus khasianus Distant
Distribution : Not known.
145. Cloresmus modestus Distant
Distribution: Not known.
146. Cloresmus nepalensis Westwood
Distribution : Not known.
147. Cloresmus antennatus Distant
Distribution: Darjiling (Nazeok).
148. Colpura erebus Distant
Distribution: Not known.
149. Colpura nodulosa Distant
Distribution: Not known.
150. Corizus bengalensis DaIl.
Distribution: Not known.
151. Cryptotympana corvus Dall.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
152. Daladar acuticosta (Westwood)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mirik) and Jalpaiguri
153. Daladar planiventris (Westwood)
Distribution: Not known.
154. Derepteryx greyi White
Distribution: Not known.
155. Derepteryx hardwicki White
Distribution: Not known.
156. Dulichius iriflatus Kirby
Distribution: Not known.
157. Elasmomia granulipes (Westwood)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna, DaIjiling).
158. Euricania ocellus (Westwood)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
159. Fulgo,.a clavata (Westwood)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
160. Fulgora sp.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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Fulgora vindirostMs Stal.

161. 179. Metapropis aurita Bredd.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR). Distribution: Not known.
162. Gaeana maculata Stal. 180. Notobitus excellens Distant

Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR). Distribution : Not known.

163. Graptoletnx guttatus (Westwood) 181. Notobitus serripes Dall.

Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR). Distribution: Not known.

164. Homoeoeerus albiguttulus Stal. 182. Notobitus meleagris (Fabr.)

Distribution: Kolkata and Jalpaiguri (BTR). Distribution : Kolkata.

165. Homoeoeerus inornatus Stal. 183. Ochrochira biplagiata (Walk.)

Distribution: Datjiling (Pashok). Distribution : DaIjiling (Rongirum, Peshok,

Siliguri).
166. Homoeoeerus serrifer (Westwood)
184. Oncotympana expansa (Walk.~
Distribution : Datjiling (Pashok).
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
167. Homoeoeerus signatus Walker
185. Petilla caleer (DaIl.)
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok) and
Distribution: DaIjiling (Sukna, Pashok).
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
186. Petillia lobipes (Westwood)
168. Homoeoeerus simiolus Distant
Distribution: Haora (Sibpur).
Distribution: Datjiling (Pashok).
187. Petiltia patulicollis (Walker)
169. Homoeoeerus strileornis Distant
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong ) and
Distribution :Darjiling (Darjiling) and JaIpaiguri (BTR).
J alpaiguri (BTR).
188. Petalocremis obscura DaIl.
170. Homoeoeerus linetus Distant
Distribution: Not known.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
189. Petilla notatipes (Walk.)
171. Homoeoeerus walkeri Kirby
Distribution: Not known.
Distribution : Darjiling (Peshok) and
190. Physomerus grossipes Fabricus
Jalpaiguri (Jainti).
Distribution : Not known.
172. Homoeoeerus punetieornis Bunn
191. PMonoloma cardoni Leithierry
Distribution: Not known.
Distribution: Not known.
Homeoeerus sp.
173.
192. Ricania specculum (Walk.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Panbari).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
174. Hydara orientalis Distant
193. Serinetha abdominalis (Fabricus )
Distribution : Not known.
Distribution : Not known.
175. Karenia ravida Distant
194. Serinetha augur (Fabricus)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
Distribution : Not known.
176. Lahugada dohertyi (Fabr.)
195· Serinetha rufomaculata (Fabricus)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR). Distribution : Not known.
177. Miens pietor (Fabr.)
Family BELOSTOMATIDAE
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR). Subfamily BELOSTOMATINAE
178. Miens tenebrosa (Fabr.) 196. Diplonychus molestus (Dufour)
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Kolkata.
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197. Diplonychus rusticus (Fabricus)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs. (Canning) Bantala), Bankura
(Joypur, Sonamukhi forest), Kolkata
(Ballygunge), HugH (Singur) and Murshidabad
(Kadamtala, Baharampur).
198. Diplonychus annulatus (Fabricius)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur),
Bankura (Amdangra), Barddhaman (Asansol),
Kolkata (Eden garden), Haora (Botanical
Garden), HugH (Bandel) and Nadia
(Baharampur).
Subfamily LETHOCERINAE
199. LethoceMlS indicus (Lepeletier &
Serville)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (DumDum,
Palta), Kolkata (Hastings), Darjiling (Pashok)
and Puruliya (Balarampur).
Family NEPIDAE
Subfamily NEPINAE
200. Laccotrephes griseus (Guerin)
Distribution: Kolkata (Tank, East of Kolkata,
Durgapur canal) and Darjiling (Siliguri).
201. Laccotrephes elongatus Montandon
Distribution : West Bengal.
202. Laccotrephes maculatus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
203. Laccotrephes ruber (Linnaeus)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Rajarhat),
Kolkata, Darjiling (Pashok, Kalimpong,
Munghphu) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Subfamily RANATRINAE
204. Ranatra elongata Fabricius
Distribution: Bankura (Santinekatan), HugH
(Debanandapur, Bande!), Jalpaiguri (BTR) and
Medinipur (Belpahari).
Ranatrafiliformis Fabricius
205.
Distribution : North ,24 Pgs. (Bartibill,
Barrackpore, Barrackpore), Kolkata (Kolkata,
Eden Gardens), Haora (Botanical Garden,
Sibphur) and HugH (SheoraphuH).
206. Ranatra longipes Stal.
Distribution : Kolkata.
207. Ranatra sordidula Dohrn
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
208. Ranatra varipes Stal.
Distribution : Kolkata (Dhappa, Indian
Museum, Kolkata pond).
Family NOTONECTIDAE
Subfamily ANISOPINAE
209. Anisops barbata Brooks
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
210. Anisops batillifrons Lundblad
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning,
Ranijhil, Bantala) and Darjiling (Mongpoo,
Sitong ridge).
211. Anisops bouvieM Kirkaldy
Distribution : Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
Murshidabad (Baharampur).
212. Anisops breddini Kirkaldy
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Matibazar,
Basirhat).
213. Anisops campbelli Brooks
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mongpu).
214. Anisops ca(fi-ons Brooks
Distribution : Kolkata.
215. Anisops crinitus Brooks
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Ranijhil,
Bantala) and Murshidabad (Baharampur).
216. Anisops kempi Brooks
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
217. Anisops nasutus Fieber
Distribution: Not known.
218. Anisops sardeus Herrich-Shaffer
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
219. Anisops lipovskyi Brooks
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling (Jor
pokhori).
Subfamily NOTONECfINAE
220. Enithares ciliata (Fabricius)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Sitong, Mongpu).
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Nychia sappho Kirkaldy
221.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bartibill,
Barrackpore) and Birbhum (Tarapith).
Family PLEIDAE
222. Paraplea frontalis (Fieber)
Distribution : Kolkata.
223. Paraplea indistinguenda Matsumura
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Harbour) and Kolkata (Indian Museum,
Kolkata Tank).
224. Paraplea liturata (Fieber)
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum).
Family HELOTREPHIDAE
225. Tiphotrephes indicus (Distant)
Distribution: Kolkata (Indian Museum).
Family GERRIDAE
Subfamily GERRINAE
226. Chimarrhometra orientalis (Distant)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Canning) and
Darjiling (Sitong, Sureil, J orphokhori,
Kurseong).
227. Eotrechus kalidasa Kirkaldy
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok) and
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
228. Aquarius adelaidis (Dohm)
Distribution: Bankura (Amdangra).
229. Gems gracilicornis (Horvath)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lebong, Kurseong,
Botanical Garden).
23 0 . Limnogonus (Limnogonus)
fossarum fossarum (Fabricius)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bartibill,
Barrackpore), South 24 Pgs. (Canning, Garia),
Kolkata (Indian Museum Tank, Eden Gardens),
Darjiling (Kurseong) and Haora (Botanical
Garden).
1.Jmnogonus (Limnogonus)
231.
nitidus (Mayr)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bartibill,
Barrackpore, Basirhat), South 24 Pgs.
(Canning), Bankura (Joypur Bishnupur),
Birbhum (Ballavpur), Kolkata (Zoological
Garden, Eden Gardens), Darjiling (Kurseong,
Senchal), Hugli (Sheorapuhuly) and Puruliya
(Puruliya).
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Limnometra anadyomene (Kirkaldy)
23 2 .
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning).
233. Limnometra jluvio'MI.m (Fabricius)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Palta), South
24 Pgs. (Garia) and Kolkata.
Neogerris parvula (Stal.)
234.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Matiabazar,
Basirhat), Bankura (Joypur forest), Kolkata
(Eden Gardens), Darjiling (Nam Ting Pokhri,
Sitang, Sevok), Jalpaiguri (Damanpur,
Alipurduar) and Puruliya (Puruliya).
Subfamily HALOBATINAE
235. Asclepios annandalei Distant
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Basanti).
236. Halobates flaviventris Eschscholtz
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Basanti).
237. Metrocoris stali (Dohm)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sureil).
Subfamily PTILOMERINAE
238. Ptilomera (Proptilomera)
himalayensis Hungerford & Matsuda
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
239. Ptilomera laticaudata (Hardwicke)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Basanti),
Bankura (Sonamukhi forest), Barddhaman
(Asansol) and J alpaiguri (Kalchini).
Subfamily RHAGADOTARSINAE
240. Rhagadotarsus (Rhagadotarsus)
kraepelini Breddin
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpo~e)
and Kolkata. .
Subfamily TREPOBATINAE
Naboandelus signatus Distant
241.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bartibill,
Barrackpore), Kolkata (Kolkata Tank).
Family HYDROMETRIDAE
Hydrometra greeni Kirkaldy
242.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bashirhat,
Barrackpore), Barddhaman (Asansol), Kolkata
(Indian Museum compound, Eden Gardens) and
Murshidabad (Baharampur).
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Family MESOVELIIDAE
243. Mesovelia vittigera Horvath
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs. (Bantala), Kolkata (Indian
Museum tank) and Jalpaiguri (Damanpur,
Alipurduar).
Family VELIIDAE
244. Microvelia albomaculata Distant
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
Kolkata (Ballygunge, East Kolkata wet land) and
DaIjiling (Siliguri).
245. Microvelia annandalei Distant
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Canning).
246. Microvelia burmanica Paiva
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Teesta River).
247. Microvelia. diluta Distant
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family LYGAEIDAE
Subfamily GEOCORINAE
248. Geocoris ochropterus (Fieber)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling and
Medinipur (Jhargram).
Subfamily LYGAEINAE
249. Graptostethus servus (Fabricius)
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur), Kolkata,
Darjiling, Jalpaiguri (BTR), Medinipur
(Jhargram) and Murshidabad (Jiyaganj,
Sagardighi).
250. Graptostethus quardrisignatus
Distant
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
251. Graptostethus trisignatus Distant
Distribution: Darjiling, Haora (Tarakeshwar)
and Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
252. Graptostethus verticalis (Dallas)
Distribution: Kolkata and Haora (Sibpur).
253. Lygaeosoma bipunctata (Dallas)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata and
Haora (Sibpur).
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254. Spilostethus hospes (Fabr.)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Bankura
(Simlapal), Kolkata, Medinipur (Khedriaghat,
Garbeta), Murshidabad (Sagardighi) and
Puruliya.
255. Spilostethus pendurus militaris
(Fabricius)
Distribution: Darjiling, Haora and Nadia
(Debagram).
Subfamily ORSILLINAE
256. Nysius ceylonicus (Motchulsky)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata, Koch
Bihar (Sonarpur) and DaIjiling.
257. Nysius inconspicuus Distant
Distribution : Barddhaman, K( lkata,
Darjiling, Haora and Jalpaiguri (Mendabari).
258. Nysius minor Distant
Distribution : Darjiling and Jalpaiguri
(Mendabari).
Subfamily PACHYGRONTHINAE
259. Pachygrontha bipunctata Stal.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Bankura
(Sonamukhi), Kolkata and Medinipur.
Subfamily RHYPAROCHROMINAE
260. Dieuches femoralis Dohrn
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur), Kolkata,
Darjiling and Medinipur (Haldia).
261. Dieuches sp.
Distribution : Bankura (Indus) and
Medinipur (Haldia).
262. Dieuches fuscans Distant
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
263. Dieuches uniguttatus Thunb.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
264. Elasmolomus sordidus (Fabr.)
Distribution: Bankura (Sabanpur), BirbhuIll
(Illambazar), Kolkata and Darjiling.
265. Metochus uniguttatus (Thunberg)
Distribution : Bankura (Indus), Kolkata.
Haora and Maldah (Paglahat).
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266. Paromius gracilis (Rambur)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip),
Bankura (Bishnupur), Kolkata, Koch Bihar
(Sonarpur), Darjiling, Haora, Medinipur
(Garbeta) and Murshidabad (Jangipur).
267. Paromius pallidus (Montrousier)
Distribution : Kolkata.
268. Paromius seychellesus Walk.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
269. Pseudopachybrachius guttus (Dalas)
Distribution: Bankura (Sonamukhi, Ashan,
Bishnupur), Birbhum (Illambazar), Medinipur
CDigha) and Puruliya (Ajodhya Hill).
270. Rhyparothesus sparsus (Distant)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
Subfamily HETEROGASTRINAE
271. Artemidorus pressus Distant
Distribution : Locality not known.
272. Dinomachus rhacnus Distant
Distribution : Locality not known.
273. Dinomachus indicus Distant
Distribution : Locality not known.
274. Dinomachus bengalensis
Mukhopadhyay
Distribution : Locality not known.
275. Boccharis indicus Mukhopadhyay
Distribution : Locality not known.
276. Sadletus pallescens Distant
Distribution : Locality not known.
Subfamily ARTHENEINI
277· Teutates sculpturatus Distant
Distribution : Locality not known.
Subfamily OXYCARENINAE
278. Oxycaren~ bicolor Fieber
Distribution : Locality not known.
279. Oxycarenus laetus Kirby
Distribution : Locality not known.
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Subfamily RHVPAROCHROMINAE
CLERADINI
280. Clerada apicicornis Signoret
Distribution : Locality not known.
Subfamily ANTILLOCORNI
281. Botocudo signandus (Distant)
Distribution : Locality not known.
282. Botocudo punctatus Mukhopadhyay
Distribution : Locality not known.
Subfamily LETHAEINI
283. Neolhaeus indicus Mukhopadhyay
Distribution: Locality not known.
284. HexatrichocoMs melleus Kiritshenko
Distribution : Locality not known.
285. Lethaeus indicus Dallas
Distribution : Locality not known.
286. Diniella bengalensis Distant
Distribution : Locality not known.
Subfamily DRYMINI
287. Lemnius ovatus Distant
Distribution : Locality not known.
288. Appolonius cincticornis (Walker)
Distribution: Locality not known.
289. Appolonius crassus (Distant)
Distribution : Locality not known.
290. Thebanus bengalensis Mukhopadhyay
Distribution: Locality not known.
291. Kanigarajlavomarginata Distant
Distribution : Locality not known.
292. Scolopostethus montanus (Distant)
Distribution: Locality not known.
293· Scolopostethus bengalensis
Mukhopadhyay
Distribution : Locality not known.
Subfamily OZOPHORINI
294· Primierus bispinus (Motschulsky)
Distribution : Locality not known.
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Subfamily STYGNOCORINI
295. Arrianus excavatus Distant
Distribution : Locality not known.
Subfamily RHYPAROCHROMINI
296. Elasmolomus paralineosus
Mukhopadhyay
Distribution : Locality not known.
297. Lachnesthus leucospilus (Walker)
Distribution : Locality not known.
298. Rhyparothesus ornatulus (Distant)
Distribution : Locality not known.
299. Rhyparothes.us sparsus (Distant)
Distribution : Locality not known.
300. Dieuches coloratus (Distant)
Distribution : Locality not known.
Poeantis festivus Distant
301.
Distribution : Locality not known.
Subfamily MEGALONOTHINI
302. Proderus spinosus (Distant)
Distribution : Locality not known.
Subfamily MYODOCHINI
303. Suffenus fusconervosus
(Motschulsky)
Distribution : Locality not known.
304. Stigmatonotum cephalotes
(Kiritshenko)
Distribution : Locality not known.
305. Stigmatonotum minutum Malipatil
Distribution : Locality not known.
306. Pachybrachius annulipes
(Baerensprung)
Distribution : Locality not known.
307. Horridipamera nietneri (Dohrn)
Distribution : Locality not known.
30B. Pseudpachybrachius guttus
(Dallas)
Distribution: Locality not known.
309. Paromius gracilis (Rambur)
Distribution : Locality not known.
310. Paromius pallidus (Montrousier)
Distribution : Locality not known.
311. Paromius exiguus (Distant)
Distribution : Locality not known.
312. Pamerana nigritula (Walker)
Distribution : Locality not known.
313. Paraeucosmefus pallicornis (Dallas)
Distribution : Locality not known.
314. Paraeucosmetus brachylabius
Mukhopadhyay
Distribution : Locality not known.
DOUBTFUL TAXA
315. Prostemmidea mimica Reuter
Distribution : Locality not known.
316. Meschia quadrimaculata Distant
Distribution : Locality not known.
317. Meschia pugnax Distant
Distribution : Locality not known.
Family REDUVIIDAE
Subfamily TRIBELOCEPHALINAE
31B. Apocaucus laneus Distant
Distribution : Darjiling, Kolkata.
319. Tribelocephala indica (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
Subfamily STENOPODINAE
320. Oncocephalus annulipes Stal.
Distribution: Kolkata (Indian Museum,
Tollygunj) and Medinipur (Haldia).
321. Oncocephalus impudicus Reut.
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
322. Oncocephalus morosus Distant
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
323. Oncocephalus naboides (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata (Kolkata).
324. Pygolampis unicolor Walker
Distribution : Kolkata.
325. Sastrapada baerensprungi (Stal.)
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
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Subfamily ACANTHSPIDINAE
326. Acanthaspis fulvipes (Dallas)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sevok) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
327. Acanthaspis lineatipes Reuter
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo).
328. Acanthaspis maculata (Distant)
Distribution: Darjiling and Medinipur.
329. Acanthaspis sexguttata (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
330. Centrocnemis stali Reut.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
331. Isdegardes melanocephalus Distant
Distribution : Kolkata.
332. Psophis erythraea Stal.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
333. Reduvius knyvetti Distant
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, Ghumti).
334. Conorhinus rubrofasciatus (de Geer)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barasat) and
Medinipur (Jambani forest, Jhargram).
335. Sminthocoris fusipennis (Stal.)
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
336. Velitra rubropicta (Amy. & Serv.)
Distribution : Kolkata.
337. Velitra sinensis (Walker)
Distribution : Bankura.
Subfamily ECTRICHODIINAE
338. Ectrychotes abbreviatus Reut.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barasat) and
Haora (Chunahati).
339· Ectrychotes crudelis (Fabr.)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur) and
Kolkata.
340. Ectrychotes dispar Reut.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Madhupur,
Casipur) and Kolkata.
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341. Ectrychotes pilicornis (Fabr.)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Madhupur,
Casipur).
342. Ectrychotes scute"aris (Bredd.)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Singla).
343. Haemato.,.,.hopus tuberculatus Stal.
Distribution : DaIjiling (Sukna).
344. Scadra sincticornis Kirby
Distribution : Koch Bihar (Mathabhanga).
345. Vilius melnopterus Stal.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily HARPACTORINAE
346. Coranus fuscipennis Reut.
Distribution : Kolkata.
347. Coranus obscurus (Kirby)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
348. Coranus spiniscutis Reut.
Distribution : Kolkata.
349. Cydnocoris crocatus Stal.
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla) and
J alpaiguri (BTR).
350. Cydnocoris gilvus (Burm.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
351. Endochus atricapillus Distant
Distribution: DaIjiling (Singla).
352. Endochus nigricornis Stal.
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
353. Endochus umbrinus Distant
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
354· Epidaus atrispinus Stal.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Rajabhatkhawa).
355· Epidaus famulus (Stal.)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
356. Euagoras plagiaf';'S (Burm.)
Distribution : Kolkata (Museum), Darjiling
(Sukna, Karmatala, Darjiling) and Jalpaiguri
(BTR). '
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357. Ga"obe'icus typicus Distant
Distribution: DaIjiling (Pashok).
358. Irantha armipes (sta1.)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Pashok).
359. Isyndus reticulatus reticulatus
(Stal.)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom).
360. Lopocephala guerini Lap.
Distribution : Kolkata.
361. Macracanthropsis hampsoni
Distant
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
362. Platerus pilcheri Distant
Distribution: Darjiling (Brich hills, Darjiling).
363. Polididus armatissimus Stal.
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum) and
DaIjiling (Kurseong).
364. Rhynocoris costalis (Stal.)
Distribution: Medinipur (Salbani).
365. Rhynocoris /uscipes Fabr.
Distribution: Murshidabad (Beldanga).
366. Rhynocoris marginellus (Fabr.)
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden).
367. Rhynocoris nigricollis (Dallas)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, Ghumti).
368. Rihirbus trochantericus Stal.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong),
Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
369. Scipinia horrida (Stal.)
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
370. Sphedanolestes bowringi Distant
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
371. Sphedanolestes indicus Reut.
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
372. Sphedanolestes mendicus (Sta1.)
Distribution : Kolkata.
373. Sphedanolestes pubinotum Reut.
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok, Kalimgpong,
Kurseong).
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374. Sphedanolestes pulchMventris (Stal.)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
375. Sycanus affinis Reut.
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
376. Sycanus col'aris (Fabricius)
Distribution: Bankura (Susunia), Jalpaiguri
(BTR) and Medinipur (Jhargram, Jambani
forest).
377. Sycanus croceovittatus (Fabricius)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
378. Vesbius purpureus (Thunb.)
Distribution: Kolkata (Indian Museum).
379. Vesbius sanguineous Stal.
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
380. Villanovanus dichrous (Stal.)
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
Subfamily NABIDINAE
381. Nabis capsijormis Germ.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
Subfamily PIRATINAE
382. Ectomocoris atrox (Stal.)
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling (Singla).
383. Ectomocoris cordiger Stale
Distribution : Kolkata.
384. EctomocoMs elegans (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
385. Ectomocoris ochropterus Stal.
Distribution : Kolkata.
386. Ectomocoris quadriguttatus
(Fabricus)
Distribution : Kolkata.
387. Pirates qffinis (Serv.)
Distribution : Kolkata.
388. Pirates arcuatus (Stal.)
Distribution: Kolkata and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
389. Pirates atromaculatus (Stal.)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling (Singla,
Darjiling) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
390. Pirates lepturoides (Wolff)
Distribution : Kolkata.
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391. Pirates sanctus (Fabr.)
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum
building), Haora (Sibpur) and Medinipur
(Kharagpur).
392. Sirthenea jlavipes (Stal.)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily SAICINAE
393. Polytoxus pallescens Distant
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family PYRRHOCORIDAE
Subfamily EUROPTHALMINAE
394. Iphita limbata Stal.
Distribution : Kolkata, DaIjiling, J alpaiguri
(BTR), Maldah (Manikchak), Nadia and W.
Dinajpur (Kernnijhorea).
395. Macroceraea grandis (Gray)
Distribution: Kolkata, Koch Bihar, DaIjiling,
Maldah (Nishipur) and Nadia (Patuli).
396. Physopelta cincticolis Stal.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
397. Physopelta quadriguttata Bergr
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
398. Physopelta gutta Burm.
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Goom,
Kurseong) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
399. Physopelta schlanbuschi Fabricus
Distribution: Kolkata (Dattabad, Bagmari),
Koch Bihar (Dinhata), Darjiling (Kurseong,
Kalimpong), Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Maldah
(Gaur).
Subfamily PYRRHOCORINAE
400. Antilochus coquebertii (Fabricus)
Distribution: Kolkata, DaIjiling (Chinabati,
Morpong, Mal forest) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
401. Antilochus russes Stal.
Distribution : Darjiling and W. Dinajpur
(Rayganj).
402. Dindimus lanius Stal.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
403. Dindimus rubiginosus Fabr.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
404. Dysdercus evanescens Distant
Distribution Darjiling (Kalijhora,
Rangiroom Rangpo, Sukiapukri, Hanafalls,
Ghum Bhanjang) and Jalpaiguri (Madrihat,
Garumara Forest).
405. Dysdercus koenigii (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata, DaIjiling (Singla),
Jalpaiguri (Hasimara), Murshidabad
(Kadampur) and Nadia (Bahadurpur forest).
406. Dysdercus olivaceus Fabr.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
407. Dysdercus poceilus (H&S )
Distribution : DaIjiling.
408. Euscopus rujipes Stal.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Lebong).
409. Megadysdercus mesiostigma
(Distant)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
410. Melamphaus rubrocinctus (Stal.)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kurseong, Pashok).
411. Melamphaus rubrocinctus (Stal.)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
412. Odontopus nigricornis Stal.
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna, Mahanadi)
and Jalpaiguri (Apalchand, Kathambari).
413. Odontopus scutellaris Walker
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
414. Pyrrhopeplus carduelis var.
posthumus Horvath
Distribution Darjiling (Gayabari,
Mahanadi).
415. Pyrrhopeplus pictus Distant
Distribution : DaIjiling.
416. Scantius forsteri volucris Gerort
Distribution: Kolkata (Tollygunge).
Family APHIDIDAE
Subfamily APHIDINAE
4 17. Aphis fabae Scopoli group
Distribution: Not known.
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418. Aphis citricola Van der Goot
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Raydak)
419. Aphis craccivora Koch
Distribution: Not known.
420. Aphis glycines Matsumura
Distribution : Darjiling.
421. Aphis gossypii Glover Group
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Raydak)
422. Aphis kurosawai Takahashi
Distribution: DaIjiling.
423. Aphis longisetosa Basu
Distribution : DaIjiling.
424. Aphis nasturtii Kaltenbach
Distribution: Not known.
425. Aphis nerii Boyer cl.e Fonscolombe
Distribution : Not known.
426. Aphis punicae Passerini
Distribution : Darjiling.
427. Aphis rubifolii Thomas
Distribution : DaIjiling.
428. Indiaphis crassicornis Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
429. Hyalopterus pMlni (Geoffroy)
Distribution : Darjiling.
430. Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas)
Distribution: Not known.
431. Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de
Fonscolombe)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Raydak).
432. Toxoptera citricidus (Kirkaldy)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Raydak).
433. Toxoptera odinae van der Goot
Distribution: Not known.
434. Melanaphis bambusae (Fullaway)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
435. Melanaphis meghalayensis
bengalensis Raychaudhuri and BaneIjee
Distribution : DarjiIing.
436. Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner)
Distribution : Not known.
667
437. Melanaphis vandergooti
Raychaudhuri and BaneIjee
Distribution : Darjiling.
438. Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch)
Distribution : Bankura, Barddaman,
Birbhum, Kolkata, Koch Bihar, DaIjiIing, Haora,
Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Medinipur and
Murshidabad.
439. Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
440. Rhopalosiphum padi (Linnaeus)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
441. Rhopalosiphum nifiabdominalis
(Sasaki)
Distribution: Not known.
442. Schizahis ? punjabipyri (Das)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
443. Schizaphis graminum (Rondani)
Distribution: Darjiling.
444. Acrythosiphon pisum (Harris)
Distribution : Not known.
445. Acutosiphon obliquoris Basu, Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri
Distribuh'on : Darjiling.
446. Acyrthosiphon caraganae
(Cholodkosky)
Distribution : Darjiling.
447. Acyrthosiphon malvae (Mosley)
Distribution : Daljiling.
448. Acyrthosiphon rubi (Narzikulov)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
449. Aiceona longisetosa Ghosh and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution: Darjiling.
450. Akkaia bengalensis Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
451. Akkaia neopolygoni Ghosh, Ghosh,
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
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45 2 . Aleurodaphis blumeae van der Goot
Distribution : DaIjiling.
453. Amphicercidus indicus Hille Ris
Lambers and Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
454. Amphorophora ampullata
bengalensis Hille Ris Lambers and Basu
Distribution: DaIjiling.
455. Aulacorthum (Neomyzus)
circumflexum Buckton
Distribution: Not known.
456. Aulacorthum (Neomyzus)
dendrobii (Basu)
Distribution : Darjiling.
457. Aulacorthum fagopyri. Ghosh and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
458. Aulacorthum magnoliae (Essig and
Kuwana)
Distribution : Darjiling.
459. Aulacorthum nipponicum (Essig
and Kuwana)
Distribution : Darjiling.
460. Aulacorthum rhamni.Ghosh, Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
461. Aulacorthum solani (Kaltenbach)
Distribution : Not known.
462. Brachycaudus helichrysi
(Kaltenbach)
Distribution: Not known.
463. Brachymyzus jasmini Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
464· Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Not known.
465· Capitophorus fonnosartemisiae
(Takahashi)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
466. Capitophorus himalayensis Ghosh,
Ghosh and Raychaudhuri
Distribution: Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
467. CapitophoMlS hippophaes
javanicus Hille Ris Lambers
Distribution : DarjiIing.
468. Capitophorus hippophaes
mitegoni Eastop
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
469. Capitophorus indicus Ghosh and
Raychaudhri
Distribution : Darjiling.
470. Capitophorus mitegoni Eastop
Distribution : Darjiling.
471. Cavariella aegopodi (Scopoli)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
472. Cavariella biswasi Ghosh, Basu and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
473. Cavariella nigra Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
474. Cavariella salicicola (Matsumura)
Distribution : Darjiling.
475. Coloradoa nifomaculata (Wilson)
Distribution : Darjiling.
476. Cryptosiphum artemsiae Buckton
Distribution : Darjiling.
477. Diphorodon cannabis (Bomer)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
478. Dysaphis multisetosa Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
479. Eymyzus DaJ:jilingensis Basu and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
480. Hayhurstia atriplicis (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Darjiling.
481. Hillerislambersia DaJ:jilingi Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
482. Hyadaphis coMand"; (Das)
Distribution : Darjiling.
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483. Hyperomyzus carduellinus
(Theobald)
Distribution : Darjiling.
484. lmpatientium impatiens (Shinji)
Distribution : Darjiling.
485. Indomyzus sensoriatus Ghosh,
Ghosh and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
486. Liosomaphis himalayensis Basu
DiStribution : Darjiling.
487. Lipahis erysimi (Kaltenbach)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
488. Macromyzella polypodicola Ghosh,
Basu and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
489. Macromy~
(Anthracosiphoniella) maculatum
(Basu)
Distribution : Darjiling.
490. Macromyxus (Macromyzus)
woodwardiae Takahashi
Distribution : Darjiling.
491. Macromyxus manoji Raha and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
492. Macrosiphoniella
(Phalangomyzus) grandicauda
Takahashi and Moritsu
Distribution : DaIjiling.
493. Macrosiphoniella kalimpongensis
Basu and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
494. Macrosiphoniella
pseudoartemesiae Shinji
Distribution : Darjiling.
495. Macrosiphoniella sanborni (Gillette)
Distribution: Not known.
496. Macrosiphoniella spinepes Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
497. Macrosiphoniella yomogifoliae
(Shinji)
Distribution : Darjiling
498. Macrosiphum (Macrosiphum)
rosae (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Darjiling.
499. Macrosiphum (Macrosipum)
Pachysiphon Hille Ris Lambers
Distribution : Darjiling.
500. Macrosiphum fagopyri Ghosh &
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
501. Matsumuraja capitophoroides Hille
Ris Lambers
Distribution: Darjiling.
502. Matsumuraja nuditerga Hille Ris
Lambers
Distribution : Darjiling.
503. Matsumuraja urticae Ghosh, Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
504. Metopolophium
(Metopolophinum) darjeelingensis
Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
505. Metopolophium
(Metopolophinum) davidi Raychaudhuri,
Ghosh and Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
506. Metopoplophium
(Metopolophinum) Raychaudhuri, Ghosh
and Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
507. Micromyzus granoitae Ghosh,
Ghosh and Raychaudhuri
Distribution: Darjiling.
508. Micromyzus judenkoi Carver
Distribution : Darjiling.
509. Micromyzus kalimpongensis BasH
Distribution : Darjiling.

510. Micromyzus nigrum Van der Goot
Distribution : DaIjiling.
511. Myzakkaia himalayensis Basu
Distribution : DaIjiling.
512. Myzakkaia polygonicola Basu
Distribution : DaIjiling.
513. Myzakkaia kuwanis (Ghosh, Basu
and Raychaudhuri)
Distribution : Darjiling.
514. Myzus (Nectarosiphon) persicae
(Sulzer)
Distribution : Not known.
515. Myzus (}Vectarosiphon)
ascalonicus Doncaster
Distribution : Darjiling.
516. Myzus (Sciamyzus) cymbalariae
Stroyan
Distribution : Darjiling.
517. Myzus brevi(oMnosanus siphon
Takahashi
Distribution : DaIjiling.
518. Myzus cerasi umifoliae (Shinji)
Distribution : Darjiling.
519. Myzus dycei Carver
Distribution : Darjiling.
520. Myzus filicis Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
52 1. Myzus lefroyi Basu and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
52 2. Myzus leptotrichus David, Rajasingh
and Narayanan
Distribution : Darjiling.
5 2 3. Myzus maculocorpus Basu and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
52 4. Myzus manoji Basu and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
52 5. Myzus ornatus Laing
Distribution: Not known.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
526. Myzus persicae (Sulzer)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
527. Myzus ranunculinus (Walker)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
528. Myzus siegesbeckicola Strand
Distribution : DaIjiling.
529. Neoacyrthosiphon holsti Takahashi
Distribution : DaIjiling.
530. Neoacyrthosiphon rhododendri
Ghosh and Raychoudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
531. Neoacyrthosiphon takahashii Ghosh
Distribution : DaIjiling.
532. }Veomyzus (ParaneOTJRYzus)
decentrae (Basu)
Distribution : Darjiling.
533. Neomyzus dendrobi (Basu)
Distribution: Not known.
534. Neomyzus circuntflexus (Buckton)
Distribution : Not known.
535. Oedisiphum soureni Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
536. Pentalonia nigroneMJosa Coquerel
Distribution : Not known.
537. Perllaphis perillae (Shinji)
Distribution : Darjiling.
538. Pleotrichophorus glandulosus
(Kaltenbach)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
539. Pseudaphis abyssinica Hille Ris
lambers
Distribution : Darjiling.
540. Rhodobium porOSUTJR (Sanderson)
Distribution : Darjiling.
541. Semiaphis heraclei (Takahashi)
Distribution : Darjiling.
542. Shinjia pteridifoliae Shinji
Distribution : DaIjiling.
SANYAL et ale : Animal Diversity
543. Sinomegoura citricola (van der Goot)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
544. Sinomegoura photinae (Takahashi)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
545. Sinomegoura rhododendri
(Takahashi)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
546. Sitobion akebiae (Shinji)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
547. Sitobion aulacorthoide (David,
Narayanan and ~jasingh)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
548. Sitobion gravelii (Goot)
Dis~bution : DaIjiling.
549. Sitobion indicum (Basu)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
. 550. Sitobion lambersi David
Distribution : DaIjiling.
551. Sitobion microspinulosum David,
Narayanan and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
552. Sitobion mimosae (Ghosh, Basu and
Raychaudhuri)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
553. Sitobion miscanthi (Takahashi)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
554. Sitobion plectranthi Ghosh, Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
555. Sitobion pseudoluteum (Ghosh)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
556. Sitobion rosaeformis (Das)
Distribution: Not known.
557. Sitobion sikkimensis (Ghosh and
Raychaudhuri)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
558. Sitobion takahashii (Eastop)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
559. Subovatomyzus leucosceptri Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
560. Taiwanomyzus darjilingensis
Ghosh, Basu and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
561. Taiwanaphis kalipadi (Raychaudhuri
and Ghosh)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
562. Tricaudatus polygoni (Narzikulov)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
563. Trichaitophorus recurvispinus
Hille Ris Lambers and Basu
Distribution : DaIjiling.
564. Trichosiphonaphis (Xenomyzus)
polygoni (van der Goot)
Distribution : Darjiling.
565. Trichosiphmt.b.phis gerbarae Ghosh
and Raychoudhuri
Distribution: Darjiling .
566. Tuberaphis hydrangeae digitata
Hille Ris Lambers and Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
567. Tuberaphis indica Ghosh and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution: Darjiling.
568. Tuberaphis loranthi (van der Goot)
Distribution : Darjiling.
569. Tuberocephalus sasaki (Matsumura)
Distribution : Darjiling.
570. Uroleucon (Uremelan) gobonis
(Matsumara)
Distribution : Darjiling.
571. Uroleucon (Uroleucon)
formosanus crepidis Ghosh, Ghosh and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
572. Uroleucon (Uroleucon) sonchi
(Linnaeus)
Distribution: Not known.
573. Uroleucon (Uromelan) compositae
(Theobald)
Distribution : Darjiling.

574. Uroleucon (Uromelan) lambersi
Ghosh, Basu and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
575. Uroleucon budhium Banerjee, Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
576. Vesiculaphis caricis (Fullaway)
Distribution : Darjiling.
577. Vesiculaphis grandis Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
578. Vesiculaphis kalimpongensis
Ghosh, Basu and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
579. Vesiculaphis pieridis Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
580. Vesiculaphis rhododendM. Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
581. Vesiculaphis verbasci Chowdhuri,
Basu, Chakrabarti and
Distribution : Darjiling.
582. Xenomyzus polygoni (vander Goot)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
583. Xenomyzus scabripes Basu, Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
584. Pterocomma sp.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Subfamily ANNOECIINAE
585. Aiceona pallida Ghosh and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
586. Aiceona paraosugii Ghosh and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
587· Aiceona pseudosugii David, Sekhon
and
. Bindra
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
588. Aiceona retipennis David,
Narayanan and Raj as ingh°
Distribution : Darjiling.
589. Aiceona robustiseta Ghosh and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
590. Aiceona titaba,.ensis (Raychaudhuri
and Ghosh)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
591. Anoecia radiciphaga Pal and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily CALLIPTERINAE
592. Betacallis p-runicola Basu, Ghosh and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
593. Betacallis quericiphaga Basu, Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
594. Betulaphis longicornis Quednau and
Chakrabarti
Distribution : Darjiling.
595. Clethrobius dryobius Chakrabarti
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
596. Chaitophorus dorocolus Matsumura
Distribution : DaIjiIing.
597. Chaitophorus indicu.s Ghosh, Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
598. ChaitophoMlS sp.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
599. Cranaphis indica Chakrabarti and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
600. Mesocallis obtusirostris Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
601. Neocranaphis pusilla Basu
Distribution: Not known.
SANYAL et ale : Animal Diversity
602. Periphyllus bengalensis Ghosh and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
603. Periphyllus californiensis Shinji
Distribution : Darjiling.
604. Periphyllus himalayensis
Chakrabarti
Distribution : Darjiling.
605. Shivaphis celti Das
Distribution : Darjiling.
606. Subtakecallis brevisetosus
Raychaudhuri and Pal
Distribution : Darjiling.
607. Subtakecallis pilosa (David,
Rajasingh and Narayanan)
Distribution : Darjiling.
60B. Takecallis arundinariae (Essig)
Distribution : Darjiling.
609. Taoia indica (Ghosh and
Raychaudhuri)
Distribution : Darjiling.
610. Taiwanaphis kalipadi
(Raychaudhuri and Ghosh)
Distribution : Darjiling.
611. Tinocallis distinctus Ghosh, Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
612. Tinocallis himalayensis Ghosh,
Ghosh and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
613. Tinocallis kahawaluokalani
(Kirkaldy)
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
614. Trichaitophorus recurvispinus
Hille Ris Lambers and Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
615. Yamatocallis obscura (Ghosh,
Ghosh and Raychaudhuri)
Distribution : Darjiling.
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Subfamily GREENIDEINAE
616. Anomalosiphum indigoferae
Ghosh, Ghosh and Raychoudhuri
Distribution: Darjiling.
617. Brevitrichosiphon raychaudhurii
Raychaudhuri, Ghosh, Banerjee and Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
61B. Cervaphis rappardi indica Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
619. Cerataphis lataniae (Boisduval,)
Distribution : Darjiling.
620. Euthoracaphis heterotricha Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution: Darjiling.
621. Eutrichosiphum
(Neoparatrichosiphum) raychaudhuri
(Ghosh)
Distribution : Darjiling.
622. Eutrichosiphum (Eutrichosiphum)
pasaniae Szelegiewicz
Distribution : Darjiling.
623. Eutrichosiphum (Eutrichosiphum)
sankari Raychaudhuri, Ghosh, Banerjee and
Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
624. Eutrichosiphum (Eutrichosiphunt)
taoi Ghosh, Basu and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
625. Eutrichosiphum
(Paratrichosiphum) alnicola (Basu)
Distribution : Darjiling.
626. Eutrichosiphum
(Paratrichosiphum) tattakanum
(Takahashi)
Distribution: Darjiling.
627. Greenidea (Greenidea)
Chakrabartii Raychaudhuri, Saha and
Kundu
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
62B. Greenidea (Green idea) longiroshois
Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
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629. Greenidea (Greenidea) ficicola
Takahashi
Distribution : Darjiling.
630. Greenidea (Greenidea) longicornis
Ghosh, Ghosh and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
631. Greenidea (Greenidea) neoficicola
Ghosh, Ghosh and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
632. Greenidea (Greenidea)
photiniphaga Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
633. Greenidea (Neogreenidea) ayyari
Raychaudhuri, Ghosh, Banerjee and Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
634. Greenidea (Neogreenidea)
longisetosa Raychaudhuri, Ghosh, Banerjee
and Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
635. Greenidea (Neogreenidea)
querciphaga Raychadhuri, Ghosh,
Banerjee and Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
636. Greenidea (Paragreenidea)
symplocosis Ghosh, Basu and Raychadhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
637· Greenidea (Trichosiphum) anonae
(Pergande)
Distribution : Darjiling.
638. Greenidea (Trichosiphum)
bucktoni Ghosh, Basu and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
639· Greenidea (Trichosiphum)
formosana heeri Raychaudhuri, Ghosh,
Banerjee and Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
640. Greenidea (Trichosiphum)
schoutedeni Raychaudhuri, Ghosh,
Banerjee and Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
641. Greenidea (Tri.chosiphum)
spinotibium Chatterjee and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
642. Greenidea chakrabarti
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
643. Greenideoidea (Neogreenideoidea)
Raychadhuri and Chatterjee
Distribution : Darjiling.
644. Greenideoidea
(Pentatrichosiphum) luteum (Basu)
Distribution : Darjiling.
645. Holotrichosiphum dubius (van der
Goot)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
646. Holotrichosiphum russellae Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
647. Mollitrichosiphum
(Metatrichosiphon) alni Ghosh, Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
648. Mollitrichosiphum
(Metatrichosiphon) nandii Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
649. Mollitrichosiphum
(Mollitrichosiphum) shinji
Raychaudhuri, Ghosh Banerjee and Ghosh.
Distribution : Darjiling.
650. Mollitrichosiphum
(Mollitrichosiphum) tenuicorpus
(Okajima)
Distribution : Darjiling.
651. Schoutedenia lutea (van der Goot)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
652. Sumatraphis celti Takahashi
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily HORMAPHIDINAE
653. Astegopteryx minuta (van der Goot)
Distribution : Darjiling.
654· Cerataphis lataniae (Ghesquire)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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655. Ceratoglyphina bambusae
bengalensis Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
656. Ceratouacuna indica Ghosh, Pal and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
657. Ceratouacuna lanigera Zehnter
i?istribution : Darjiling.
658. Ceratouacuna perglandulosa Basu,
Ghosh and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
659. Ceratouacuna siluestrii (Takahashi)
Distribution : Darjiling.
660. Ceratouacuna spinulosa Ghosh and
Raychadhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
661. Chaitoregma tattakana (Takahashi)
Distribution : Darjiling.
662. Glyphinaphis bambusae van der
Goot
Distribution : Darjiling.
663. Pseudoastegopteryx himalayensis
Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
664. Pseudoastegopteryx alexandn
(Takahashi)
Distribution : Darjiling.
665. Pseudoastegopteryx bucktoni
Ghosh, Pal and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
666. Pseudoastegopteryx a panicola
(Takahashi)
Distribution : Darjiling.
667. Hemipodaphis monstrata David,
Narayanan and Rajasingh
Distribution : Darjiling.
668. Nipponaphis (Pseudonipponaphis)
himalayensis Ghosh and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
675
669. Nipponaphis (Pseudonipponaphis)
machilibhaga Takahashi
Distribution : Darjiling.
670. Nipponaphis manoji Ghosh and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
671. Sinonipponaphis halboelliae (Ghosh
and Raychaudhuri)
Distribution: Darjiling.
672. Tubearphis indica Ghosh,Ghosh and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
673. Tubearphis loranthi (von der Goot).
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily LACHNINAE
674. Lachnus tropicalis (van der Goot)
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
675. Nippolachnus bengalensis Basu and
Hille Ris Lambers
Distribution : Darjiling.
676. Nippolachnus pin Matsumura
Distribution : Darjiling.
677. Nippolachus himalayensis (van der
Goot)
Distribution : Darjiling.
678. Pyrolachnus pyn (Buckton)
Distribution : Darjiling.
679. Stomaphis mordvilkoi Hille Ris
Lambers
Distribution : Darjiling.
680. Tuberolachnus (Tuberlachniella)
scleratus Hille Ris Lambers and Basu
Distribution : Darjiling.
681. Tuberolachnus salignus (Gnlelin)
Distribution: Darjiling.
Subfamily PEMPHIGINAE
682. Chaetogeoica graminiphaga
Raychaudhuri, Pal and Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.

683. Chaetogeoica polychaeta
Raychaudhuri, Pal and Ghosh
Distribution : Not known.
684. Cinara tujafitina (Del Guercio)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
685. Ceratoglyphina bambusae
bengalensis Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
686. Formosaphis micheliae Takahashi
Distribution : Darjiling.
687. Geocia sikkimensis Raychaudhuri,
Pal and Ghosh
Distribution : Kolkata.
688. Geoica lucifuga (Zehntner)
Distribution : Kolkata.
689. Chaitoregma tattakana (Takahashi)
Distribution : Darjiling.
690. Forda marginata Koch
Distribution : Kolkata.
691. Pemphigus vulgaris Raychaudhuri,
Ghosh and Pal
Distribution : Darjiling.
692. Platypleura assamensis
Raychoudhuri and Ghosh
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
693. Prociphilus micheliae Hille Ris
Lambers
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
694. Scoutedenia lutea (van der Goot)
Distribution : Darjiling.
695. Tetraneura (Indotetraneura)
basui Hille Ris Lambers
Distribution : Darjiling.
696. Tetraneura (Tetraneura)
kalinmpongensis Raychaudhuri, Pal and
Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
697. Tetraneura (Tetraneura)
multisetosa Raychaudhuri, Pal and Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
698. Tetraneura (Tetraneurella)
nigriabdominalis (Sasaki)
Distribution : Darjiling.
699. Tetraneura radicicola Strand
yezoensis Matsumura group
Distribution : Darjiling.
70 0 . Smynthurodes betae Westwood
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family APHIDIDAE
701. Cinara tujafilina (del Guercio)
Distribution.: J alpaiguri (Raydall).
Family CERCOPIDAE
Subfamily CERCOPINAE
702. Abidama producta (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
703. Abidama ,-ufula Distant
Distribution : Darjiling.
704. Aphrophora nancyae Distant
Distribution : Darjiling.
705. Aphrophora permutata Uhler
Distribution : Kolkata.
706. Aphrophora sigillifera Walker
Distribution : Darjiling.
707. Callitettix versicolor (Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura.
708. Clovia bipunctata Kirby
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., HugH and
Nadia.
709. Clovia conifer (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling, H ugli and Puruliya.
710. Clovia puncta (Walker)
Distribution : Barddhaman.
711. Cosmoscarta decisa (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri (Bani
Forest, Chilapata).
712. Cosmoscarta dimiata var.
tMpunctata Atkinson
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Bani forest,
Chilapata).
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713. Cosmoscarta dorsimacula (Walker) 732. Phymatostetha basiclava (Walker)

Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri Distribution : Darjiling.
(Jaldapara Sanctuary). 733. Phymatostetha pudens (Walker)
714. Cosmoscarta egens (Walker)
Distribution: Not known.
Distribution : Darjiling.
734. Poophilus costalis (Walker)
715. Cosmoscarta fumosa Distant
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Distribution : Not known.
DaIjiling, Medinipur and Nadia.
716. Cosmoscarta fumosa yare obscura
735. Ptyelus affinis Distant
Lallemard
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Not known.
717. Cosmoscarta hyalinipennis Distant 736. Ptyelus hirsutus (Kirby)
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution: Hugli.
718. Cosmoscarta macgillivrayi Distant 737. Ptyelus nebulosus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution: Nadia (Bahadurpura Forest).
719. Cosmoscarta metallica Distant 738. Ptyelus praefractus (Distant)
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : DaIjiling.
720. Cosmoscarta minor Atkins Subfamily MACHAEROTINAE
Distribution : Darjiling. 739. Machaerota assamensis Distant
721. Cosmoscarta setapunctata (Walker) Distribution : DaIjiling.
Distribution: Darjiling. 740. Machaerota planitiae Distant
722. Cosmoscarta thoracica Distant
Distribution: Kolkata.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family CICADELLIDAE
723. Cosmoscarta trigona (Walker)
741. Amritodus atkinsoni (Lethierry)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. , Jalpaiguri and
724. Eoscarta fuscta Distant
Maldah.
Distribution : Darjiling.
742. Cofana spectra (Distant)
725. Hindoloides indicians Distant
Distribution: Bankura, Kolkata, Jalpaiguri,
Distribution : Kolkata.
Maldah and Puruliya.
726. Jembrana bipartita Distant
743. Cicadula indica Pruthi
Distribution: Not known.
Distribution: Not known.
727. Jembrana costalis Distant
744. Cofana mimica (Distant)
Distribution : Darjiling.
728. Jembrana obesa Distant Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Kolkata, Koch
Bihar, Jalpaiguri and Medinipur.
Distribution : Darjiling.
729. Leptataspis fulviceps (Dallas) 745. Deltocephalus notatus Pruthi
Distribution: Darjiling. Distribution: Not known.
730. Paphnutius ostentus Distant 746. Empoasca sp.
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Not known.
731. Philagra fusiformes (Walker) 747. Eugnathodus indica Pruthi
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution: Not known.

748. Eugnathodus ocellatus Pruthi
Distribution : Not known.
749. Eugnathodus (Nesosteles)
sanguinescens (Kirkaldy)
Distribution : Kolkata.
750. Eutettix physitis Distant
Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah.
751. Evacanthus repexus (Distant)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Tindharia).
752. Exitianus atkinsoni (Distant)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling and W.
Dinajpur.
753. Exitianus indicus (Distant)
Distribution: Kolkata, Maldah and W.
Dinajpur.
754. Exitianus nanus (Distant)
Distribution : Kolkata, J alpaiguri and
Maldah.
755. Goniagnathus punctifer Walker
Distribution : Bankura, Darjiling and
Puruliya.
756. Hardiana thaiosimilis Distant
Distribution : Not known.
757. Iassus indicus (Lethirerry)
Distribution : Dinajpur.
758. Idiscopus cylypealis (Lethierry)
Distribution : J alpaiguri and Maldah.
759. Idiscopus bimaculatus (Distant)
Distribution : J alpaiguri and Maldah.
760. Atkinsoniella gonesha Distant
Distribution : DaIjiling.
761. Atkinsoniella opponens (Walker)
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
762. Atkinsoniella raja Distant
Distribution: DaIjiling (Siliguri).
763. Atkinsoniella unimaculata Signoret
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling and
Jalpaiguri.
764. Krisna strigicollis (Spinola)
Distribution : Bankura.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
765. Nephotettix malayanus Ishihara &
Kuwase
Distribution : Not known.
766. Nephotettix nigropicta (Stal.)
Distribution: Bankura, Koch Bihar, DaIjiling
and Nadia.
767. Nephotettix parous Ishihara & Kuwase
Distribution: Not known.
768. Nephotettix virescens (Fabricius)
Distribution: Bankura, Kolkata, Koch Bihar,
J alpaiguri, Maldah and Puruliya.
769. Inazuma dorsalis (de Mots)
Distribution : Not known.
770. Thamnotettix bicolor Pruthi
Distribution : Not known.
771. Thamnotettix chhota Pruthi
Distribution : Kolkata.
772. Hecalus sp.
Distribution: Not known.
773. Hecalus porrecta Walker
Distribution : Maldah.
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774. Zygina (= Vietnara) maculifrons
Motschulsky
Distribution: Not known.
Family MEMBRACIDAE
775. Coccosterphus decoloratus Distant
Distribution : Kolkata.
776. Coccosterphus minutus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
777· Coccosterphus obscurus Distant
Distribution : Kolkata.
778. Gargara brevis Ananthasubramanian
Distribution : Raora.
779. Gargara conjusa Distant
Distribution : Kolkata.
780. Gargara majescula Distant
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
781. Gargara mixta Buckton
Distribution : Kolkata.
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782. Gargara robusta Distant
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
783. Leptocentrus bajulans Distant
Distribution: Kolkata and Murshidabad.
784. Leptocentrus beluri
Ananthasubramanian
Distribution: Haora (Belur).
785. Leptocentrus carinatus
Ananthasubramanian
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
786. Leptocentrus leucaspis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata and HugH.
787. Leptocentrus reponens (Walker)
Distribution: Bankura, Kolkata, Dcnjiling and
J alpaiguri.
788. Leptocentrus substitutus (Walker)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bongaon),
Kolkata, Jalpaiguri and Nadia.
789. Leptocentrus taurus Fabricius
Distribution : Bankura and Kolkata.
790. Otinotus elongatus Distant
Distribution : Bankura and Kolkata.
791. Otinotus oneratus (Walker)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Medinipur and Nadia.
792. Oxyrhachis lefroi Distant
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbari) and
Kolkata (Salt Lake).
793. Oxyrhachis rufescens Walker
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Barddhaman
and Kolkata.
794. Oxyrhachis tarandus (Fabricius)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
795. Oxyrhachis uncatus Melichar
Distribution : Barddhaman.
796. Telingana paria (Fairm)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Jalpaiguri and
Maldah.
797. TMcentrus albomaculatus Distant
Distribution : Kolkata.
798. Tricentrus cinereus
Ananthasubramanian
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
799. TMcentrus cornutus Anantha
subramanian
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
800. TMcentrus dubius
Ananthasubramanian
Distribution: Kolkata and Hugli.
801. Tricentrus gibbosulus (Walker)
Distribution: Kolkata and Medinipur.
802. Tricentrus projectus Distant
Distribution : Kolkata.
803. TMcentrus subangulata Distant
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family PSYLLIDAE
Subfamily APHALARINAE
804. Aphalara assiannilssoni Mathur
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Subfamily PAUROPSYLLINAE
805. Apsylla cistellata (Buckton)
Distribution: Maldah and Murshidabad.
806. Paurocephala phalaki Mathur
Distribution : DaIjiling.
807. Paurocephala psylloptera Crawford
Distribution : Kolkata.
808. Pauropsylla ficicola Kieffer
Distribution : Not known.
809. Pauropsylla stivensi Laing
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Subfamily PSYLLINAE
810. Acizzia indica Heslop-Harrison
Distribution : Kolkata.
811. Diaphornia cirri Kuwayanla
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Barddhaman, Birbhum, Kolkata, Koch Bihar,
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Maldah,
Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia and Puruliya.
812. Euphalerus vittatus Crawford
Distribution : Kolkata.
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813. Psylla bengalensis Mathur
Distribution : Darjiling.
814. Psylla cedrelae Kieffer
Distribution : Darjiling.
815. Psylla longigena Mathur
Distribution : Darjiling.
816. Psylla quadrimaculata Mathur
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily CIRIACREMINAE
817. Cecidopsylla schimae Kieffer
Distribution : Darjiling.
818. Diceraopsylla brunetti Crawford
Distribution : Darjiling.
819. Mesohomotana lutheri (Enderlein)
Distribution : Darjiling.
820. Mycopsylla gardenensis (Bhanotar,
Ghosh and Ghosh)
Distribution : Kolkata.
821. Tenaphalara acutipennis Kuwayama
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily TRIOZINAE
822. Trioza fletcheri Crawford
Distribution: Not known.
823. Trioza fletcheri minor Crawford
Distribution: Murshidabad.
824. Trioza gigantea Crawford
Distribution : Darjiling.
82 5. Trioza gigantea curta Mathur
Distribution : Darjiling.
826. Trioza hirsuta (Crawford)
Distribution : Nadia.
82 7. Trioza sp. Probably jletcheri Crawford
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
Family PENTATOMIDAE
828. Hotea curculionoides Herr.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Panbari).
829. Zicrona caerulea (Linn.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Panbari).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Superfamily COCCOIDEA
Family DIASPIDIDAE
830. Acanthomytilus sacchari (Hall)
Distribution: Barddhaman.
831. Andaspis meliae (Green)
Distribution : Kolkata.
832. Andaspis numerata Brimlecombe
Distribution : Koch Bihar and J alpaiguri.
833. Aonidia indica Green
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
834. Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Darjiling, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Medinipur
and Nadia.
835. Aonidiella orientalis (Newstead)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Barddhaman,
Kolkata and HugH.
836. Aspidiotus destructor Signoret
Distribution : Barddhaman and Maldah.
837. Aspidiotus sp.
Distribution : Darjiling.
838. Aulacaspis litseae (Green)
Distribution : Darjiling.
839. Aulacaspis mangiferae Newsstead
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Maldah.
840. Chiobaspis vilis Green
Distribution: Murshidabad and Nadia.
841. Chrysomphalus aonidum
CLinnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata and Nadia.
842. Chrysomphalus dictyospermi
(Morgan)
Distribution: Murshidabad and Nadia.
843· Chrysomphalus pinnulifer (Maskell)
Distribution : Darjiling.
844. Cornuaspis beckii (Newman)
Distribution·: Darjiling.
845· Eucornuaspis pinnaeformis (Bouche)
Distribution : Darjiling.
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846. Fiorinia japonica Kuwana
Distribution : Haora.
847. Fiorinia theae Green
Distribution : Darjiling.
848. Greenaspis decurvata (Green)
Distribution : Kolkata.
849. Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret)
Distribution : Kolkata. and Darjiling.
850. Hemiberlesia rapax (Comstock)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
851. Insulaspis glouerii (Packard)
Distribution : Darjiling.
852. Lineaspis caroli (Green)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Darjiling.
853. Lopholeucaspis exoecariae
Borchsenius
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
854. Lopholeucaspis menoni Borchsenius
Distribution : Kolkata.
855. Mytilaspis sp.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
856. Parlatoria boycei Mckenzie
Distribution : Darjiling.
857. Parlatoria cinerea Hadden
Distribution: Darjiling.
858. Parlato"';'a oleae (Colvee)
DistributiolJ : Darjiling.
859. Parlatoria ziziphi (Lucas)
Distribution : Kolkata.
860. Pinnaspis exercitata (Green)
Distribution : Darjiling anp J alpaiguri.
861. Pinnaspis sp. [nr. strachani (Cooley)]
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
862. Pinnaspis strachani (Cooley)
Distribution : Kolkata and Haora.
863. Pinnaspis .theae (Maskell)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
a~4.
Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis (Green)
Distribution : Barddhaman and Kolkata.
681
865. Pseudaulacaspis manni (Green)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
866. Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley)
Distribution : Not known.
867. Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
pentagona (Targ.)
Distribution: Darjiling.
868. Quadraspidiotus perniciosus
(Comstock)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling and
Jalpaiguri.
869. Thysanofiorinia nephelii (Maskell)
Distribution : Nadia.
Family CICADIDAE
Subfamily CICADINAE
870. Aola brindusara Dist.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Buxa TR,
Rajabhatkhawa).
871. Plateplura badia Dist.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Buxa TR,
Jayanthi).
872. Plateplura nobilis Germ.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Buxa TR,
Rajabhatkhawa).
873. Plateplura sphinx Walk.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Buxa TR,
Rajabhatkhawa).
874. Pomponia fusca Olivo
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Buxa TR,
Kumargram).
875. Pomponia intermedia Dist.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Buxa TR.
Kumargram).
876. Purana guttularis Walk.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Buxa TR, Jayanti).
877. Purana trigriodes Walk.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Buxa TR, Jayanti).
878. Huechys sanguinea DeGeer
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Buxa TR, Sankosh).
879. Cryptotympana corvus Walk.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Buxaduar).
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880. Lahugada dohetryi Dist.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Poro).
881. Oncotympana sp.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Poro).
882. Platypteura assamensis Atkins
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jayanti).
883. Tosena montivaga Dist.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
884. Calcagninus sp.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
885. Graptotettix guttatus Stal.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Poro).
886. Karenia ravida Dist.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Poro).
887. Paharia sp.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Poro).
Family ACLERDIDAE
888. Aclerda distorta Green
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family PSEUDOCOCCIDAE
889. Adelosoma phragmitidis Borchsenius
Distribution : Kolkata.
890. Antonina graminis (Maskell)
Distribution : Haora.
891. Antonina maritima Green
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Kolkata,
Darjiling and Haora.
892. Birendracoccus saccharifolii (Green)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and HugH.
893. Brevennia rehi Lindinger
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Jalpaiguri, Medinipur, Murshidabad and Nadia.
894· Cataenococcus theaecola (Green)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Darjiling and
Dinajpur.
895. Coccidohystrix insolita (Green)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Barddhaman, Birbhum, Kolkata, Koch Bihar,
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Maldah,
Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia and Puruliya.
896. Dysmicococcus breviceps (Cockerell)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and W.
Dinajpur.
897. Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Barddhaman, Birbhum, Kolkata, Koch Bihar,
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Maldah,
Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia and Puruliya.
898. Kiritshenkella sacchari (Green)
Distribution : Kolkata and W. Dinajpur.
899. Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Gr~en)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Barddaman, Kolkata, Maldah, Murshidabad,
Nadia ahd W. Dinajpur.
900. Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead)
Distribution : Not known.
901. Novonilacoccus oryzae Ghosh &
Ghose
Distribution : Nadia.
902. Planococcoides bengalensis Ghosh
& Ghose
Distribution : Nadia.
903. Planococcus citri (Risso)
Distribution : Darjiling.
904. Plano coccus lilacinus (Cockerell)
Distribution : Haora and Nadia.
905. Pseudococcus citriculus Green
Distribution : Darjiling.
906. Pseudococcus iceryoides (Green)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Kolkata and
Darjiling.
907. Pseudococcus Spa
Distribution : Darjiling.
908. Rastrococcus iceryoides (Green)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Kolkata,
Murshidabad and W. Dinajpur.
909· Saccharicoccus sacchari (Ckll)
Distribution: Barddaman, Kolkata, Hugli and
Nadia.
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Family ASTEROLECANIIDAE
910. Asterolecanium minutum Takahashi
Distribution ; Kolkata.
911. Asterolecanium pseudomiliaris
Green
Distribution : Kolkata.
912. Asterolecanium sp.
Distribution : Darjiling.
913. Bambusaspis solenophoroides
(Green)
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Darjiling and
Jalpaiguri.
Family CEROCOCCIDAE
914. Cercoccus fieoides Green
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Jalpaiguri.
915. Cereoceus indicus (Maskell)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Barddhaman,
Kolkata and Nadia.
Family COCCIDAE
916. Ceroplastes actiniformis Green
Distribution : Not known.
917. Ceroplastes eeriferus (Fabr.)
Distribution : Darjiling and Puruliya.
918. Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling and
Haora.
919.Ceroplastes rubens Maskell
Distribution: Not known.
920. Ceroplastodes cajani (Maskell)
Distribution : Kolkata.
921. Ceroplastodes chiton Green
Distribution ; Darjiling.
922. Chloropulvinaria floeeifera
(Westwood)
Distribution : Kolkata.
923. Chloropulvinaria polygonata (Ckll.)
Distribution : Birbhum and Maldah.
924. Chloropulvinaria psidii (Maskell)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Darjiling.
925. Coecus hesperidium Linnaeus
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Barddhaman,
Darjiling and Nadia.
926. Coccus wafti (Green)
Distribution : Nadia.
927. Macropulvinaria burkilli (Green),
new comb.
Distribution : Kolkata.
928. Macropulvinaria maxima maxima
(Green)
Distribution : Kolkata.
929. Metaceronema japoniea (Maskell)
Distribution : Darjiling.
930. Protopulvinaria mangiferae (Green)
Distribution : Kolkata.
931. Pulvinaria sp.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
932. Saissetia eoffeae (Walker)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Kolkata and
DaIjiling.
933. Saissetia nigra (Nietner)
Distribution : Kolkata.
934. Saissetia sp.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and Darjiling.
935. Vinsonia stellifera (Westwood)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
Family DACTYTYLOPIIDAE
936. Daetylopius indieus (Green)
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
HugH.
Falnily MONOPHLEBIDAE
937. Drosieha stebbingii (Green)
Distribution : Darjiling and Raora.
938. leerya aegyptiaca (Douglas)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Bankura.
Barddhaman, Birbhum, Kolkata, Koch Bihar.
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Maldah.
Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia and Puruliya.
939. leerya formicarum Newstead
Distribution : Darjiling.
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940. IceyYa purchasi Maskell
Distribution: Darjiling.
941. lcerya seychellarum (Westwood)
Distribution : Darjiling.
942. lcerya sp.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Darjiling and
W. Dinajpur.
943. Labioproctus poleii (Green)
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
944. Perissopneumon phyllanthi (Green)
Distribution : Kolkata.
945. Perissopneumon tamarinda (Green)
Distribution : Kolkata.
946. Walkeriana ? Compacta Green
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family ERIOCOCCIDAE
947. Ericococcus araucariae Maskell
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family TACHARDIIDAE
948. Kerna albizziae (Green)
Distribution : Darjiling.
949· Kerna chinensis chinensis (Mahd.)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Darjiling.
950. Kerna fici fici (Green)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and W.
Dinajpur.
951. Kerna lacca lacca (Kerr)
Distribution: Not known.
952. Paratachardina theae (Green)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
Family ORTHEZIIDAE
953· Orthezia insignis Browne
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
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Family ALEYRODIDAE
Subfamily ALEYRODINAE
954. Aleurocanthus bambusae
(Peal)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
955. Aleurocanthus longispinus
Quaintance and Baker
Distribution : Kolkata.
956. Aleurocanthus spiniferous
(Quaintance)
Distribution : Not known.
957. Aleurolobus barodensis
(Maskell)
Distribution: Not known.
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958. A leuro bus simula (Peal)
Distribution : Kolkata.
959. Aleuroplatus alcocki (Peal)
Distribution : Kolkata.
960. Aleuroplatus jicusrugosae
Quaintance and baker
Distribution : Haora.
961. Aleuroplatus hoyae (Peal)
Distribution : Kolkata.
962. Aleuroplatus quaintancei (Peal)
Distribution : Kolkata.
963. Bemisia leakii (Peal)
Distribution : Haora.
964. Bemisia religiosa (Peal)
Distribution : Kolkata.
965. Dialeurodes pallida Singh
Distribution : Kolkata.
966. Pealius bengalensis (Peal)
Distribution : Not known.
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INSECTA: ANOPLURA
Phylum ARTHROPODA Family LINOGNATHIDAE
Class INSECTA 11. Linognathus qJHcanus Kellogg &
Order ANOPLURA Paine
Family HAEMATOPINIDAE Host: Goat.
1. Haematopinus eurysternus Denny Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar island).
Host: Cattle. 12. Linognathus vi~li Linnaeus
Distribution: Barddhaman.
Host: Cattle.
2. Haematopinus suis (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Barddhaman.
Host: Domestic Swine.
13. Linognathus setosus (Von Olfers)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
Host: Not known.
3. Haematopinus ~berculatus
(Burmenister) Distribution: Not known.
Host: Bus bubalis. Family PEDICULIDAE
Distribution: Barddhaman. 14. Pediculus humanus Linnaeus
Family HOPLOPLEURIDAE Host: Human.
Subfamily HOPLOPLEURINAE Distribution : Kolkata.
4. Hoplopleura blanfordi Mishra and Family POLYPLACIDAE
Dhanda
15. Neohaematopinus echinatus
Host: Rattus blanfordi.
(Neumann)
Distribution: Puruliya (Ajodhya hills).
Host: Funambulus pennanti.
5. Hoplopleura captiosa Johnson
Distribution: Puruliya (Ajodhya hills).
Host: Mus booduga.
16. Polyplax asiatica Ferris
Distribution : Medinipur (Medinipur).
6. Hoplopleura malabarica Werneck Host : Bandicota bengalensis.
Host: Bandicota bengalensis. Distribution : Medinipur.
Distribution : Medinipur. 17. Polyplax blanfordi Mishra & Dhanda
7. Hoplopleura maniculata (Neumann) Host: Rattus blanfordi.
Host: Funambulus pennanti. Distribution: Puruliya (Ajodhya hills).
Distribution : Bankura, Puruliya (Ajodhya 18. Polyplax reclinata (Nitzsch)
hills).
Host: Suncus murinus.
8. Hoplopleura pacifica Ewing
Distribution: Medinipur.
Host : Rattus arboreus.
19. Polyplax stephensi (Christopers &
Distribution : Barddhaman.
Newstead)
9. Hoplopleura ramgarh Mishra Bhat &
Kulkarni Host: Tatera indica.
Host: Mus sexicola. Distribution: Puruliya (Ajodhya hills).
Distribution: Puruliya (Ajodhya hills). Family PTHIRIDAE
10. Hoplopleura silvula Johnson 20. Pthirus pubis (Linnaeus)
Host: Vandeleuria oleracea. Host: Human body.
Distribution: Puruliya (Ajodhya hills). Distribution : Kolkata.
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INSECTA: THYSANOP1'ERA
Phylum ARTHROPODA 10. Ayyaris chaetophora Karny
Class INSECTA Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Hatberia),
Order THYSANOPTERA Bankura (Bishnupur) and Puruliya (Puruliya).

Suborder TEREBRANTIA 11. Bathrips melanicornis (Shumsher)

Family AEOLOTHRIPIDAE Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).

1. Aeolothrips collaris Priesner 12. Biltothrips minutus (Bhatti)

Distribution : Haora (Botanical Garden).
Distribution: Murshidabad (Murshidabad
town). 13. Bolacidothrips graminis indicus
Ananthakrishnan
2. Aeolothrips intennedius Bagnall
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani) and Ban~ura
Distribution: Murshidabad (Krishnapur Hat
(Sonamukhi Forest, Kumardanga).
Para, Katra, Baharampur) and Birbhum
(Nalhati). 14. Craspedothrips monor (Bagnall)

3. Mymarothrips garuda Ramakrishnan & Distribution : Birbhum (Ballavpur Forest

Margabandhu Nursery) and Haora.

Distribution: Medinipur (Tamluk). 15. Ctenothrips niger Kudo

Family MEROTHRIPIDAE Distribution: DaIjiling (Tongu).

16. Dichromothrips indicus Mound
4. Merothrips indicus Bhatti &
Ananthakrishnan Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden). 17. Dichromothrips nakahari Mound

Family THRIPIDAE Distribution : Kolkata.

Subfamily THRIPINAE 18. Dorcadothnps fasciatus Bhatti

5· Ajothrips gara Bhatti Distribution : Haora.

Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Hatberia) and 19. Dorcadothrips indicus Bhatti

Darjiling (Darjiling).
6. Ajothrips karma Bhatti
Distribution: Murshidabad (Mohamad para
village) and Haora.
7· Anaphothrips sudanensis Trybom
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur),
Kolkata, Murshidabad (Topkhana), Puruliya
(Puruliya) and Bankura (Baghajole village).
8. Aptinothrips rufus (Gmelin)
Distribution: Darjiling.
9· Aroidothrips longistylus
Ananthakrishanan
Distribution: Medinipur (Tamluk).
Distribution: Haora (Sibpur).
20. Exothrips hemavarna (Ramakrishna
& Margabandhu)
Distribution : Haora (Botanical Garden) and
Bankura (Kumardanga).
21. Frankliniella intonsa (Trybom)
Distribution: Birbhum (Adityapur), South
24 Pgs. (Narendrapur), Murshidabad
(Murshidabad, Madhupur, Mohamad Para
village, Katra), Koch Bihar (Koch Bihar) and
Darjiling (Mirik).
22. Frankliniella schultzei Trybom
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip) and
Kolkata.
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23. Lefroyothrips lefroyi (Bagnall)
Distribution: Daljiling (Mahanadi, Daljiling).
24. Megalurothrips distalis (Kamy)
Distribution : Birbhum (Sanghatpur,
Kankalitala), South 24 Pgs. (Hatberia village),
Murshidabad (Madhupur, Satinakandi village,
Kalabagan, Mallikpur), Koch Bihar (Mekligunj),
Kolkata (Kolkata), Daljiling (DaIjiling, Pashoke,
Mirik, Rangirum), Bankura (Bishnupur,
Lokepur) and Jalpaiguri (Hashimara).
25. Megaphysothrips subramanii
Ramakrishnan
Distribution : Koch Bihar (Tapurhat,
Saradadevi).
26. Microcephalothrips abdominalis
(Crawford)
Distribution : Birbhum (Rampurhat,
Ballavpur, Bakreswar), South 24 Pgs.
(Nerendrapur), Murshidabad (Murshidabad),
Kolkata and Puruliya (Kulipal).
27. Mycterothrips scativentris (Bagnall)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Ringtong).
28. Organothrips indicus Bhatti
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden),
Koch Bihar (Coochbehar), South 24 Pgs.
(Hatberia village) and Kolkata.
29. Priesneriola o'niellae
Ananthakrishnan
Distribution : Kolkata.
30. Projectothrips pruthi Moulton
Distribution: Haora (Sibpur).
31. Pseudodendrothrips ornatissimus
Schmutz
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
32. Rhamphothrips pardus (Bhatti)
Distribution: Haora (Sibpur).
33. Rhamphothrips parviceps (Hood)
Distribution: Haora (Sibpur).
34. Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood
Distribution Kolkata, Puruliya
(Balarampur), South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip) and
Koch Bihar (Koch Bihar).
35. Scolothrips asura Ramakrishnan &
Margabandhu
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Mekligunj) and
Bankura (Bagajole village).
36. Scolothrips rhagebianus Priesner
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur).
37. Stenchaetothrips bambusae
(Shumsher)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Malancha,
Sonarpur).
38. Stenchaetothrips biformis (Bagnall)
Distribution: Nadia (Bethuadahari), South
24 Pgs. (Hatberia village), Haora (Sibpur
Botanical Garden), Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
(Bangaon).
39. Stenchaetothrips divisae Bhatti
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden).
40. Stenchaetothrips indicus
(Ramakrishnan & Margabandhu)
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden).
41. Thrips andrewsi (Bagnall)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
42. Thrips apicatus Priesner
Distribution : Birbhum (Kourabela,
Rampurhut).
43. ThriJlS atactus Bhatti
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden).
44. Thrips beharensis
Ramakrishnan. & Margabandhu.
Distribution : Bankura (Sonaluuki),
Murshidabad (Mohamadpara, Madhupur) and
Haora (Botanical Garden).
45. Thrips coloratus Schmutz
Distribution: Murshidabad (Topkhana).
46. Thrips flavus Schrank
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur), Birbhulll
(Kankalitala), Murshidabad (Topkhana.
Krishnapur Hat Para, Madhupur village.
Kalabagan), South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur) and
Darjiling (Mirik).
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47. Thrips hawaiiensis (Morgan)
Distribution : Birbhum (Rampurhut,
Adityapur), Puruliya (Boragdi village) North
24 Pgs. (Habra), Bankura (Sonamuki Forest),
Murshidabad (Krishnapur Hut Para, Topkhana,
Katra), Darjiling (Sonada), South 24 Pgs.
(Bauripur) and Kolkata.
48. Thrips latis Bhatti
Distribution: Raora (Sibpur).
49. Thrips orientalis (Bagnall)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur)
and Kolkata (Alipore).
50. Thrips tabaci Lindemann
Distribution : Kolkata.
51. Trichromothrips arorai Bhatti
Distribution: Haora (Sibpur).
52. Tusothrips setiprivus (Karny)
Distribution: Haora (Sibpur).
Sub family PANCHAETOTHRIPINAE
53. Astrothrips asiaticus (Bhatti)
Distribution: Haora (Sibpur).
54. Astrothrips parvilimbus
Stannard & Mitri
Distribution : Bankura (Baghjole village,
Onda), South 24 Pgs. (Bakrahut village),
Birbhum (Rampurhut, Kendubilwa, Bakreswar)
and Murshidabad (Topkhana, Mahupur).
55. Caliothrips indicus (Bagnall)
Distribution : Murshidabad (Satinakandi
village), South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur), Kolkata
and Haora (Sibpur).
56. Caliothrips IU,ckmanni Wilson
Distribution : Kolkata.
57· Helionothrips kadaliphilus
(Ramakrishnan & Margabandhu)
Distribution : Darjiling and Kolkata
(Rangirum).
58. Monilothrips kempi Moulton
Distribution : Darjiling (Sureil, Mongpu,
Rangirum, Manibhanjang, Lepchajagat,
Ghoombhanjang).
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59. Panchaetothrips indicus Bagnall
Distribution : 'Birbhum (Rampurhut) and
Bankura (Jamuna village, Kumardanga).
60. Phibalothrips peringueyi (Faure)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Hatberia
Village) and Koch Bihar (Mekligunj).
61. Retithrips syriacus (Mayet)
Distribution : Birbhum (Sanghatpur,
Bakreswar), South 24 Pgs. (Holdi Camp,
Sunderban) and Koch Bihar.
62. Rhipiphorothrips cruentatus Hood
Distribution : Koch Bihar, B~rbhum
(Sanghatpur, Kourobela), South 24 Pgs.
(Narendrapur), DaIjiling (Mirik) and Kolkata.
63. Selanothrips rubrocinctus (Giard)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur,
Holdi Camp Sunderban), Koch Bihar and
Birbhum (Kendrabilwa).
64. Zaniothrips ricini Bhatti
Distribution: Medinipur (Tamluk).
Sub order TUBULIFERA
Family PHLAEOTHRIPIDAE
Sub family UROTHRIPINAE
65. Stephanothrips occidentalis
Hood & Williams
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
Sub family PHLAEOTHRIPINAE
66. Ablemothrips maxillatus
Ananthakrishnan
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
67. Aleurodothripsfasciapennis (Franklin)
Distribution: Haora (Sibpur).
68. Antillothrips nayari (Ananthkrishnan)
Distribution: HugJi (Jagannathbati) and
Kolkata (Jadavpur).
69. Antillothrips varius (Ananthakrishnan
& Jagadish)
Distribution : Kolkata.
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70. Arrhenothrips longisetis Sen
Distribution: DaIjiling (Chunabati).
71. Azaleothrips amabilis Ananthakrishnan
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Rongtong, Kurseong).
72. Dolichothrips citripes (Bagnall)
Distribution : Kolkata.
73. Dolichothrips fumipennis (Bagnall)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
74. Dolichothrips malhavii
Ananthakrishnan
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Mekligunj).
75. Ecacanthothrips tibialis (Ashmead)
Distribution Darjiling, Bankura
(Radhanagar) and Birbhum (Ballavpur).
76. EuoplothMps malabarica
Ramakrishnan & Margabandhu
Distribution: Haora (Sibpur).
77. Gynaikothrips bengalensis
Ananthakrishnan
Distribution: Kolkata (Alipore).
78. Gynaikothrips jlavitibia Moulton
Distribution : Kolkata.
79. Gynaikothrips malabaricus
Ramakrishna
Distribution: Nadia (Bethuadahari), Kolkata
and Birbhum (Adityapur).
80. Hap 10thrips apicalis (Bagnall)
Distribution : Kolkata.
&1. Hap 10 thrips articulosus Bagnall
Distribution : Birbhum (Bakreswar) and
Kolkata.
82. Haplothrips ceylonicus Schmutz
Distribution: Murshidabad (Krishnapur Hut
Para, Kalabagan village), South 24 Pgs.
(Bauripur, Hatberia village), Puruliya (Baragdi
village, Sapua village) and Bankura (Jamuma
village, Sonamuki Forest, Lokepur).
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83. Haplothrips clarisetis Priesner
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Chuksar Island
Sunderban) and Birbhum (Bakreswar).
84. Haplothrips ganglbaueri Schmutz
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangirum, Mirik),
Puruliya, Murshidabad (Satinakandi village,
Mohamed Para village), Jalpaiguri (Hashimara),
Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. (Hatberia village,
Narendrapur), Birbhum (Rampurhut,
Ballavpur, Bakreswar) and Bankura (Baghajoie
village, Onda, Sonamuki).
85. Hap 10thrips gowdeyi (Franklin)
Distribution: Puruliya, Bankura (Lokepur)
and Birbhum (Sanghatpur, Rampurhat, Sapua
village).
86. Hap 10thrips tenuipennis Bagnall
Distribution DarjiIing (Rajbari),
Murshidabad (Topkhana, Mohamad Para
village), Puruliya, Bankura (Bishnupur),
Birbhum (Kendubilwa, Ballavpur) and Kolkata.
87. Hoploandrothrips graminis
Ananthakrishan
Distribution : Darjiling and Kolkata.
88. Karnyothrips alpha Pitkin
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakrahat
village).
89. Karnyothrips melaleucus (Bagnall)
Distribution : Kolkata, Koch Bihar
(Mekligung), South 24 Pgs. (Hatberia village,
Baruipur, Bakrahat village) and Haora (Sibpur).
90. Karnyothrips mucidus
(Ananthakrishnan & Jagadish)
Distribution HugH (Mahespur,
Debanandapur) and Koch Bihar.
91. Leeuwenia karnyiana Priesner
Distribution: Koch Bihar.
92. Liothrips aberrans Muraleedharan & Sen
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhajan, Dow
hills).
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93. Liothrips himalayanus
Ananthakrishnan & J agadish
Distribution: Darjiling (Lava, Rangirum).
94. Liothrips morulus
Ananthakrishnan & J agadish
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
95. Membrothrips indicus (Hood)
Distribution : Koch Bihar and Bankura
(Belboni).
96. Mesothrips jordani Zimmerman
Distribution : Kolkata (Alipore Zoological
Garden).
97. Neoheegeria montanaa
Ananthakrishnan & J agadish
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
9B. Ocythrips rarus Ananthakrishnan
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
99. Pegothrips meghalaya
Sen & Muraleedharan
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukhna).
Podothrips bicolor Seshadri &
100.
Ananthakrishnan
Distribution: Haora (Sibpur), Birbhum
(Adityapur, Kourabela, Kendubilwa), HugH
(Jagannathbati) and Kolkata (Eden Garden).
101. Podothrips lucasseni (Kruger)
Distribution : Murshidabad (Topkhana),
Birbhum (Sanghatpur), Koch Bihar, South 24
Pgs. (Hatberia village) and Kolkata.
102.Podothrips odonaspicola (Kurosawa)
Distribution : Koch Bihar (Tapurhat) and
Birbhum (Kankalitala).
103. Rhynchothrips champakae
Ramakrishnan & Maragabandhu.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
104· Sophiothrips nigrus Ananthakrishnan
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Stigmothrips injirmus
105·
Ananthakrishnan
Distribution: Darjiling (Kuresong).
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106. Xylaplothrips debilis
Ananthakrishnan & J agadish
Distribution : Koch Bihar (Tapurhat).
107. Xylaplothrips inquilinus (Priesner)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur).
loB. Xylaplothrips pictipes (Bagnall)
Distribution : Koch Bihar.
109. Xylaplothrips pusillus
Ananthaktishnan & J agadish
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakrahat
village) and Koch Bihar.
Sub family IDOLOTHRIPINAE
110. Allothrips pillichellus bicolor
Ananthakrishnan
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
111. Dinothrips jug landis Moulton
Distribution: Darjiling (Lopchu).
112. Elaphrothrips curvipes Priesner
Distribution : Darjiling (Rongpo) and Koch
Bihar.
113. Elaphrothrips denticollis (Bagnall)
Distribution : Medinipur and Bankura
(Radhanagar).
114. Elaphrothrips (Cradothrips)
insignis Ananthakrishnan
Distribution : Darjiling (Mouchowki Beat,
Neora Valley).
115. Elaphrothrips procer (Schmutz)
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora Valley),
Haora (Sibpur), South 24 Pgs. (Hatberia
village), Nadia (Kalyani) and Koch Bihar
(Mekligunj).
Ethirothrips longisetis
116.
(Ananthakrishnan & J agadish)
Distribution·: Darjiling.
1~7. Ethirothrips obscurus (Schmutz)
Distribution: Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
(Hatberia village).
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118. Holothrips fumidus
(Ananthakrishnan)
Distribution : Darjiling.
119. Holothrips quadrisetis Okajima
Distribution : Darjiling.
120. Holothrips nepalensis (Palikan)
Distribution : Darjiling (Tiger hills) and
Nadia.
121. Loyolaia indica Ananthakrishnan
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani).
122. Neosmerinthothrips fructuum
Schmutz
Distribution: Birbhum (Sanghatpur), Nadia
(Kalyani) and Kolkata.
123. Nesothrips lativentris (Karny)
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Haora (Sibpur),
HugJi (Jagannathbati), South 24 Pgs.
(Bakharhat village), W. Dinajpur (Raigunj) and
Birbhum (Sangatbpur, Rampurhat).
124. Oidanothrips megacephalus
(Ananthakrishnan)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
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INSECTA: NEUROPTERA
Phylum ARTHROPODA 12. Micromus timidus Hagen
Class INSECTA Distribution : Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs.,
Order NEUROPTERA Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
Suborder MEGALOPTERA 13. Neuronema decisum (Walker)
Family CO RYDALIDAE Distribution : Darjiling.
Neochauliodes simplex (Walker)
1. Family DlLARIDAE
Distribution : Darjiling. 14. Dilar hornei MacLachlan
2. Corydalus tarritans Needham Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling. Family OSMYLIDAE
Suborder PLANIPENNIA 15. Hyposmylus puncitipennis Walker
Family CONIOPTERYGIDAE Distribution : Darjiling.
3. Coniocompsa indica Withycomb 16. Spilosmylus sp.
Distribution: Barddhaman and Nadia.
Distribution: Darjiling.
4. Coniopteryx (Coniopteryx) exigua
17. Thyridosmylus perspici"aris
Withycombe
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Hugli, South 24 Pgs. and
North 24 Pgs. 18. Thyridosmylus perspicillaris minor
5. Semidalis aleyrdifonnis (Stephens) Kimmins

Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Barddhaman, Distribution : Darjiling.

Nadia and North 24 Pgs. 19. Thyridosmylus langii Maclachlan
Family NEMOPTERIDAE Distribution : Darjiling.
6. Croce Jilipennis (Westwood) Family BEROTHIDAE
Distribution : Kolkata. 20. Berotha insolita Walker
Family MANTISPIDAE Distribution : Barddhaman.
7. Climaciella quadrituberculata Family SISYRIDAE
(Westwood)
Sisyra indica Needham
21.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Kolkata.
8. MantispafeMnoralis Banks
Family CHRYSOPIDAE
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and North 24
Pgs. Nothoch-rysa indigena Needam
22.

9· Mantispa alicanta Banks Distribution : Kolkata.

Distribution: Not known. 23. Ankylopte-ryx octopunctata
Family HEMEROBIIDAE Fabricius
10. Psectra iniqua (Hagen) Distribution: Kolkata, Barddhaman, North
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs. and 24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs.
South 24 Pgs. 24. Tumeochrysa cirerai (Navas)
Mixomicromus lampus Ghosh
11. Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., North 24 Pgs. 25· Chrysopa septempunctata Wesmael
and Barddhaman. Distribution : Darjiling.
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26. Chrysopa uirgestes Banks
Distribution : Barddhaman and Darjiling.
27. Chrysopa ignobilis Waker
Distribution : Kolkata.
28. Chrysopa notata Navas
Distribution : DaIjiling.
29. Chrysopa guttata (Navas)
Distribution : Darjiling.
30. Glenochrysa mannorata (Needham)
Distribution : Nadia.
31. Anisochrysa alcestes (Banks)
Distribution: Barddhaman.
32. Anisochrysa boninensis (Okamota)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
33. Chrysoperla orestes (Banks)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Barddhaman and Nadia.
,34. Brinkochrysa scelestes (Banks)
Distribution : Darjiling.
35. Italochrysa Spa
Distribution : Darjiling.
36. Chrysopidia nigrata Navas
Distribution : Darjiling.
37. Chrysopidia numorosa Navas
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family MYRMELEONTIDAE
38. Palpares pardus CRambur)
Distribution : Birbhum, Jalpaiguri and
Bankura.
39. Palpares patiens Walker
Distribution: Not known.
40. Centroclisis homdus (Walker)
Distribution: Medinipur and Kolkata.
41. Centroclisis eustalacta (Gerstaecker)
Distribution: Medinipur.
42. Nesoleon perpunctatus Banks
Distribution: Medinipur and Bankura.
43. Hagenomyia sagax (Walker)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
44. Hagenomyia monticolla (Navas)
Distribution : Darjiling.
45. Myrmeleon assamensis Ghosh
Distribution : Darjiling.
46. Myrmeleon clothilde Banks
Distribution: Darjiling and HugH.
47. Myrmeleon montanus Navas
Distribution: Darjiling.
48. Myrmeleon Spa
Distribution : Nadia and Haora.
49. Myrmeleon puluerulentus Rambur
Distribution: Not known.
50. Myrmeleon punctulatus Rambur
Distribution : Not known.
51. Creoleon griseus (Klug)
Distribution : Bankura.
52. Gatzarajubilaea Navaas
Distribution: Darjiling.
53. Neuroleon guernii Navas
Distribution: Medinipur.
54. Disto leon uerendus (Walker)
Distribution : Bankura.
55. Distoleon sambalpurensis Ghosh
Distribution: Darjiling.
56. Distoleon audax (Walker)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Darjiling and
North 24 Pgs.
57. Distoleon cerdo (Gerstaecker)
Distribution: Not known.
58. Negrolrus Ie basi Navas
Distribution : Darjiling.
59. Allogama irene (Banks)
Distribution: Not known.
60. Layahima nebulosa Navas
Distribution: Darjiling.
61. Talosus oberthuri Navas
Distribution : Darjiling.

62. Dolicholeon substigmalis Navas
Distribution : Not known.
Family ASCALAPHIDAE
63. Agrionosoma dohrni Weele
Distribution : DaIjiling.
64. Suhpalacsa orsedice Banks
Distribution : Darjiling.
65. Suphalomitus brevis Kimmins
Distribution : Darjiling.
66. Suphalomitus verbosus (Walker)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
67. Acheron trux trux (Walker)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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68. HybMs angulata (Westwod)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
and Darjiling.
69. Glyptobasis dentifera (Westwood)
Distribution : Kolkata.
70. Ascalaphus prothoracicus (Kimmins)
Distribution : Darjiling, Kolkata and Haora.
71. Ascalaphus abdominalis (Kimmins)
Distribution : Maldah.
72. Ascalaphus dicax (Walker)
Distribution : Nadia and Kolkata.
73. Ascalaphus sinister (Walker)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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INSECTA: MECOPTERA
Phylum ARTHROPODA Family PANORPIDAE
Class INSECTA 2. Neopanorpa benad Navas
Order MECOPTERA
Distribution : Dist. not known.
Family BITTACIDAE
3. Neopanorpa contracta Cheng
1. Bittacus latipennis Gerstacker
Distribution : Dist. not known.
Distribution : Dist. not known.
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INSECTA : COLEOPTERA
Phylum ARTHROPODA 16. Oxycentrus parallelus Chaudoir
Class INSECTA Distribution : Kolkata and Medinipur
Order COLEOPTERA (Kharagpur).
Sub order ADEPHAGA 17.Pachytrachelus cribriceps Chaudoir
Family CARABIDAE Distribution : DaIjiling and Murshidabad;
Amblystomus biuittatus Andrewes
1. 18. Pachytrachelus. oblongus (Dejean)
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution Maldah, Medinipur
2. Anoplogenius microgonus Bates (Kharagpur), Murshidabad (Baharampute) and
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata. Puruliya.
3. Chydaeus bedeli (Tchitch) 19. Platymetopus jlavilabris (Fabr.)
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Murshidabad.
4. Chydaeus obscurus Chaudoir 20. Stenolophus (Egadroma) quinque
Distribution : Darjiling. pustulatus Wied
5. Coleolissus perlucens Bates Distribution: Hugli.
Distribution: Birbhum. 21. Stenolophus (Egadroma)
6. Dioryche nagpurensis Bates smaragdulus (Fabr.)
Distribution : Kolkata (Eden Gardens), Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling (Darjiling,
Medinipur (Kharagpur) and Murshidabad Siliguri), Medinipur (Kharagpur) and Puruliya.
(Baharampur). 22. Stenolophus (Egadroma) rectifrons
7. Dioryche torta MacLeay Bates
Distribution: Murshidabad. Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling, South 24
8. Gnathophanus laeuistriatus (Strum.) ·Parganas.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Birbhum and 23. Stenolophus (s.str.) splendidus Mosch.
Murshidabad. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata~
9. Gnathophanus punctilabris MacLeay 24. Trichotichnus (s.str.) birmanicus
Distribution : Murshidabad. Bates
10. Harpalus (Ophonus) indicus Bates Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling. 25. Trichotichnus (Kareya) edentata
11. Harpalus (s.str.) indcola Bates Bates
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
12. Hypolithus liuidus Andrewes Family DYTISCIDAE
Distribution : Kolkata. Subfamily COLYMBETINAE
Lamprophonus lucens Bates
13. 26. Agabus amoenus sinuaticollis
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Madhupur). Regimbert
14. Liodaptus birmanus Bates Distribution : Darjiling (Tiger Hill, Mangpu,
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kolkata). Lebong).
15. Ophoniscus iridulus Bates 27. Agabus guttatus (Paykull)
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution: Darjiling (Lebong).
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28. Copelatus freudei. Guignot
Distribution: Not known.
29. Lacconectus (s. str.) fulvescens
Motschulsky
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, Sureil).
30. Lacconectus (s. str.) ritsemai
Regimbert
Distribution : Darjiling.
31. Platynectes (Gueoraguivtes)
kashmirenus Balfour-Browne
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, Senchal).
32. Rhantus (s.str.) ovalis Gschwendtner
Distribution: Darjiling (Jorphokhori, Tiger
Hill, Ghoom).
33. Rhantus (s.str.) taprobanicus Sharp
Distribution : Darjiling (Teesta river,
Bakyong, Kalimpong, Singla).
34. Rhantus (s.str.) sikkimensis
Regimbert
Distribution : Darjiling (Siliguri, Lebong,
Pashok, Sureil).
Subfamily DYTISCINAE
35. Cybister (Meganectes) rugulosus
Redtenbacher
Distribution: Kolkata.
36. Cybister (Meganectes) confusus Sharp
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Naihati),
Barddhaman (Ranigunj), Kolkata and Puruliya.
37. Cybister (Meganectes) convexus Sharp
Distribution : Darjiling (Namting-pokhri,
Jorpokhori).
38. Cybister (Meganectes) dehaani Aube
Distribution : Kolkata.
39. Cybister (Meganectes) guerini Aube
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Jagannathpur,
Barasat) and Kolkata.
40. Cybister (Meganectes) javanus Aube
Distribution : Birbhum (Rampurhat),
Kolkata and Murshidabad (Baharampur).
41. Cybister (Meganectes) limbatus
(Fabricius)
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata, Darjiling
(Mangpu), Murshidabad (Baharampur) and
Puruliya (Manbhum).
42. Cybister (Melanectes) posticus Aube
Distribution: Kolkata and Murshidabad.
43. Cybister (Melanectes) sugillatus
Erichson
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
44. Cybister (Meganectes) ventralis Sharp
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur)
and Puruliya (Manbhum).
45. Cybister tripunctatus asiaticus Sharp
Distribution : Kolkata.
46. Eretes sticticus (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata (Saltlake), Birbhum
(Rampurhat), Kolkata (Dhapa), Darjiling
(Siliguri) and Puruliya.
47. Hydaticus (Guignotites)
bengalensis Regimbert
Distribution : Kolkata.
48. Hydaticus (Guignotites) ponticus
Sharp
Distribution : Kolkata.
49. Hydaticus (Guignotites.) fabricii
Macleay
Distribution : Kolkata.
50. Hydaticus (Guignotites.) luczonicus
Aube
Distribution : Puruliya.
51. Rhantaticus congestus (KIug)
Distribution : Kolkata and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
52. Sandracoftus matus (Blanchard)
Distribution: Darjiling (Jorpokhri).
Subfamily HYDROPORINAE
53. Clypeodytes btifo (Sharp)
Distribution: Darjiling (Siliguri).
54. Clypeodytes indicus (Regimbert)
Distribution : Kolkata.
55. Guignotus signatellus (Klug)
Distribution : Kolkata.
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56. Guignotus flammulatus (Sharp)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Ban tala) ,
Barddhaman (Asansol), Kolkata, Haora and
Hugli (Chinsura, Tarakeshwar).
57. Guignotus fulvescens (Zimmermann)
Distribution : Kolkata.
58. Guignotus orientalis (Clark)
Distribution : Kolkata.
59. Guignotus pendjabensis Guignot
Distribution : Kolkata (Matiabazar).
60. Guignotus regimberti (Gschwendtner)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur).
61. Hydrovatus fusculus Sharp
Distribution : Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
Puruliya.
62. Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky
Distribution : Kolkata (Air port), Hugli
(Chinsura) and Murshidabad (Baharampur).
63. Hydrovatus bonvouloiri Sharp
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala,
Bireswar) and Kolkata.
64. Hydrovatus castaneus Motschulsky
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
65. Hydrovatus cardoni Severin
Distribution: Not known.
66. Hydrovatus confertus Sharp
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala),
Kolkata, Haora (Botanical Garden) and
Medinipur (Kharagpur).
67· Hydrovatus ferrugatus Regimbert
Distribution : Kolkata.
68. Hyd...ovatus pinguis Regimbert
Distribution : Not known.
69. Hyd...ouatus picipennis Motschulsky
Distribution : Kolkata.
70. Hydrovatus siniste... Sharp
Distribution: Darjiling (Victoria point).
71. HyphopOMLS ape... Sharp
Distribution : Kolkata and Puruliya.
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72 . Hyphoporus bengalensis Severin
Distribution : Kolkata and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
73. Hyphydrus (Apriophorus) ...enardi
Severin
Distribution: Medinipur (Belpahari).
74. Metheles indicus Regimbert
Distribution : Kolkata.
75. Peschetius quadricostatus (Aube)
Distribution : Puruliya (Manbhum).
76. Uvarus quadrilineatus (Zimmermann)
Distribution: Kolkata (Matiabazar).
Subfamily LACCOPHILINAE
77. Laccophilus kempi Gschwendtner
Distribution: Darjiling (Jorpokhri).
78. Laccophilus anticatus Sharp
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
Kolkata (Khidderpore), HugH (Tarakeshwar)
and Murshidabad (Baharampure).
79. Laccophilus basalis Motschulsky
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Dattapukur),
Kolkata and Darjiling (Kalimpong, Teesta).
80. Laccophilus chinensis inefficiens
Walker
Distribution : Kolkata and Puruliya.
81. Laccophilus elegans Sharp
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kalimpong).
82. Laccophilus ellipticus Regimbert
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling (Siliguri,
Mahananda river) and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
83. Laccophilus jlexuosus Aube
Distribution : Kolkata and Medinipur
(Kharagpur).
84· Laccophilus paroulus Aube
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bireswar) and
Medinipur (Kharagpur).
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85· Laccophilus rufulus Regimbert
Distribution: Kolkata, Darjiling (Siliguri) and
Medinipur (Kharagpur).
86. Laccophilus sharpi Regimbert
Distribution : Kolkata and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
Family NOTERIDAE
87. Canthydrus jlavus (Motschulsky)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Hatberia).
88. Canthydrus laetabilis (Walker)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bantala), South
24 Pgs. (Canning, Sonarpur), Kolkata,
Medinipur (Kharagpur) and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
89. Canthydrus luctuosus (Aube)
Distribution: Darjiling (Siliguri).
90. Canthydrus morsbachi (Wehncke)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala) and
Kolkata (Bagmari).
91. Canthydrus ritsemai Regimbert
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Lakhikantapur),
Kolkata and Darjiling (Siliguri).
92. Hydrocoptus (s. str.) subvittulus
Mots.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Hatberia),
South 24 Pgs. (Lakhikantapur) and Kolkata.
Family GYRINIDAE
Sub family ENHYDRINAE
93. Dineutus (Protodineutus) indicus
Aube
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman
(Raniganj), Medinipur (Garbeta) and
Murshidabad (Baharampur).
94. Dineutus (spinosodineutus)
spinosus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata (K'olkata maidan),
Darjiling (Siliguri, Teesta Valley, Mahanadi),
Jalpaiguri (Hasimara) and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
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95. Dineutus (spinosodineutus)
unidentatus (Aube)
Distribution: Kolkata (Bansdroni), Darjiling
(Kalijhora), Haora (Botanical Garden) and
Murshidabad (Baharampur).
Subfamily ORECTOCHILINAE
96. Orectochilus (Patrus) cribratellus
metallescens Regimbart
Distribution: DarjiliIig (Ghumti, Kalimpong,
Pashok, Kurseong).
97. Orectochilus (Patrus) horni Ochs
Distribution : Darjiling.
98. Orectochilus (Patrus) andamanicus
Regimbart
Distribution : Kolkata.
99. Orectochilus (Patrus) cardoni
Regimbart
Distribution : Kolkata.
100. Orectochilus (Patrus) cuneatus
Regimbert
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong,
Kalimpong, Sukna).
101. Orectochilus (Patrus) cylindricus
Regimbert
Distribution: Medinipur (Garbeta).
102. Orectochilus (Patrus) desgodinsi
Regimbert
Distribution Darjiling (Chujhora,
Kalimpong, Sureil, Gumuti, Kalimpong).
103. Orectochilus (Patrus) discifer
(Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
104. Orectochilus (Patrus) figuratus
Regimbart
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok, Kurseong).
105. Orectochilus (Patrus) fletcheri Oehs
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Brahmani
river) and Medinipur (Garbeta).
106. Orectochilus (Patrus) gangeticus
(Wiedmann)
Distribution : Jalpaiguri, Medinipur
(Garbeta) and Murshidabad (Baharampur).
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Orectochilus (Patrus)
107. Family RHYSODIDAE
haemorrhous Regimbart 118. Omoglymmius (Orthoglymmius)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Brahmani darjilingensis Saha, Haldar & Biswas
river). Distribution: Darjiling (Gorubathan).
108. Orectochilus (Patrus) metallicus Family PAUSSIDAE
Regimbart
Sub family CERAPTERINAE
Distribution: Darjiling (Sureil, Kurseong).
119. Cerapterus lalipes Swederus
Orectochilus (Patrus)
109.
oblongiusculus Regimbart Distribution : Bankura.
Distribution : Darjiling (Teesta valley, 120. Pleuropterus cardoni Gestro
Kalimpong, Singla, Kurseong). Distribution : Bankura.
110. Orectochilus (Patrus) productus Subfamily PAUSSINAE
Regimbart 121. Celeatoderus andrewesi Desneux
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Brahmani
Distribution : Kolkata.
river), Kolkata (Eden Gardens), South 24 Pgs.
(Garia), Darjiling (Siliguri) and Medinipur 122. Ceratoderus bifasciatus (Koller)
(Garbeta). Distribution : Bankura.
111. Orectochilus (Patrus) ribeiroi 123. Euplatyrhopalus aplustrifer
Vazirani (Westwood)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Distribution : Bankura.
Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Kolkata, Koch
Paussus pilicornis Donovan
124.
Bihar, Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri,
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia, Distribution : Kolkata.
Puruliya and Dinajpur. 125. Pausus sesquisulcatus Wasmann
112. Orectochilus (Patrus) simi lis Ochs Distribution : J alpaiguri (Madarihat forest)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Brahmani and Murshidabad (Sahebganj).
river). Pausus cognatus Westwood
126.
113. Orectochilus (s. str.) murinus Distribution: Not known.
Regimbart
127. Platyrhopalus denncoMlis
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalijhora, Kurseong, (Donovan)
Singla, Kalimpong, Pashok).
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family HALIPLIDAE
128. Platyrhopalus intermedius Benson
114· Haliplus (Liaphlus) angustifrons
Regimbart Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
Distribution: Kolkata (Bansdroni). 129.Platyrhopalus angustus Westwood
115· Haliplus (Liaphlus) arrowi Guignot Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Kolkata Family CICINDELIDAE
(Behala). Sub family COLLYRINAE
116.Haliplus (Liaphlus) pruthi Vazirani 130. Neocollyris smithii (Chaudoir)·
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Bankura and Barddhaman.
117· Haliplus (Liaphlus) pulchellus 131. Neocollyris attenuata (Redtenbacher)
indicus Regimbart Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Lord
Distribution : Kolkata. Carmichael) .
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132. Neocollyris bone IIi (Guerin)
Distribution : Medinipur (Kharagpur).
133. Neocollyris crassicoMtis (Dejean)
Distribution: Darjiling, 24 Pgs. (Saltlake)
and Maldah.
134. Neocollyris distincta Chaudoir
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
135. Neocollyris fuscitarsis
Schmidt-Goebel
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
136. Neocollyris feae (Horn)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
137. Neocollyris saphyrina (Chaudoir)
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok), Kolkata
and Nadia.
138. Neocollyris insignis Chaudoir
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla, Pashok).
139. Neocollyris redtenbacheri (Horn)
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok, Singla,
Ghumti).
140. Neocollyris samaragdina Horn
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
141. Neocollyris saphyrina Chaudoir
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Kalyani) and
Darjiling (Pashok).
142. Neocollyris uariicoMtis (Chaudoir)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangpu, Singla).
143. Neocollyris uariitarsis (Chaudoir)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna, Singla).
144. Collyris longicollis Fabricius
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
145. Collyris mniszechi
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
146. Tricondyla macrodera Chaudoir
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok, Singla,
Ghumti, Rungbong valley).
Subfamily THERATINAE
147. Therates dohertyi Horn
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
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148. Therates gestroi Horn
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Kurseong, Pashok, Ghumti).
149. Therates obliques Fleutiaux
Distribution : Darjiling (Pa&hok).
Subfamily CICINDELINAE
150. Cicindela chloropleura Chaudoir
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok, Kalimpong,
Rungeet valley).
151. Cicindela dromicoides Chaudoir
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom, Palmajua).
152. Cicindela funebris Schmidt-Goebel
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseo~g).
153. Cicindela tetrastacta Wiedemann
Distribution : Birbhum.
154. Cicindela triguttata Herbst
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kalimpong, Siliguri).
155. Cicindela spinolae Gestro
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo, Peshok,
Singla, Kalimpong) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
156. Cicindela striolata Illiger
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
157. Cicindela bicalor Fabr.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
158. Cicindela duponti
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
159. Cicindela bigemina KIug
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kurseong, Siliguri).
160. Cicindela fabricii
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
161. Cicindela seriepunctata Horn
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Kalimpong,
Rungest valley, Pashok).
162. Cicindela imperfecta
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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163. Cicindela decempunctata Dejean
Distribution : Birbhum.
164. Cicindela germanica
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
165. Cicindela undulata Dejean
Distribution : Kolkata.
166. Cicindela erudita Wiedemann
Distribution: J alpaiguri (BTR) and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
167. Cicindela grammophora Chaudoir
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
Maldah.
168. Cicindela cognata Wiedemann
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling and
Murshidabad.
169. Cicindela' minuta Olivier
Distribution : Kolkata (Eden Gardens),
Darjiling (Pashok) and Murshidabad.
170. Cicindela ninda Wiedemann
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata (Eden
Gardens), Darjiling and Maldah.
171. Cicindela agnata Fleutiauxz
Distribution : Barddhaman and Darjiling.
172. Cicindela angulata Fabricius
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Darjiling (Pankhabari), Jalpaiguri (BTR) and
Maldah.
173· Cicindela sumatrensis Herbst
Distribution: Kolkata, Darjiling (Siliguri) and
Maldah.
174· Cicindela cardoni Fleutiaux
Distribution : Barddhaman and Puruliya.
175· Cicindela chloris Hope
Distribution: Darjiling (Siliguri).
176. Cicindelafunerea MeLeay
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangeet valley,
Kalimpong, Singla, Rangpo, Rungbongvalley)
and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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177. Cicindela albopunctata Chaudoir
Distribution : Darjiling (Rhenock).
178. Cicindela oberthuri Fletiaux
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Rungbong
Valley).
179. Cicindela octonotata Wiedemann
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna, Pankhabari)
and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
180. Cicindela aurulenta Fabricius
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo, Rungeet
valley, Ghumti, Pashok, Ghoom, Singla).
181. Cicindela sexpunctata Fabricius
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs.
(Barrackpore) and South 24 Pgs. (Basanti,
Sunderban).
182. Cicindela aurovittata Brulle
Distribution : Kolkata.
183. Cicindela assamensis Parry
Distribution: Daljiling and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
184. Heptedonta nodicollis (Bates)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sureil, Kurseong,
Lebong).
185. Heptodonta baam Hom
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok, Ghoom,
Singhla).
186. Heptodonta pulchella (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangeet Valley,
Rungbong valley, Mangpu).
187. Prothyma exomata
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
188. Prothyma limbata
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
189. hothyma proxima Chaudoir
Distribution: Birbhum.
Suborder PO LYPHAGA
Superfamily HISTEROIDEA
Family HISTERIDAE
Subfamily HOLOLEPTINAE
190. Hololepta elongate Er.
Distribution : Darjiling' (Rambi) and
Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa, Jaigaon).
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191. Hololepta indica Er.
Distribution : Darjiling (Rambi, Reang).
Hololepta laevigata Guerin
192.
Distribution: Darjiling (Rambi).
Subfamily ABRAEINAE
193. Abraeus paria Marscul
Distribution: Darjiling (Teesta, Sukna).
Acritus copricola Cooman
194.
Distribution: Kolkata (Alipur) and HugH
(Bandel).
195. Acritus duchainei Cooman
Distribution : Kolkata (Alipur) and HugH.
196. Acritus exquisitus Cooman
Distribution : HugH.
197. Acritus pascuarum Cooman
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Madarihat).
198. Acritus tuberisternus Cooman
Distribution : Koch Bihar (Dinhata).
199. Chaetabraeus fakir (Lewis)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gayerkata).
Subfamily DENDROPHILINAE
Bacanius atomarius Sharp
200.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Madarihat).
201.Platylomalus oblisus (Lewis)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Balsingpara,
Lankapra).
202. Platylomalus oceanitis (Mars.)
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling (RambO.
Subfamily HISTERINAE
203. Apobletes bengalensis Chakraborty
& Biswas
Distribution : J al paiguri (Lanka para,
Hasimara, Jaldapara Sanctuary,
Rajabhatkhawa, Falakata).
204. Apobletes marginicollis Lewis
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
205. Apobletes planidorsum Bickhardt
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna) and
Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
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206. Atholus coelestis (Mars.)
Distribution : Bankura (Heera Parbat) and
Darjiling (Singla, Lord Charmichael, Dange).
207. Atholus silvicola (Lew.)
Distribution: Darjiling (Dange, Rangtong).
208. Chronus scaliformis Desb.
Distribution : Kolkata (Tollygunge) and
Darjiling (Thepi, Bijanbari, Dange).
209. Cypturus bengalensis Lewis
Distribution: Medinipur (Belpahari).
210. Eurylister sincerus (Schm.)
Distribution: Hugli (Bhadreswar) and
Jalpaiguri (Gayerkata).
211. Hister javanicus Paykul
Distribution: Bankura (Piardoba, Simlapal).
212. Hister luciscus Lewis
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gayerkata).
213. Hister pullatus Erichson
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur) and
Bankura (Simlapal).
214. Hister punctulatus Wied.
Distribution: Murshidabad.
215. Hyposolenus bengalensis (Lewis)
Distribution : DarjiHng (Singla, Lord
Charmichael) .
216. Pachylister chinensis (Quens)
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Lord
Charmichael) and Murshidabad.
217. Parepierus corticicola Bickhardt
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Dalsingpara,
Lankapara, Jaldapara Sanctuary).
218. Platy lister afl-atus (Erichson)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur),
Kolkata (Bansdroni), Darjiling (Singla, Lord
Charmichael), HugH (Bhadreswar) and
Jalpaiguri (Santalbari).
219. Platylister borneolus (Mars.)
Distribution: Darjiling (Chunabhati, Teesta).
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220. Platylister cambodjensis (Mars)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna).
221. Platylister odiosus (Mars.)
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Santalbari,
Falakata).
222. Platylister strialis (Mars.)
Distribution : Darjiling (Gorubathan, Rambi)
and Jalpaiguri (Falkata).
223. Platysoma brahmani Lewis
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna, Lodhama)
and Jalpaiguri (Jalgaon).
224- Platysoma brevistriatum Lewis
Distribution: Darjiling (Lodhama).
225. Platysoma corifucii Marseul
Distribution : Bankura (Amarkanan),
Darjiling (Garubathan, Bhuttabari, Rambi) and
Jalpaiguri (Lankapara, Jaldapara sanctuary,
Falakata).
226. Santalus orientalis (Paykul)
Distribution : Bankura (Hatirampur),
Darjiling (Singla, Lord Charmichael) and
Medinipur (Belpahari).
227. Santalus parallelus (Redt.)
_ Distribution : Bankura (Heera parbat) and
Darjiling (Singla, Lord Charmichael) ..
228. Silinus palmipes Lewis
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
229. Tribalus sp.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Dalsingpara).
Subfamily SAPRINAE
230. Chalcionellus pulc;hellus (Fabricius)
Distribution: Hugli (Singur).
231. Hypocacculus malabaricus Rich.
Distribution: Hugli (Singur).
232. Saprinus chalcites (Illiger)
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
233· Saprinus frontistrius Marseul.
Distribution: HugJi (Singur).
234· Saprinus optabilis Mars.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gayerkata).
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Superfamily CUCUJOIDEA
Family COCCINELLIDAE
Subfamily CHILOCHORINAE
235. Brumus suturalis (Fabricius)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Naihati), South
24 Pgs. (Sonarpur), Birbhum (Illambazar,
Ballavpur, Labhpur, Gopalpur, Mohammod
Bazar), Darjiling (Chunabhati, Mirik), Jalpaiguri
(Hatkhola, Binaguri tea estate), Koch Bihar
(Baxirhat), Medinipur (Digha, Daigheri forest)
and Murshidabad (Jiyagunj, Beldanga, Lalgola).
236. Chilocorus braeti Weise
Distribution : Darjiling.
237. Chilocorus nigritus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata (Dhapa), Haora
(Shibpur), Medinipur (Bholabheda) and Nadia
(B.C.K.V.).
238. Chilocorus politus Mulsant
Distribution: Darjiling (Pandam). Nadia
(B.C.K.V.).
239. ChilocoMlS rubidus Hope
Distribution: Not known.
240. Telsimia da1:jilingensis Kapur
Distribution : Not known.
Subfamily COCCIDULINAE
241. Rodolia breviuscula (Weise)
Distribution : Nadia (Kalyani) and Kolkata
(Eden Gardens, New Al.,ore).
242. Rodolia amabilis Mulsant
Distribution: Not known.
243. Rodolia fumida Mulsant
Distribution : Haora (Choona bhati) and
North 24 Pgs. (New Barrackpore).
244. Rodolia ruJicollis Mulsant
Distribution : Not known.
Subfamily COCCINELLINAE
245.Adonia variegata (Goeze)
Distribution : Not known.
246. Anisolemnia pearsoni (crotch)
Distribution : Not known.
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247. Callica"a superba (Muslant)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
248. Calvia dorsonotata Mulsant
Distribution : Not known.
249. Calvia thoracica Wise
Distribution: Not known.
250. Calvia sykesi Crotch
Distribution : Not known.
251. Menochilus sexaculatus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Not known.
252. Synharmonia signatella (Mulsant)
Distribution: Not known.
253. Coccinella decempunctata
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
254. Coccinella transversalis Fabricius
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Naihati,
Barasat), Bankura (Susunia, Amtala,
Mukutmanipur, Ranibandh, Hatirampur),
Birbhum (Sainthia, Suri), Kolkata (Dhapa, Eden
Gardens, Behala), Darjiling (Garubathan,
Chunabhati, Singhala, Sukhna, Mirik,
Phansidewa), Haora (Maheshpur, Ulberia),
Jalpaiguri (Binaguri, Raj abhatkhawa) , Koch
Bihar (Mathabhanga), Maldah (Gangarampur,
Pakuahat, Dhulian), Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills),
Medinipur (Daigheri forest, Gangadharpur,
Digha, Sankarpur forest) and Murshidabad
(Azimganj, Jiyaganj, Amarpur, Jangipur, Sagar
Dighi, Baharampur, Cossimbazar, Lalgola).
255. Coccinella septempunctata
Linnaeus
Distribution: Kolkata (Dhapa), Murshidabad
(Baharampur, Jiyaganj, Raghunathganj,
Jangipur, Amarpur, Sagardighi, lalbag,
Azimganj, Cossimbazar), Medinipur
(Gangarampur, Digha, Bamangola), Maldah,
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara) and Darjiling (Reang,
Kalimpong, Singla, Pedang, Mahananda, Lava,
Teesta bazar, Tarkhola, Dowhill, Jhepi, Mirik,
Tindharia, Sukhia, Ghoombhanjang,
Lepchjagat).
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256. Coccinella repanda Thunberg
Distribution: Not known.
257. Coelophora pupillata (Swartz)
Distribution: Kolkata (Naktala).
258. Coelophora bissellata Mulsant
Distribution: DaIjiling (Reang, Gorubathan,
Chunabhati, Bograkota, Nazeok, Kalimpong,
Thumthung khola) and Jalpaiguri (Hasimara).
259. Coelophora sexareata Mulsant
Distribution : Darjiling (Chunabhati,
Kalimpong, Melli, Tumthungkhola, Singla bazar,
Mahanadi, Lopchu).
260. Coelophora unicolor (Fabricius)
Distribution : Not known.
261. Coelophora westermanni Mulsant
Distribution: Not known.
262. Halyzia straminea Hope
Distribution: Not known.
263. Harmonia arcuata (Fabricius)
Distribution: Kolkata (Bansdroni, Naktala)
and Haora (Bagnan).
264. Illeis indica Timberlake
Distribution : Birbhum (Bagmara), Haora
(Bagnan), Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar, Bijanbari
forest) and Murshidabad (Baharampur,
Sagardighi, Cossimbazar).
265. Leis dimidiata (Fabricius)
Distribution: Darjiling (Reang, Singla).
266. Micraspis cardoni (Weise)
Distribution: Bankura and Medinipur
(Bholaveda).
267. Micraspis discolor (Fabricius).
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani), North 24 Pgs.
(Duttapukur, Barrackpore, Ichapur), South 24
Pgs. (Sonarpur, Baruipur, Budge Budge,
Sunderban), Bankura (Bishnupur), Birbhunl
(Nalhati, Illambazar), Kolkata (Dhapa, Eden
Gardens, Alipur, Salt Lake, Lake gardens.
Behala), Darjiling (Mirik, Chatirhat, Panihati.
Phansidewa), Haora (Abhirampur, Bagnan).
HugH (Sheoraphuly, Mankundu, Pandooah.
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Bandel), Jalpaiguri (Jaigon, Binaguri, Falakata,
Rajabhatkhawa, Jainti, Baribhase), Koch Bihar
(Balabhat, Tufangunj, Pestrjhur), Maldah
(Chaneal, Gangarampur, Pakuhat, Dhulian,
AlaI, Bamangola, Nimbari, .Parbatidanga),
Medinipur (Gangadharpur, Digha) and
Murshidabad (Baharampur, Cossimbazar,
Bhakri, Rajchandpur, Dayanagar, Jiyaganj,
Jangipur).
268. Micraspis vincta (Gorham)
Distribution : Not known.
269. Oenopia kirbyi Mulsant
Distribution : Darjiling (Andherikhola,
Samsing, Lolegaon).
270. Oenopia luteopustulata Mulsant
Distribution : Nadia (Kalyani), Bankura
(Patra sagar, Ganga jachati), Birbhum
(Khayrakuri, Illam bazar), Kolkata (Jadavpur,
Eden Gardens), Darjiling (Chunabhati,
Bograkotra, Kalimpong, Melli, Singla bazar,
Lolegaon, Fansidewa), HugH (Sheoraphuly),
Jalpaiguri (Paltanpara forest, Rajabhatkhawa,
Alipurduar, Jainti, Shaktigarh), Koch Bihar
(Mathabhanga, Tufangunj), Maldah (Alai),
Medinipur (Bholadheda, Kankrajhar forest,
Daigheri forest), Murshidabad (Baharampur)
and Puruliya (Ajodhya hills).
271. Oenopia sauzeti Mulsant
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Mahandi,
Melli, Teesta bazar, Rangpo) and Jalpaiguri
(Jainti Hills).
272. Oenopia quadripunctata Kapur
Distribution : Not known.
273· Aiolocaria dodecaspilota (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling.
274· Synonycha grandis (Thunbg.)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
Subfamily EPILACHNINAE
275· Afidenta gradaria Dieke
Distribution : Not known.
276. Ajidenta mimetica simplex Weise
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore)
and Darjiling (Teesta bazar).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
277. Afidentula mandersljentae
(Mulsant)
Distribution : Darjiling (Garubathan,
Ghoomti, Ghombhanjang, Downhill).
278. Afidentula him,alayana Kapur
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang,
Dow hill, Sonada, Tiger hill).
279. Afissa bengalica Dieke
Distribution: Darjiling (Reyang, Kurseong).
280. Afissa Jlavicollis (Thunberg)
Distribution : Darjiling (Reyang, Mousong,
Rongpo, Goke, Lolegaon, Mirik, Tarkhola) and
Jalpaiguri (Bijanbzri forest, Jainti, Paltanpata
forest, Rajabhatkhawa, J aldapara).
281. Afissa maculicollis (Sicard)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
282. Afissa mysticoides (Sicard)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Downhill, Lop chu,
Mirik, Jhepi).
283. Afissa atypica Dieke
Distribution : Not known.
284. Afissa congener (Gorham)
Distribution: Not known.
285. Afissa dumerili (Mulsant)
Distribution: Not known.
286. Afissa grayi (Mulsant)
Distribution : Not known.
287. Afissa macularis (Mulsant)
Distribution : Not known.
288. Afissa marginicollis (Hope)
Distribution : Not known.
289. Afissa mystica (Mulsant)
Distribution: Not known.
290. Epilachna septima Dieke
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani), North 24 Pgs.
(Dogachia), Bankura (Taldangra), Kolkata
(Bansdroni, Naktala), DaIjiling (Rangpo), HugH
(Chandannagar), Jalpaiguri (Falakata) and,
Murshidabad (Baharampur).
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291. Epilachna vigintioctopunctata
(Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata (Eden Gardens,
Bansdroni, New Alipur), Darjiling (Melli), Haora
(Kamarkundu, Chandan nagar, Bandel), Koch
Bihar (Tufangunj), Medinipur (Jhargram) and
Murshidabad (Dayanagar, Cossimbazar,
Baharampur).
292. Epilachna suspiciosa Weise
Distribution : Not known.
293. Epilachna ocellata Redtenbacher
Distribution: Not known.
294. Epilachna moorei Crotch.
Distribution: Not known.
295. Epilachna indica Mulstant
Distribution: Not known.
296. Epilachna dodecastigma
(Wiedemann)
Distribution: Kolkata (Dhapa, Bansdroni,
Behala), Haora (Jalpai Bagan, Chandananagar)
North 24 Pgs. (Chandpara), Nadia (Ranaghat),
Murshidabad (Baharampur, Dayanagar,
Cossimbazar), Maldah (Nimbari).
297. Epilachna deyrollii Crotch
Distribution: Not known.
298. Epilachna bhutanensis Bielawski
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
Subfamily SCYMNINAE
299. Aspidimerus birmanicus (Gorh.)
Distribution: Darjiling (Tarkhola).
300. Cryptogonus anasi (Mulsant)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lolegaon, Teesta
bazar).
301. Cryptogonus bimaculatus Kapur
Distribution : Darjiling (Garubathan,
Lolegaon).
302. Cryptogonus complexus Kapur
Distribution : Darjiling (Teesta Bazar,
Tarkhola, Lopchu).
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303. Cryptogonus orbiculus va,.
fulvocinctus (Mulsant)
Distribution: Darjiling (Lolegaon).
304. Cryptogonus orbiculus var.
lunatus Kapur
Distribution: Darjiling (Garubathan).
305. Cryptogonus quadriguttatus (Weise)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lolegaon, Melli
Rangpo, Tarkhola) and Koch Bihar (Baxirhat).
306. Cryptogonus postmedialis Kapur
Distribution: Not known.
307. Pseudaspidimerus circumflexa
va,.. testaceus (Weise)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (New
Barrackpore), South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur,
Kodalia" Subhasgram), Kolkata (Behala) and
HugH (Sheoraphuly).
308. Stethorus indira Kapur
Distribution: Not known.
309. Stethorus pauperculus Weise
Distribution : Not known.
310. Stethorus tetranychi Kapur
Distribution: Not known.
311. Pullus pyrocheilus (Mulsant)
Distribution : Not known.
312. Pullus brunnescens (Motschulsky)
Distribution: Not known.
313. Nephus roonwali Kapur
Distribution: Not known.
Subfamily STICHOLOTINAE
314. Jauravia pallidula Motschulsky
Distribution: Kolkata (Hugli).
315. Jauravia soror (Weise)
Distribution: Birbhum (lllambazar), Kolkata
(Eden Gardens, Naktala) and Hugli (Pandooah).
Family MELOIDAE
Subfamily MELOINAE
316. Cyaneolytta acteon (Laporte)
Distribution : Maldah and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
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3 17. Cylindrothorax braetii (Fairmaire)
Distribution : Not known.
318. Eletica testacea Oliver
Distribution : Darjiling (Reang).
319. Eletica bengalensis Saha & Das
Distribution : Barddhaman.
320. Epicauta hirticornis (Haag-
Rutenberg)
Distribution Darjiling (Rekyong,
Kalimpong, Tindaria, Rangpo, Goke Singta,
Ghoom, Bijanbari, Pulbazar).
321. Epicauta hirtipes (Waterhouse)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
322. Epicauta mannerheimi (Maklin)
Distribution : Maldah, Murshidabad.
323. Epicauta nepalensis (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong, Ghoom
Bhanjang, Andheri khola, Rangpo, Goke Singla,
Palbazar, Rangirum) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
32 4. Epicauta MJjiceps
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
325. Lytta cardonii (Fairmaire)
Distribution: Not known.
326. Mylabris cichorii (Linnaeus)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Garia), Bankura
(Ganga-Jaehati), Darjiling (Mangpu,
Gopaldhara, Kalimpong) and J alpaiguri
(Rangiram, Naxalbari, Rongpo, BTR).
327· Mylabris phalerata (Pallas)
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani, Haringhata),
North 24 Pgs. (Gobardanga), South 24 Pgs.
(Garia), Bankura (Patrasayar, Taldengra,
Amtola), Kolkata (Bansdroni, Alipur, Dhapa),
Haora (Paneha para), HugIi (Uttarpara,
Dighara), Jalpaiguri (Naxalbari, Ranngiram)
and Medinipur (Jhargram).
328. Mylabris pustulata
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
329· Mylabris thunbergi Billbarg
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gohindapur),
Bankura (Radhanagar, Ganga-Jaehati, Amtola,
Patrasayer) and Murshidabad.
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330. Psalydolytta wellmani kaszab
Distribution : Maldah.
Family TENEBRIONIDAE
Subfamily TENEBRIOMINAE
331. Alphitobius diaperinus Oertzen
Distribution : Kolkata.
332. Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius)
Distribution: Kolkata (Kidderpore).
333. Alphitobius piceus
Distribution: Bankura (Radhanagar).
334. Anacycus navicularis Fairm.
Distribution ; Kolkata.
335. Hypophloeus cephs.lotes Gebien
Distribution : DaIjiling (Pashok).
336. Hypophloeus ratzeburgii Wissmm
Distribution : Kolkata.
337. Hypophloeus mpartitus Blair
Distribution ; Kolkata.
338. Latheticus oryzae Waterhouse
Distribution: Kolkata (Cossipore).
339. Lyphia elongata Pic.
Distribution: Kolkata and DaIjiling (Goke).
340. Palorus foveicollis Blair
Distribution : Kolkata.
341. Palorus ratzeburgii Wiss
Distribution: Not known.
342. Platybolium alveolarium Blair
Distribution : Kolkata.
343. Tenebroides mauritanicus Linn.
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani).
344. Tribolium castaneum (Herbst.)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bangaon),
Kolkata and Haora (Howrah railway godown).
345· Tribolium confusum Jaeq.du.Val.
Distribution : Kolkata.
346. Uloma javana Geb.
Distribution: Darjiling (Garubathan) and
Jalpaiguri (Garumara NP).
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347. Uloma kulzeri Ardoin
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
348. Uloma orientalis Cast.
Distribution: Darjiling (Sureil).
349. Uloma rubripes Hope
Distribution : Darjiling (Sureil, Pashok,
Sureil).
350. Uloma rujilabris Fairm.
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
351. Uloma scita Walker
Distribution: DaIjiling (Pashok).
352. Uloma solita Wied.
Distr'ibution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Reyang).
Subfamily TENEBRIONINAE
353. Anthracias punctipennis "Gravely
Distribution: Medinipur (Jhargram).
354. Balptyscellis alpinus Kaszab
Distribution: DaIjiling (Sandakphu).
355. Basanus javanus Chevr.
Distribution: Kolkata (Indian museum).
356. Ceropria induta Wied
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mangpu).
357. Ceropria inoluta
Distribution Darjiling (Mangpu,
Kalimpong).
358. Ceropria laticollis Fairm.
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok, Kalimpong).
359. Ceropria subocellata Lewis
Distribution Darjiling (Mangpu,
Kalimpong).
360. Cossyphus depressus Fab.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur),
Birbhum (Santiniketan), Jalpaiguri (Garumara
NP) and Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills). ( ,-
361. Crypsis blairi Kaszab
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
362. Cyriogeton insignis Pasco
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
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363. Cyriogeton pUlpureus Pic.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
364. Derispia bengalensis Kaszab
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
365. Derispia subseriata Kaszab
Distribution Darjiling (Mangpu,
Kalimpong).
366. Derispia truncata Kaszab
Distribution : Kolkata.
367. Derosphaerus cribrum Fairm.
Distribution : Kolkata.
368. Dicraeosis amplous Gebien
Distribution: DaIjiling (Ghumti, Kalimpong).
369. Encyalesthus cribrum Kaszab
Distribution : Kolkata.
370. Gonocephalum bilineatum (Walker)
Distribution: Maldah (Bamarigota).
371. Gonocephalum consobrinum Blair
Distribution : Kolkata.
372. Gonocephalum curiosum Kaszab
Distribution : Kolkata.
373. Gonocephalum depressum Fab.
Distribution : Nadia (Dhubulia), South 24
Pgs. (Baruipur, Diamond Harbour), Bankura
(Bishnupur), Kolkata (Eden Gardens, Dhapa),
Darjiling (Darjiling, Bijanbari), Hugli
(Bhadrewar), Jalpaiguri (San stream, Jaigaon).
Maldah (Bamarigota) and Medinipur (Digha).
374. Gonocephalum elytrale Kaszab
Distribution : Kolkata.
375. Gonocephalum hoffmannseggi
Steven
Distribution: Kolkata (Dhapa).
376. Gonocephalum nepalicuJn Kaszah
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla, Kalilnpong).
377. Gonocephalum oblongum Fah.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong) a ntl
Maldah (Bamalgola, Golapganj).
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378 . Gonocephalum planatum Walker
Distribution: Kolkata (Dhapa)~
379. Gonocephalum sp.
Distribution: Nadia (Palpara), South 24 Pgs.
(Pathankhali, Sagar Island), Bankura
(Hatirampur), DarjiIing (Samsingh, Sukna,
Kalimpong, Mahananda, Kurseong, Bijanbari,
Darjiling, Garubathan), Maldah (Gopalganj,
Nalkhokson, Bamarigota) and Murshidabad
(Lalbagh, Baharampur, Amarpur).
380. Gonocephalum stockleini Kaszab
Distribution: Kolkata (Dhapa).
381. Gonocephalum strigatum Fab.
Distribution: Kolkata (Alipur).
382. Gonocephalum tuberculatum
Distribution; Darjiling (Kalimpong) and
Puruliya (Ajodhya hills).
383. Gonocephalum woyonorovichi
Kaszab
Distribution : Kolkata (Dum Dum) and
Maldah (Nalakhokson).
384. Gonocephalum vagum Steven
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
harbour, Sonarpur), Kolkata (Dhapa, Alipur,
Dum Dum) and Haora (Botanical Garden).
385. Hexarhopalus foveipenne Fairm.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Sukia pokhri, SureiB.
386. Hoplobrachium aspenpenne Fairm
Distribution : Kolkata.
387. Indenicmosoma posci Kaszab
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
388. Leiochrinus °rufofulvus Westw.
Distribution: Darjiling (Link soka).
389. Leioch"';nus saute"'; Kaszab
Distribution : Not known.
390. Lyprops gracilior Fairm.
Distribution ; DaIjiling (Kalimpong).
391. Lyprops indicus Wied.
Distribution; DaIjiling (Pashok).
392. Mesomorphus laoculus Chatanay
Distribution: HugH (Nasibpur).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
393. Mesomorphus villiger Blanch.
Distribution: Kolkata and Hugli (Singur).
394. Mesomorphus vitalisi Chatanay
Distribution ; Kolkata.
395. Microrcrypticus scnpticum Lewis
Distribution : Kolkata.
396. MicrorC11/pticus ziczac
(Motschulsky)
Distribution : Kolkata (Ballygunge).
397. Opatroides helopioides Dj.
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur) and
Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills).
398. Opatroides vicinus Fairm.
Distribution : Kolkata (Kidderpore) and
DaIjiling (Kalimpong).
399. Platolenes daJjilingnesis Saha
Distribution: DaIjiling (Pashok).
400. Platynotus deryollei Mulsant & Roy
Distribution : Haora (Howrah railway
godown).
401. Platynotus excavatus Fab.
Distribution : Kolkata.
402. Scleron ferrugineum Fabr.
Distribution; Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
HugH (Bandel).
403. Scleron irregualata (Dist.)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
404. Scleron reitteri Gebien
Distribution: Kolkata (Dhapa).
405. Scleropafrum arenaMum Fab.
Distribution: Haora (Shibpur).
406. Scleropafrum smgatum Fabr.
Distribution : Kolkata (Saltlake).
407. Setenis indosinica Fairm.
Distribution Darjiling (Mongphu,
Kalimpong).
408. Setenis laevis Fairm.
Distribution Darjiling (Mangpu,
Kalimpong).
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409. Setenis mandibularis Gebien
Distribution: Kolkata.
410. Strongylium bengalensis Saha &
Das
Distribution: DaIjiling (Bhanganj).
411. Strongylium dubium Gebien
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kurseong).
412. Strongylium schowmi Makl.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
413. Toxicum assamensis Pic.
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
414. Toxicum Mchesianum Latr.
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
415. TMgonopoda malabaricus Fairm.
Distribution: HugH (Barasanti, Singuar).
416. Upis nigra Wied
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily TENTYRIINAE
417. Mesostena lineatopunctata
(Kraatz.)
Distribution : Haora (Howrah railway
godown).
418. Stenosis medinipurensis
Saha & Das
Distribution: Medinipur (Palsandapur).
Family BRENTHiDAE
419. Tracheligus bisulcatus Fab.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
420. Barynthynchus miles Boheman
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family' HELOTIDAE
421. Helota serillei Hope
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Superfamily CHRYSOMELOIDEA
Family CHRYSOMELIDAE
Subfamily SAGRINAE
422. Sagra femorata (Drury)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Naxalbari).
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423. Sagra empyrae Lacordaire
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Barddhaman, Birbhum, Kolkata,
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar,
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia,
Puruliya and Dinajpur.
Subfamily CASSIDINAE
424. Aspidomorpha chandrika Maulik
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
425. Aspidomorpha dorsata (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling (Reyang, Rangtong,
Lord Carmihael) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
426. Aspidomorpha furcata (Thunberg)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Santoshpur),
DaIjiling (Pashok) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
427. Aspidomorpha fuscopunctata
Boheman
Distribution: Haora (Shibpur) and Jalpaiguri
(BTR).
428. Aspidomorpha indica Boheman
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jainagar,
Sonarpur), Kolkata and Darjiling (Pasok,
Ghumti, Darjiling, Lord Carmichael).
429. Aspidomorpha inquinata
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
430. Aspidomorpha miliaris (Fabricius)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barracpore,
Sodepur), South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur,
Subhasgram, Budge Budge), Kolkata (Horti-
Garden), Darjiling (Mangpu), Haora
(Santragachi, Mourigram, Shibpur, Panchpara),
HugH (Chandannagar), Jalpaiguri (BTR) and
Maldah.
431. Aspidomorpha orientalis Bohen1tlJ1
Distribution: DaIjiling (Zsingla).
432. Aspidomorpha sanctaecrucis
(Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna, Kurseong,
Singla), Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Murshidabad.
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433. Basiprionota decemmaculata
(Boheman)
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok, Kalimpong,
Lord Carmichael) and J alpaiguri (BTR).
434. Basiprionota impustulata
(Boheman)
Distribution : Kolkata.
435. Basiprionota maculipennis
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
436. Basiprionota punctipennis
(Wagner)
Distribution : Kolkata.
437. Calopepia leayana Latreille
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Subfamily HALTICINAE
438. Podontia quatuodecimpunctata
Linn.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
439. Cassida petulans Spaeth
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kalimpong, Mangpu,
Lord Carmichael, Urseong, Singla).
440. Cassida australica Boheman
Distribution : Darjiling (Lord Carmichael,
Mahanadi, Botanical Garden) and Jalpaiguri
(BTR).
441. Cassida belliformis Maulik
Distribution : DaIjiling (Lebong, Bhutia basti,
Rangiroom, Botanical Garden).
442. Cassida catenata Boheman
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangpu).
443· Cassida circumdata Herbst
Distribution : Darjiling (Tung).
444. Cassida conchyliata (Spaeth)
Distribution : Darjiling (Mangpu) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
445. Cassida desultrix (Spaeth)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lord Carmichael).
446. Cassida dorsonotata Boheman
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
447. Cassida enerois Boheman
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs. (Diamond harbour, Santoshpur,
Dattabad, Chaprasiabad, Kharbaria), Kolkata
(Eden Gardens, Dhapa, Zoological Garden,
Saltlake), Haora (Shibpur, Mourigram) and
Hugli (Pandooah, Andul, Tribeni).
448. Cassida jlavoscutata Spaeth
Distribution : Darjiling.
449. Cassida homi
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
450. Cassida icterica Boheman
Distribution.: Kolkata.
451. Cassida justa Spaeth
Distribution : Darjiling.
452. Cassida nigrivenms Boheman
Distribution: Datjiling (Kurseong, Mahanadi,
Botanical Garden, Rangpo).
453. Cassida occursans Spaeth
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghumti, Lord
Carmichael, Mangpu, Kalimpong).
454. Cassida obtusata Boheman
Distribution: Darjiling (Tung).
455. Cassida pusillula Boheman
Distribution: Kolkata (F;den Gardens) and
Haora (Sibpur, Andul).
456. Cassida stupa Maulik
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Dum Dum,
Barrackpore, Barasat), South 24 Pgs.
(Sonarpur, Canning, Kamalgachi), Kolkata
(Horticulture Garden, Dhapa, Eden Gardens),
Haora (Sibpur) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
457. Cassida syrtica Boheman
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
458. Cassida timefacta
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
459. Cassida uarians Herbst
Distribution : Kolkata and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
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460. Chiridopsis bipunctata (Linnaeus)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur,
Dattabad) and Darjiling (Tindharia).
461. Chiridopsis septemnotata
(Boheman)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kalimpong, Mahanadi).
462. ChiMdopsis promiscua (Boheman)
Distribution: Bankura (Hatirampur).
463. Conchyloctenia nigrovittata
(Boheman)
Distribution : Kolkata.
464. Craspedonta leayana (Latreille)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mangphu,.~azeok).
465. Epistictina viMdimaculata (Bohemen)
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
466. Glyphocassis trilineata (Hope)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Lord Carmichael).
467. Laccoptera nr. discreta Bohemen
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
468. Laccoptera quadrimaculata
(Thunberg)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur),
Kolkata (Horticulture Garden, Alipur), DaIjiling
(Pashok, Bijaribari, Kurseong, Kalimpong),
Haora (Shibpur), Jalpaiguri (BTR) and
Murshidabad.
469. Notosacantha maculipennis
(Boheman)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
470. Notosacantha tenuicula (Spaeth)
Distribution : Darjiling.
471. Oocassida cruenta (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
472. Oocassida obscura (Fabricius)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Chapra),
Kolkata and Murshidabad.
473. Sindia clathrata (Fabricius)
Distribution: Medinipur and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
474. Sindia sedecimaculata Boheman
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghumti).
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Subfamily CHLASMISNAE
475. Chlamisus pashokensis Maulik
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily CHRYSOMELINAE
476. Agasta formosa Hope
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Ghumti,
Pashok, Siliguri) and J alpaiguri (BTR).
477. Agrosteomela indica (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sureil, Kurseong,
Pashok, Lava, Jorpokri).
478. Agrosteomela fallaciosa Stal
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong, Pashok,
Darjiling, Kurseong).
479. Chrysolina baronii ·Daccordi
Distribution : Darjiling.
480. Ch-..ysolina coelestina (Baly)
Distribution : Darjiling.
481. Chrysolina coerulipes (Harold)
Distribution : Darjiling.
482. Chrysolina conglomerata Maulik
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Harbour, Lakshikantapur) and Murshidabad.
483. Ch-..ysolina exanthematica
(Wiedemann)
Distribution: Murshidabad.
484. Chrysolina inconstans (Wiedemann)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Patranjuth).
485. Ch-..ysolina vishnu (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Mangpu, Ghoonl,
Darjiling, Sureil, Kalimpong, Lebong),
Murshidabad (Baharampur), Jalpaiguri (BTR).
486. Chrysomela populi Linnaeus
Distribution : Darjiling.
487. Humba cyanicollis (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong, Sun~il,
Kurseong).
488. Linaeidea chloMna (Maulik)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rambi).
489. Paropsides nigropunctata Jacoby
Distribution: Darjiling.
490. Phaedon cheni Daccordi
Distribution : Darjiling.
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491. Phaedon chujoi Daccordi
Distribution : Darjiling.
492. Phaedon indicus Chen
Distribution : Darjiling.
493. Phaedon thompsoni Daccordi
Distribution : Darjiling.
494. Plagiodera rufescens (Gyllenhal)
Distribution : Maldah (Nalakhokson),
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
495. Potanina assamensis (Baly)
Distribution Darjiling (Reyang,
Ghoombhanjang, Manibhanjan, Takdah).
Subfamily CLYTRINAE
496. Aetheanta fasciata Medvedev
Distribution : Darjiling (Bijanbari).
497. Aetheomorpha apicata Medvedev
Distribution : Darjiling.
498. Aetheomorpha malayana (Baly)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
499. Aetheomorpha pseudonagaensis
Medvedev
Distribution: Darjiling.
500. Aetheomorpha tonkinensis (Jacoby)
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Goke,
Reyang).
501. Aetheomorpha unifasciata Jacoby
Distribution : Not known.
502. Aspidolopha egregia (Boheman)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
503· Aspidolopha spilota (Hope)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangpu).
504. Aspidolopha himalayensis Medvdav
Distribution: Darjiling.
505. Aspidolopha melanophthalma
Lacordaire
Distribution: Kolkata, Jalpaiguri (Hasimara),
Medinipur (Kharagpur) and Murshidabad
(Beldnga, Jiyaganj, Baharampur, Azimganj).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
506. Aspidolopha decora (Fabricius)
Distribution : Not known.
507. Clytra indica (Jacoby)
Distribution : Darjiling.
508. Clytra succincta Lacordaire
Distribution: Not known.
509. Clytra lefeurei Jacoby
Distribution: Not known.
510. Clytrasoma palliatum (Fabricius)
Distribution : Maldah.
511. Diapromorpha dejeani Lacordaire
Distribution : Darjiling (Mangpu, Pashok,
Kalimpong).
512. Diapromorpha turcica (Fabricius)
Distribution: Birbhum (Palitpur).
513. Diapromorpha pallens (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong, Teesta),
Kolkata, Maldah, North 24 'Pgs. (kakandighi,
Subhashgram, Airport, Dutta pukur) and Hugli
(Bandel, Chandan Nagar, Serampur, Choto
Bally).
514. Diapromorpha quadripunctata
Jacoby Var. nalandensis Weise
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
515. Physosmaragdina tonkinensis
(Lefevre)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong, Ryang,
Rangpo, Rambi bazar).
516. Smaragdina diuisa (Duvivier)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling (Rangpo)
and Maldah (Gangarampur).
517. Smaragdina laticollis (Duvivier)
Distribution : Darjiling.
518. Smaragdina minuta Jacoby
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangpo).
519. Smaragdina sikkima Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily CRIOCERINAE
520. Lema assamensis Jacoby
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
521. Lema atkinsoni Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
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522. Lema castanea Jacoby
Distribution : Kolkata.
523. Lema constrictofasciate Jacoby
Distribution ~ Bankura (Hatirampur,
Taldangra), Birbhum (Bolpur) and Darjiling
(Mirik).
524. Lema cormandelina (Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura (Hatirampur),
Kolkata (Eden Gardens, Dhapa), Darjiling
(Tarkhola, Pashok, DaIjiling), Haora (Shibpur,
Belur), HugH (Mankundu) and Jalpaiguri
(Naxalbari).
525. Lema cyanea Fabricius
Distribution : DaIjiling (DaIjiling, Rangpo,
Bijanbari, Manibhanjang, Kurseong, Mahanadi).
526. Lema fuvofrontalis Jacoby
Distribution Darjiling (Lebong,
Manibhanjang, Lepchajagat, DaIjiling).
527. Lema fulvula Lacordaire
Distribution : Not known.
528. Lema fulvimana Jacoby
Distribution : Kokata (Horticulture
Garden, Eden Gardens).
529. Lema gahani Jacoby
Distribution Darjiling (Singla,
Andherikhola, Rangpo).
530. Lema impotens Lacordaire
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
Darjiling (Goke).
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531. Lema indicola Takizawa & Basu
. Distribution: Darjiling (Gorabari, Sonada).
. ! flne:-.,·"
'. :: 5.32. Lema lacertosa Lacordaire
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur,
Lakshmikantapur), Kolkata (Eden Gardens,
Dhapa), DaIjiling (Goke, Singla), Hugli (Tribeni)'
and Jalpaiguri (Khairabari, Naxalbari).
533. Lema maindroni Jacoby
Distribution : Kolkata.
534. Lema m'acei Lacordaire
Distribution: Not known.
535. Lema nigricollis Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
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536. Lema nigrofrontalis Clark
Distribution Darjiling (Rangpo,
Manibhanjang, Bijanbari, Mirik) and Jalpaiguri
(BTR).
537. Lema palpalis Lacordaire
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kalimpong, Pashok),
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
538. Lema praeclara Clark
Distribution: DaIjiling (Pashok, Singla).
539. Lema psyche Baly
Distribution : DaIjiling (Lepcbajagat, Sonada,
Mahanadi).
540. Lema rufotestacea Clark
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur,
Hatirampur), Kolkata, DaIjiling (Goke, Singla,
Rangiroom, Reyang, Garubathan, Rangpo,
Bijanbari, Tarkhola), Haora (Sibpur) and
Maldah (Bhaluk station).
541. Lema nifoJrontalis Jacoby
Distribution : DaIjiling (Ghumti, Kurseong)
and Kolkata.
542. Lema rugifrons Jacoby
Distribution: Kolkata, Jalpaiguri (BTR).
543. Lema singularis Jacoby
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
544. Lema suturella Baly
Distribution: Not known.
545. Lilioceris impressa (Fabricius)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangphu, Tarkhola).
546. Lilioceris laosensis (Pic)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Bijanbarl) .
547. Lilioceris malabarica (Jacoby)
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Lankapara,
Hasimara).
548. Lilioceris nepalensis Takizawa
Distribution : DaIjiling.
549. Lilioceris qudripustulata (Fabricius)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
550. Lilioceris semicostata (Jacoby)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Lebong).
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551. Lilioceris semipunctata (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling (Manibhanjang,
Reyang).
552. Oulema downesi Baly
Distribution : Bankura (Heraparbat,
Radhanagar, Mukutmanipur), Barddhaman and
Kolkata.
Subfamily EUMOLPINAE
553. Acrothinium violaceum Jacoby
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
554. Chrysolampra Jlavipes Jacoby
Distribution ~ Jalpaiguri (BTR).
555. Chrysolampra indica Jacoby
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
556. Chrysolampra manipurensis
Jacoby
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
557. Chrysolampra minuta Jacoby
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
558. Colaspoides subrugosa Jacoby
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
559· Colasposoma pretiosum Baly
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
560. Corynodes peregrinus Fuessly
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
561. Scelodonta indica Duviv
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
Subfamily CRYPTOCEPHALINAE
562. Adiscus hauseri (Weise)
Distribution : Darjiling.
563. Coenobius birmanicus Jacoby
Distribution: Darjiling.
564. Coenobius cyaneus Lopatin
Distribution : Darjiling.
565. Cryptocephalus analis Olivier
Distribution : Maldah (Harishchandrapur).
566. Cryptocephalus baroniurbanii
Lopatin
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
567. Cryptocephalus bissexsignatus
Suffrian
Distribution : Darjiling.
568. Cryptocephalus darjilingensis
Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling (Lepchajagat,
Darjiling).
569. Cryptocephalus dtfficiens Suffrian
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
570. Cryptocephalus dimidiatipennis
Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling (Mirik).
571. Cryptocephalus ensifer Hope
Distribution: Darjiling.
572. Crypt~cephalus exsulans Suffrian
Distribution : Darjiling (Sureil, Mangpu,
Ghoom, Rangiroom, Lepchajagat,
Manibhanjang, Jorpokhri).
573. Cryptocephalus maytreiae Lopatin
Distribution : Darjiling.
574. Cryptocephalus nigronotatus
Bryant
Distribution : Darjiling.
575. Cryptocephalus oppositus Jacoby
Distribu,tion : Darjiling.
576. Cryptocephalus sannio
Redtenbacher
Distribution : Darjiling.
577. Cryptocephalus sehestedti
Fabricius
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Basanti);
Birbhum (Sainthia, Bagmara, Nalhati), Kolkata,
HugH (Bandel) and Murshidabad (Baharampur).
578. Cryptocephalus senguptai Lopatin
Distribution : DaIjiling.
579· Cryptocephalus sexsignatus
Fabricius
Distribution : Kolkata and Medinipur
(Kharagpur).
580. Cryptocephalus sikhimensis
Jacoby
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
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581. Cryptocephalus suavis Duvivier
Distribution : Darjiling.
582. Cryptocephalus triangularis Hope
Distribution : Darjiling.
583. Cryptocephalus tricinctus
Redtenbacher
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
584. Cryptocephalus vittipennis
Suffrian
Distribution : H ugli ( Dankuni) and Maldah
(Nimbari).
585. Cryptocephalus CMlcipennis
Suffrian
Distribution : Not known.
586. Cryptocephalus insubidus
Suffrian
Distribution : Not known.
587. Cryptocephalus vahli Fabricius
Distribution: Birbhum (Sainthia).
588. Cryptocephalus hersti Suffrian
Distribution : Not known.
Subfamily DONACINAE
589. Donacia recticollis Jacoby
Distribution : Kolkata.
590. Donacia delesserti Guerin
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
591. Donacia javana Wiedemann
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
Subfamily EUMOLPINAE
592 .. Abirus elongatus Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
593. Aloria caerulea (Jacoby)
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang,
Rangpo, Bijanbari, Rangiroom, Jorpokri,
Darjiling) .
594. Aoria bowringi (Baly)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangphu, Pashok).
595. Aoria nigripes (Baly)
Distribution : Darjiling.
596. Aulexis tibialis Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
597. Basilepta kumatai Kimoto &
Takizawa
Distribution : Darjiling.
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598. Basilepta angulicolle (Duvivier)
Distribution : Darjiling.
599. Basilepta fabrei (Lefevre)
Distribution : Darjiling.
600. Basilepta femoratum (Jacoby)
Distribution : Darjiling.
601. Basilepta indicum (Jacoby)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
602. Basilepta obscurum (Jacoby)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangiroom,
Darjiling).
603. Basilepta plagiosum Baly
Distribution: Darjiling (Reang).
604. Basilepta pretiosum (Jacoby)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sonada).
605. Basilepta puncticollis (Lefevre)
Distribution: Darjiling (Reyang).
606. Basilepta quadrifasciatum
(Jacoby)
Distribution Darjiling (Bijanbari,
Rangiroom, Jorpokhri).
607. Basilepta sikhimensis (Jacoby)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
608. Basilepta varia bile (Duvivier)
Distribution : Darjiling.
609. Bromiodes indicus Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
610. Callisina brunnea Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
611. Chrysonopa apicalis Takizawa
Distribution : Darjiling.
612. Cleorina aeneomicans (Baly)
Distribution : Darjiling.
613. Cleorina assamensis Jacoby
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kurseong).
614. Cleorina bevani Baly
Distribution : Darjiling.
615. Cleorina jacobyi Duvivier
Distribution: Darjiling.
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616. Cleorina nepalensis Takizawa
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroom).
617. Colaspoides bengalensis Duvivier
Distribution : Darjiling.
618. Colaspoides sublavicollis Duvivier
Distribution : Darjiling.
619. Colaspoides subrugosa Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Daijiling,
Lebong, Ghoom).
620. Colasposoma asperatum Lefevre
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
621. Colasposoma auripenne
Motschulsky
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
622. Colasposoma bicallosum Lefevre
Distribution: Not known.
62 3. Colasposoma downesi Baly
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong, Pashok,
Goke, Bijanbari).
624. Colasposoma metallicum Clark
Distribution: Darjiling (Bijanbari, Jorpokri).
62 5. Colasposoma nigriventris Baly.
Distribution: Not known.
626. Colasposoma oMtatum Jacoby
Distribution : Maldah.
627. Colasposoma pretiosum Baly
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok) and
J alpaiguri (BTR).
628. Colasposoma Mljipes Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
629· Colasposoma semicostatum Jacoby
Distribution: Darjiling.
630. Colasposoma serratulum Lefevre
Distribution: Not known.
631. Colasposoma subrugosa
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
632. EUlYpelta modesta (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
633· Heminodes unicolor (Duvivier)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
634. Nodina indica Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
635. Nodina nepalensis Takizawa
Distribution : DaIjiling.
636. Nodina pusilla Motschulsky
Distribution : Darjiling.
637. Pachnephorus lewisii Baly
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barasat), South
24 Pgs. (Canning), Kolkata (Eden Gardens),
Darjiling (Sukna), Jalpaiguri (Tufanganj) and
Koch Bihar (Balabhat).
638. Pagria kanaraensis (Jacoby)
Distribution : Kolkata.
639. Pagria signata (Motschulsky)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Andherikhla).
640. Platycorynus chalybaeus
(Marshall)
Distribution : Kolkata.
641. Platycorynus chrysis Olivier
Distribution: Barddhaman (Raniganj) and
Kolkata.
642. Platycorynus gratiosus Baly
Distribution: Barddhaman (Raniganj).
643. Platycorynus impressicollis
(Jacoby)
Distribution : Darjiling.
644. Platycorynus lateralis (Hope)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
645. Platycorynus mouhoti (Baly)
Distribution : Darjiling.
646. Platycorynus nitidus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj) and
Kolkata.
647· Platycorynus peregrinus (Herbst)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Garia,
Sonarpur, Banipur, Dattapukur), Barddhaman
(Raniganj, Durgapur), Kolkata (Horticulture
Garden), Daijiling (Sukna), Haora (Mourigram,
Panchpara) and HugH (Bandel, Uttarpara,
Chandannagar).
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648. Platycorynus pyrophoMlS (Parry)
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Pashok,
Dmjiling).
649. Platycorynus speciosus (Lefevre)
Distribution: Darjiling (Lebong).
650. Pseud()stonopa castanea Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
651. Ps~udostonopa picea Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo, Kalimpong,
Teesta bazar).
65,2. Scelodonta dillwyni (Stephens)
Distribution : Kolkata.
653. Scelodonta indica Duvivier
Distribution: Kolkata, Darjiling (Singla) and
Medinipur (Kharagpur).
654. Scelodonta pU1purea Papp.
Distribution: Not known.
655. Scelodonta vittata Olivier
Distribution : Maldah.
656. Trichochrysea antennata Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
657. TrichochJYsea hirta (Fabricius)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangpo, Singla).
658. Trichotheca basifemorata Duvivier
Distribution : Darjiling.
659. Trichotheca hirta Baly
Distribution : Darjiling.
660. Trichotheca sikkimensis Takizawa
Distribution: Darjiling.
661. Xanthonia oblonga
Tankizawa & Basu
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden).
Subfamily GALERUCINAE
662. Agetocera hopei Baly
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Lebong,
Kalimpong, Burch Hill, Pedong).
663. Agetocera lobicornis Baly
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
664. Agetocera mirabilis (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Ranigroom, Barch
Hill).
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665. Aplosonyx chalybaeus (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok, Ghumti,
Kalimpong, Darjiling, Kurseong, Teesta, Mirik,
Sonada).
666. Aplosonyx duvivieri Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling (Lebong) and
Jalpaiguri (Buxa Duar).
667. Aplosonyx n,ifipennis Duvivier
Distribution: Darjiling.
668. Aplosonyx scutellatus Baly
Distribution Darjiling (Kurseong,
Kalimpong, Lebong) and Jalpaiguri (Buxa duar).
669. Apophylia assamensis Jacoby
Distribution Darjiling (Kurseong,
Kalimpong), Haora (Sibpur) and J alpaiguri
(Kharibari).
670. Apophylia crotchi (Jacoby)
Distribution: Not known.
671. Apophylia lebongana Maulik
Distribution : Darjiling (Gorabari, Sonada,
Tindharia, Tibetan Nayabasti, Lepchajagat,
Rangiroom).
672. Apophylia pallipes (Jacoby)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
673. Apophylia sericea (Fabricius)
Distribution: Darjiling (Manibhanjang) and
Medinipur (Kharagpur).
674. Apophylia viridis Jacoby
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangpo).
675. Arthrotidea nepalensis (Kimoto)
Distribution : Darjiling.
676. Arthrotidea rubrica Chen & Jiang
Distribution : Darjiling (Botanical Garden,
Ghoombhanjang, Lepchajagat, Manibhanjang.
Tibetan Nayabasti).
677. Arthrotus pallidus Laboissiere
Distribution : Darjiling.
678 Arthrotus persimilis Kimoto
Distribution: Darjiling.
679. Atrachya kusamai Takizawa
Distribution : Darjiling.
680. Aulacophora impressa (Fabricius).
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
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681. Aulacophora almora Maulik
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang,
Singlhla, Reyang, Rangpo, Tarkhola,
Sukiapokhri).
682. Aulacophora bicolor (Weber) Baly
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok, Singla,
Tarkhola), Jalpaiguri (BTR).
683. Aulacophora cincta (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
684. Aulacophora cruneta (Fabricius)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna).
685. Aulacophora excauata Baly
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bishnupur) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
686. Aulacophorafoueicollis (Lucas)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Falta, Khardah,
Titagarh, Birati, Barasat, Bongaon,
Kamalgachi), South 24 Pgs. (Dighara, Canning,
Sonarpur, Santoshpur, Lakshikantapur,
Baruipur), Birbhum (Illambazar, Tilpara,
Nalhati), Kolkata (Dhapa, Eden Gardens,
Bagmari, Alipur), Darjiling (Rangpo, Tung,
Rangtang, Siliguri, Mangpu, Rangpo, Singla,
Bijanbari), Haora (Sibpur, Belur, Chunabhati,
Andul, Santragachi, Maheshpur, Bagnan), Hugli
(Pandooah, Chandannagar, Tribeni, Bally),
Jalpaiguri (Rydak, Falakata, Rajabhatkhawa,
Khairbari), Koch Bihar (Mathabhanga), Maldah
(Pakhahat, Bamangola, Parbatidanga, Bhaluk
station, N alakhokson), Medinipur (Digha,
Palsandapur), Murshidabad (Barna Bildangi,
Baharampur, Bakri, Jangipur, Jiyaganj) and
Nadia (Ranghat).
687· Aulacophora frontalis Baly
Distribution : Murshidabad (Moregram,
Phulbari, Baharampur).
688. Aulacophora gestroi Jacoby
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Jorai).
689. Aulacophora indica (Gmelin)
Distribution : Darjiling.
690. Aulacophora lewisii Baly
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Kankinara,
Kamalgachi), South 24 Pgs. (Subhashgram,
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Kodalia, Dattapukur, Lakshmikantapur,
Baruipur). Kolkata (Dhapa, Eden Gardens,
Sal tlake, tT adavpur), Darjiling (Siliguri,
Chunabati, Goke, Rangpo, Mangsong, Tibetan
Nayabasti), Raora (Bagnan, Nantia), Hugli
(Bally, Bandel, Nalikal), Jalpaiguri (Falakata),
Maldah (Tulsi Hata) and Murshidabad
(Kadampur, Jiyaganj, Barna Bildanje,
Baharampur, Jangipur).
691. Aulacophora nilgiriensis Jacoby
Distribl:1tion : Kolkata.
692. Calmicrus flauouittis Motschulsky
Distribution : Kolkata.
693. Cerophysa darjilingensis
Takizawa & Basu
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
694. Cneorane braeti Duvivier
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok, Kalimpong).
695. Cneorane orientalis Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
696. Cneorane rubicollis (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalirnpong).
697. Cneorane rugullipennis BaIy
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Mangpu).
69B. Cneorane .tibialis Chujo.
Distribution : .Darjiling (Jhepi, Sonada,
Tibetan Nayabasti, Ghoornbhanjang, Hima falls,
Meghrna).
699. Cneorane varipes Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
700. Dercetina viridicyanea Kimoto
Distribution : Darjiling.
701. Dercetina Jlavocincta (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Sonada,
Tibetan Nayabasti, Jorpokri, Darjiling,
Manibhanjang) and Jalpaiguri (Buxa Duar,
Alipurduar).
702. Dercetina hainana Gressitt & Kimoto
Distribution: Darjiling (Lava).
703. Dercetina histrio (BaIy)
Distribution: Darjiling ( Siliguri), Jalpaiguri
(Rangtong, Bijanbari, Panihati, Fansidewa,
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Sobhaganj, Alipurduar) and Koch Bihar
(Baxirhat, Mathabanga, Jorai).
704. Dercetina major Kimoto
Distribution : DaIjiling (Rangpo, Reyang,
Singla, Andherikhola, Rangpo, Barabatibusti,
Tarkhola).
705. Dercetina mandarensis (Jacoby)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lava, Darjiling,
Rangiroom, Manibhanjang, Sonada, DaIjiling)
and Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar).
706. Dercetina Miniaticollis (Hope)
Distribution: DaIjiling.
707. Dercetina posticata (Baly)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
70B. Dercetisoma concolor (Jacoby)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
709. Doryida mouhoti Baly
Distribution: Darjiling.
710. Doryscus testaceus Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
711. GaleMlcella placida Baly
Distribution :. South 24 Pgs. (Barasat,
Dattapukur), Barddhaman (Rangapalpur),
Kolkata (Bansdroni), DaIjiling (Mirik), Haora
(Santragachi), HugH (Punduah) Jalpaiguri
(BTR).
712. GalleMlcida indica Harold
Distribution : DaIjiling.
713. GalleMlcida nigricornis Laboissiere
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroom).
714. GalleMlcida singularis Harold
Distribution : DaIjiling.
715. Haplosomoides egena Weise
Distribution: Darjiling.
716. Haplosomoides Knshila (Maulik)
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Goke,
Bijanbari, Rangpo, Darjiling, Lolegaon,
Kalimpong, Rangtong).
717. Haplosomoides krishna (Maulik)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Singla).
71B. Haplosomoides nirada (Maulik)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
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719. Hoplasoma cannata Kimoto
Distribution : Darjiling.
720. Hoplasoma costatipennis Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
721. Hoplasoma ceylonensis (Jacoby)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
722. Hoplasoma sexmaculata (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Pasuptinagar,
Lepchajagat, Sonada).
723. Hoplasoma unicolor (Illiger)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Dighara,
Barrackpore, Dum Dum), South 24 Pgs.
(Subhasgram, Lakshikantapur, Santoshpur,
Budge Budge), Kolkata, Darjiling (Pashok,
Sukna, Kalimpong), Haora (Mourigram,
Serampur, Sibpur, Panchpara, Santragachi,
Andul, Chunabhati), Hugli (Bandel,
Chandannagar, Mankundu, Uttarpara,
Chinchura), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara WLS,
Hasimara, Rajabhatkhawa), Koch Bihar
(Mathabhanga), Maldah (Bamangola,
Gangarampur, Bhaluk station, Nalakhokson,
AlaI), Medinipur (Kharagpur, Digha),
Murshidabad (Baharampur, Bhakri), Nadia
(Kalyani), Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
724. Hylaspes longicornis Baly
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok, Kurseong).
725. Kanarella unicolor Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
726. Khasia kraatzi Jacoby
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong, Lopchu,
DaIjilig, Takdah).
727. Leptarthra abdominalis Baly
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukia pokhri.
Ghoombhanjang, Mahanadi, Tibetan Nayabasti.
Rangiroom).
72B. Liroetis clermonti (Laboisiere)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
729. Liroetis ./lavipennis Bryant
Distribution : DaIjiling (Sonada, Rangiroo1l1).
730. Liroetis nepalensis Chujo
Distribution : Darjiling.
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731. Lochmaea maculata Kimoto
Distribution : Darjiling.
732. Mamma aMnata Baly
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
733. Mamma pallida (Laboissiere)
Distribution : Darjiling.
734. Mamma aurantica (Laboissiere)
Distributi(Jn : Not known.
735. Madurasia obscurella Jacoby
Distribution : Kolkata (Cossipore) and
Murshidabad (Baharampur).
736. Mandarella nagpurensis Duvivier
Distribution : Darjiling.
737. Medythia nigrobi(ineata
(MotschuIsky)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs. (Canning), Haora (Bot. garden),
Hugli (Bhadreswar), Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa)
and Nadia (Mohanpur).
738. Meristata dohrni Baly
Distribution: Darjiling (Teesta Bazar, Tiger
Hill, Sukiapokri, Rangiroom, Manibhanjang).
739. Meristatafallax (Harold)
Distribution : Darjiling ( Kalimpong, Pashok,
Kurseong, Mangpu, Tiger Hill, Lebong,
Tibetan).
740. MeMstata quadrifasciata (Hope)
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri (BTR).
741. MeMstata sexmaculata (Kollar &
Redtenbacher)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sonada, Tindharia,
Tibetan Nayabasti, Lepchajagat, Ranigroom,
Kurseong).
742. MeMstata spilota (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling.
743· MeMstata hifasciata (Hope)
Distribution: Darjiling (Palmajua, Darjiling,
Tiger Hils, Tibetan Nayabasti, Manibhanjang).
744· Miltina dilatata Chapuis
Distribution : Darjiling (Mangpu, Lebong)
and Jalpaiguri (Buxa Duar).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
745. Mimastra arcuata Baly
Distribution : Darjiling ( Pashok, Mangpu,
Sonada, Rangiroom).
746. Mimastra cyanura (Hope)
Distribution: Kolkata (Behala).
747. Mimastra gracilis Baly
Distribution : Darjiling (Pasupatinagar,
Ghoombhanjang, Lepchajagat, Darjiling).
748. Mimastra nitida Maulik
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahanadi, Pashok,
Kurseong).
749. Mimastra quadripartite Baly
Distribution : Darjiling (Tibetan Nayabasti,
Rangiroom, Lava).
750. Mimastra scutellata (Jacoby)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
751. Monolepta bengalensis Basu
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Kamalgachi).
752. Monolepta bifasciata (Hornstedt)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur) and
Birbhum (Kashipur).
753. Monolepta biMnanensis Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
754. Monolepta braeti (Duvivier)
Distribution : Darjiling.
755. Monolepta conformis Weise
Distribution : Darjiling.
756. Monolepta erythrocephala (Baly)
Distribution : Darjiling.
757. Monolepta feae
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
758. Monolepta himalayaensis Kimoto
Distribution : Darjiling.
759. Monolepta labiata
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
760. Monolepta leechi Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling.
761. Monolepta limbata (Olivier)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Nilgange,
Budge Budge, Dighara), Haora (Nantia), Hugli
(Chinchura) and Murshidabad (Jiaganj,
Moregram).
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762. Monolepta lunata Gressitt & Kimoto
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Binaguri) and Koch
Bihar (Mathabanga, Jorai, Baxirhat).
763. Monolepta madrasensis Wilcox
Distribution Birbhum (Kashipur,
Birchandrapur), Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
Haora (Botanical Garden).
764. Monolepta nigripes (Olivier)
Distribution : Darjiling (Reyang), Haora
(Sibpur) and Jalpaiguri (Buxa Duar).
765. Monolepta orientalis Jacoby
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Palta),
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
766. Monolepta pahari Basu
Distribution : Darjiling (Rngiroom,
Lepchajagat, Lebong, Mirik).
767. Monolepta signata (Olivier)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Titagarh,
Sodepur, Dum Dum), South 24 Pgs.
(Dattapukur), Birbhum, Kolkata (Eden Gardens,
Tollygunge), Darjiling (Lepchajagat,
Kalimpong, Siliguri, Rakyong, Pedong, Rangpo,
Reyang, Rambi) , Haora (Sibpur, Belur), Hugli
(Bally), Jalpaiguri (Panihti, Fansidewa, Joyga,
Teest River, Raniaguri, Khairbari, Sonapur),
Koch Bihar (Baxirhat, Belabhat, Mathabhanga,
Jorai), Medinipur (Digha), Murshidabad
(Baharampur, Jiyaganj, Beldanga, Jiyaganj,
Barna Bildanje, Baharampur) and Jalpaiguri
(BTR).
768. Monolepta stramina (Harold)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
769. Monolepta tuai Basu
Distribution: Darjiling (Sonada, Reyang).
770. Monolepta tumpai Basu
Distribution : Darjiling ( Sonada, Reyang).
771. Morphosphaera japonica
(Hornstedt)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangpu, Sureil).
772. Morphosphaera montivaga Maulik
Distribution : Darjiling.
773. Morphosphaera prava Maulik
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
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774. Oides andrewesi Jacoby
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora (Chunabhati),
Maldah (Gangarampur, Harishchandrapur) and
Nadia (Ranaghat).
775. Oides bipunctata
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
776. Oides bengalensis Maulik
Distribution : Not known.
777. Oides coccinelloides Maulik
Distribution : DaIjiling (Lava).
778. Oides flava (Olivier)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bongaon),
Kolkata and Nadia (Ranghat).
779. Oides livida (Fabricius)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kalimpong, Pashok).
780. Oides maculata (Olivier)
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
781. Oides semipunctata Duvivier
Distribution: DaIjiling.
782. Paleosepharia costata Takizawa &
Basu
Distribution : DaIjiling (Rangpo).
783. Palpoxena sp.
Distribution: Haora (Sibpur).
784. Paridea approximata Duvivier
Distribution : DaIjiling.
785. Paridea livida Duvivier
Distribution : DaIjiling.
786. Paridea octomaculata (Baly)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Mangpu, Bijanbari,
Kalimpong).
787. Paridea perplexa (Baly)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Chailkhola) and Jalpaiguri (Buxa Duars).
788. Paridea nificollis Jacoby
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok, Lava.
Darjiling).
789. Paridea unifasciata Jacoby
Distribution: Daljiling (Sonada, Darjiling).
790. Periclitena cyanea Clark
Distribution : Kolkata.
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791. Periclitena vigorsi (Hope)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling (Singla,
Bijanbari, Lolegaon) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
792. Phyllobrotica komiyai Takizawa
Distribution : Darjiling.
793. Pseudadimonia debria Maulik
Distribution : Darjiling.
794. Pseudadimonia variolosa (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghumti, Lebong,
Pashok, Darjiling).
795. Pseudocophora bicolor Jacoby
Distribution: Murshidabad (Jangipur).
796. Pseudocophora flaveola Baly
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla) and J alpaiguri
(Falakata).
797. Pseudocophora pectoralis Baly
Distribution: Darjiling (Monsong, Rangpo).
798. Pseudoides bivittata Jacoby
Distribution : Kolkata.
799. Pyrrhalta darjilingensis Kimoto
Distribution : Darjiling.
800. Sastra indicus (Jacoby)
Distribution : Darjiling.
801. Sphenoraia (Sphenoraiodes)
bicolor (Hope)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Dum Dum) and
Haora (Sibpur).
802. Sphenoraia (Sphenoraiodes)
runlans (Hope)
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok, Kalimpong,
Darjiling) and Jalpaiguri.
803. Spinella collaMs Baly
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang,
Ragiroom, Tiger Hill).
804. Stenoluperus bhutanensis
Motschulsky
Distribution : Darjiling.
805. Stenoluperus darjelingensis
Takizawa
Distribution : Darjiling.
806. Stenoluperus punctatus Takizawa
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
807. Stenoluperus smetanai Takizawa
Distribution : DaIjiling.
808. Stethidea balyi (Duvivier)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangphu).
809. Strobiderus fulvus (Kimoto)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
810. Sumatrasia unicolor Jacoby
Distribution: Darjiling (Tung, Rangton).
811. Taphinellia bengalensis (Jacoby)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
812. Trichobalya apicalis Kimoto
Distribution : Darjiling (Barbati Basti).
813. Trichobalya bowringi (Baly)
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Rangpo,
Rambi, Mansong).
814. Trichobalya viridipennis Kimoto
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily LAMPROSOMATINAE
815. Oomorphoides nepalensis Takizawa
Distribution : DaIjiling (Gorabari, Sonada).
816. Oomorphoides sakaii Takizawa
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily MEGALOPODINAE
817. Colabaspis speciosus Baly
Distribution : Darjiling.
818. Temnaspis bengalensis Westwood
Distribution : Not known.
Subfamily ZEUGOPHORINAE
8 19. Zeugophora longicornis Westwood
Distribution : Darjiling.
820. Zeugophora palidicincta Gressitt
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family CERAMBYCIDAE
821. Aegosoma bowringi Gahan
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
822. Anubis inermis White
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
823. Ceresium leucosticticum White
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
82 4. Ceresium rufum White
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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825· Hoplocerambyx spinicornis
Newman
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
826. Macrotoma spinosa Fab.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
827. Stromatium barbatum Fab.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
828. Eoporis (Eoporimimus)? d{Uerens
Pic
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
829. Eryssamena (~ter:yssamena)?
~tipennis Breuning.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
830. Eucomatocera vittata White
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
831. Tetraglenes flavovittatus Brenning
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
832. Acalolepta griseipennis (Thomson)
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
833. Anoplophora (Anoplophora)
Versteeque (Ritsema)
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
834. Epepeotes uncinatus salvazai Pic
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
835. Macrochenus queMnii White
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
836. Paraleprodera insidiosa (Pascoe)
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
837. Pharsalia (Pharsalia) pulchra
Gahan
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
838. Parosidis nr. transversevittata
Breuning
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
839. Setoropica laosensis Breuning
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
840. ApMona cinerea Gahan
Distribution : J aldapara (BTR).
841. Batocera rufomaculata White
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
842. Diactrecera wallichi wallichi Hope
Distribution : J aldapara (BTR).
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843. Macrocamptus virgatus (Gahan)
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
844. Olenecamptus? anogeissi White
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
845. Olenecamptus bilobus bilobus
(Fab.)
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
846. Glenea (Accolona) astathiformis
Breuning
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
847. Glenea (Aridoglenea) sp.
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
848. Glenea (Glenea) notata Gahan
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
849. Glenea (stiroglenea) amanica
Breuning
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
850. Nupserha Spa
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
851. Oberea nr. modica White
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
852. Oberea yunnanensis Breuning
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
853. Stibara (Stibara) tetraspilota Hope
Distribution: Jaldapara (BTR).
854. Tetraommatus filiformis Perroud
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
855. Thranlus simplex Fab.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
856. Xoanodera regularis Gahan
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
857. Xylotrechus smei Lap. & Gory
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
858. Xysfrocera globosa Oliv.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Superfamily HYDROPHILOIDEA
Family HYDROPHILIDAE
Subfamily HYDRAENINAE
859. Hydraena tenjikuana Sato
Distribution: Kolkata (Indian Museum tank,
Eden Gardens) and HugH (Pandoah).

860. Hydraena wittmeri Sato
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily HYDROCHINAE
861. Hydrochus binodosus Motschulsky
Distribution: Kolkata (Indian Museum tank)
and Hugli (Pundooah).
Subfamily SPERCHEININAE
862. Spercheus gibbus Champion
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Dum Dum) and
Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
Subfamily HYDROPHILINAE
863. Amphiops pedestris Sharp
Distribution : Kolkata.
864. Amphiops simplex Sharp
Distribution : Kolkata.
865. Berosus fairmairei Zaitzev
Distribution : Kolkata.
866. Berosus indicus Motschulsky
Distribution : Kolkata and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
867. Berosus pulchellus M'Leay
Distribution : Barddhaman (Asansol),
Kolkata and DaIjiling (Siliguri).
868. Crenetis orientalis Sato
Distribution : DaIjiling.
869. Enochrus esuriens (Walker)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning)
870. Enochrus rubrocinctus (Regimbert)
Distribution : Kolkata.
871. GlobaMa leachi Hope
Distribution : Kolkata.
872. Helochares anchoralis Sharp
Distribution : Kolkata.
873. Helochares crenatus Regimbert
Distribution: DaIjiling (Siliguri).
874. Helochares lentus Sharp
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpur)
and Puruliya (Manbhum).
875· Helochares pallens (Macleay)
Distribution: Kolkata and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
876. Hydrophilus bilineatus
cashmirensis Redtenbacher.
Distribution: Barddhaman (Ranigunj),
Maldah and Murshidabad (Baharampur).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
877. Hydrophilus indicus (Bedel)
Distribution : Kolkata.
878. Hydrophilus olivaceus (Fabr.)
Distribution: Birbhum (Rampurhat).
879. Hydrophilus Mifocinctus (Bedel)
Distribution : Kolkata.
880. Hydrophilus senegalensis
Percheron.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
881. Laccobius rotundatus Regimbert
Distribution ; Kolkata.
882. Laccobius simulans d'Orchymont
Distribution: DaIjiling (Jorpukhri).
883. Paracymus evanescens (Sharp)
Distribution: Barddhaman.
884. Regimbertia attenuata Fabricius
Distribution : Kolkata.
885. Sternolophus rujipes (Fabricius)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Asansol),
Medini pur (Kharagpur), M urshidabad
(Baharampur) and Puruliya (Manbhum).
Subfamily SPHAERIDINAE
886. Cercyon dilutum Regimbert.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
887. Cercyon pseudodilutum Sato
Distribution : DaIjiling.
888. Cercyon vicinalis Walker
Distribution : Kolkata.
889. Coelostoma subditum d'Orchymont
Distribution : Kolkata.
890. DactylosteMtum hydrophiloides
(M'Leay)
Distribution : Kolkata (Bansdroni).
891. Pachysternum nigrovittatum Mots.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
892. PachysteMtum stevensi
d'Orchymont
Distribution : Darjiling.
893· PachysteMtun cardoni d'Orchymont
Distribution : Darjiling.
894· Sphaeridium cameroni d'Orchymont
Distribution: Puruliya (Manbhum).
895· Sphaeridium dimidiatum Gory
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
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896. Sphaeridium quinquemaculatum
Fabricus.
Distribution; Murshidabad.
897. Sphaeridium seriatum d'Orchymont
Distribution : Darjiling.
898. Sphaeridium severini d'Orchymont
Distribution : Darjiling.
Superfamily STAPHYLINOIDEA
Family STAPHYLINIDAE
Subfamily EUAESTHETINAE
899. Aulacosthaetus indicus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
900. Edaphus binodulus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
901. Edaphus brevipennis Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling.
902. Edaphus major Fauvel
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Santalbari).
903. Stenaesthetus quadrisulcatus
Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
904. Stenaesthetus sunioides Sharp
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna) and
Jalpaiguri (Madarihat, Kharibari).
Subfamily MICROPEPLINAE
905. Micropeplus sikkimi Fauvel
Distribution: Darjiling (Gorubathan).
906. Micropeplus vulcanus Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily OXYPORINAE
907. Oxyporus cephalotes Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling.
908. OxypOMlS excellens Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
909. OXYPOMLS terminalis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
910. Oxyporus tricolor Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily OXYTELINAE
911. Anotylus foater (Cameron)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gayerkata).
912. Anotylus gardneri (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
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913. Anotylus laetus (Cameron)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gayerkata).
914. Anotylus latiusculus (Kraatz)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gayerkata).
915. Anotylus megacephalus (Fauvel)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
916. Anotylus nitidulus (Gravenhorst)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
917. Anotylus pygmaes (Kraatz)
Distribution : Kolkata.
918. Anotylus sikkimi (Fauvel)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gayerkata).
919. Anthobium (Eusphalerum)
sikkimi Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling.
920. Apatetica intermedia Cameron
Distribution: Not known.
921. Apatetica javanica (Sharp)
Distribution : Not known.
922. Apatetica sikkimi Fauvel
Distribution: Not known.
923. Apatetica viridipennis Fauvel
Distribution: Darjiling.
924. Bledius (Hesperophilus) baltus
Biswas & Sengupta
Distribution: Nadia (Suravisthan).
925. Bledius (HesperophilusJ helferi
Fauvel
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
926. Bledius (PucerusJ totius Biswas &
Sengupta
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa),
927. Bledius (Pucerus) niloticus Erichson
Distribution: Nadia (Suravisthan).
928. Bledius (Pucerus) suravius Biswas
& Sengupta
Distribution: Nadia (Suravisthan).
929. Bledius (Pucerus) torsius Biswas &
Sengupta
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
930. Bledius (s. str.) brunnipennis
(Fabricius)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island)
and Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
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931. Bledius (s. str.) hoplites Fauvel
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
932. Borolinus minutus Castelnau
Distribution : Darjiling ((Rambi, Reang,
Naxalbari, Chunabhati) and Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhawa).
933. Borolinus sikkimensis Bernhauer
Distribution : DaIjiling.
934. Deinopteroloma notabile (Cameron)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
935. Eleusis persimilis Cameron
Distribution: DaIjiling.
936. Eleusis plagiata Fauvel
Distribution : DaIjiling.
937. Eleusis rotundiceps Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling.
938. Eleusis sikkimensis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
939. Eleusis speculifer Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
940. Eupiestus angulatus Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling.
941. Eupiestus feae Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna) and
J alpaiguri (Dalsingpara).
942. Eupiestus sculpticollis Kraatz
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna).
943. Eupiestus sikkimi Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling.
944· Eupiestus spinifer var. unicolor
Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
945· Holosus lopchuensis Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
946. Holosus rugipennis Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling.
947. LeptochiMlS (Strongylochirus)
laevis Castelnau
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing, Rambi,
Reang).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
948. Leptochirus (Strongylochi-rus)
quadridens Motschulsky
Distribution : Darjiling (Samsing, Goomti
forest, Reang, Bhutanbari, Khumani,
Mongpong) and Jalpaiguri (Champamari,
Hasimara).
949. Lispinus coriaceus Fauvel
Distribution : DaIjiling (Rambi, Gorubathan)
and Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
950. Megarthrus basicornis Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling.
951. Megarthrus bimaculatus Fauvel
Distribution: Darjiling (Chailkhola).
952. Megarthrus birmanus Fauvel
Distribution: DaIjiling (Dange).
953. Megarthrus chatte,;eei Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalijhora).
954. Megarthrus septempunctatus
Champion
Distribution: Darjjling (Chailkhola).
955. Megarth-rus umbonatus Fauvel
Distribution : DaIjiling.
956. Mimogonus niger Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
957. Osorius gardneri Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
958. Osorius lopchuensis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
959. Osorius sikkimensis Bemhauer
Distribution : Darjiling.
960. Oxytelopsis andrewesi Cameron
Distribution : Kolkata and darjiling
(Takdah).
961. Oxytelopsis bengalensis Biswas &
Sengupta
Distribution : Kolkata.
962. Oxytelopsis cimicoides Fauvel
Distribution : DaIjiling (Takdah, Tung) and
Maldah (Nishipur, Ramkali).
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963. Oxytelopsis pseudopsina Fauvel
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling (KaIijhora,
Takdah, Dange, Jhepi, Teesta) and Maldah
(Nishipur, Peajbari).
964. Oxytelus (Caccoporus)
bengalensis Erichson
Distribution: Not known.
965. Oxytelus (CaccopoMlS) ferrugineus
Kraatz
Distribution : Kolkata.
966. Oxytelus (CaccopoMlS) nigriceps
Kraatz
Distribution : Not known.
967. Oxytelus (CaccopoMlS) uaripennis
Kraatz
Distribution : Not known.
968. Oxytelus (s. str.) cri.brum Fauvel
Distribution : DaIjiling.
969. Oxytelus (Tanycraeus) lucens
Bernhauer
Distribution : DaIjiling.
970. Oxytelus (Tanycraeus) mica~
Kraatz
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
971. Oxytelus (Tanycraeus)
punctipennis Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling.
972. Priochirus (Plastus) eucerus
Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
973. Priochirus (Plastus) gardneri
Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling.
974. Priochirus (Plastus) sikkimensis
Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
975. ~ochirus (Leptarthrus)
longicornis (Fauvel)
Distribution : Darjiling.
976. Priochirus (Cephalomerus)
sanguinosus Motschulsky
Distribution: Darjiling (Jhalung, Khumani,
Mongpong, Ghoo~ti forest) and J alpaiguri
(Hasiamara, Champamari).
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977. Priochirus (Cephalomerus)
bengalensis Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
978. Priochirus (Cephalomerus)
hoplites ( Fauvel)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing).
979. Priochirus (Cephalomerus)
rubiginosus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
980. Priochirus (Cephalomerus)
combustus (Fauvel)
Distribution: Daljiling.
981. Priochirus (Triacanthochirus)
bipunctatus (Fauvel)
Distribution: Daljiling (Samsing).
982. Pseudopsis prolixa Herman
Distribution : Daljiling.
983. Pseudopsis suchi Herman
Distribution : Daljiling.
984. Planeustomus bengalensis Champion
Distribution: Maldah (Mangalbari).
985. Pseudolispinodes bistriatus (Fauvel)
Distribution: DaIjiling.
986. Siagonium indicum Fauvel
Distribution : Daljiling.
987. Tetradelus trigonuroides Fauvel
Distribution: Darjiling.
988. ThoracochiMlS assamensis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling (Tung).
989. Thoracochirus denticollis Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
990. ThoracophoMls montanus Cameron
Distribution: DaIjiling.
991. Trogophloeus (Boopinus) indicus
Kraatz
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
992. Trogophloeus (Boopinus)
siamensis Fauvel
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
993. Trogophloeus (Boopinus) simplex
Motschulsky
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens),
Indian Museum compound).
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994. Trogophloeus (Trogophloeus)
ealcuttanus Bemhauer
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily PAEDERINAE
995. Acanthoglossa brachycera Kraatz
Distribution: Nadia (Suravisthan).
996. Acanthoglossa rufa Kraatz
Distribution: Darjiling (Sevoke).
997. Acanthoglossa testaceipennis
Kraatz
Distribution : Bankura (Amdangra), Kolkata
(Kolkata), Darjiling (Sukna, Jheepi, Dange,
Tung), Jalpaiguri (Madarihat, Santalbari),
Maldah (Maldah, Manikcliak, Ramkali,
Nishipur, Sodhalapur, Mangalbari), Nadia
(Suravisthan) and Dinajpur (Tunidighi, Rampur,
Karandighi) .
998. Astenus bisalicus Biswas & Sengupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Tung, Sevoke,
Rangtong).
999. Astenus concolor (Kraatz)
Distribution: Maldah (Sodhlapur, Nishipur).
1000. Astenus diversiventris Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1001. Astenus jlavipennis Cameron
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Santalbari).
1002. Astenus ghumensis Cemeron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1003. Astenus gracilentus Fauvel
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna).
1004. Astenus indicus (Kraatz)
Distribution: Darjiling (Tung, Teesta bazar,
Rangpo), Maldah (Peajbari) and Nadia
(Suravisthan) .
1005. Astenus leptocerus Eppelsheim
Distribution : Bankura (Amdangra), Maldah
(Mangalbari, Sodhlapur, Ramkali, Nishipur).
Medinipur (Kankrajhor forest) , Nadia
(Suravisthan) and Dinajpur (Karandighi).
1006. Astenus maculipennis (Kraataz)
Distribution: Maldah (Mahadipur, Ramkali)
.and Medinipur (Kankrajhor forest).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1007. Astenus melanurus yare
subnotatus Fauvel
Distribution : Kolkata (Dum Dum) and
Maldah (Ramkhali, Manikchak).
1008. Astenus semibrunneus Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna, Teesta Bazar,
Kalijhora) and Nadia (Suravisthan).
1009. Astenus terminalis Cameron
Distribution: Maldah (Ramkhali).
1010. Astenus asitus Biswas & Sengupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Sevoke).
1011. Charichirus ceylonicus (Camerpn)
Distribution : Bankura (Amdangra).
1012. Charichirus chinensis (Boh.)
Distribution : Bankura (Radhanagar),
Darjiling (Rongtong) and Nadia (Suravisthan).
1013. Charichirus immaculatus/ Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1014. Charichirus princeps (Fauvel)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sevoke, Kalijhora,
Rangpo).
1015. Cryptobium brachypterum
Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1016. Cryptobium fluviatile Champion
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Budge-Budge).
1017. Cryptobium marginatum
Motschulsky
Distribution: Darjiling (Chailkhola).
1018. Cryptobium sikkimense Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangtong).
1019. Cryptobium abdominal yare
indicum Kraatz
Distribution : Darjiling (Rambi, Reang,
Semana, Kalijhora), J alpaiguri (Hasimara,
Raj abhatkhawa) , Medinipur (Bholabdhda) and
Nadia (Suravisthan).
1020. Dibelonetes indicus Cameron
Distribution : Kolkata.
1021. Dibelonetes bengalensis Biswas &
Sengupta
Distribution: Kolkata, Darjiling (Mahanadi,
Rangpo, Lodhama), l\t1aldah (Nishipur) and
Nadia (Suravisthan) .
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1022. Dibelonetes bhaumiki Biswas &
Sengupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Sevoke, Rangpo).
1023· Dibelonetes foMltosae Bernhauer
Distribution : Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
Dinajpur (Rampur).
1024. Dibelonetes indicus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling (Tindharia, Tung,
Mahanadi).
1025. Dibelonetes sikkimensis Biswas &
Sengupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalijhora).
1026. Dolicaon longipennis Cameron
Distribution: Nadia (Suravisthan).
1027. Dolicaon indicus Kraatz.
Distribution : Not known.
1028. Lathrobium cafrum Boh.
Distribution : Nadia (Suravisthan) and
Dinajpur (Karandighi).
1029. Lathrobium guttula Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling.
1030. Lathrobium triste Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora valley).
1031. Lathrobium unicolor Kraatz
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island,
Bamankhal), Kolkata (Kolkata, Eden Gardens)
and Nadia (Suravisthan).
1032. LithochaMs nigMceps Kraatz
Distribution: Darjiling (Lodhama, Rangpo),
Maldah (Ramkhali), Nadia (Suravisthan) and
Dinajpur (Tunidighi).
1033. Lithocharis penicillata Cameron
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
1034. Lithocharis sororcula Kraatz
Distribution: Darjiling (Bijanbari).
1035. Lobochilus brachypterus Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling.
1036. Lobochilus brevipennis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1037. Lobochilus fortepunctatus
(Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mirik).
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1038. Lobochilus granulicollis (Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalijhora, Sevoke).
1039. Lobochilus labralis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1040. Medon birmanus Fauvel
Distribution: Darjiling (Tung).
1041. Medon cinnamopterus (Kraatz)
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
1042. Medon planatus Bernhauer
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla Bazar,
Kalimpong, RambO, HugH (Bhadreswar),
Maldah (Ramkali, Manichak), Medinipur
(Kapra) and Nadia (Suravisthan).
1043. Medon opacellus Fauvel
Distribution: DaIjiling (Danga, Mahanadi).
1044. Oedichirus longipennis Kraatz
Distribution: Maldah (Mahadipur, Peajbari,
Manikchak) and Nadia (Suravisthan).
1045. Pachymedon. shugnuensis
Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kalijhora).
1046. Pachymedon assamensis Cameron
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
1047. Paederus atrocyaneus Champion
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Buxaduar).
1048. Paederus biMtlanus Fauvel
Distribution : Dinajpur (Kaliagunj).
1049. Paederus conicollis Motschulsky
Distribution: Medinipur (Keyagaria).
1050. Paederus fuscipes Curtis
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur,
Canning, Budge-Budge), Bankura (Amdangra),
Kolkata (Lake Gardens, Maidan), Darjiling
(Rongtong, Kalijhora), Haora (Kamina),
Jalpaiguri (Santalbari, Lankapara, Buxaduar,
Damanpur), Maldah (Nalakhokson, Chanchal,
AlaI, Tulsihata), Medinipur (Sankarpur forest,
Digha, Kharagpur), Murshidabad (Dhulian) and
Dinajpur (Rampur).
1051. Paederus himalayicus Bernhauer
Distribution : Darjiling.
1052. Paederus hingstoni Cameron
Distribution: Not known.
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1053. Paederus melampus Erichson
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangtong) and
Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar).
1054. PaedeMlS nigricornis Bernhauer
Distribution : Darjiling.
1055. Paederus nigripennis Cameron
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Dalsingpara, Jainti).
1056. Paederus pubescens Cameron
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Damanpur,
Alipurduar).
1057. Paederus tamulus Erichson
Distribution: Barddhaman (Asansol).
1058. Palaminus moticola Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong, Rangpo)
and Nadia (Suravisthan).
1059. Palaminus indicus Kraatz
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
1060. Pinophilus borneensis Fauvel
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
1061. Pinophilus dep-ressus Kraatz
Distribution : Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
1062. Pinophilus genalis Fauvel
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
1063. Pinophilus indicus Cameron
Distribution: Bankura (Gonga jachati).
1064. Pinophilus javanus Erichson
Distribution : Kolkata.
1065. Pinophilus leucopus Kraatz
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning).
1066. Scimbalium waageni Bernhauer
Distribution : Kolkata.
1067· Sclerochiton indicus (Motschulsky)
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Saritalbari).
1068. Scopaeus and-rewesi Cameron
Distribution: Nadia (Suravisthan).
1069· Scopaeus beesoni Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling (Sevoke), Jalpaiguri
(Santalbari) and Dinajpur (Tunidighi).
1070. Scopaeus bicuspis Kraatz
Distribution : Nadia.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1071. Scopaeus dilutus Motschulsky
Distribution: Nadia (Suravisthan).
1072. Scopaeus germanus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling (Teesta Bazar,
Lodhama, Lava, Bijanbari) and Nadia
(Suravisthan).
1073. Scopaeus limbatus Kraatz
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens),
Darjiling (Kalimpong, Kalijhora, Teesta Bazar,
Rangtong, Sukna), Jalpaiguri (Santalbari) and
Medinipur (Kankrajhor forest).
1074. Scopaeus nitidulus Motschulsky
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalijhora), Jalpaiguri
(Gayerkata) and Nadia (Suravisthan, Badkulla).
1075. Scopaeus pallidulus Kraatz
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum
compound), Darjiling (Sukna) and Nadia
(Suravisthan) .
1076. Scopaeus testaceus Motschulsky
Distribution :" Medinipur (Jhargram).
1077. Stilicopsis indica Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling (Bijanbari, DaIjiling,
Teesta Bazar, Kalijhora).
1078. Stilicopsis pallida Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangpo) and Maldah
(Mangalbari) .
1079. Stilicopsis umbilicata Fauvel
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
1080. Stilicus parous Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangpo).
1081. Stilicus pygmaeli.s Kraatz
Distribution : Darjiling (Teesta) and
Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkawa).
1082. Stilicus velutinus Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling (Lodhama, Teesta,
Kalijhora).
1083. Stiliderus cicamcosus Motschulsky
Distribution : Darjiling.
1084· Stiliderus feae (Fauvel)
Distribution : Darjiling (Tung, Mahanandi).
1085· Stiliderus malaisei (Scheerpeltz)
Distribution: Darjiling.
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1086. Stiliderus minor (Cameron) 1105. Eucibdelus stevensi Cameron

Distribution: Darjiling (Tung, Mahanadi). Distribution : Darjiling.
1087. Stiliderus nepalensis Rougemont 1106. Gauropterus marginalis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
1088. Stiliderus umbratus (Fauvel) 1107. Hesperus wasmanni Fauvel
Distribution: Darjiling (Lava). Distribution : Darjiling.
1089. Stiliderus vaMolosus (Coiffait)
1108. Hesperus feae Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Not known.
1090. ThinochaMs birmana Cameron
1109. Heterothops pusillus Coiffait
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
lu91. ThinochaMs caMnicollis Kraatz
1110. Leptacinus aethiops Bernhauer
Distribution: Darjiling (Dange).
Distribution : Darjiling.
1092. Thinocharis debilis Cameron
1111. Leptacinus notabilis Cameron
Distribution: DaIjiling (Bijanbari), Jalpaiguri
Distribution : Kolkata.
(Gayarkata, Santalbari) and Maldah (Ramkali).
1112. Indoquedius aberrans (Cameron)
Subfamily STAPHYLININAE
Distribution: DaIjiling.
1093. Actobius major Cameron
1113. Indoquedius baliyo Smetana
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1094. Actobius monncola Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1114. Mitomorphus brachypteMls
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Cameron
1095. Actobius. mangpuensis Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1115. Mitomorphus brevipennis
1096. Acylophorus furcatus Motschulsky
Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1097. Acylophorus microcephalus
1116. Naddia westermanni (Erichson)
Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : DaIjiling (Kurseong).
1098. Acylophorus raato Smetana 1117. Neobisnius praelongus (Gemm. et

Distribution : Darjiling. Har.)

1099. Acylophorus Mlficollis
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
(Mostchulsky) 1118. Ontholestes aurosparsus (Fauvel)

Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution: DaIjiling.

1100. Anchocerus nepalicus Smetana 1119. Othius monticola Cameron

Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.

1101. Atanygnathus terminalis (Erichson) 1120. Pachycorynus niger Cameron

Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens). Distribution : Darjiling.

1102. Belonuchus gardneri .Cameron 1121. Parapalaestrinus mutillarius
Distribution: Darjiling. (Erichson)
1103. Belonuchus quadratus (Kraatz) Distribution: Not known.
Distribution : Kolkata. 1122. Parapalaestrinus waageni
1104. Eucibdelus angusnceps Bernhauer (Eppelsheim)
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Kolkata.
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1123. Paratolmerus pilosiventris Cameron 1141. Philonthus paederoides Motschulsky

Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
1124. Philomyceta a.flinis Cameron 1142. Philonthus quisquiliarius var.
Distribution : Darjiling. inquinatus Stephens
1125. Philomyceta caeruleipennis Distribution : Kolkata.
Cameron 1143. Phi Ion thus thermarum Aube'
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Kolkata.
1126. Philonthopsis antenna lis Cameron 1144. Platyprosopus biseriatus Eppelsheim
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Kolkata (Kolkata, Eden
1127. Philonthus (Gabrius) MLpicola Gardens).
Cameron 1145. Platyprosopus fuliginosus Erichson
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
1128. Philonthus adversus Bemhauer Medinipur (Kharagpur).
Distribution : DaIjiling. 1146. Platyprosopus indicus Motschulsky
1129. Philonthus aeripennis Cameron Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : DaIjiling. 1147. Quedius (Raphirus) tonglu Smetana
113 0 . Philonthus bengalensis Bernhauer Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Darjiling).
1148. Quedius (Microsaurus)
1131. Philonthus carbonarius (Gyll.) antennalis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
1132. Philonthus christiei Bernhauer 1149.Quedius (Microsaurus)
Distribution : Darjiling. apicicornis Eppelsheim
1133· Phi Ion thus cinctulus (Gravely) Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Kolkata. 1150. Quedius (M1.crosaurus) beesoni
1134· Philonthus flavocinctus Cameron
Motschulsky
Distribution : Darjiling.
DistributIon : Kolkata and Darjiling
1151. Quedius (Microsaurus) inquietuIJ
(DaIjiling).
(Champion)
1135. Philonthus gardneri Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1152. Quedius (MicrosauMJS) placidus
1136. Philonthus imitator Fauvel
Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1137· Philonthus industanus Fauvel
1153· Quedius (RaphiMlS) gardnm
Distribution : Darjiling.
Cameron
1138. Philonthus longicornis Stephens Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: DaIjiling (DaIjiling).
1154· Quedius (Raphirus) aureiventris
1139· Philonthus montivagans Cameron Bernhauer
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
1140. Phi Ion thus nigritulus (Gravely) 1155· Quedius (RaphiMLS) durgaa Smetana
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Kurseong). Distribution :' Darjiling.
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1156. Quedius (Raphirus) himalayicus
Bernhau€r
Distribution: Darjiling.
1157· Quedius (Raphirus) muscicola
Cameron
Distribution: DaIjiling.
1158. Quedius (Raphirus) "picola
Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1159. Quedius (Raphirus) rugosus
Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1160. Quedius (Distichalius) deceptor
Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1161. Staphylinus (Abemus)
marginatus Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1162. Staphylinus (Goerius) caeruleus
Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1163. Staphylinus (Goerius) prainae
(Eppelsheim)
Distribution : Darjiling.
1164. Staphylinus (Platydracus)
asemus Kraatz
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1165. Staphylinus (Platydracus)
sparsus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1166. Staphylinus (Tasgius)
sikkimensis Bernhauer
Distribution : Darjiling.
1167. Staphylinus (Tasgius) wasmanni
Bernhauer
Distribution : Darjiling.
1168. Staphylinus (Tasgius)
auroguttatus Cameron
Distribution: Not known.
1169. Staphylinus (Tasgius) stevensi
Cameron
Distribution: Not known.
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1170. Thoracostrongylus binnanus
(Fauvel)
Distribution : Darjiling.
1171. Wasmannellus tristis Bernhauer
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1172. Xantholinus (s.str.) aeneus
Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1173. Xantholinus parcus Eppelsheim
Distribution : Darjiling.
1174.Xantholinus nificaudatus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily STENINAE
Dianous ac(jacens Cameron
1175.
Distribution : Darjiling.
1176. Dianous annandalei Bernhauer
Distribution : Darjiling.
1177. Dianous andrewesi Cameron
Distribution: Not known.
1178. Dianous cameroni Champion
Distribution: Darjiling.
1179. Dianous championi Cameron
Distribution: DaIjiling.
1180. Dianous obliquenotatus Champior
Distribution : Darjiling.
1181.Dianous versicolor Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling.
1182. Dianous wittmeri Rougemont
Distribution : Darjiling.
1183. Stenus (Hypostenus) barbatus
Niet.
Distribution: Darjiling.
1184. Stenus (Hypostenus) cursorius L.
Benick
Distribution : Maldah (Peajbari).
1185. Stenus (Hypostenus) jistulosus L.
Benick
Distribution: Maldah (Sodhlapur).

1186. Stenus (Hypostenus) guttalis
Fauvel
Distribution: Darjiling (Chailkhola).
Stenus (Hypostenus)
1187.
kurseonginus Bernhauer
Distribution Darjiling (Kurseong,
Chailkhola).
1188. Stenus (Hypostenus) monomerus
Fauvel
Distribution: Darjiling (Chailkhola).
1189. Stenus (Hypostenus) obliteratus
Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1190. Stenus (Hypostenus) pictus
Motschulsky
Distribution: Darjiling (Teesta Bazar).
1191. Stenus (Hypostenus) tricarinatus
Kraatz
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum
compound).
1192. Stenus (Hypostenus) wasmanni
Fauvel
Habitat: Leaf litter.
Distribution: Maldah (Mahadipur, Nishipur,
Ramkali, Manikchak).
1193. Stenus (Mesostenus) gardneri
Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1194. Stenus (Mesostenus) lopchuensis
Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
Stenus (Mesostenus)
1195.
mangpuensis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1196.Stenus (Mesostenus)
pseudopictus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
Stenus (Mesostenus)
1197.
rubronotatus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1198. Stenus (Mesostenus) separandus
Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1199. Stenus (Mesostenus) stigmaticus
Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling.
1200. Stenus (Mesostenus) tenuimargo
Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1201. Stenus (Mesostenus) uirgula
Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling.
1202. Stenus (s. str.) uorticosus
Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1203. Stenus conjluens Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1204. Stenus sikkimensis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily TACHYPORINAE
1205. Bolitobius biplagiatus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1206. Bolitobius centralis Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1207. Bolitobius championi Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1208. Bolitobius dffficilis Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1209. Bolitobius elegans Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1210. Bolitobius femoralis Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1211. Bolitobius lambda (Fauvel)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1212. Bolitobius scapularis Cameron
Distribution: DaIjiling.
1213. Bolitobius simulans Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
12 14. Bolitobius tarsalis Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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1215· Bolitobius transversulus Reitter
Distribution : Darjiling.
1216. Conosoma birmanum (Fauvel)
Distribution: Darjiling.
1217.Conosoma himalayicum Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1218. Conosoma maculicolle Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1219.Conosoma persimile Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1220. Conosoma quadrimaculatum
Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1221. Conosoma robustum Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling.
1222. Mycetoporus gratiosus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1223. Nepaliodes variolosus Coiffait
Distribution : Darjiling.
1224. Paratachinus monticola Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1225. Paratach~nus laticollis Cameron
Distribution: Not known.
1226. Tachinus ornatus Cameron
Distribution: DaIjiling.
1227. Tachinus lugubris Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1228. Tachinus coriaceous Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1229. Tachinus piceus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1230. Tachinus limbicolis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1231. Tachyporus jlavopictus Fauvel
Distribution : Darjiling.
1232. Tachyporus himalayicus
Bernhauer
Distribution : Darjiling.
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1233. Tachyporus suturalis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1234. TachypoMlS undulatus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
Superfamily SCARABAEOIDEA
Family SCARABAEIDAE
Subfamily CETONIINAE
1235. Anthraeophora crucifera Olivier
Distribution: Kolkata, Darjiling and Maldah.
1236. Anthraeophora dalmanni (Hope)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
1237.Callinomes pusillus Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling.
1238.Cetonia rhododendri Gestro
Distribution: Darjiling.
1239.Cetonia rutilans (Janson)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangpu, Kalijhora).
1240.Chiloloba acute (Wiedemann)
Distribution : Darjiling (Mangpu) and
Maldah.
1241. Clerota vittigera (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling.
1242. Clinteria haJ1meisteri White
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Barddhaman, Birbhum, Kolkata,
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Koch Bihar, Maldah,
Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia and Puruliya.
1243.Clinteria oberthuri Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling.
1244. Clinteria pumila (Swartz)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Barddhaman, Birbhum, Kolkata,
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Koch Bihar, Maldah,
Mednipur, Murshidabad, Nadia and Puruliya.
Clinteria spilota Hope
1245.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong, Peshoke,
Ghumti, Ghoom, Singla, Lord Carmichael.
Kurseong), HugH and Jalpaiguri (Ranipool,
BTR).
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12 4 6 . Coenochilus campbelli Saund
Distribution : Darjiling.
1247. CymophoMls pulchellus Arrow
Distribution: Maldah.
1248. Dasyvalgus carbonarius Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling.
1249. Diceros childreni (Westwood)
Distribution : Kolkata.
1250. Dicranocephalus wallichi Hope
Distribution: Darjiling ( Kalimpong).
1251. Euchloropus laetus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
1252. Glycosia luctifera (Fairmaire)
Distribution : Darjiling.
1253. Glycosia mcolor Olivier
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., HugH and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1254. Glycyphana catena Arrow
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
1255. Glycyphana horsjieldi (Hope)
Distribution: Darjiling ( Kurseong, Peshok),
Hugli and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1256. Glycyphana nepalensis Kraatz
Distribution: Kolkata (Ed~n Gardens).
1257. Heterorrhina dispar Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling.
1258. Heterorrhina elegans (Fabricius)
Distribution: Kolkata (Lake Gardens),
Maldah and Murshidabad.
1259. Heterorrhina mutabilis (Hope)
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok, Kurseong),
Hugli and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1260. Macronota meareji Westw.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1261. Heterorrhina nigntarsis (Hope)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong), Hugli
and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1262. Heterorrhina punctatissima
Westwood
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1263. Jumnos ruckeri Saunders
Distribution : Darjiling.
1264. Macromajavanica Gory & Percheron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1265. Macroma xanthorrhina (Hope)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1266. Macronota antennata Wallace
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok, Kurseong,
Ghoom).
1267. Macronota nigricollis (Janson)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangpu).
1268. Macronota penicillata (Hope)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kurseong, Darling).
1269. Macronota quadrilineata Hope
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghumti).
1270. Macronota ursus (Westwood)
Distribution : Darjiling (Peslok).
1271. Macronota virgata (Janson)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangpu).
1272. Macronota Westwoodi (Thomson)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
1273. Mycteristes microphyllus Wood-
Mason
Distribution : Darjiling.
1274. Oxycetonia albopunctata
(Fabricius)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Subhasgram),
Kolkata (Ballygunge), Hugli, Maldah and
Murshidabad (Baharampur), Jalpaiguri
(Kalchini, Rajabhatkhawa, BTR).
1275. Oxycetonia jucunda (Faldermann)
Distribution : Darjiling (Mangphu, Sureil,
Kurseong, Peshok, Darjiling, Singtong,
Mahanadi), HugH and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1276. Oxycetonia versicolor (Fabricius)
Distribution : Maldah (Chinstira Rly.
station).
1277. Protae"a aurichalcea (Fabricius)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Subhasgram),
Kolkata (Eden Gardens, Ballygunge), Jalpaiguri
(BTR).
SANYAL et ale : Animal Diversity
1278. Protaetia auripes (Hope)
Distribution: Darjiling (Peshok).
1279· Protaetia cariana (Gestro)
Distribution : Darjiling.
1280. Protaetia caudata Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling.
1281. Protaetia fusca (Herbst)
Distribution: Kolkata, Darjiling (Kalimpong),
Maldah, Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1282. Protaetia' inanis (Wallace)
Distribution : Darjiling.
1283. Protaetia montana (Nonfried)
Distribution : Darji~ing.
1284. Protaetia neglecta (Hope)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
1285. Protaetia peregrina (Harb)
Distribution: Murshidabad.
1286. Rhomborrhina glaberrima
(Westwood)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, Darjiling).
1287. Rhomborrhina heros (Gory &
Percheron)
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
1288. Rhomborrhina mearesi (Hope)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
1289. Rhomborrhina mellyi (Gory &
Percheron)
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
1290. Rhomborrhina microcephala
West wood
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
1291. Spilophorus cretosus (Hope)
Distribution: Birbhum (Santineketan),
Kolkata and Maldah.
1292. Thaumastopeus pullus (Billberg)
Distribution : Darjiling.
1293. Torynorrhina apicalis (Westwood)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, Darjiling).
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1294. Torynorrhina opalina (Hope)
Distribution Darjiling (Kurseong,
Gopaldhara, Rungbong valley, Ghumti).
1295. Trigonophorus gracilipes
Westwood
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
1296. Trigonophorus nepalensis Hope
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
1297. Trigonophorus saundersi
Westwood
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
1298. Trigonophorus scintillans Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
Subfamily DYNASTINAE
1299. Alissonotum crassum Arrow
Distribution : Koch Bihar.
1300. Alissonotum piceum (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
1301. Alissonotum simile Arrow
Distribution: Darjiling (Siliguri).
1302. Clyster vetusus Arrow
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1303. Eophileurus planatus (Wiedemann)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong, Peshok).
1304. Eupatorus hardwickei (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Ghoom,
Darjiling, Lord Carmichael, Rangiroom).
1305. Heteronychus annulatus Bates
Distribution : Kolkata.
1306. Heteronychus lioderes
Redtenbacher
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Basanti),
Kolkata (Behala) and Darjiling (Sukna).
1307. Oryctes rhinoceros (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Kolkata, Hugli, Medinipur
(Digha) and Murshidabad (Baharampur).
1308. Phyllognathus dionysius
(Fabricius)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Sodepur) and
Darjiling (Reang, Darjiling).
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13 0 9. Xylotrupes qideon (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseo"ng) and
Jalpaiguri (Chilapata forest).
Subfamily RUTELINAE
1310. Pepernota halTing toni Westwood
Distribution: Darjiling.
1311. Parastasia ~opicta Westwood
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Lord
Carmichael).
1312. Parastasia sulcipennis
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1313. Parastasia ochracea (Waterhouse)
Distribution : Darjiling.
1314. Dactylopopillia virescens (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling, Pedong)
and Jalpaiguri (Chapramari forest).
1315. Papillia cyanea Hope
Distribution : Darjiling (Mangpu, Kurseong,
Ghumti, Palmajun, Mirik) and J alpaiguri
(Chapramari forest).
1316. Papillia nitida Hope
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
1317. Papillia amabilis
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1318. Papillia laevicollis Kraatz
Distribution: Darjiling.
1319. Papillia c~pricollis Hope
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangpu, Kurseong,
Darjiling, Upper Testa valley, Tindharia,
Siliguri, Tarkhola, Mirik).
1320. Papillia nottrotti Kraatz
Distribution: Darjiling.
1321. Papillia feae Kraatz
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangpu).
1322. Papillia pilicollis Kraatz
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangpu, Kalimpong,
Kurseong).
1323. Spilopopillia sexguttata (Fairmaire)
Distribution: Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
13 2 4. Mimela passerinii Hope
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom, Darjiling,
Lord Carmichael, Ghoombhanjang,
Lepchajagat, Rangirrom).
1325. Mimela vernicata (Fairmaire)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
1326. Mimela sericea Ohaus
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
1327. Mimela horsfieldi Hope
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong),
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1328. Mimela fulgidivittata Blanchard
Distribution: Darjiling.
1329. Mimela leei Swed
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1330. Mimela vittaticollis Burmeister
Distribution: Darjiling (Gopaldhara,
Darjiling, Kurseong, Ghoom, Lebong, Siliguri,
Mangpu).
1331. Mimela princeps Hope
Distribution: Darjiling (Siliguri, Kurseong,
Pashok, Ghumti).
1332. Mimela laevigata Arrow
Distribution: Darjiling.
1333. Mimela heterochropus Blanchard
Distribution: Barddhaman (Raigunj) and
Darjilin.g (Ghoom, Kurseong, Ghumti, Rangbong
valley, Mangpu, Jalapahar).
1334. Mimela rugicauda Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling.
1335. Mimela glabra Hope
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangpu).
1336. Mimela dehani (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling.
1337· Mimela marginalis Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling (Siliguri, Kurseong,
DaIjiling, Birch Hill). .
1338. Mimela bicolor Hope
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Ghumti).
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1339. Anomala tenella (Blanchard)
Distribution : Kolkata.
1340. Anomala decipiens
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1341. Anomala dorsalis (Fabricius)
Distribution: Kolkata, Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1342. Anomala bengalensis Blanchard.
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah, J alpaiguri
(BTR).
1343. Anomala rugosa Arrow
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1344. Anomala varicolor (Gyllenthal)
Distribution: Kolkata, DaIjiling (Sukna, Lord
Carmichael) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1345. Anomala bilobata Arrow
Distribution: Kolkata, DaIjiling (Kalimpong),
Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1346. Anomala tristis Arrow
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1347. Anomala aegrota Arrow
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1348. Anomala macrophylla
(Wiedemann)
Distribution : Maldah.
1349. Anomala propinqua Arrow
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1350. Anomala anthracina Arrow
Distribution: DaIjiling (DaIjiling, Kurseong).
1351. Anomala marginipennis Arrow
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalmpong, Lord
Carmichael, Pashok).
1352. Anomala viridilatera Arrow
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1353. Anomala siliguria Arrow
Distribution: DaIjiling (Siliguri, DaIjiling).
1354. Anomala angusta Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling, Lord
Carmichael).
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1355. Anomala variegate Hope
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong),
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1356. Anomala comma Arrow
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1357. Anomala cinderella Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling.
1358. Anomala fulviveritris (Blanchard)
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
1359. Anomala signaticollis Nonfried
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Darjiling).
1360. Anomala galerucina Arrow
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
1361. Anomala agilis Arrow
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok, Kurseong).
1362. Anomala bella Arrow
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1363. Anomala jlavofasciata Arrow
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
1364. Anomala jlaviventris Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok, Siliguri,
Kurseong).
1365. Anomala jlavopicta Arrow
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong, Darjiling,
Lord Carmichael).
1366. Anomala jlavonotata Arrow
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, Darjiling,
Lord Carmichael, Siliguri).
1367. Anomala lineatopennis Blanchard
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
1368. Anomala protea Arrow
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kalimpong).
1369. Anomala canton (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong) and
Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
1370. Anomala xanthoptera Blanchard
Distribution : DaIjiling (Pashok).
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1371. Anomala perplexa (Hope)
Distribution: DaIjiling, (Kurseong, Darjiling).
1372. Anomala dimidiata (Hope)
Distribution: Drujiling (Naxalbari, DaIjiling).
1373. Anomala nifiventris Redtenbacher
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong,
Gopaldhara, Darjiling) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1374. Anomala auronitens (Hope)
Dis'tribution : DaIjiling (Ghoom, Kurseong,
Lebong, DaIjiling).
1375. Anomala pterygophora (ahaus)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Ghoom,
Darjiling, Siliguri, Ghoombhanjang).
1376. Anomala stoliezkae (Sharp)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1377. Anomala tumidicauda (Arrow)
Distribution: Darjiling (Lebong).
1378. Anomala festiva Arrow
Distribution: Datjiling.
1379. Anomala erythroptera (Kraatz)
Kurseong) and Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangpu, Kalimpong,
1396. Adorrhinyptia rujicollis (Kraatz)
Kurseong, Sureil).
1380. Anomala pussila Arrow
and Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling, Kurseong,
Mangpu, Sureil, Darjiling, Lord Carmichael,
Ghoom).
1381. Anomala lateralis Hope
Distribution : Darjiling (Sureil, Darjiling,
Lord Carmichael, Kurseong, Ghoom).
1382. Anomala transversa Burmeister
Distribution.: DaIjiling (Mangpu).
1383· Anomala elata (Fabricius)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mangpu).
1384· Anomala bilunata Fairmaire
Distribution: DaIjiling (Pashok), Jalpaiguri
(BTR).
1385. Anomala clerica Arrow
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
13B6. Anomala anchoralis Lansle.
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1387. Anomala beharensis Arrow
Distribution : DaIjiling (Pashok).
1388. Anomala bimana (Heller)
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
1389. Anomala blanchardi Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
1390. Anomala tincticeps Arrow
Distribution: DaIjiling (Pashok).
1391. Anomala trochanterica Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
1392. Anomala varicolor (Gyllenthal)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Pashok).
1393. Anomala vaMvestris Arrow
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
1394. Mimela sp.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Pashok).
1395. Adorrhinyptia dorsalis
(Burmeister)
Distribution : Darjiling (Naxalbari,
Distribution: Kolkata, DaIjiling (Naxalbari)
1397. Adoretus ariel Arrow
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
139B. Adoretus boops Arrow
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1399. Adoretus lemniscus Arrow
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1400. Adoretus minutus Brenske
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1401. Adoretus nasutus Arrow
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1402. Adoretus sulcipennis Gastro
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1403· Adoretus excisus Ohaus
Distribution: Kolkata.
1404· Adoretus limbatus Blanchard
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah.
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1405· Adoretus bombinator Burmeister
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
1406. Adoretus ennineus
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1407· Adoretus lacustris Arrow
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1408. Adoretus minutus
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1409. Adoretus bicaudatus Arrow
Distribution : Kolkata, J alpaiguri (BTR) and
South 24 Pgs.
1410. Adoretus lacustris Arrow
Distribution: Kolkata (Saltlake), Jalpaiguri
(BTR) and South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Adoretus flauus Arrow
1411.
Distribution: Kolkata (Saltlake), South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1412. Adoretus jraterculus Arrow
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
1413. Adorerus gemmifer Arrow
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
1414. Adoretus costopilosus Ohaus
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1415. Adoretus serratipes Arrow
Distribution : Kolkata (Behala) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1416. Adoretus bimarginatus Ohaus
Distribution: DaIjiling.
1417. Adoretus testaceus (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1418. Adoretus nephriticus (Ohaus)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
1419. Adoretus posticalis Arrow
Distribution: DaIjiling (Naxalbari).
1420. Adorerus lasius.Ohaus
Distribution : Darjiling.
1421. Adoretus duvauceli Blanchard
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum
compound).
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1422. Adoretus bicolor Brenske
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
1423. Adorefus lasiopygus Burmeister
Distribution : Kolkata and DaIjiling.
1424. Adoretus uarsutus Harold
Distribution : Kolkata, Murshidabad, South
24 Pgs. and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1425. Adorefus caliginosus Burmeister
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
1426. Adoretus bengalensis Brenske
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
Subfamily EUCHIRINAE
1427. Propomacrus macleayi (Hope)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1428. Propomacrus parryi (Gray)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Subfamily LUCANIDAE
1429. Dorcus boileaui
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
1430. Do.,.cus candezei
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Subfamily PASSALIDAE
1431. Leptaulax dentatus
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Superfamily CURCULIONOIDEA
Family CURCULIONIDAE
Subfamily BRACHYDERINAE
1432. Astycus chrysochlorus Wied
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1433. Astycus lateralis Fabricius
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1434. Blosyrus oniscus Oliver
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1435. Hypomeces squamosus Fabricius
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1436. Scepticus kashmi.,.ensis Marshall
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1437. Scepticus nubifer Faust
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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1438. Tanymecus longulus Fahraeus
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Subfamily EREMNINAE
1439. Cnaphoscapus decoratus (Faust)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Subfamily OTIORRHYNCHINAE
1440. Millocerus discolor Boheman
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1441. Millocerus spectator Marshall
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
Family SCOLYTIDAE
Subfamily HYLESININAE
1442. Hylesinus despectus Walker
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1443. Xylechinus darjilingensis Schedl
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1444. Hyorrhynchus blanbordi Sampson
Distribution : Darjiling.
1445. Hyorrhynchus kalimpongensis
Maiti & Saha
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1446. Hyorrhynchus sensarmai Maiti &
Saha
Distribution : Darjiling (Debrepani,
Ranigrom, Rambi).
1447. Hyorrhynchus shiva Maiti & Saha
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1448. Sueus niisima (Eggers)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1449. Diamerus curvifer (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling (Bagdogra),
Jalpaiguri.
1450. Diamerus fici Blandfordi
Distribution : Darjiling.
1451. Diamerus nigrosetosus Eggers
Distribution: Darjiling (Teesta valley).
1452. Diamerus striatus Eggers
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1453. Sphaerotrypes globulus Blanford
Distribution : Kolkata (Maniktala) and
Jalpaiguri.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1454. Sphaerotrypes siwalikensis
Stebbing
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa,
Tondu, Teesta).
1455. Phloeocranus bruchoides Schedl
Distribution: DaIjiling (Bagdogra).
Subfamily SCOLYTINAE
1456. Scolytoplatypus darjeelingi
Stebbing
Distribution : Darjiling (Debrepani,
Lepchajagat, Ghoom, SenchaI, Rangiroom).
1457. Scolytoplatypus eutomoides
Blandford
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna, Khuntimari).
1458. Scolytoplatypus minimus
Hagedorn
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1459. Scolytoplatypus nitidicollis Eggers
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1460. Scolytoplatypus pubescens
Hagedorn
Distribution : DarjiIing (Lopchu, Ranigroom,
Sivakhola).
1461. Scolytoplatypus raja Blandford
Distribution : Darjiling (Debrepani,
Lepchajagat, Ranigroom, Rambi, Sivakhola).
1462. Eulepiops (= Dryocoetes) coffeae
(Eggers)
Distribution: Darjiling (Teesta valley).
1463. Coccotrypes advena Blandford
Distribution : Darjiling (Samsingh, Bagdogra,
Teesta Valley).
1464. Coccotrypes brevipilosus (Beeson)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangirom, Senchal).
1465. Coccotrypes carpophgus
(Hornung)
Distribution : Kolkata (Naktala, Jadavpur)
and Darjiling (Jaldhaka range, Samsing).
1466. Coccotrypes cyperi (Beeson)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh, Bagdogra)
and Jalpaiguri (Gazalduba).
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1467· Coccotrypes himalayansis
(Beeson)
Distribution : Daljiling (Rangiroom, Senehal,
Lopchu).
1468. Coccotrypes longior (Eggers)
Distribution: Daljiling (Samsingh).
1469. Coccotrypes opac(forns (Beeson)
Distribution : Darjiling (Samsingh) and
Jalpaiguri (Buxa T.R).
1470. Coccotrypes parous (Beeson)
Distribution: Daljiling (Samsingh).
1471. Coccotrypes papuanus (Eggers)
Distribution : Darjiling (Samsingh,
Bagdogra).
1472. Coccotrypes vulgaris (Beeson)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing).
1473. Acanthotomicus perexiguus
(Blandford)
Distribution: Darjiling (Lopehu).
1474. Indocryphalus intermedius
(Sampson)
Distribution : Darjiling (Roehela, Lava,
Rangirom, Rambi, Debrepani).
1475. Cryphalus neglectus Sehedl
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sundarban).
1476. Cryphalus strohemeyeri Stebbing
Distribution : Daljiling (Sandhakphu).
1477. Cosmoderes monillicolis Eiehhoff
Distribution : Darjiling (Samsingh) and
J alpaiguri (Gazalduba).
1478. llypothenemus areccae
(llornung)
Distribution Kolkata, Jalpaiguri
(Harinbari).
1479. llypothenemus eruditus Westwood
Distribution : Darjiling (Bagdogra, Teesta
Valley, Smsingh).
1480. Hypothenemus uniseriatus
(Eggers)
Distribution: Darjiling (Teesta valley),
J alpaiguri.
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1481. Scolytogenes aspericollis
(EiehhofO
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1482. Scolytogenes punctatus (Sehedl)
Distribution : Darjiling.
1483. Amasa eugeniae (Eggers)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh, Sulma).
1484. Amasa schlichi (Stebbing)
Distribution : Darjiling (Bagdogra) and
Jalpaiguri (Apalehand Range).
1485. Ambrosiodmus minor (Stebbing)
Distribution J alpaiguri (B. T. R.,
Rajabhatkhawa, Khuntimari).
1486. Ambrosiodmus asperatus
(Blandford)
Distribution: Daljiling (Teesta Valley).
1487. Ambrosiodmus lewisi (Blandford)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1488. Ambrosiodmus subsimilis (Eggers)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1489. Arixyleborus malayansis (Sehedl)
Distribution : Darjiling (Bagdogra) and
J alpaiguri.
1490. Arixyleborus moestus (Eggers)
Distribution: Darjiling (Debrepani).
1491. Cnestus biocronoides (Sehedl)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1492. Coptoborus shorea (Stebbing)
Distribution : Daljiling (, Kurseong, Teesta
valley, Lopehu, Samsing) and Jalpaiguri
(Aplaehand range, B.T.R.).
1493. Coptoborus pumilus (Eggers)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna).
1494. CryptoxyleboMls turbine us
(Sampson)
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
1495. Eccoptopterus spinosus (Olivier)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Lepehajagat).
1496. Euwallacea anadamenensis
(Blandford)
Distribution : Darjiling (Ranigrom).
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1497. Euwallacea asperipennis (Eggers)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh, Ranigrom,
Lopchu, Senchal).
1498. Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff)
Distribution ; Darjiling (Teesta valley,
Samsingh, Nagrakata) and Nadia (Ranaghat).
1499. Euwallacea gravelyi (Wichhman)
Distribution : Darjiling (Samsingh,
Rangirom, Lepchajagat).
1500. Euwallacea interjectus (Blandford)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh, Bagdogra,
Lopchu, Teesta valley).
1501. Euwallacea lantanae (Eggers)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lopchu, Samsingh,
Bagdogra) and Jalpaiguri (Gazalduba).
1502. Euwallacea mallon (Eggers)
Distribution : Darjiling (Samsingh) and
Jalpaiguri (Gazalduba).
1503. Euwallacea nonus (Sampson)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Samsingh,
Mangpu)
1504· Euwallacea rufobruneus var.
dihingensis (Eggers)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1505. Euwallacea mstris (Eggers)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1506. Euwallacea sibsagaricus (Egger)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1507· Hadrodemius metacomans
(Eggers)
Distribution : Darjiling (Samsingh) and
Jalpaiguri (B.T.R., Gazalduba).
1508. Hadrodemius pseudocomans
(Eggers)
Distribution: Darjiling (Bagdogra).
1509. Kalantaneus eggersi (Beeson)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangirom,
Debrepani, Lopchu, Lepchajagat).
1510. Kalantaneus fabricii (Hagedron)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lava, Rangirom,
Lepchajagat).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1511. Kalantaneus hirtus (Hagedron)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Lopchu, Rangirom,
Ghoom, Debrepani).
1512. Kalantaneus improbus (Sampson)
Distribution Darjiling (Senchal,
Lepchajagat) .
1513. Kalantaneus inannatus (Eggers)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lopchu).
1514. Kalantaneus lineatus (Eggers)
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchal, Lopchu).
1515. Leptoxyleborus concisus
(Blandford)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1516. Microperus alpha (Sampson)
Distribution : J alpaiguri, South 24 Pgs.
1517. Microperus chrysophylli (Eggers)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Samsingh).
1518. Microperus concinnus (Beeson)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Nagraka~a).
1519. Microperus elegans (Sampson)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (B.T.R.).
Microperus mus (Eggers)
1520.
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1521. Microperus perpaMJus (Sampson)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna, Bagdogra)
and Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa, Tondu).
1522.Microperus reddens ~ampson
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Khariarbanda,
Raidak, Apalchand range).
1523. Microperus undulatus Sampson
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa,
Garumara).
1524. Notoxyleborus major (Stebbing)
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Tondu range,
Mahabari, B.T.R., Rajabhatkhawa).
Xyleborinus andrewesi (Blandford)
15 2 5.
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna) and
J alpaiguri (Gazalduba, Garumara, Apalchand,
Khuntimari, B.T.R.).
1526. Xyleborinus artestriatus (EichhofO
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Khariarbanda) and
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
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1527· XyleboMnus saxeseni (Ratzeburg)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lepchajagat,
Rangirom).
1528. Xyleborinus subspinosus (Eggers)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lepchajagat,
Lopchu, Samsingh). . Teesta valley, Sukna) and
1529. XyleboMnus subgranulatus
(Eggers)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lepchajagat,
Lopchu, Samsingh).
1530. Xyleborus bicolor Blandford
Distribution: Darjiling (Sam singh, Lataguri,
Mangpu), Jalpaiguri (Tondu range) and South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
1531. Xyleborus bidentatus
(Motschulsky)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
1532. Xyleborus cognatus Blandford
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
1533. Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff
Distribution: Darjiling (Lopchu, Samsingh).
1534. Xyleborus geminatus Hagedron
Distribution : Darjiling.
1535. Xyleborus corpulentus Eggers
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh, Sukna).
1536. XyleboMl.S haberkorni Eggers
Distribution: DarjiIing (Samsingh).
1537. Xyleborus mucronatulus Eggers
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kalimpong).
1538. Xyleborus perforans (Wollaston)
Distribution ; Kolkata (Maniktala, J adavpur)
and Jalpaiguri (Dahura, Apalchand range,
Lataguri).
1539. Xyleborus piceus (Motschulsky)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong,
Samsingh).
1540. Xyleborus similis Ferrari
Distribution: Kolkata (Maniktala), DaIjiling
(Sukna, Samsingh) and J alpaiguri (Apalchand
range, Lataguri, Gazalduba).
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1541. Xyleborus speciosus Schedl
Distribution : Darjiling.
1542. Xylosandrus crassiusculus
(Motschulsky)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Samsingh, Bagdogra,
Jalpaiguri
(Gazalduba).
1543. Xylosandrus d«Jicilis (Eggers)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lopchu, Samsingh,
Senchal, Rangirom).
1544. XylosandMlS discolor (Blandford)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
1545. Xylosandrus gravidus (Blandford)
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok, Samsingh).
1546.Xylosandrus mesuae (Eggers)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kalimpong).
1547. Xylosandrus morigerus
(Blandford)
Distribution : Darjiling (Teesta valley,
Samsingh).
1548. Xylosandrus ursinus (Hagedorn)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsingh).
Family ENDOMYCHIDAE
1549. Amphistemus phyllocerus Arrow
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1550. Indalmus kirbyanus Latr.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1551.Spathomeles decoratus Gerst.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family EROTYLIDAE
1552.Amblyopus cinctipennis Lacord.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1553. Episcapha quadrimacula (Wied.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family LUCANIDAE
1554. Dorcus boileaui (Bid.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1555. Dorcus candezei (Boil.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).

Family COPRINI
1556. Catharsius birmanensis Lansb.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1557. Catharsius malossus L.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1558. Copris magicus Har.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1559. Onitis castaneus Redt.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1560. Onitis virens Lansb.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1569.
1561. Onthophagus armatus Bl.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1562. Onthophagus bison Boue.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
1563. Onthophagus bonasus (F.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1564. Onthepagus dama (F.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1565. On thop hag us falcifer Har.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
1566 .. Onthophagus mopsus (F.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1567. Onthopagus orientalis Har.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1568. Onthophagus tragus (F.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Onthophagus triceratops Arrow
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1570. GymnopleuMlS sinuatus
assamensis (oliv.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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INSECTA : SIPHONOPTERA
Phylum ARTHROPODA 7. Pariodontis riggenbachi (Rothschild)
Class INSECTA Distribution : Dist. not known.
Order SIPHONAPTERA 8. Synosternus pallidus (taschenberg)
Family PULICIDAE Distribution: Dist. not known.
1. Echidnophaga gallinacea (Westwood) 9. Xenopsylla astia Rothschild
Distribution : Dist. not known. Distribution : Dist. not known.
2. Echidnophaga liopus Jordan &
10. Xenopsylla brasiliensis (Baker)
Rothschild
Distribution : Dist. not known.
Distribution : Dist. not known.
11. Xenopsylla Cheopis (Rothschild)
3. Pulex irritans Linnaeus
Distribution : Dist. not known. Distribution : Dist. not known.
4. Ctenocephalides canis (Curtis) Family STIVALIIDAE
Distribution: Dist. not known. Lentistivalius ferinus (Rothschild)
12.

5. Ctenocephalides felis (Bouche) Distribution : Dist. not known.

Distribution: Dist. not known. Family CERATO PHYLLIDAE
6. Ctenocephalides orientis (Jordan) 13. Macrostylophora phillipsi (Jordan)
Distribution : Dist. not known. Distribution : Dist. not known.
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INSECTA: STREPSIPTERA
Family CERIOXENIDAE
1. Dunoxenos kinzelbachi Carvalha
Distribution : Barddhaman.
2. Triozocera pugiopenis
Chaudhuri & Dasgupta
Distribution : Barddhaman, Maldah and
Nadia.
3. Elenchus japonica
Esaki & Hashimotco
Distribution : Barddhaman.
Family HALICTOPHAGIDAE
4. Halictophagus acerbus
Chaudhuri & Saha
Distribution : Barddhaman.
5. Halictophagus australensis Perkins
Distribution : Barddhaman, Maldah and
Nadia.
6. Halictophagus tenebrosus
Chaudhuri, Ghosh & Dasgupta
Distribution : Barddhaman.
7· Tridactylophagus aduncus
Cahudhuri & Saha
Dzstribution : Barddhaman.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
8. Tridactylophagus cainatus
Chaudhuri & Saha
Distribution : Barddhaman and Kolkata.
9. Tridactylophagus kifunei
(Chaudhuri & Dasgupta)
Distribution: Barddhaman and North 24
Pgs.
10. Tridactylophagus maculates
Chaudhuri, Ghosh & Dasgupta
Distribution : Barddhaman and Hugli.
11. Tridactylophagus orbipes
Chaudhuri & Saha
Distribution : Maldah.
Lychnocolax similes
12.
Chaudhuri, Ghosh & Dasgupta
Distribution : Barddhaman.
13. Myrmecolax pierci
(Chatterjee & Chaudhuri)
Distribution : Barddhaman.
14. Myrmecolax plantipes
(Chaudhuri, Dasgupta & Chatterjeee)
Distribution : Maldah.
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INSECTA : DIPTERA
Phylum ARTHROPODA Family BIBIONIDAE
Class INSECTA Subfamily PLECIINAE
Order DIPTERA 12. Pen the tria japonica Wiedemann
Family TIPULIDAE Distribution : Darjiling (Sukhiapokhri,
Subfamily TIPULINAE Mirik).
1. Ctenophora (Pselliophora) laeta Family STRATIOMYIDAE
(Fabricius) Subfamily SARGINAE
Distribution: Kolkata and Puruliya. 13. Chloromy'ia sapphinna (Walker)
2. Holorusia ornatithorax (Brunetti) Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jainti, Buxa Tiger
Distribution: Darjiling (Mirik). Reserve).
3. Tipula (Acutipula) subvernalis 14. Ptecticus australis Schiner
Alexander
Distribution: Darjiling (Andherl khola) and
Distribution: DaIjiling (Sukhiapokhrl). Maldah (Nalagola).
4. Tipula (Vestiplex) himalayensis Subfamily STRATIOMYINAE
Brunetti
15. Odontomyia dorsoangulata Brunetti
·Distribution: Darjiling (Mirik).
Distribution: Kolkata, Maldah (Nalagola)
Family LIMONIIDAE
and North 24 Pgs.
5. Pseudolimnophila pallidicoxa
16. Odontomyia lutanus Walker
Brunetti
Distribution : Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mirik).
Darjiling.
6. Conosia i.,..,.orata (Wiedemann)
17. Odontomyia transversa Brunetti
Distribution : Kolkata, DaIjiling and South
Distribution : Medinipur (Haldia).
24 Pgs. (Hatbaria).
18. Oplodontha minuta (Fabricius)
7. Styringomyia ceylonica Edwards
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora (Bally) and
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
Puruliya (Ajodhya Hill).
8. Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia)
nigroapiacalis (Brunetti) 19. Oplodontha rubrithorax (Macquart)
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution ; Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Murshidabad (Dhulian), Nadia (Palpara) and
9. Trentepohlia (Trentepohlia)
North 24 Pgs.
trentepohlii
Subfamily CLITELLARIINAE
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Hatbaria).
Family PSYCHODIDAE
20. Adoxomyia heminopla (Wiedenlann)
Subfamily PSYCHODINAE Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).

10. Brunettia a'bonotata (Brunetti) Family TABANIDAE

Distribution : Kolkata and North 24 Pgs. Subfamily CHRYSOPSINAE

(Haridevpur) . 21. Chrysops dispar (Fabricius)
11. Psychoda albopicta Brunetti Distribution : Bankura (Simlapal) and Koch
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Haridevpur). Bihar (Mathabhanga).

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22. Atylotus virgo (Wiedemann)
Distribution : Kolkata and Puruliya
(Sardardi) .
23. Haematopota javana Wiedemann
Distribution: Kolkata, Jalpaiguri (Chilapata-
Mendabari) and North 24 Pgs.
Family BOMBYLIIDAE
Subfamily EXOPROSOPINAE
24. Heterolania (Isolamia) insulate
(Walker)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur Susunia)
and Puruliya (Sardardi, Garh Dhrubeswar).
25. Heterolania (Homolania) lateralis
(Brunetti)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur), Kolkata
and Puruliya (Sardardi).
26. Ligyra aurantiaca (Guerin-Meneville)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur).
27. Ligyra oenomaus (Rondani)
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur), Darjiling
and Medinipur (Salboni).
28. Ligyra semifuscata (Brunetti)
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur).
Family SYRPHIDAE
Subfamily SYRPHINAE
29. Allograpta javana (Wiedemann)
Distribution : Darjiling (Mirik) and Nadia
(Dhubulia).
30. Asarkina (Asarkina) ericetorum
(Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur,
Kumardanga) and Jalpaiguri (Buxa).
31. Dideopsis aegrota (Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura.
32. Episyrphus balteatus (De Geer)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Ketugram,
Dhatrigram), Darjiling (Lepchajagat, Mirik),
Jalpaiguri (Buxa Tiger reserve) and Nadia
(Dhubulia, Nakasipara, Karimpur, Palpara).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
33. Ischiodon scutellaris (Fabricius)
Distribution : Nadia (Baliura, Phulia,
Palpara).
34. Metasyrphus (Metasyrphus)
corollae (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukhiapokhri).
35. Sphaerophoria indiana Bigot
Distribution: Darjiling (Mirik).
3 6 . Sphaerophoria viridaenea (Brunetti)
Distribution: OaIjiling (Botanical Garden).
37. Melanostoma orientale (Wiedemann)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Ketugram),
Darjiling (Mirik), Jalpaiguri (Buxa Tiger
Reserve) and Nadia (Karimpur).
38. Paragus (Paragus) serratus
(Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata (SaltLake), DaIjiling,
Nadia (Dhubulia) and Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills,
Garh Dhrubeswar).
39. Paragus (Pandasyophthalmus)
a!ratus de Meijere
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Buxa Tiger
Reserve).
Subfamily MILESIINAE
40. Eumerus aeneithorax Brunetti
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kalimpong).
41. Eristalinus (Eristalinus) arvorum
(Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur), Darjiling
(Andheri khola), Medinipur (Salboni,
Belpahari) and Puruliya (Balarampur).
42. Eristalinus (Eristalinus) obliquus
(Wiedemann)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Ukhra), Kolkata
and North 24 Pgs.
43. Eristalinus (Eristalinus)
obscuritarsis de Meijere
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur),
Medinipur (Haldia, Jhargram, Salboni) and
Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills, Garh Dhrubeswar).
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44· Eristalinus (Eris ta linus)
quinquestriatus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Tindharia) .
45. Eristalinus (Eristalodes) taeniops
(Weidemann)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Buxa Tiger
Reserve ),).
46. Eristalinus (Merodonoides)
multi/arius (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Andheri khola).
47· Eristalis (Eris talis) tenox (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Darjiling (Botanical Garden,
Tindharia, Mirik, Sukhia pokhri).
48. Eristalis (Eoseristalis) arbustoMlm
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : Darjiling (Mirik, Botanical
Garden).
49. Eristalis (Eoseristalis) cerealis
Fabricius
Distribution : Darjiling (Mirik, Botanical
Garden).
50. Eristalis polychromata Brunetti
Distribution: Kolkata and Nadia (Palpara).
51. Mesembrius bengalensis
(Weidemann)
Distribution : Kolkata and Medinipur
(Salboni).
52. Mesembrius quadrivittatus
(Weidemann)
Distribution : ,Kolkata (SaltLake), Darjiling,
Nadia (Kctlyani) and Nprth 24 Pgs.
53. Phytomia (Phytomia) errans
(Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur),
Daljiling, Medinipur (Belpahari) and Puruliya
(Ajodhya Hill).
54. Phytomia (Dolichomerus) crassa
(Fabricius)
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur) and
Darjiling.
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55. Syritta indica (Weidemann)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Ketugram),
Kolkata, North 24 Pgs. and Puruliya (Garh
Dhrubeswar).
56. Syritta orientalis Macquart
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling, Medinipur
(Salboni) and North 24 Pgs.
57. Chalcosyrphus (Syrittosylota)
annulatus (Brunetti)
Distribution: Darjiling (Andheri khola).
Family MICROPEZIDAE
Subfamily TAENIAPTERINAE
58. Mimegralla albimana (Doleschall)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
Family ULIDIDAE
Subfamily ULIDINAE
59. Physiphora aenea (Fabricius)
Distribution: Maldah (Bhaluk Station).
Family SCIOMYZIDAE
Subfamily SCIOMYZINAE
60. SepedonfeJTUginosa Weidemann
Distribution: Murshidabad (Dhulian).
Family SEPSIDAE
Subfamily SEPSINAE
61. Australosepsis niveipennis (Becker)
Distribution : Barddhaman, Birbhum,
Kolkata, Jalpaiguri and Maldah (Golapganj).
62. Dicranosepsis bicolor (Weidemann)
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling (Rangpo).
63. Sepsis himalayensis Brunetti
Distribution: Darjiling (Sonada).
64. Sepsis nitens Wiedemann
Distribution : Kolkata, D,aIjiling and Maldah
(Golapganj).
65. Saltella setigera Brunetti
Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah
(Golapganj).
66. Decachaetophora aeneipes (de
Meijere)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lava).
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Family CHLOROPIDAE
Subfamily CHLOROPINAE
67. Pachylophus rufescens (de Meijere)
Distribution: Haora (Bally).
Family EPHYDRIDAE
Subfamily PSILOPINAE
68. Psilopa pollinosa (Kertesz)
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens), Hugli
(Bandel) and North 24 Pgs. (Birati).
Subfamily NOTIPHILINAE
69. Typopsilopa chinensis (Weidemann)
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens), Haora
(Botanical Garden) and North 24 Pgs.
(Ichhapur, Basdrani).
70. Paralimna concors Cresson
Distribution: Hugli (Bhadreswar).
71. Paralimna hirticornis de Meijere
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens), Haora
(Botanical Garden) and Hugli (Uttarpara).
72. Paralimna lineata de Meijere
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
Family HIPPOBOSCIDAE
Subfamily ORNITHOMYINAE
73. Pseudolynchia canariensis
(Macquart)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jadavpur).
Subfamily HIPPOBOSCINAE
74· Hippobosca variegata Megerle von
Miihlfeld
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Duttapukur).
Family MUSCIDAE
Subfamily MUSCINAE
75. Musca (Musca) domestica Linnaeus
Distribution: Maldah (Nalagola).
76. Musca (Philaematomyia)
crassirostris Stein
Distribution : Kolkata (Bengal Veterinary
College).
77. Neomyia indica (Robineau-Desvoidy)
Distribution: Maldah (Nalagola).
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78. Neomyia lauta (Weidemann)
Distribution: Maldah (Nalagola).
79. Neomyia timorensis (Robineau-
Desvoidy)
Distribution: Maldah (Nalagola).
Subfamily PHAONIINAE
80. Atherigona (Atherigona) pulla
(Weidemann)
Distribution : Maldah (Bhaluk Station).
Family CALLIPHORIDAE
Subfamily CALLIPHORINAE
81. Bengalia torosa (Weidemann)
Distribution: Maldah (Golapganj).
82. Calliphora (Calliphora) pattoni
Aubertin
Distribution : Darjiling and Murshidabad
(Dhulian).
83. Hemipyrellia ligurriens (Weidemann)
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs.
(Barasat, Rajarhat).
84. Hemipyrellia pulchra (Weidemann)
Distribution: Haora (Botanical Garden),-
Hugli (Kamdevpur) and South 24 Pgs.
(Subhasgram, Canning).
85. Lucilia papuensis Macquart
Distribution : Haora (Botanical Garden).
Family CHRYSOMYINAE
86. Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling (Siliguri), Haora
(Bally, Botanical garden), Koch Bihar(Jainti),
North 24 Pgs. (Titagarh, Barrackpore) and
South 24 Pgs. (Canning).
87. Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart)
Distribution : Darjiling and North 24 Pgs.
(Barrackpore).
Family SARCOPHAGIDAE
Subfamily SARCOPHAGINAE
88. Barcaea haemorrhoidalis (Fallen)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Lebong).
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89. Parasarcophaga (Liosarcophaga)
brevicoMtis (Ro)
Distribution : Maldah (Nalagola), North 24
Pgs. and South 24 Pgs.
90. Parasarcophaga (Liosarcophaga)
dux Thomson
Distribution : Darjiling (Lebong), Haora,
Murshidabad (DhuHan) and North 24 Pgs.
91. Parasarcophaga (Parasarcophaga)
albiceps (Meigen)
Distribution : Not known.
92.Parasarcophaga(Parasarcophaga)
knabi (Parker)
Distribution: Nadia (Ranaghat).
93.Parasarcophaga(Parasarcophaga)
orchidea (Boettcher)
Distribution: Maldah (Nalagola).
94. lranihindia martellatoides (Baranov)
Distribution : Bankura, Kolkata, Hugli,
Nadia, North 24 Pgs., Puruliya and South 24
Pgs.
95. SenioMDhitea krameri (Boettcher)
Distribution: HugH (Bhadreswar) and North
24 Pgs.
Family ASILIDAE
96. Ammophilomima rufescens Frey
Distribution : Kolkata.
97. Euscelidia marion (Walker)
Distribution: Not known.
9S. Leptogaster basilaris Coquillett
Distribution: Not known.
99. Leptogaster ophionea Frey
Distribution : Kolkata.
100. Andrenosoma choprai Bromley
Distribution : Darjiling.
101. Laphria altemans Weidemann
Distribution : Not known.
102. ~phriafuMJa van der Wulp
Distribution : Darjiling.
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103. Laphria gilvoides van der Wulp
Distribution: Darjiling.
104. Laphystia indica Joseph & Parui
Distribution: Maldah (Bamangola).
105. Laxenecera albibarbis Macquart
Distribution: Maldah (Bhaluk Station).
106. Laxenecera bengalensis
(Weidemann)
Distribution : Not known.
107. Laxenecera jlavibarbis Macquart
Distribution : Kolkata.
Maira bicolor Joseph & Parui
lOS.
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna).
109. Maira longirostrata Bromley
Distribution : Darjiling.
110. Nusa bengalensis Joseph & Parui
Distribution: Darjiling (Khunia moor).
111. Nusa elva Walker
Distribution: Not known.
112. Nusa mukherjeei Joseph & Parui
Distribution: Maldah (Gangarampur, Alal).
113. Microstylum albolimbatwn van der
Wulp
Distribution : Darjiling.
114. Microstylum apicale (Weidemann)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna).
115. Microstylum brunnipenne
Macquart
Distribution : Darjiling (Peshok).
116. Microstylum strigatum Enderlein
Distribution: Darjiling.
117. Microstylum mmelas (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling.
lIS. Pegesimallus volcatus (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong) and
Jalpaiguri (Garumara forest).
119.Oldroydia scatophagoides (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
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120. Stenopogon ambryon (Walker)
Distribution : Not known.
121. Stenopogon damias (Walker)
Distribution : Not known.
122. Stenopogon kherai Joseph & Parui
Distribution : Darjiling (Nakshalbari).
123. Stenopogon nigrofasciatus Brunetti
Distribution : Darjiling.
124. Damalis claripennis BJ:"oluley
Distribution: Darjiling.
125. Damalis fusca Walker
Distriblltion : Darjiling.
126. Damalis planiceps Fabricius
Distribution : Daljiling.
127. Damalis prytanis Walker
Distribution : Not known.
128. Stichopogon bengalensis Joseph &
Parui
Distribution: Maldah (Parbatidanga).
129. Stichopogon menoni Joseph & Parui
Distribution : Maldah (Mahananda river
side).
130. Stichopogon meridionalis Oldroyd
Distribution: Maldah (Parbatidanga).
131. Stichopogon tomentosus Oldroyd
Distribution: Maldah (Parbatidanga).
132. Cophinopoda chinensis (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
133. Michotamia aurata (Fabricius)
Distribution: Maldah (Nalagola).
134. Ommatius bengalensis Joseph &
Parui
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukna).
135. Ommatius carmichaeli Bromley
Distribution : Darjiling.
136. Ommatius conopsoides Wiedemann
Distribution : Not known.
137. Ommatius gopalpurensis Joseph &
Parui
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Gopalpur).
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138. Ommatius peregrinus (van der
W~lp)
Distribution : Darjiling.
139. Ommatius singlensis Oldroyd
Distribution : Darjiling.
140. Ommatius subgracilis Bromley
Distribution : Darjiling.
141. Anacinaces rufiventris (Macquart)
Distribution: Not known.
142. Asilus aurimystax Bromley
Distribution: Darjiling.
143. Astochia femorata Joseph & Parui
Distribution: Maldah (Bamangola).
144. Astochia guptai Joseph & Parui
Distribution: Kolkata (SaltLake).
145. Astochia hindostani (Ricardo)
Distribution : Darjiling.
146. Astochia jayarami Joseph & Parui
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajalok forest).
147. Astochia maculipes (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
148. Astochia philus (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
149. Clephydroneura bengalensis
(Macquart)
Distribution : Darjiling.
150. Clephydroneura duvaucelli
(Macquart)
Distribution : Not known.
151. Clephydroneura jlavicornis
(Macquart)
Distribution : Not known.
152. Clephudroneura gymnura Oldroyd
Distribution : Not known.
153· Heligmoneura bengalensis Joseph
& Parui
Distribution : Darjiling.
154· Heligmoneura chaetoprocta Hull
Distribution : Not known.
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ISS· Heligmoneura ricardoi Joseph & Parui
Distribution : Darjiling (Lebong).
156. Heligmoneura yenpingensis
(Bromley)
Distribution : Darjiling.
157· Hoplopheromerus armatipes
(Macquart)
Distribution ; Not known.
158. Machimus angularis (Ricardo)
Distribution: Not known.
159. Machimus aurimystax (Bromley)
Distribution : Not kI;lown.
160. Machimus bengalensis Joseph &
Parui
Distribution ; Darjiling.
161. Machimus dubius Ricardo
Distribution : DaIjiIing.
162. Machimus hirtipes Ricardo
Distribution : DaIjiling.
163. Machimus incisularis (Bromley)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
164. Machimus infrafemoralis Bromley
Distribution : DaIjiling.
165. Machimus pallipes Ricardo
Distribution: Darjiling (South Kurseong).
166. Machimus Ricardoi (Bromley).
Distribution : DaIjiling (Pedong).
167. Machimus Mljipes Ricardo
Distribution : Darjiling.
168. Machimus subgenitalis Bromley
Distribution : DaIjiling.
169. Neoitamus bengalensis (Joseph &
Parui)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
170. Neoitamus Kolkataensis Joseph &
Parui
Distribution : Kolkata.
171. Neomochtherus himalayensis
Joseph & Parui
Distribution : DaIjiling (Tiger Hill).
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172. Orophotus montanus (Ricardo)
Distribution : Darjiling.
173. Philodicus ceylanicus Schiner
Distribution: Kolkata (Saltlake).
174. Philodicus femoralis Ricardo
Distribution: Maldah (Nalagola).
175. Philodicus javanus (Weidemann)
Distribution : Kolkata and J alpaiguri
(Chalsa).
176. Promachus binghamensis Ricardo
Distribution : Darjiling.
177. Promachus duuaucelii (Macquart)
Distribution : Not known.
178. Promachus ghumtiensis Bromley
Distribution : Darjiling.
179. Promachus leoninus Loew
Distribution : Darjiling.
180. Promachus uaripes (Macquart)
Distribution: Not known.
181. Senoprosopis diardii Macquart
Distribution: Not known.
182. TMchomachimus orientalis
(Ricardo)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
183. Trichomachimus pubescens
(Ricardo)
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Family SIMULIIDAE
184. Simulium (Eusimulium)
aureohirtum Brunetti
Distribution: Bankura (Mukutmanipur),
DaIjiling (Rangeet), Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkha\va)
and Puruliya (Ajodhya hills).
185. Simulium (Eusimulium) dasguptai
Datta
Distribution: Darjiling (North Point, Ghoonl,
Sonada).
186. Simulium (Eusimulium)
ghoomense Datta
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom).
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187. Simulium (Eusimulium) gracile 200. Simulium (Gomphostilbia)

Datta tenuistylum Datta
Distribution: Daljiling (North point, Lebong, Distribution : Darjiling (Lebong, Kurseong,
Sukhia pokhri). Mungpo) and Jalpaiguri (Jainti).
188. Simulium (Eusimulium) 201. Simulium (Himalayum) indicum
nemorivagum Datta Becher
Distribution: DaIjiling (North point, Lebong, Distribution : Darjiling.
Ghoom). 202. Simulium (Simulium) asishi Datta
189. Simulium (Eusimulium) Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
praelargum Datta 203. Simulium (Simulium)
Distribution : Darjiling (North Point, biforaminiferum Datta
Lebong). Distribution : Darjiling (Lebong).
190. Simulium (Eusimulium) Purii Datta 204. Simulium (Simulium) dentatum
Distribution : Darjiling (North point, Puri
Sukhiapokhri, Mungpo). Distribution : Darjiling (Lebong, Kurseong).
191. Simulium (Eusimulium) 205. Simulium (Simulium) grisescens
-rufithorax Brunetti Brunetti
Distribution : Darjiling .(Kurseong). Distribution : Darjiling (Rangeet, Kurseong,
192. Simulium (Eusimulium) species 'A' Lebong Cart Road).
Distribution : Darjiling. 206. Simulium (Simulium)
himalayense Puri
193 .. Simulium (Eusimulium) species A
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangeet, Lebong
Distribution: Darjiling (Sonada, Ghoom).
Cart Road, Kurseong).
194. Simulium (Eusimulium) species B
207. Simulium (Simulium) kapuri Datta
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar).
195. Simulium (Eusimulium) species C
208. Simulium (Simulium) nigJifacies
Distribution: Darjiling (Lebong). Datta
196. Simulium (Eusimulium) species D Distribution: Darjiling (North point).
Distribution: Daljiling (Lebong). 209. Simulium (Simulium) nitidithorax
197. Simulium (Gomphostilbia) Puri
darjilingense Datta Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Darjiling (Lebong Cart Road). 210. Simulium (Simulium) nodosum
198. Simulium (Gomphostilbia) Puri
metatarsale Brunetti Distribution : J alpaiguri (Raj abh atkhwa ,
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri Alipurduar).
(Rajabhatkhawa). 211. Simulium (Simulium)
199. Simulium (Gomphostilbia)? novolineatum Puri
sundaicum Edwards Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Bankura (Mukutmanipur) and 212. Simulium (Simulium) ramosum Puri
Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills). Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom, Tiger Hill).
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213· Simulium (Simulium) rtifibasis
Brunetti
Distribution : Darjiling (Lebong, Happy
Valley, Sonada, Kurseong).
2 14.
Simulium (Simulium)
signtamense Datta & Pal
Distribution: DaIjiling (Singtam).
215. Simulium (Simulium) tenuitarsus
Puri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
216. Simulium sp. nr. novolineatum Puri
Distribution: Darjiling (Singtam).
217. Simulium sp. nr. grisescens Brunetti
Distribution: DaIjiling (Singtam).
Family CHIRONOMIDAE
Subfamily DIAMESINAE
218. Diamesa bicornipes Chaudhuri &
Ghosh
Distribution: Datjiling.
219. Diamesa edennsyla Bhattacharya &
Chaudhuri
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Subfamily TANYPODINAE
220. Ablabesmyia alba Chaudhuri,
Debnath & Nandi
Distribution: Barddhaman (Chittaranjan,
Durgapur, Raniganj), Birbhum (Bolpur),
Kolkata, Medinipur (Garbeta) and South 24
Pgs. (Kakdwip).
221. Ablabesmyia ensiceps Chaudhuri,
Debnath & Nandi
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj,
Chittaranjan) , Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
(Bongaon, Basirhat).
222. Ablabesmyia maculitibialis
Chaudhuri, Debnath & Nandi
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj),
Birbhum (Bolpur), Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
(Kakdwip).
223. Ablabesmyia transversus
Chaudhuri, Debnath & Nandi
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj),
Kolkata and South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip).
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224. Ablabesmyia photophilum (Kieffer)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Durgapur,
Raniganj) and North 24 Pgs. (Habra).
225. Ablabesmyia pulchripes (Keiffer)
Distribution : Kolkata.
226. Conchapelopia falcistylus
Chaudhuri & Debnath
Distribution: Barddhaman.
227. Clinotanypus fuscosiqnetus (Kieffer)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj),
Kolkata, Puruliya.
228. Clinctanypus Jumipennis (Kiffer)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj),
Kolkata.
229. Clinotanypus novempunctatus
(Kieffer)
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Pufuliya.
230. Clinctanypus ornatissimus
(Kieffer)
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata.
231. Clinotanypus vomerus Chaudhuri &
Debnath
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj),
Kolkata, Medinipur (Garbeta), North 24 Pgs.
(Basirhat) and Puruliya.
232. Djalmabatista bifida (Chaudhuri &
Debnath)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Raniganj).
233. Djalmabatista reidi (Freeman)
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata and
North 24 Pgs. (Habra).
234. Paramerina i'l/icia Chaudhuri &
Debnath
Distribution: Barddhaman (Raniganj) and
North 24 Pgs. (Basirhat, Rahara).
235. Paramerina quini'l/icia Chaudhuri
& Debnath
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj,
Durgapur) and North 24 Pgs. (Bongaon,
Basirhat, Naihati).
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236. Procladius noctiuagus Kieffer
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman
(Raniganj), Kolkata and North 24 Pgs. (Habra).
237. Procladius fuscipes Chaudhuri &
Debnath
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj,
Chittaranjan) and Medinipur (Garbeta).
238. Procladius duplexus Chaudhuri &
Debnath
Distribution: Barddhaman (Durgapur).
239. Tanypus bilobatus (Kieffer)
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman
(Durgapur), Kolkata, North 24 Pgs. (Bongaon)
and Puruliya.
240. Tanypus grandis Chaudhuri, Das &
Debnath
Distribution: Not known.
241. Tanypus lucidus Chaudhuri, Das &
Debnath
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj,
Durgapur), Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
(Basirhat).
242. Thienemannimyia (Rheopelopia)
tuberculata Chaudhuri & Nandith •
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jainti).
Subfamily ORTHOCLADIINAE
243. Allotrissocladius acutus Chaudhuri
& Nandith
Distribution : Darjiling.
244· Bryophaenocladius longipenis
Ghosh & Chaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
245· Bryophaenocladius manifestus
Ghosh & Chaudhuri
Distribution: Darjiling (Jorebunglow).
246. Chaetocladius artistylus
Bhattacharya & Chaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
247. Chaetocladius curvatus
Bhattacharya & Chaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
248. Chaetocladius dilatus Bhattacharya
& Chaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
249. Chaetocladius tenujJlexus
Bhattacharya & Chaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling (Bijanbari).
250. Cricotopus anomolus (Kefffer)
Distribution : Darjiling.
251. Cricotopus ateritarsus Bhattacharya,
Ali & Chaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
252. CMcotopus albipes Chaudhuri & Ghosh
Distribution : DaIjiling.
253. Cricotopus tenuisetosus Chaudhuri
& Ghosh
Distribution : DaIjiling.
254. Eukiefferiella debilis Sinharay &
Chaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling (Ghum, Kurseong,
Pankhabari, Darjiling).
255. Eukiefferiella lehmani
Bhattacharya, Ali & Chaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
256. Eukiefferiella peculiaris Sinharay &
Chaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling (Lebong, Kurseong,
Tindharia, Sukhiapokhri, DaIjiling).
257. Eukiefferiella oryza Chattopadhyay
& Chaudhuri
Distribution : Bankura.
258. Indocladius clivus Chaudhuri &
Bhattacharyay
Distribution : Darjiling.
259· Llmnophyes brevico1pis Chaudhuri,
Sinharay & DasGupta
Distribution: Darjiling (DaIjiling, Kurseong).
260. Limnophyes mediocris Chaudhuri,
Sinhray,Das Gupta
Distribution : DaIjiling (DaIjiling, Ghoom,
Kurseong).
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261. Limnophyes fuscimarqinelis
Chaudhuri, Sinharay & Das
Distribution : DaIjiling (Darjiling, Sonada).
262. Limnophyes montanus Chaudhuri,
Sinharay & Das Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling (DaIjiling, Kurseong).
263. Limnophyes flavus Chaudhuri,
Sinharay & Das Gupta
Distribution: DaIjiling (DaIjiling, Kurseong,
Sonada, Ghoom, Sukhiapokhri).
264. Limnophyes distinctigenitalis
Chaudhuri, Sinharay & Das
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Kurseong).
265. Limnophyes magmus Chaudhuri,
Sinharay & Das Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Rung tong,
Tindharia, DaIjiling).
266. Limnophyes puncticellus
Chaudhuri, Sinharay & Das
Distribution : DaIjiling (Darjiling, Sonada;
Ghum).
267. Limnophyes saetheri Chaudhuri,
Sinharay & Das Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, DaIjiling).
268. Limnophyes uniformis Chaudhuri,
Sinharay & Das Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum, Kurseong,
Darjiling).
269. Metriocnemus aculeatus Chaudhuri
& Bhattacharyay
Distribution : Darjiling.
270. Metriocnemus amplispinus
Chaudhuri & Bhattacharyay
Distribution: Darjiling (DaIjiling, Bijanbari).
271. Metriocnemus longipalpus
Sinharayi & Chaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
jorebangla, Tung).
272. Metriocnemus pseudorostratus
Chaudhuri & Nandi
Distribution: Darjiling.
273. Metriocnemus unilinearis
Chaudhuri & Bhattacharyay
Distribution: Darjiling (Lebong, Kurseong).
274. Nanocladius insulatus
Bhattacharyay & Chaudhuri
Distribution: Not known. ,
275. Nasuticladius equalis Sinharay &
Chaudhuri
Distribution: Barddhaman (Raniganj).
276. Nasuticladius lanceolatus Sinharay
& Chaudhuri
Distribution: Barddhaman (Raniganj).
277. Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius)
androgynus Chaudhuri
Distribution: Darjiling (Mungpo, Darjiling).
278. Orthocladius (Eudactylocladius)
brevipenis Chaudhuri
Distribution : DaIjiling.
279. Orthocladius (Orthocladius)
deflectus Bhattacharyay & Ali
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, Mirik).
28q. Orthocladius (Orthocladius)
novostylus Chaudhuri & Sinharay
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Ghum,
Jorbangla).
281. Orthocladius (Orthocladius)
uniradialis Bhattacharyay and Ali
Distribution : Darjiling.
282. Parametriocnemus abunbncus
Chaudhuri & Sinharay
Distribution: Darjiling.
283. Parametriocnemus brundini
Sinharay & Chaudhuri
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Kurseong,
Sonada, Tung).
284. Parametriocnemus fusiger (Keiffer)
Distribution: Darjiling.
285. Parametriocnemus subnubilus
Sinharay & Chaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling (Jorebanglow,
Lebong).
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286. Paraphaenocladius albusalatus
Chaudhuri & Sinharay
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum, Darjiling).
287. Paraphaenocladius croceus
Chaudhuri & Bhattacharyay
Distribution : Darjiling.
288. Paraphaenocladius distinctus
Chaudhuri & Bhattacharyay
Distribution : Darjiling.
289. Praphaenocladius proprius
Chaudhuri & Sinharay
Distribution : Darjiling (Rongtong,
Gayabari).
290. Paraphaenocladius trichialis
Chaudhuri & Sinharay
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, DaIjiling).
291. Paraphaenocladius triquetrius
Chaudhuri & Sinharay
Distribution: DaIjiling.
292. Pseudorthocladius prolixistylus
Bhattacharyay & Chaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
293. RheocMcotopus (Psilocricotopus)
bicoMtuahls Chaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Lebong).
294. Rheocricotopus (PsilocM.cotopus)
frequens Bhattacharyay, Ali & Chaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
295. RheocM.cotopus (PsilocMcotopus)
himalayensis Chaudhuri
Distribution Darjiling (Kurseong,
Tindharia, Ghum, DaIjiling).
296. Rheocricotopus (PsilocMcotopus)
nemoacrostichilis Chaudhuri
Distribution: DaIjiling (Tindharia).
297. Reocricotopus (RheocMcotopUS)
valgus Chaudhuri & Bhattacharyay
Distribution : DaIjiling (DaIjiling, Kurseong).
298. Sittia ateMma (Meigen)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
299. Smittia avicorneata Chaudhuri &
Bhattacharyay
Distribution : DaIjiling.
300 . Smittia india Chaudhuri &
Bhattacharyay
Distribution: Darjiling.
301. Smittia tenuispina Chaudhuri &
Bhattacharyay
Distribution : DaIjiling.
3Q2. Smittia unicapitis Chaudhuri &
Bhattacharyay
Distribution : Darjiling.
303. Thiememaunia fuscitheca
Bhattacharyay, Dutta & Chaudhuri
Distribution Darjiling (Kurseong,
Pankhabari, Darjiling).
304. Thiememaunia lutea Bhattacharyay,
Dutta & Chaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling (Jorebunglow,
Darjiling, Lebong).
Subfamily CHIRONOMINAE
305. Beckidia nigrotibia Bhattacharyay,
Dutta & Chaudhuri
Distribution: Barddhaman (Jagatoru).
306. Chironomus niger Chaudhuri, Das &
Sublette
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barasat).
307. Chironomus nudipes Kieffer
Distribution: Kolkata and HugH (Uttarpara).
308. Chironomus pulcher Wiedemann
Distribution : Barddhaman.
309. Chironomus ramoosus Chaudhri,
Das & Sublette
Distribution: HugH (Satgachia).
310. Chironomus samoensis Edwards
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
311. Chironomus circumdatus Kieffer
Distribution : Barddhaman, Haora and
Medinipur (Haldia).
312. Chironomus jilitarsis Kieffer
Distribution : Barddhaman and Kolkata.
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313· Chironomus fortistylus Chaudhuri,
Das & Sublette
Distribution Darjiling (Darjiling,
Jorebungla, Kurseong).
3 14.Chironomus javanus Kieffer
Distribution ; Bankura, Haora.
315. Chironomus striatipennis Kieffer
Distribution: Bankura and Hugli (Uttarpara).
316. Cladopelma indica Bhattacharyay,
Dutta & Chaudhuri
Distribution: Barddhaman.
317. Cryptochironomus fulvus
(Johannsen)
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
318. Cryptochironomus judicius
Chaudhuri & Chattopadhayay
Distribution: Hugli (Uttarpara).
319. Cryptochironomus rostratuws
(Kieffer)
Distribution : Haora.
320. Cryptochironomus subovatus
Freeman
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
321. Dicrotendipes pelochloris (Kieffer)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Durgapur).
322. Dicrotendipes septemmaculatus
(Becker)
Distribution: Barddhaman and Murshidabad
(Farakka).
323. Dicrotendipes panllus Guha,
Chaudhuri & Nandith
Distribution : Barddhaman and Birbhum.
324. Dicrotendipes socionotus Guha,
Chaudhuri & Nandith
Distribution: Barddhaman (Ranighanj) and
DaIjiling (Jorebungla).
325. Dicrotendipes tanuiforceps (Kieffer)
Distribution : Barddhaman.
326. Endochironomus pekanus (Kieffer)
Distribution : Murshidabad (Farakka) and
North 24 Pgs. (Naihati).
327. Gillotia figida Bhattacha'1la y,
Dutta & Chaudhuri
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mungpo).
328. Glyptotendipes barbipes (Staeger)
Distribution : Barddhaman.
329. Harnischia acuta (Goetghebuer)
Distribution: Barddhaman, Nadia (Kalyani).
330. Harnischia incidata Townes
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur)
and Nadia (Palasi).
331. Harnischia tuberculala Chaudhuri &
Chattapadhyay
Distribution: Murshidabad (Farakka).
332. Harnischia viridula (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Barddhaman and Hugli
(Chinsurah).
333. Kiefferulus barbatitarsis (Kieffer)
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata, Haora,
HugH and Nadia (Kalyani).
334. Kiefferulus calligaster (Kieffer)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Kalna) and Nadia
(Kalyani).
335. Kiefferulus incerdus Chattopadhayay
& Chattopadhyay
Distribution : Bankura.
336. Microchironomus fuscitarsus Guha
& Chaudhuri
Distribution: Not known.
337. Microchironomus fuscitarsus
(Guha & Chaudhuri)
Distribution: Birbhum (Bolpur).
338. Microchironomus tener (Kieffer)
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani).
339. Paracladopelma aratra Chaudhuri &
Chattopadhayay
Distribution : Haora (Bally).
340. Paracladopelma sacculifera
Chaudhuri & ChattopaJdhyay
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani).

341. Pentapedilum macrotrichium
Guha & Chaudhuri
Distribution : Barddhaman.
342. Pentapedilum robusticeps Guha &
Chaudhuri
Distribution: Nadia (Palasi).
343. Pentapedilum uncinatum
Goetghebuer
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani).
344. Polypedilum aegyptum Kieffer
Distribution: Barddhaman, Hugli (Chinsura).
345. Polypedilum alticola Kieffer
Distribution: Barddhaman (Raniganj).
346. Polyedilum annulatipes Kieffer
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Kolkata and Haora (Bally).
347. Polypedilum albipalpus Chaudhria,
Guha & Das Gupta
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj,
Memari).
348. Polypedilum ascium Chaudhuri,
Guha & Das Gupta
Distribution : Barddhaman, Birbhum
(Bolpur, Rampurhat) and Kolkata.
349. Polypedilum choudhuri
Chaudhuri,Guha & Das Gupta
Distributi9n : Barddhaman (Durgapur) and
HugH.
350. Polypedilum circulum Chaudhuri &
Chattopadhyay
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani).
351. Polypedilum fasciatipennis Kieffer
Distribution : Barddhaman.
352. Polypedilum flagelatua Chaudhuri,
Guha & Das Gupta
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj) and
Birbhum (Bolpur).
353. Polypedilum griseoguttatum
Kieffer
Distribution : Barddhaman and Kolkata.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
354. Polypedilum inosolitum Chaudhuri,
Guha & Das Gupta
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
355. Polypedilum linea tum Chaudhuri,
Guha & Das Gupta
Distribution: Barddhaman (Raniganj),
Darjiling (Siliguri) and HugH (Triveni).
356. Polypedilum lucidum Chaudhuri,
Guha & Das Gupta
Distribution : Barddhaman (Panagar),
Kolkata.
357. Polypedilum medivittatum Tokunaga
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani).
358. Polypedilum milnei Kieffer
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur).
359. Polypedilum nubifer (Skuse)
Distribution: Barddhaman, HugH (Chinsura,
Uttarpara) and Nadia (Kalyani).
360. Polypedilum numerus Chaudhuri,
Guha & Das Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (J orbangla,
Kurseong).
361. Polypedilum rufomarginalis
Chaudhuri, Guha & Das Gupta
Distribution: Barddhaman (Raniganj), HugH
(Triveni), Maldah and Murshidabad
(Berhampur).
362. Polypedilum suturalis (Johannsen)
Distribution: Medinipur (Haldia).
363. Polypedilum tripunctun Chaudhuri,
Guha & Das Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Tindharia).
364. Polypedilum yapensis Tokunaga
Distribution : Haora.
365. Stenochironomus hilaris (Walker)
Distribution: Murshidabad (Farakka).
366. Stenochironomus longipalpis
(Kieffer)
Distribution : Nadia (Palasi).
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367. Stictochironomus aJJinia
(Johannsen)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Katwa) , HugH
(Uttarpara) and Murshidabad (Baharampur).
368. Stictochironomus obseurus Guha &
Chaudhuri
Distribution : Barddhaman, South 24 Pgs.
(Kakdwip).
369. Xenochironomus jlauiuenfl"is
(Kieffer)
Distribution : HugH.
370. Bernhardia unispinosa Chaudhuri &
Datta
Distribution: HugH (Birpara).
371. Cladotenytarsus acinatus
Chaudhuri & Datta
Distribution: Barddhaman (Polempur).
372. Cladotanytarsus conuersus
(Johannsen)
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani).
373. Cladotanytarsus flexus Chaudhuri &
Datta
Distribution : Barddhaman (Polempur) and
Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar).
374. Cladotanytarsus fustistylus
Chaudhuri & Datta
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar).
375. Cladotanytarsus Gloveri Ghosh
Chaudhuri
Distribution: Medinipur (Jhargram).
376. Cladotanytarsus multispinulus
Guha, Das Chaudhuri
Distribution Barddhaman,
(Uttarpara) and Nadia (Kalyani).
377. Cladotanytarsus pseudomancus
(Goetghebuer)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Hasimara).
378. Cladotanytarsus unagisextrs (Sasa)
Distribution: Medinipur (Ghatal).
379. Cladotanytarsus unilinearis Glover
Distribution : Barddhaman (Asansol).
380. Micropsectra confundeda (Kieffer)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning).
381. Micropsectra candida Chaudhuri,
Datta
Distribution : ·Darjiling.
382. Micropsectra candida Chaudhuri,
Guha & Ghosh
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj) and
Birbhum (Bolpur).
383. Micropsectra nepalensis Sawedal
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
384. Paratanytarsus albus Chaudhuri,
Guha & Ghosh
Distribution : Barddhaman.
385. Paratanytarsus qressiti (Tokunaga)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Falakata).
386. Paratanytarsus papillatus
Chaudhuri & Datta
Distribution : Barddhaman.
387. Rheotanytarsus acerbus Johannsen
Distribution: Darjiling (Mungpoo).
388. Rheotanytarsus johnstoni Glover
Distribution: Barddhaman (Asansol) and
Jalpaiguri.
389. Tanytarsus agraensis Singh &
Kulsrestha
Distribution : Barddhaman, BirbhuI11
(Bolpur).
390. Tanytarsus aculeus Chaudhuri,
Nandi & Ghosh
HugH
Distribution : Barddhaman.
391. Tanytarsus atroxitarsus Chaudhuri
& Datta
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Birpara).
392. Tanytarsus baltestus Freeman
Distribution: Not known.
.193. Tanytarsus bifurcus Freel11an
Distribution : Barddhaman (Asansol),
Birbhum (Bolpur) and Murshidabad (Farakka).
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394. Tanytarsus commoni Gover
Distribution: Barddhaman (Polempur,
Kalna).
395. Tanytarsus cristatus Chaudhuri &
Datta
Distribution : Darjiling (Mungpo) and
Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar).
396. Tanytarsus dycei Gover
Distribution : Barddhaman.
397. Tanytarsus fuscithorax Skuse
Distribution: Barddhaman.
39B. Tanytarsus flaviradialis Guha, Das
& Chaudhuri
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip).
399. Tanytarsus fusciabdominalis Guha,
Das and Chaudhuri
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip).
400. Tanytarsus fusciabdominalis
Chaudhuri, Guha & Ghosh
Distribution : Barddhaman (Raniganj,
Durgapur) and Birbhum (Bolpur).
401. Tanytarsus glabrescens Edwards
Distribution : Barddhaman.
402. Tanytarsus gracilistylus Chaudhuri
& Datta
Distribution : Not known.
403. Tanytarsus injundibulus Chaudhuri
& Datta
Distribution : Bankura, Jalpaiguri and South
24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
404. Tanytarsus maqnituberculus
Guha, Das, Chaudhuri &
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip).
405. Tanytarsus nichollsi Glover
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
406. Tanytarsus okuboi Sasa & Kikuchi
Distribution : Not known.
407. Tanytarsus ponapensis Tokunaga
Distribution: Barddhaman.
40B. Tanytarsus parvistylus Chaudhuri
& Datta
Distribution : Barddhaman (Polempur).
409. Tanytarsus pollexus Chaudhuri &
Datta
Distribution: Darjiling (Mungpo).
410. Tanytarsus guinspinosus Chaudhuri
& Datta
Distribution : Not known.
411. Tanytarsus redistylus Chaudhuri &
Datta
Distribution: Bankura (Jhilimili).
412. Tanytarsus ungulituberculus Singh
& Kulshrstha
Distribution : Barddhaman.
413. Tanytarsus viculus Chaudhuri, Guha
& Ghosh
Distribution : Barddhaman (Panagar) and
North 24 Pgs. (Sodepur).
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INSECTA : LEPIDOPTERA
Order LEPIDOPTERA
Family ZYGAENIDAE
Subfamily ZYGAENINAE
1. Artona postvitta Moore
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
2. Clelia discriminis Swinhoe
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
3. Illiberis fuliginosa (Moore)
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling.
4. Lophosoma quadricolor (Walker)
Distribution : Not known.
5. Arachotia Jlaviplaga Moore
Distribution : Darjiling (Topkhana,
Kalimpong).
6. Thyrassia subcordata subcordota
(Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah (Ratua) and
South 24 Pgs. (Akra).
Subfamily CHALCOSIINAE
7. Arbudas bicolor Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
8. 1'rypanophora semihyaltina Kollar
Distribution: Kolkata and Nadia (Kalyani).
9. Cyclosia papilionaris venaMa
(Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri
(Paltanpura, BTR).
26. Eterusia pulchella pulchella (Kollar)
10. Cyclosia midamia midamia
(Herrich-Schaffer)
Kalimpong).
Distribution : Darjiling.
11. Gynautocera papilionaria Guerin
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kalimpong).
12. Histia rhodope rhodope (Cramer)
Distribution: Darjiling.
13. Campylotes histrionicus Westwood
Distribution : Darjiling.
14. Campylotes atkinsoni Moore
Distribution: Darjiling (Mirik).
15. Erasmia sanguiflua sanguiflua
(Drury)
Distribution : Darjiling.
16. Erasmia aliris aliris (Doubleday)
Distribution : Darjiling.
17. Erasmia pulchella pulchella Hope
Distribution : Darjiling.
18. Agalope basiflava (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
19. Agalope eronioides eronioides
(Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
20. Agalope glacialis glacialis (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
21. Agalope hyalina (Kollar)
Distribution: Darjiling.
22. Philopator basimaculata Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
23. Cadphises maculata Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
24. Cadphises moorei moorei Butler
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Kurseong).
25. Eterusia aedea edocla abe
magnifica Butler
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, Mirik,
27. Eterusia lativitta (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
28. Eterusia rqja Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
29. Eterusia shahama Moore
Distribution : OaIjiling.
30. Pidorus glaucopis glaucopis
(Drury)
Distribution: Darjiling.

31. Pidorus miles (Butler)
Distribution : Darjiling.
32. Chalcosia ada(fia ada(fia abe
cardinalis (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
33. Chalcosia pectinicornis argentata
Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
34. Chalcophaedra zuleika (Doulbeday)
Distribution : Darjiling.
35. Phlebohecta fuscescens (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling.
36.lleterusia tricolor
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
37. Pintia ferrea
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
Family ARCTIIDAE
Subfamily CALLIMORPHINAE
38. Callimorpha principalis (Kollar)
Distribution : Darjiling.
39. Callimorpha plagiata (Walker)
Distribution : Bankura and Darjiling
(Kalimpong, Mirik).
40. Callimorpha nyctemerata (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
Subfamily NYCTEMERINAE
41. Nyctemera adversata (Schaller)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukhiapokhri,
Rangpo Bijanbari, Singla).
42. Nyctemera cenis (Cramer)
Distribution : Not known.
Subfamily ARCTIINAE
43. Baroa vatala Swinhoe
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo).
44. Diacrisia multiguttata (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom Bhanjang).
45. Diacrisia fulvohirta (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling.
46. Diacrisia impleta Walker
Distribution: Darjiling (Manibhanjang).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
47. Amsacta lineola (Fabricius)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Guskara),
Birbhum (Santiniketan), DaIjiling (Rambi ) and
Murshidabad (Berhampur, Jiyaganj).
48. Estigmene vittata (Moore)
Distribution: Bankura (Sonamukhi).
49. Estigmene perrotteti (Guer.)
Distribution : Not known.
50. Rhodogastria astreus (Drury)
Distribution : Not known.
Subfamily MICRARCTIINAE
51. Argina argus (Kollar)
Distribution : Darjiling (Teesta valley).
52. Argina astrea (Drury)
Distribution Bankura (Susunia),
Barddhaman (University campus) and Nadia
(Rajnaghat Jila Parishad).
53. Utetheisa pulchella (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Bankura (Heeraparbat),
Kolkata (Horticulture Garden), Darjiling
(Singla), Maldah (Gour) and North 24 Pgs.
(Nalban).
Subfamily SPILOSOMINAE
54. Creatonotos gangis (Linnaeus)
Distribution Bankura (Joypur),
Barddhaman (Guskara), Kolkata (DumDum),
Jalpaiguri (Rydak Forest), Koch Bihar (Atia
mochar), Medinipur (Belpahari), Murshidabad
(Dumkal), North 24 Pgs. (Baraparesh) and
South 24 Pgs. (Canning).
55. Phissama transiens (Walker)
Distribution : Bankura (Kotal pur), DaIjiling
(Bamonpokhri, Sukna, Rangpo, Teesta,
Reyang, Bijanbari), J alpaiguri (Sulkapara) and
Nadia (Ranaghat Jila Parishad).
56. Aloa lac tinea (Cramer)
Distribution: Bankura (Mukutmanipur) and
Medinipur (Jhargram, J ambani Forest,
Belpahari).
57. Spilarctia casigneta (Kollar)
Distribution : Darjiling (Tukdah), Haora
(Botanical Garden) and Medinipur (Belpahari).
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58. Spilaretia obliqua (Walker)
Distribution: Kolkata (Belgachia), Darjiling
(Ranigroom), Haora (Bally), HugH (Bandel),
Murshidabad (Jangipur, Dhanpat nagar) and 24
Pgs. (SaltLake).
59. Spilarctia rubitincta (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
60. Areas galactina (Hoeven)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rongiroom
Kurseong, Lebong).
61. Olepa ricini (Fabricius)
Distribution: Kolkata (Dhapa, Baranagar)
and Maldah (Tulsihata).
Subfamily LITHOSIINAE
62. Eilema vagesa (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling (Tindhoria).
63. Eilema vicaria (Walker)
Distribution : Bankura (Sonamukhi,
Curamanipur) and Kolkata.
64. Eilema auriflua (Moore)
Distribution: Not known.
65. Zadadra distorta (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling (Tindharia).
66. Agylla ramelana (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling and South
24 Pgs. (Canning).
67. Agylla maculata (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
68. Cyana catorhoda Hampson
Distribution: Darjiling (Charonti Hill).
69. Cyana adita (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling (Mirik).
70. Cyana gazella (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom Bhanjang).
71. Cyana arama (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling (Mirik).
72. Cyana peregrina
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
73. Asura undulosa (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling (Tiger Hill, Kurseong)
and South 24 Pgs. (Canning).
74. Asura conjunctana (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Bijanbari, Sukna).
75. Asura strigipennis (Herrich-Schaffer)
Distribution: Darjiling (Bijanbari).
76. Asura congerens (Felder)
Distribution : Kolkata.
77. Asura obsoleta (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
78. Miltochrista gratiosa
(Guerin -Meneville)
Distribution : Darjiling (Jorpokhri, Rambi,
Chunabhati).
79. Miltochrista prominens (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling (Bijanbari).
80. Miltochrista cuneonotata (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong,
Chunaboti).
81. Miltochrista irtfl~a (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
82. Miltochista radians (Moore)
Distribution : Bardhaman and Kolkata.
83. Lexis fulveola Hampson
Distribution : Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
(Barrackpur) .
84. Narasodes punctana (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
85. Eurosia annulata Hampson
Distribution : Kolkata.
86. Rhangana punctata Moore
Distribution : Kolkata.
87. Nishada flabrifera Moore
Distribution : Kolkata.
88. Chrysorabdia viridata (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling.
8g. Teulisna protuberans (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
go. Prbhasa venosa Moore
Distribution: Darjiling.
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Family ARCTIIDAE 107. Halpe porus (Mabille)

91. Cyana bianca (Wlk.) Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR). IDS. Iambrix salsala salsala (Moore)

92. MiltochMsta undulosa Wlk. Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling (Teesta

Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR). Bazar) and Haora.
Family HESPERIIDAE 109. Notocrypta curvifascia curvifascia
(Felder)
Subfamily COELIADINAE
Distribution: Murshidabad (Farakka).
93. Badamia exclamationis (Fabricius)
110. Udaspes folus (Cramer)
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora (Bally),
94. Bibasis haMsa (Moore)
Maldah, Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Distribution: Not known.
111.Suastus gremius gremius (Fabricius)
95. Bibasis haMsa haMsa (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata (Eden Gardens),
Distribution : DaIjiling. Darjiling, Haora (Srirampore, Barabally),
96. Hasora chromus chromus (Cramer) Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Distribution : Kolkata. 112. Hyarotis adrastus praba (Moore)
97. Hasora vitta indica Evans Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah.
Distribution : DaIjiling. 113. Gangara thyrsis thyrsis (Fabricius)
Subfamily PYRGINAE Distribution : Kolkata.
9S. Capila jayadeva (Moore) 114. EMonota thrux thrux (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Darjiling. Distribution : Kolkata.
99. Capila zennara (Moore)
115. Matapa aria (Moore)
Distribution: DaIjiling. Distribution : Kolkata, Hugli (Chandan
100. Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar) nagar), Koch Bihar (Falakata) and Maldah.
Distribution : Barddhaman (Asansol), 116. Taractocera maevius sagara Moore
Darjiling (Darjiling, Teesta Bazar) and J alpaiguri
Distribution : Haora (Botanical garden).
(Santalbari).
117. Po tan thus pallida Evans
101. Caprona ransonnetti ransonnetti
(Felder) Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo, Singla).
liS. Potanthus coJifucius dushta
Distribution: Not known.
(Fruhstorfer)
102. Coladenia dan
Distribution : Darjiling (Reyang river,
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Rangpo, Singla) and Haora (Botanical Garden).
103. Coladenia indrani indrani (Moore)
119. Spialia galba
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
104. Seseria sambara sambara (Moore)
120. Telicota ancilla Herrich-Schaffer
Distribution: Darjiling (Singtham).
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata, Haora,
105. Tagiades japetus ravi (Moore)
Hugli, Murshidabad, North 24 Pgs. and South
Distribution : Kolkata. 24 Pgs.
Subfamily HESPERIINAE 121. Telicota ancilla bambusae (Moore)
106.Astictopterusjama olivascens Moore Distribution : Birbhum (Santiniketan),
Distribution : Kolkata. Kolkata (Naktala), Haora (Andul), HugH
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(Chandannagar, Bandel), Murshidabad
(Sagardighi) and South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur).
122. Cephrenes chrysozona oceanica
(Mabille)
Distribution: Haora (Santragachi).
123. Gegenes nostradamus (Fabricius)
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
124. Pantara naso bada (Moore)
Distribution: Bankura (Bishnupur), Birbhum
(Santiniketan), Kolkata (Manikganj), HugH
(Chandannagar) and South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur).
125. Borbo cinnara (Wallace)
Distribution : Kolkata.
126. Pelopidas mathias mathias
(Fabricius)
Distribution: Bankura (Jungle mahal),
Birbhum (Santiniketan), Kolkata (Bansdroni,
Kharberia, Salt Lake, Bartala, Eden Gardens),
DaIjiling (Teesta Bazar), Haora (Andul), Maldah
(Shahpur), Medinipur (Belpahari, Haldia) and
Nadia (Kalyani).
127. Baorisfamfam (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata (Bansdroni), HugH
(Chandannagar) and Nadia (Kalyani).
128. Caltons cahira cahira (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum
Campus).
129. Borbo bevani Moore
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
130. Borbo cil1:nara
Distribution : Kolkata.
131. Sarangesa dasahara
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
132. Tagiades litigiosa Moschler
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
133. OMens gola
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
134. Polytremis eltola Hewitson
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR) Darjiling.
Family HESPERIIDAE
135. Odontoptilum angulata (Felder)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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136. Tagiades japetus (Moore)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
137. Coladenia dan
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family PYRALIDAE
Subfamily GALLERIINAE
138. Trachylepidia fructicassiella
Ragonot
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong), Hugli.
139. Achroria grisella (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
140. Coreyra cephalonica (Stainton)
Distribution : Kolkata.
141. Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily CRAMBINAE
142. Culladia admigratella (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
143. Crambus atkinsoni (Zeller)
Distribution : Kolkata.
144. Platytes paralella (Zeller)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
145. Sfenochilo canicostalis Hampson
Distribution : Kolkata.
146. Macrochilo ambiguellus (Snellen)
Distribution: Darjiling.
147. Chilo suppressalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
148. Ancylolomia chrysographella
(Kollar)
Habitat: Rice pest.
Distribution : Kolkata and Puruliya.
149. Charltona consociella (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily SCHOENOBIINAE
150. Patissa luteifrons Hampson
Distribution : Kolkata.
151. Scirpophaga bisignata (S\vinhoe)
Distribution : Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
(Barrackpore).
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15 2 . Schoenobius immertialis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
153. Schoenobius adjurellus (Walker)
Distribution: Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
(DumDum).
154. Schoenobius bipunctifer (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
(Canning).
155. Niphadoses gilviberbis (Zeller)
Distribution : Kolkata.
156. Tryporyza incertulas (Walker)
Distribution : Bankura (Bankura town),
Kolkata, HugH (Chandannagar, Uttarpara),
Medinipur (Jhargram), North 24 Pgs.
(DumDum, Barrackpur) and South 24 Pgs.
(Canning, Bishnupur, Champahati).
157. Ramila marginella Moore
Distribution : Kolkata.
158. Cirrhochrista brizoalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily ANERASTIINAE
159. Hypsotropha laterculella (Zeller)
Distribution : Kolkata.
160. Hypsotropha sceletella (Zeller)
Distribution ; Kolkata.
161. Poujadia opificella (Zeller)
Distribution : Kolkata.
162. Poujadia paucigraphella (Ragonot)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily PHYCITINAE
163. Cad~a cautella (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
1 64.Homoeosoma goliathella Ragonot
Distribution : Kolkata.
165. Hetergraphis mysorella Ragonot
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
166. Heterographis bengalella Ragonot
Distribution : Kolkata.
167. Heterographis resticula Hampson
Distribution : Kolkata.
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168. Euzophera perticella Rogonot
Distribution Kolkata and Hugli
(Seoraphuly).
169. Euzophera plumbeifasciella Hampson
Distribution : Kolkata.
170. Nephopteryx eugraphella Ragonot
Distribution : Kolkata.
171. Nephopteryx leucophaeella Zeller
Distribution : Kolkata.
172. Epicrocis aegnusalis (Walker))
Distribution : Haora (Botanical Garden),
Hugli (Debanandapur, Bandel) and South 24
Pgs. (Canning).
173. Phycita clientella (Zeller)
Distribution : Kolkata.
174. Spatulipalpia erythrina Hampson
Distribution : Kolkata.
175. Thylactoptila paurosema Meyrick
Distribution : Kolkata.
176. Phycita hemixanthella Hampson
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily EPIPASCHIINAE
177. Macalla moncusalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
178. Coenodomus hockingi Walsingham
Distribution : Kolkata.
179. Stericta haraldusalis (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
180. Stericta pyraliata (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
181. Orthaga euadrusalis Walker
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily ENDOTRICHINAE
182. Endotricha albicilia Hampson
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
183. Endotricha loricata Moore
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily PYRALINAE
184. Hypsopygia mauritialis (Boisduval)
Distribution : Kolkata.
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18S. Pyralis pictalis (Curtis)
Distribution: Kolkata, Darjiling (Kurseong).
186. Pyralis funebralis Warren
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
187. Pyralis elongalis Kollar
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
188. 'Pyralis manihotalis Guenee
Distribution : Kolkata.
189. Lance phycidalis (Guenee)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
190. Herculia suffusalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
191. Sacada discinota (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
192. Tamraca tomdalis (Lederer)
Distribution : Kolkata.
193. Herculia igniflualis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
194. Herculia nignvitta (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily HYDROCAMPINAE
19S. Nymphula foedalis (Guenee)
Distribution: Kolkata, Puruliya.
196. Nymphula responsalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
197. Nymphula diminutalis (Snellen)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning).
198. Nymphula fluctuosalis Zeller
Habitat : Rice pest.
Distribution : Kolkata (Dhapa), HugH
(Utlarpara), North 24 Pgs. (Bongaon) and
Puruliya.
199. Nymphula votalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
200. Nymphula fuscicostalis Hampson
Distribution: Kolkata.
201. Nymphula depunctalis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata.
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202. Cataclysta blandialis Walker
p'istribution : Kolkata.
203. Oligostigma bilinealis Snellen
Distribution : Kolkata.
204. Hymeoptychis sordida Zeller
Distribution : Kolkata.
20S.Stegothyris diagonalis (Guenee)
Distribution: Medinipur (Haldia).
206. Bradina admixtalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
207.Diathrausta profundalis Lederer
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
208. Hyaloplaga pulchralis (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
209.Piletocera aegimiusalis (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
210. Clupeosoma bicolor Moore
Distribution : Kolkata.
211. Nymphula crisonalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
212. Talanga sexpunctalis (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata.
213. Tatobotys varanesalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily SCOPARIINAE
214.Microglossa scoparialis Warren
Distribution : Darjiling.
21S. Scoparia pulveralis Snellen
Distribution : Darjiling.
216. Scoparia murificalis Walker
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Subfamily PYRAUSTINAE
217. Massepha absolutalis Walker
Distribution : Kolkata.
218. Massepha bengalensis (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata.
219. Pycnarmon meritalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
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220. Pycnarmon lactiferalis (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
221. Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius)
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Darjiling (Kurseong) and South 24 Pgs.
(Diamond Harbour).
222. Eu.,..,.hyparodes tricoloralis (Zeller)
Distribution : Kolkata.
223. Eu.,..,.hyparodes bracteolalis
(Zeller)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kurseong).
224. Synclera subtessellalis (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
225. Synclera traducalis (Zeller)
Distribution : Kolkata.
226. Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
(Diamond Harbour).
227. Marasmia trapezalis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata.
228. Marasmia trebiusalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
229. Marasmia bilinealis Hampson
Distribution: Kolkata (Behala).
230. Syngamia latimarginalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
231. Syngamia abruptalis (Walker)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bongaon).
232. Syngamia jloridalis (Zeller)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
233. Syngamia falsidicalis (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
234. Diastictis artificalis Lederer
Distribution : Kolkata.
235. Filodes fulvidorsalis (Geyer)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kurseong).
236. Filodes sexpunctalis Snellen
Distribution : Darjiling.
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237. Phostria imbecilis Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
238. Phostria analis (Snellen)
Distribution : Kolkata.
239. Dichocrocis evaxalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
240. Dichocrocis bistrigalis (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
241. Lamprosema niphealis Walker
Distribution : Kolkata.
242. Lamprosema indicata (Fabricius)
Distribution : H ugli.
243. Pilocrocis barcalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
244. Botyodes jlavibasalis Moore
Distribution : Kolkata.
245. Botyodes caldusalis (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
246. Sylepta sabinusalis (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
247. Sylepta gastralis (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
248. Sylepta derogata Fabricius
Distribution : Kolkata.
249. Agathodes ostentalis (Hubner)
Distribution : Darjiling.
250. Glyphodes canthusalis Walker
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
251. Glyphodes pyloalis Walker
Distribution : Darjiling.
252. Glyphodes caesalis Walker
Distribution : Darjiling.
253. Glyphodes naralis
Distribution : Darjiling.
254. Diaphania laticostalis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata.
255. Diapania negatalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
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256. Diaphania marginata (Hampson)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kurseong).
257. Diaphania vertumnalis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata.
258. Diaphania glauculalis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata.
259. Diaphania unionalis (Hubner)
Distribution : Darjiling.
260. Diaphania crithealis (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
261. Diaphnia bicolor (Swainson)
Distribution : Kolkata.
262. Diaphnia indica (Saunders)
Distribution : Bankura, Kolkata, Darjiling
(Kurseong) and North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
263. Pygospila tyres (Cramer)
Distribution : Kolkata and Murshidabad
(Jiyaganj).
264. Crocidolomia binotalis Zeller
Distribution : Darjiling and Nadia.
265. Sameodes cancellalis
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
(Diamond Harbour).
266. Hyalobathra coenostolalis (Snellen)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
267. Hyalobathra opheltesalis (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
268. Crocidophora limbata (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
269. Crocidophora pallida Moore
Distribution : Kolkata.
270. Crocidophora tyophora Hampson
Distribution: Darjiling.
271. Tetridia caletoralis (Walker)
Distribution: Bankura (Kotulpur), Darjiling
and Murshidabad (Jiyaganj).
272. Polygrammodes spilosomoides
(Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata.
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273. Polygrammodes sabelialis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata.
274. Nomophila noctuella (Schiffermuller)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
275. Psara bipunctalis (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
276. Psara licarsisalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata, DaIjiling (Sonada) and
Maldah (Haldibari).
277. Psara stultalis (Walker)
Distribution: Kolkata, Darjiling (Kurseong).
278. Diasemia ramburialis (Duponchel)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
279. Diasemia litterata (Scopoli)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
280. Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel)
Distribution: Kolkata and HugH (Chinsurah).
281. Noorda bliteaUs Walker
Distribution : Kolkata.
282. Boeotarcha martinalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
283. Calamochrous carnealis Swinhoe
Distribution : Kolkata.
284. Pionea flavofimbriata (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kurseong).
285. Pyrausta silhetalis Guenee
Distribution: DaIjiling.
286. Pyrausta machoeralis (Walker)
Distribution: Kolkata, Darjiling (Kurseong).
287. Pyrausta eriopisalis (Walker)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kurseong).
288. Pyrausta incoloralis (Guenee)
Distribution: Daljiling (Kurseong).
289. Pycnarmon virgatalis Moore
Distribution : Kolkata.
290. Pycnarmon caberalis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata.

291. Agrotera basinotata Hampson
Distribution : Kolkata.
292. Ercta elutalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
293. Ercta ornata lis (Duponchel)
Distribution : Kolkata.
294. Marasmia venilialis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
295. Ceratarcha umbrosa S~nhoe
Distribution : Kolkata.
296. Botyodes asialis Guenee
Distribution : Kolkata.
297. Sylepta balteata (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
29B. Sylepta luna lis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata.
299. Lygropia quaternalis (Zeller)
318. Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel)
Distribution : Kolkata.
300. Diaphania marinata (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
301. Diaphania hilara lis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
302. Diaphania stolalis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata.
303. Diaphania bivitralis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata.
304. Glyphodes pyloalis Walker
Distribution : Kolkata.
305. Euclasta defematalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
306. Nausinhoe neptis (Cramer)
Distribution : Kolkata.
307. Nausinoe geometralis Guenee
Distribution : Kolkata.
308. Analyta sigulalis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata.
309. Analyta melanopalis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata.
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310. Leucinodes orbonalis Guenee
Distribution : Kolkata.
311. Leucinodes apicalis Hampson
Distribution : Kolkata.
312. Sameodes cance"alis (Zeller)
Distribution: Kolkata.
313. Archernis tropicalis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
314. Terastia meticulosalis (Guenea)
Distribution : Kolkata.
315. Hyalobathrafilalis (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata.
316. Maruca testulalis (Geyer)
Distribution ; Kolkata.
317. Tetridia caleto.,.alis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
319. Noordafessalis (Swinhoe)
Distribution : Kolkata.
320. Pionea albicostalis S~nhoe
Distribution : Kolkata.
321. Pionea leucanalis S~nhoe
Distribution : Kolkata.
322. Coprinia conchylans
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
323. Nevnna procopia
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
324. Patna eboMcostella
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
3 2 5. Pygospila tyres
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
Family PYRALIDAE
326. Coprinia conchylaris Guen.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
327. Nevrina procopia Cram.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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Family SATURNIIDAE
Subfamily SATURNIINAE
328. Actias selene (Huebner)
Distribution : Kolkata, DaIjiling (DaIjiling)
and North 24 Pgs. (Khardah).
329. Sonthonnaxia maenas (Doubleday)
Distribution : Darjiling.
330. Rhodinia newara (Moore)
Distribution: DaIjiling.
331. Antheraea paphia (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata, DaIjiling (Kurseong),
Hugli (Chandan nagar), Medinipur, North 24
Pgs. (Agarpara) and South 24 Pgs. (Akra,
Champahati).
332. Antheraea frithi Moore
Distribution : DaIjiling.
333. Antheraea roy lei Moore
Distribution : DaIjiling.
334. Antharaea helfen Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
335. Loepa katinka (Westwood)
Distribution : Darjiling.
336. Cricula trifenestrata (Helfer)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kurseong).
337. Attacus atlas (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Darjiling.
338. Archaeoattacus edwardsii (White)
Distribution : Darjiling.
339. Samia cynthia (Drury)
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling, Kurseong)
and Dinajpur.
340. Rinaca zuleika (Hope)
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Govt.
College).
341. Caligula thibeta extensa (Butler)
Distribution : Darjiling.
342. Caligula anna (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
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343. Caligula lindia Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
344. Neons huttoni Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
345. Solus drepanoides (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily SALASSINAE
346. Salassa lola (Westwood)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom Bhujang).
347. Salassa royi (Elwes)
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family LYCAENIDAE
Subfamily PORITINAE
348. Pontia hewitsoni hewitsoni Moore
Distribution : Not Known.
Subfamily MILETINAE
349. Allotinus drumila drumila (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily LYCAENINAE
350. Spalgis epeus epeus (Westwood)
Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah
(Bholahat).
351. Castalius rosimon rosimon
(Fabricius)
Distribution: Kolkata, Jalpaiguri (BTR),
Maldah (Bholahat) and Murshidabad
(Raghunathganj, Sagardighi).
352. Castalius cal~ta decidia (Hewitson)
Distribution : Maldah.
353. Tarucus callinara Butler
Distribution : Maldah (Bholahat).
354. Tarucus nara (Kollar)
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah (Bholahat)
and Murshidabad (Raghunathganj, Sagardighi,
Jangipur, Chandan Mati).
355. Tarucus balkanica nigra
(Bethune-Baker)
Distribution : Maldah.
356. Syntarucus plinius (Fabricius)
Distribution : Maldah (Bholahat).
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357. Azanus uranus Butler
Distribution: Maldah (Bholahat).
358. Neopithecops zalmora (Butler)
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah (Bholahat)
and Murshidabad (Azimganj, Lal Bagh).
359. Everes lac turn us assamica Tytler
Distribution: Maldah (Bholahat).
360. Megisba malaya thwaitasi (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata.
361. Megisba malaya sikkima (Moore)
Distribution : Maldah.
362. Celastrina limbata limbata
(Moore)
Distribution : Not known.
363. Celastrina dilectus (Moore)
Distribution : Maldah.
364. Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius)
Distribution Maldah (Bholahat),
Murshidabad (Jiyaganj, Raghunathganj),
Kolkata, North 24 Pgs. (Belgharia) and South
24 Pgs. (Sonarpur, Canning).
365. Euchrysops pandava pandava
(Horsfield)
Distribution : Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
(Baranagar) .
366. Chilades laius laius (Cramer)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Bandel),
Birbhum (Gonatea), Kolkata (Eden Garden),
Maldah (Bholahat) and Nadia (Ranaghat).
367. Freyeria trochilus putli (Kollar)
Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah
(Bholahat).
368. Zizula hylax (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah (Bholahat)
and Murshidabad (Raghunathganj, Lal bagh,
Sagardighi, Chandan Mati).
369. Zizeeria maha (Kollar)
Distribution Maldah (Bholahat),
Murshidabad (Jiyaganj, Jangipur, Baharampur)
and North 24 Pgs. (Bongaon).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
370. Zizeeria knysna karsandra
(Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah (Bholahat)
and Murshidabad (Raghunathganj, Morgram,
Phulbari, Lalbagh).
371. Zizina otis sangra (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah (Bholahat)
and Murshidabad (Raghunathganj, Amarpur,
Morgram, Sagardighi, Chandan Mati).
372. Anthene emolus emolus (Godart)
Distribution: Birbhum (Gonatea), Kolkata
and Maldah (Bholahat).
373. Anthene lycaenoides lycambes
(Hewitson)
Distribution : Birbhum (Gonatea), Kolkata,
Darjiling, Maldah (Bholahat), Murshidabad
(LaIBagh) and North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
374. Catochrysops strabo strabo
(Fabricius)
Distribution: Kolkata (Basdhari, Bansdroni),
Jalpaiguri (BTR), Maldah (Bholahat),
Murshidabad (Azimganj, Raghunathg.anj,
Morgram, Sagardighi) and- North 24 Pgs.
(Bagaon).
375. Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah (Bholahat),
Murshidabad (Azimganj, Jiyaganj,
Raghunathganj, Char island, Amarpur,
Jangipur, Dhanpat) and South 24 Pgs. (Budge
Budge, Subhasgram).
Family LYCAENIDAE
376. Arhopala centaurus (Fabricius)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
377. Thecla duma Hewitson
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
378. Castalius rosimon
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
379· Cheritra freja
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
380. Cyaniris akasa
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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381. Cyaniris transpecta
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
382. Loxura atymnus
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
383. Lycaena iris
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
384. Spindasis nipalicus
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
385. Spindasis vulcanus
Distribution : Kolkata.
386. Tajuria yajna
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
387. Zeltus amasa
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
388. Abisara kausambi
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
389. Leptotes plinius
Distribution : Kolkata.
390. Actolepis puspa
Distribution : Kolkata.
391. Loxura atymnus
Distribution : Kolkata.
392. Surendra querceto-rum
Distribution : Kolkata.
393. Jamides celeno
Distribution : Kolkata.
394. Jamides bochus
Distribution : Kolkata.
395. Pseudozizeeria maha
Distribution: Kolkata.
396. Rathinda amor
Distribution : Kolkata.
397. Talicada nyseus
Distribution: Kolkata.
398. Rapala manae
Distribution : Kolkata.
399. Amblypodia anita
Distribution : Kolkata.
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400. Nacaduba hermus
Distribution : Kolkata.
401. Caleta caleta
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family NYMPHALIDAE
402. Ariadne merione (Cramer)
Dist, :1Jution : Jalpaiguri (BTR).
403. K~nessa cardui (Linnaeus)
Distributiolt : \.Jalpaiguri (BTR).
404. Eulepis athamus Drury
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
405. Euripus halitheres Doubleday
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
406. Euthalia kesava (Moore)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
407. Herona marathus Doubleday
])i~tribution : Jalpaiguri (BTR).
408. Issoria sinha (Kollar)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
409. Junonia almana (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
410. Junonia atlites (Johanssen)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
411. Junonia iphita (Cramer)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
412. Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
413. Limenitis proeMs (Cramer)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
414. Pantoporia nefte (Cramer)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
415. Vanessa cashmirensis Kollar
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
416. Vanessa indica (Herbst)
Distributl~ n : Jalpaiguri (BTR).
417. Doleschallia bisalfide (Cramer)
Distribution: JaJpaiguri (BTR).
418. Lethe verma
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).

419. Melanins leda ismene
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
420. Mycalesis mineus
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
421. Orsotrioena medus medus
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
422. Ypthima baldus
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family NYMPHALIDAE
423. Charaxes fabius fabius (Fabricius)
Distribution: Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
424. Charaxes polyxena hierax Felder
Distribution : Darjiling (Rambi) and
Jalpaiguri (Mendabari Forest, Chilapata, BTR).
425. Charaxes polyxena imna Butler
Distribution : Kolkata.
426. Polyura athamas athamas (Drury)
Distribution : Kolkata, J alpaiguri (BTR) and
Maldah (Bholahat).
427. Polyura dolon centralis (Rothschild)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
428. Polyura eudamippus eudamippus
(Doubleday)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
429. Snbochiona nicea nicea (Gray)
Distribution : Darjiling.
430. Dichorraglia nesimachus
(Boisduval)
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri (BTR).
431. Cynthia cardui (Linnaeus)
Distribution Maldah (Bholahat),
Murshidabad (Mor Gram) and Kolkata.
432. Kaniska canace canace (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Darjiling and Maldah
(Bholahat).
433. Aglais cashmirensis aesis
(Fruhstorfer)
Distribution: Darjiling (Goomti, Kalimpong,
Ghoombhujang, Kurseong, Risum, Lava,
Chailkhiola) and Maldah.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
434. Vanessa egea agnicula (Moore)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Buxa).
435. Vanessa indica indica (Herbst)
Distribution : DaIjiling (DaIjiling, Debrepani,
Mahanadi, Kalimpong, Suba basti, Rangli,
Rangpo) and Jalpaiguri (BTR). ,
43 6 . Vanessa cashmirensis (Moore)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
437. Ariadne ariadne indica (Moore)
Distribution : Bankura (Basi, Bishnupur),
Barddhaman (Adramati), Darjiling (Tumthang
Khola), Hugli (Bandel), Jalpaiguri (BTR),
Maldah (Gangarampur, Sahapur); Nadia
(Kalyani, Ranaghat), North 24 Pgs. (Sodepur),
Puruliya (Hathiahari), J alpaiguri (BTR) and
Kolkata.
438. Ariadne merione assama (Evans)
Diktribution : Kolkata, Haora (Chanditala,
Botanical Garden) and Maldah (Manikchak).
439. Chersonesia risa (Doubleday)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
440. Pseudergolis wedah (Kollar)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
441. Agryreus lathonia issoea
(Doubleday)
Distribution: Darjiling.
442. Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kurseong, Mahanadi,
Mirik, Pedong, Lebong, Samsing) and
Jalpaiguri.
443. Argyreus childreni childreni
(Gray)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukhiapukri).
444. Penthema lisarda lisarda
(Doubleday)
Distribution: Darjiling.
445. Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Bankura (Kumardanga),
Birbhum, Kolkata, Darjiling (Goomti), Maldah
(Bholahat) and North 24 Pgs.
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44 6. Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus)'
Distribution: Bankura (Mukutmanipur),
Kolkata, Darjiling (Kurseong), Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara, Nilpara, Hasimara, BTR) and
Maldah (Bholahat).
447. Lebadea martha ismene (Doubleday)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
448. Phalanta phalantha phalantha
(Drury)
Distribution: Birbhum (Santiniketan),
Kolkata, Darjiling (Rambi, Bamanpokhri),
Jalpaiguri (BTR), Maldah (Bholahat) and
Dinajpur (Rampur).
449. Cethosia cyane (Drury)
Distribution: Kolkata, DaIjiling.
450. Cethosia biblis tisamena Frushstorfer
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong, DaIjiling),
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
451. Auzakia danava (Moore)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
452. Kallima inachus inachus (Boisduval)
Distribution Darjiling (Darjiling,
Bamanpokhri, Teesta) and Jalpaiguri (Reyang,
BTR).
453. Kallima alompora Moore
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Buxa).
454. Cyrestis thyodamas thyodamas
Boisduval
Distribution : DaIjiling (Teesta).
455. Cirrochroa aoris aoris Doubleday
Distribution : Darjiling (Great Rangit,
DaIjiling).
456. Cirrochroa tyche mithila Moore
.Distribution : Darjiling (Rambi), Maldah
(Bholahat) and North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
457. Vindula erota erota (Fabricius)
Distribution: DaIjiling (DaIjiling, Kurseong).
458. Pantoporia hordonia hordonia (Stoll)
Distribution: Kolkata, DaIjiling (DaIjiling,
Rangpo, Singla, Bamanpokhri, Tung) and
Maldah (Bholahat).
459. Pantoporia nefte
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
460. Pantoporia ranga
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
461. Abrota ganga Moore
Distribution : DaIjiling.
462. Sumalia daraxa (Doubleday)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kurseong).
463. Sumalia zulema (Doubleday)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
464. Parasarpa zayla (Doubleday)
Distribution: DaIjiling.
465. Aconthea khasiana khasiana
(Swinhoe)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Buxa).
466. Symbrenthia hypselis cotanda
Moore
Distribution : Darjiling (Lingsaka) and
Jalpaiguri (Buxa).
467. Symbrenthia hippoclus khasiana
Moore
Distribution: DaIjiling (Goomti, Kurseong,
Rambi, Sukna).
468. Moduza proms procris (Cramer)
Distribution : Kolkata, DaIjiling (DaIjiling,
Rangpo) and Jalpaiguri (Hasimara, Noorepore,
Mendabari 'Forest, Chilapata).
469. Precis iphita iphita (Cramer)
Distribution : Birbhum (Illambazar),
Kolkata, Darjiling (Kurseong, Teesta valley,
Teesta, Melti, Rangpo), Jalpaiguri (Jainti Forest
Reyang river) and Maldah.
470. Precis hierta magna Evans
Distribution : Kolkata, DaIjiling, Jalpaiguri
(Raidak Forest, Santalabari), Maldah
(Bholahat) and Medinipur (Haldia).
471. Precis atlites (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur, Birai
Jheel, Ahalya Bai Road), Birbhum (Santiniketan,
Ballavpur), Kolkata, DaIjiling (Jhalung, Sevok),
Digha Forest, Haora (Abhirampur, Uluberia),

Jalpaiguri (Hanskholi), Maldah (Agricultural
Farm, Ratua), Medinipur (Beida, Danton,
Kesanitola), North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, North Salt
Lake, Sodepur, Natagarh, Krishnapur), Puruliya
(Digha Forest, Ajodhya Hills) and Dinajpur
(Rampur).
472. Precis oMthya ocyale Huebner
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur Central
Nursery, Ahalya bai Road, Gangajal ghati) ,
Barddhaman (Soai Forest, Panagarh), Birbhum
(Chandrapur, Bhachapur, Mallarpur), Darjiling
(Darjiling, Barbatia basti, Bhanjeng Youth
Hostel) and Murshidabad (Amarpur).
473. Precis lemonias lemonias
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : Bankura (Sonamukhi Block
Colony, Bishnupur), Birbhum (Santiniketan),
Kolkata (Eden Gardens), Darjiling (Debrepani,
H., Daling Coat, Jhalung, Mahanadi, Sukna,
Naxalbari, Haora (Uluberia), Jalpaiguri
(Chapramari Forest, Jainti Forest, Reyang F.
R.), Medinipur (Jhargram, Arabari Reserve
Forest, Danton, Belpahari), Murshidabad
(Sagardighi, Nadia (Ranaghat) and North 24
Pgs. (Barrackpore).
474. Precis almana almana (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur, Birai
Jheel, Joypur Forest, Kanchanpur Forest),
Barddhaman (Adra Mati), Birbhum
(Santiniketan, Illambazar), Kolkata (Bansdhani,
Eden Gardens, Alipore), Darjiling (Kurseong,
Mahanadi, Sukna, Sevok, Mirik bazar), Haora
(Bally, Botanical Garden, Nischinda,
Maheshpur), HugH (Chandan nagar), Jalpaiguri
(Santalbari, joyanti, Maldah (AlaI, Tushi hata,
Haldi, Bari, Chanchali, Ratua), Mathwari,
Medinipur (Reghumathpur Seed Farm,
Brahman mundi, Circuit House Compound,
Murshidabad (Morgram), Nadia (Kalyani),
North 24 Pgs. (Dhapa, Duttabad, Hediar hat,
Prafulla nagar, Natagarh), Puruliya (Mathwari),
South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip, Govindapur) and
Dinajpur (Raiganj, Rampur).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
475. Apatura parisatis paMsatis
Westwood
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom) ..
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476. Apatura ambica ambica Kollar
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
477. Apatura sordida sordida Moore
Distribution: Darjiling.
478. Euthalia nais (Forster)
Distribution : Bankura (Sushunia Hills,
Mukutmanipur, Jangle mahal), Barddhaman
(Panagarh), Maldah (Bholahat), Medinipur
(Jhargram) and Murshidabad (Berhampore).
479. Euthalia aconthea
Distribution : Kolkata.
480. Euthalia anosia saitaphernes
Fruhstorfer
Distribution : Darjiling.
481. Euthalia telchinia Menetries
Distribution : Darjiling.
482. Euthalia lubentina indica Fruhstorfer
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling.
483. Euthalia garuda garuda (Moore)
Distribution : Bankura (Jungle mahal,
Joypur), Birbhum (Illambazar), Kolkata,
Darjiling and Maldah (Bholahat).
484. Euthalia phemius (Doubleday)
Distribution : Darjiling (River Teesta, Peran
Nallah, Rangpo, Singla, Teesta) and J alpaiguri
(Buxa, Reyang FRH).
485. Euthalia franciae franciae (Gray)
Distribution : Darjiling.
486. Euthalia kesava (Gray)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
487. Euthalia sahadeva sahadeua
(Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
488. Tanaecia lepidea lepidea (Butler)
Distribution: Darjiling (Reyang, Tindharia)
and Medinipur (Chandrakona Road), Jalpaiguri
(BTR).
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489. Tanaecia julii appiades (Menetries)
Distribution: DaIjiling and Murshidabad.
490. Tanaecia jahnu (Moore)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Bank of Reyang
river).
491. Athyma perius (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Panagarh, Soai
Forest), Kolkata, Darjiling (Tumthang Khola,
Rangpo), Jalpaiguri (Teesta, Apalchand, BTR,
Kathambari) and Maldah (Bholahat).
492. Athyma selenophora selenophora
(Kollar)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Teesta).
493. Athyma zeroca (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling (Tindhai ia,),
Jalpaiguri
.,. (Buxa).
494. Athyma nefte inara (Doubleday)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Dhurumkhola) and J alpaiguri (Mendabari
Forest, Chilapati, Noorepore).
495. Athyma cama Moore
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Buxa).
496. Athyma opalina orientalis (Elwes)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Buxa).
497. Athyma ranga ranga Moore
Distribution : DaIjiling.
498. Phaedyma columella ophiana
(Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Rangpo).
499. Neptis jumbah jumbah Moore
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderbans).
500. Neptis hylas astola Moore
Distribution: Kolkata, DaIjiling (Kalimpong,
Goke, Singla, Tumthang khola) and Jalpaiguri
(Reyang).
501. Neptis soma Moore
Distribution : Darjiling (Tumthang Khola,
Rangpo) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
502. Neptis nandina susruta Moore
Distribution : Darjiling (Teesta valeey,
Rangpo, East Gommara, Rangli, Kurseong) and
Jalpaiguri (Reyang, Reyang nallah).
503. Neptis ananta ochracea Evans
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kurseong).
504. Neptis cartica carnca Moore
Distribution : DaIjiling.
505. Neptis sankara quilta Swinhoe
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Reyang river bank).
506. Neptis vikasi pseudouikasi (Moore)
Distribution Darjiling (Darjiling,
Kalimpong) .
507. Neptis hanta Moore
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling.
508. Neptis uiraja uiraja Moore
Distribution: JaJpaiguri (Buxa, Reyang).
509. Neptis paraka MQore
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
510. Neptis mian Moore
Distribution: JaJpaiguri (BTR).
511. Neptis narayana narayana Moore
Distribution: JaJpaiguri (Buxa).
512. Neptis radha radha Moore
Distribution : DaIjiling.
513. Sephisa chandra (Moore)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
514. Euripus consimilis consimilis
(Westwood)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Buxa).
515. Diagora persimilis persimilis
(Westwood)
Distribution : DaIjiIing.
Family NYMPHALIDAE
Subfamily DANAINAE
516. Danaus (Anosia) chrysippus
chrysippus (Linnaeus)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpur.
Panpara, Dunlop Bridge, Krishnapur, Natagarh,

Sodepur), South 24 Pgs. (Laxmikantapur,
Sonarpur), Bankura (Birai Jheel, Jamuna
Bandh, Bishnupur), Barddhaman (Balagarh,
Dhatrigram, Durgapur), Birbhum (Bolepur,
Chandrapur, Siuri, Ballavpur, Sainthia,
Birchandrapur), Kolkata (Dhapa, Eden
Gardens, SaltLake, Alipur), DaIjiling (Teesta),
Haora (Santragachi), Hugli (Bandel,
Bhadreswar, Tarakeswar, Chandannagar),
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara), Medinipur (Arabati
Forest, Sankarpur forest, Digha) and Nadia
(Ranaghat).
517. Danaus (Salatura) genutia genutia
(Cramer)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Krishnapur,
Sodepur), Bankura (Jangal mahal, Jaipur),
Bardhaman (Kanksa Forest, Panagarh),
Kolkata, Darjiling (Rangpo), HugH (Altara,
Mankundu), Murshidabad (Beldanga),
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
518. Danaus (Salatura) melanippus
indicus (Cramer)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Gochara) and Kolkata.
519. Euploea alcereae core (Cramer)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Sodepur,
Natagarh), South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip), Bankura
(Jangal mahal, Joypur) Birbhum (Siuri,
Kachijur, Illambazar), Kolkata (Alipur),
Darjiling (Teesta), Hugli (Bhadreswar),
Medinipur (Chandrakona Road, Salbani,
Sankarpur Forest, Digha), Jalpaiguri (BTR).
520. Euploea algae deione Westwood.
Distribution : Not known.
521. Euploea crameri nicevillei Lucas
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
522. Euploea doubledayi doubledayi
Felder
Distribution: Not kli0wn.
52 3. Euploea klugii klugii Moore
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rydak Forest) and
Maldah.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
524. Euploea klugii kollaM C. & R. Felder
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Kolkata.
525. Euploea midamus rogenhofeM
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Mirik Hill).
526. Euploea mulciber mulciber
(Cramer)
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Teesta,
Rangli, Bista Sanctuary, Andharikhola
Mansong), Hugli (Bali) and Jalpaiguri
(Bhuttaghar, BTR).
527. Euploea radamanthus rams(lyi
(Moore)
Distribution : Jalpa~ "-uri (BTR).
528. Euploea sylvester hopei C & R
Felder
Distribution : DaIjiling.
529. Idea agamarschana
agamarschana (C. & R. Felder)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderbans).
530. Parantica aglea melanoides Moore
Distribution : Darjiling (Andharikhola,
Rangpo, Reyang) and Jalpaiguri (Rydak Forest).
531. Parantica aglea aglae (Stoll)
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs.,
J alpaiguri (BTR).
532. Tirumala limniace (Cramer)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Gobardanga,
Barrackpur), South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur),
Bankura (J aypur Forest), Barddhaman
(Durgapur), Birbhum (Bolepur), Kolkata (Eden
Gardens, Goria), Darjiling (Sonada, Teesta),
Haora (Botanical Garden, Andul), Hugli
(Bandel), Jalpaiguri (BTR).
533. Tirumala septentMornis
septentMornis (Butler)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Rangpo).
534· Parantica melaneus plataniston
(Fruhstorfer)
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri (Jainti
forest).
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535. Mycantis leda
Distribution : Kolkata.
536. Nycantis perseus
Distribution : Kolkata.
537. Ypthima baldus
Distribution : Kolkata.
538. Ypthima huebneri
Distribution : Kolkata.
539. Ypthi asterope
Distribution : Kolkata.
540. Acraea vialae
Distribution : Kolkata.
541. Elymnias hypermenstra
Dist:ibution : Kolkata.
542. Junonia onthya
Distribution : Kolkata.
543. Phalanta alcippe
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family AGARISTIDAE
544. Eusemia negrita Hampson
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family GEOMETRIDAE
545. Eusehema militaris Linn.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
546. Hyposidra talaca Wlk.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
547. Macaria fasciata (F.)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
548. Problepsis delphiaria Guen.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family GEOMEifRIDAE
549. Bapta platyleucata (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
550. Pristostegania trilineata (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
551. Pseudopanthera himalayica
(Kollar)
Distribution: Darjiling.
552. Eurytaphria undilineata Warren
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
553. Lunaria contigaria (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
554. Macaria pluviata (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling.
555. Macaria fasciata
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
556. Gnophos muscosaria Walker
Distribution: Darjiling.
557. Boarmia diversicolor (Warren)
Distribution: Darjiling.
558. Boarmia selenaria (Schiffermuller)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
559. Boarmia alienaria Walker
Distribution: Darjiling.
560. Boarmia atrostipata (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Govt. House).
561. Boarmia combustaria (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
562. Psilalcis inceptaria (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
Subfamily LARENTIINAE
563. Nandia punctata (Butler)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
564. Nandia irrorata (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
565. Hypenorhynchus erectilineatum
(Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
566. Collix ghosha Walker
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
567. Collix hypospilata Guenee
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
568. Cataclysme conturbata (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling (Mal).
569. Cidaria scortea Swinhoe
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).

570. Cidaria sp.
Distribution : Darjiling.
571. Cidaria curcumata Moore
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
572. Phthonoloba decussata (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
573. Sauris hirudinata Guenee
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
574. Asthena plurilinearia (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Subfamily STERRHINAE
575. Scopula moorei (Cotes and Swinhoe)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
576. Scopula walkeri (Butler)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
577. Scopula fluidaria (Swinhoe)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
578. Scopula pulchellata (Fabricius)
Distribution: Kolkata (Salt Lake).
579. Scopula fibulata (Guenee)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
580. Scopula aspilataria (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
581. Scopula actuaria (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
582. Scopula remotata (Guenee)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling.
583. Sterrha acnosaria (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
584. Synegiodes hyriaria (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
585. Anisodes absconditaria Walker
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
586. Traminda sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
587. Problepsis vulgaris Butler
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangaroon F. R. H.).
588. Calothysanis convectaria (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Subfamily HEMITHEINAE
589. Epipristis minimaMa (Guenee)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
590. Chlorodontopera discospilata
(Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
591. Agathia lycaenaria (Kollar)
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
(Dakshinpara, Thakurpukur).
592. Hemithea distinctaria (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
593. Tanaorhinus kina Swinhoe
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangaroon).
594. Thalassodes opalina Butler
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri
(Sulkapara).
595. Gelasma goniaria (Felder)
Distribution : Kolkata.
596. Euschema militaris
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
597. Hyposidra talaca
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
598. Problepsis delphiana
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
599. Trigonodes disjuncta
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family LIMACODIDAE
600. Mahanta quadrilinea Moore
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
Family NOCTUIDAE
601. Dichromia orosia Cram.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
602. Diema strigata Moore
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
603. Episparis varialis Wlk.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
60 4. Fodina stoia Guen.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
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605. Nyctipao caprimulgus F.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
606. Nyctipao crepuscularis L.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
607. Nyctipao hieroglyphica Drury
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
608. Trigonodes disjuncta Moore
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Fainily NOTODONTIDAE
609. Cerura liturata Wlk.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family SPHINGIDAE
610. Cephonodes hylas hylas (L.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
611. Macroglossum belis (L.)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
612. Oxyambulyx mafti Jord.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
Family SPHINGIDAE
Subfamily ACHERONTIINAE
b.l1. Acherontia lachesis (Fabricius)
Dist. °ibution : Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
(Nabap '1, Barasat).
614 . .1. ..,."'lerontia styx (Westwood)
Distribvtio.'1 : Bankura (Ganga jachati),
Barddhaman (Kalna) and Kolkata.
615, Herse convolvuli (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Not Known.
616. Megacorma obliqua (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Governor House
Compound),
617. Meganoton analis (Felder)
Distribution : Darjiling.
618. Psilogramma m. menephron
(Cramer)
Distribution: Not known.
619. Apocalypsis velox Butler
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily AMBULICINAE
620. Compsogene panopus panopus
(Cramer)
Distribution : Darjiling.
621. Compsogene mansoni Clark
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
622. Oxyambulyx maculifera (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
623. Oxyambulyx liturata lirnrata
(Butler)
Distribution: Darjiling.
624. Oxyambulyx substrigilis
substrigilis (Westwood)
Distribution: Not known.
625. Oxyambulyx mafti Jordan
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahanadi, Goomti
tea garden) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
626. Clanis phalans (Cramer)
Distribution: Darjiling.
627. Clanis bilineata bilineata (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
628. Leucophlebia lineata Westwood
Distribution : Not known.
629. Marumba cristata cristata
(Butler)
Distribution: Darjiling.
630. Marumba spectabilis spectabilis
(Butler)
Distribution : Darjiling.
631. Marumba dyras dyras (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
632. Rhodoprasina flora lis (Butler)
Distribution : Darjiling.
633. Agnosia orneus (Westwood)
Distribution: Darjiling.
634. Parum porphyria (Butler)
Distribution : Darjiling.
635. Cypa decolor decolor (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling.

63 6 . Callambulyx rubricosa rubicosa
(Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
637. Anambulyx elwesi (Druce)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily SESIINAE
638. Cephonodes hylas hylas (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling (Rangpo,
West bank of Teesta) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
639. Sataspes infernalis (Westwood)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily PHlLAMPELINAE
640. Deilephila nerii (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata.
641. Deilephila hypothous hypothous
(Cramer)
Distribution : Kolkata.
64~. Ampelophaga khasiana khasiana
Rothschild
Distribution: Darjiling (Manibhanjang).
643. Elibia dolichus (Westwood)
Distribution: DaIjiling and J alpaiguri (Rydak
Forest).
644. Acosmeryx naga (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling.
645. Acosmeryx anceus subdentata
(Moore) non Stoll
Distribution : Not known.
646. Lepchina tridens Oberthiir
Distribution : Darjiling.
647. Panacra busiris busiris Walker
Distribution: Not Known.
648. Panacra moseri Gehlen
Distribution: DaIjiling (Rungrong valley).
649. Panacra perfecta Butler
Distribution : Darjiling.
650. Panacra myrdon Walker
Distribution : Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
(Barrackpore).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
651. Nephele didyma (Fabricius)
Distribution: Kolkata.
652. Gurelca hilas (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
653. Eurypteryx bhaga bhaga (Moore)
Distribution : Not Known.
654. Macroglossum gyrans (Walker)
Distribution: Bankura (Ajodhya).
655. Macroglossum belis (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri (BTR).
656. Macroglossum assimilis Swainson
Distribution : Kolkata.
657. Macroglossum pyrrhosticta
(Butler)
Distribution : Darjiling.
658. Macroglossum troglodytus
(Boisduval)
Distribution : Darjiling.
659. Macroglossum glaucoptera
(Butler)
Distribution : Kolkata.
660. Macroglossum acquila (Boisduval)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily CHOEROCAMPINAE
661. Pergesa elpenor riuularis
(Boisduval)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Kalna) and
Darjiling.
662. Hippotion uelox (Fabricius)
Distribution: Not known.
663. Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Murshidabad.
664. Hippotion boerhauiae (Fabricius)
Distribution: Birbhum (Chandrapur Forest)
and Darjiling (Mahanadi Goomti Tea factory).
665. Theretra nessus (Drury)
Distribution : Kolkata.
666. Theretra clotho clotho (Drury)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling and
Medinipur (Haldia Bhavan).
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667. Theretra latreillei lucasi Walker
Distribution: Darjiling and Murshidabad.
668. Theretra alecto alecto (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling and
Murshidabad.
669. Theretra lycetus (Cramer)
Distribution : Not Known.
670. Theretra oldenlandiae
oldenlanJiae (Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura (Susunia) and
Kolkata.
671. Theretra pinastrina pinastrina
(Martyn)
Distribution : Bankura (Patrasayar,
Bishnupur, Susunia), Barddhaman (Kalna) and
Kolkata.
672. Rhyncholaba acteus (Cramer)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Kalna) and
Kolkata.
673. Rhagastis velata (Walker)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
674. Rhagastis confusa Rothschild & Jordan
Distribution : Darjiling (Hima Falls,
Ghoombhanjang).
675. Rhagastis lunata lunata (Rothschild)
Distribution : Darjiling.
676. Rhagastis olivacea (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
677. Rhagastis glonosa (Butler)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
678. Cechenena minor minor (Butler)
Distribution: DaIjiling.
679. Cechenena lineosa lineosa
(Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily LASIOCAMPIDAE
680. Gastropacha divaricata Moore
Distribution: DaIjiling.
681. Stenophylloides sikkima (Moore)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
682. StenophlloiJes sinuata (Moore)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
683. Crinocraspeda torrida (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
684. Kosalaflavosignata (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
685. Trabala vishnou (Lefebvre)
Distribution : Bankura (Jangal mahal,
Joypur), Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
Jalpaiguri.
686. Metanastria lidderdalii (Butler)
Distribution : Darjiling.
687. Metanastria lineata (Moore)
Distribution: DaIjiling.
688. Metanastria obliquifascia Swinhoe
Distribution : Darjiling.
689. Taragama dorsalis (Walker)
Distribution: Kolkata and Murshidabad.
690. Taragama siva (Lefebvre)
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens),
691. Lebeda nobilis Walker
Distribution : Darjiling.
692. Suana concolor (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
693. Dendrolimus fulgens (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling.
694. Dendrolimus latipennis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Tindharia).
695. Dendrolimus hyrtaca (Cramer)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Ghumbhanjang).
696. Dendrolimus plagifera (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling.
697. Arguda bheroba (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
698. Arguda decurtata Moore
Distribuh·on : Darjiling.
699. Arguda vinata (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
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700. Bharetta cinnamomea Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
701. Syrastrena minor (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
702. Cosmotriche lidderalii (Druce)
Distribution: Darjiling.
103. Cosmotriche pyriformis (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling.
704. Cosmotriche signata (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling.
Subfamily LYMANTRIIDAE
705. Dasychira horsfieldi (Saunders)
Distribution: Darjiling.
706. Dasychira flavimacula Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
707. Dasychira tenebrosa Walker
Distribution : Darjiling.
708. Dasychira virescens (Moore)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
709. Dasychira varia Walker
Distribution : Darjiling.
710. Dasychira thwaitesi Moore
Distribution : DaIjiling.
711. Dasychira cymata Swinhoe
Distribution : Darjiling.
71 2. Dasychira cinctata Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
713· Dasychira complicata Walker
Distribution : Darjiling and North 24 Pgs.
(Barrackpore) .
714. Dasychira albescens Moore
Distribution: Darjiling.
715. Dasychira strigata Moore
Distribution: Darjiling.
716. Dasychira brunnescens Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
717. Dasychira perdix Moore
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
718. Dasychira bhana Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
719. Orgyia australis ocularis Walker
Distribution : Kolkata.
720. Aroa socrus (Geyer)
Distribution : Kolkata.
721. Aroa ochracea (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata.
722. Cifuna locuples Walker
Distribution : Not Known.
723. Cifuna cervina (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
724. Laetia testacea (Walker)
Distribution : Bardhaman.
725. Laelia atestacea Hampson
Distribution : Darjiling.
726. Laelia devestita (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
727. Laelia fasciata (Moore)
Distribution : Not Known.
728. Laelia venosa Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
72 9. Stilpnotia cygna (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
730. Euzora costalis (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
731. Leucoma divisa (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
732. Leucoma diaphana Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
733. Leucoma submarginata (Walker)
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling.
734· Kanchia subvitrea (Walker)
Distribution : Not Known.
735. Pantana visum (IIiibner)
Distribution : Kolkata.
736. Pantana bicolor (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
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737· Pantana albifascia Walker
Distribution : Darjiling.
738. Pida apicalis Walker
Distribution : Darjiling.
739. Pida decolorata (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling.
740. Numenes patrana Moore
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
741. Daplasa irrorata Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
742. Himala argentea (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling.
743. Lymantria mathura Moore
Distribution: Darjiling.
744. Lymantria serva (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling.
745. Lymantria similis Moore
Distribution : Kolkata.
746. Lymantria marginata Walker
Distribution : Darjiling.
747. Lymantria semicincta (Walker)
Distribution: Birbhum (Choricha Forest) and
Darjiling.
748. Lymantria todara Moore
Distribution : Darjiling (Tindharia).
749. Lymantria grandis Walker
Distribution : Darjiling.
750. Lymanma lepcha (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
751. Lymantria grisea Moore
Distribution: Darjiling.
752. Lymantria ampla (Walker)
Distribution: Kolkata and Murshidabad.
753. Lymantria bivittata (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling.
754. Lymantria asoetria Hubner
Distribuli~Y7 Kolkata.
755. Perina nuda (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
791
756. Perina pura Walker
Distribution : Kolkata.
757. Porthesia xanthorrhoea (Kollar)
Distribution: Birbhum (Mallarpur).
758. Porthesia scintillans (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling and
Medinipur.
759. Porthesia euproctiformis Strand
Distribution : Darjiling.
760. Euproctis latifascia (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling.
761. Euproctis lunata Walker
Distribution : Kolkata.
762. Euproctis plana Walker
Distribution : Darjiling.
763. Euproctis varians (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
764. Euproctis digramma (Guerin)
Distribution : Kolkata.
765. Euproctis dispersa (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
766. Euproctis subfasciata (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata.
767. Euproctis venosa (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
768. Euproctis variegata Moore
Distribution: Darjiling.
769. Euproctis plagiata (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling.
770. Euproctis marginata (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
771. Euproctis uniformis (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
772. Euproctis bipartita (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling.
773. Euproctis oreosaura (Swinhoe)
Distribution : Darjiling.
774. Euproctis howra (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata.
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775. Euproctis semisignata (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Lepchajagat).
776. Euproctis lativitta (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
777. Euproctis postincisa Moore
Distribution: Not known.
778. Euproctis magna (Swinhoe)
Distribution: Darjiling (Governor House
compound).
779. Euproetis inconcisa (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
780. Euproctis divisa (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang,
Lepchajagat, Manibhanjang, Mahanadi, Goomti
tea factory ).
781. Euproctis basalis (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling.
782. Euproctis immaculata (Butler)
Distribution : Darjiling.
783. Euproctis madana Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
784. Mardara plagidotata (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling.
785. Mardara calligramma Walker
Distribution : Darjiling.
786. Mardara irrorata (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling.
787. Heraeula discivitta Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
788. Cispia punctifascia Walker
Distribution :' Darjiling (River bank of
Reyang).
789. Cispia venosa Walker
Distribution : Darjiling.
790. Imaus munda (Walker)
Distribution: Darjiling (Governor House
ground, Rangpo).
791. Dura alba Moore
Distribution: Darjiling (Manibhanjang).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
792. Cavina sencea (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
793. Cavina ochnpes (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily RATARDIDAE
794. Ratarda maMllorata Moore
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family SYNTOMIDAE
795. Syntomoides imaon Cram.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family URANIIDAE
796. Acropteris striatana Clerck
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
797. Micronia aculeate Guen.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
798. Jamides alecto alocina Swinhoe
Distribution : Kolkata, J alpaiguri (BTR) and
Maldah (Bholahat).
799. Jamides bochus bochus (Cramer)
Distribution : Birbhum (Gonatea), Kolkata
and Maldah (Bholahat).
800. Jamides pura pura (Mnore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
801. Jamides celeno aelianus
(Fabricius)
Distribution: Birbhum (Gonatea), Kolkata
and Maldah (Bholahat).
802. Nacaduba kurava euploea
Frushstorfer
Distribution : Darjiling and Maldah
(Bholahat).
803. Nacaduba beroe gythion
(Frushstorfer)
Distribution: Darjiling (Buxa).
804. Nacaduba nora nora (Felder)
Distribution: Maldah CBholahat).
805· Nacaduba dubiosa indica Evans
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling and Maldah
(Bholahat).
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806. Petrelaea dana (de Niceville)
Distribution : Maldah (Bholahat).
Subfamily THECLINAE
807. Chrysozephyrus zoa (de Niceville)
Distribution : Darjiling.
808. Chrysozephyrus duma (Hewitson)
Distribution : Darjiling.
809. Chrysozephyrus assamicus
(Tytler)
Distribution: Darjiling.
810. Curetis thetis thetis (Drury)
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah (Bholahat)
and North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
811. Curetis dentata dentata Moore
Distribution: Darjiling (Buxa, Rangpo).
812. Curetis bulis
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
813. Iraota timoleon timoleon (Stoll)
Distribution : Kolkata and J alpaiguri.
814. Amblypodia anita dina
(Fruhstorfer)
Distribution : Birbhum (Gonatea), Kolkata
and Maldah (Bholahat).
815. Amblypodia narada
Distributio!,,- : Jalpaiguri (BTR).
816. Mahathala ameria amena
(Hewitson)
Distribution : Birbhum (Gonatea), Kolkata
and North 24 Pgs.
817. Narathura camdeo camdeo (Moore)
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
818. Narathura atrax (Hewitson)
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri (Buxa).
819. Narathura centaurus pirithous
(Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna, Teesta,
Rangpo, Andherikhola Stream).
820. Narathura silhetensis silhetensis
(Hewitson)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
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821. Narathura amantes amantes
(Hewitson)
Distribution: Kolkata and Jalpaiguri.
822. Flos fulgida (Hewitson)
Distribution: Darjiling.
823. Surendra vivama quercetorum
(Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling.
824. Loxura atymnus continentalis
Frushstorfer
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling, J alpaiguri
(BTR) and Maldah (Bholahat).
825. Zesius chrysomallus Huebner
Distribution: Maldah (Bholahat).
826. Apharitis lilacinus (Hewitson)
Distribution : Maldah.
827. Spindasis lohita himalayanus
(Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata.
828. Spindasis syama peguanus
(Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
829. Spindasis vulcanus vulcanus
(Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah (Bholahat),
North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore, Chandmari) and
South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur).
830. Spindasis nipalicus
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
831. Spindasis ictis ictis (Hewitson)
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah (Bholahat)
and North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
832. Spindasis elima elima (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata, Maldah (Bholahat)
and North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
833. Pratapa penicilligera (De Niceville)
Distribution : Darjiling.
834. Pratapa bhotea (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
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835. Pratapa cleobis (Godart)
Distribution: Kolkata, Jalpaiguri and Maldah
(Bholahat).
836. Pratapa ctesia (Hewitson)
Distribution: Darjiling.
837. Pratapa deva deva (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah
(Bholahat).
838. Tajuria jehana Moore
Distribution: Maldah (Bholahat) and North
24 Pgs. (Bangaon).
839. Tajuria yajna Moore
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
840. Tajuria cippus cippus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah
(Bholahat).
841. Charana jalindra indra (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah
(Bholahat).
842. Charana mandarinus (Hewitson)
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
843. Jacoona fabronia fabronia
(Hewitson)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
844. Ticherra acte (Moore)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Buxa).
845. Rathinda amor (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata and Murshidabad
(Raghunathganj).
846. Horaga syrinx moulmein Moore
Distribution: DaIjiling (Buxa).
847. Chliaria othona (Hewitson)
Distribution: DaIjiling.
848. Hypolycaena erylus himavantus
Fruhstorfer
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Mendabari Forest
(Chilapata) .
849. Deudorix epijarbas epijarbas (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
850. Virachola isocrates (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling, H ugli and
Maldah (Bholahat).
851. Rapala vaMlna orseis (Hewitson)
Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah
(Bholahat).
852. RapaZa manea schistacea (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah
(Bholahat).
853. Rapalajiarbusjiarbus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata and Maldah
(Bholahat).
854. RapaZa pheretima petosiris
(Hewitson)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
855. Rapala diences diences (Hewitson)
Distribution : Kolkata.
856. Cherita .{reja (Fabricius)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
857. Cyaniris akasa (Fabricius)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
858. Cyaniris tranpecta (Moore)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
859. Neopithecops zalmora (Moore)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
860. Thecla betulae (Walker)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
861. Lycaena iris (Walker)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
Family AMATHUSIIDAE
862. Stichophthalma nourmahal
nourmahal (Westwood)
Distribution : Darjiling.
863. Stichophthalma camadeva
(Westwood)
Distribution : Darjiling.
864. Thaumantis diores diores
(Doubleday)
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
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865. Discophora sondaica zal Westwood
Distribution : Kolkata, DaIjiling.
866. Enispe cycnus cycnus Westwood
Distribution: Darjiling (Buxa).
867. Enispe euthymius euthymius
(Doubleday)
Distribution : DarjiIing.
Family ACRAEIDAE
868. Acraea molae (Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura (Kangshabati
Bishnupur Joypur forest, Jhilimili, Jungle
mahal, Ashna), Barddhaman (Panagarh, Soai
forest), Birbhum (Palitpur, baUavpur Reserve
forest, Illambazar Forest Range), Darjiling
(Panitanki), Matha), Medinipur (Jhargram,
Radhanagar, Bachchurdoba, ~elpahari, Salbari,
Arabari Forest), Murshidabad (Mor Gram,
phulwari) and Puruliya (Matha).
869. Acraea isso"a issoria (Huebner)
Distribution: Bankura (Mukutmanipurl" and
DaIjiling (Kurseong, Lebong, Mirik).
Family RIODINIDAE
870. Abisara chela de Niceville
Distribution : Darjiling.
871. Abisara echerius su.ffusa (Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling.
872. Zemeros flgyas indicus
Fruhstorfer
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mahanadi, Kalijhora)
and Jalpaiguri (Jainti Forest).
873. Junonia almana (Moore)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
874. Junonia atlites (Moore)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
875. Junonia hierta (Fabricius)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
876. Junonia iphita (Fabricius)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
877. Junonia lemonias (Walker)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
795
878. Issoria sinha (Westwood)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
879. Cestosia biblis (Linnaeus)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
880. Enpus halitherses (Walker)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
881. Herona marathus (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family CTENUCHIDAE
882. Ceryx diptera (Fabricius)
Distribution: Bankura (Mukutmanipur) and
Medinipur (Belpahari)
883. Ceryx godartii (Boisduval)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Hatberia) and
Darjiling (Gorubathan, Chunabhati, Rangpo,
Singla)
884. Ceryx imaon (Cramer)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling (Reyang
Gorubathan, Bijanbari, Melli, Teesta, Singla
Rangpo) and Jalpaiguri (Champramari Forest).
885. Eressa qffinis Moore
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Nilpara, Hasimara).
886. Eressa corifinis (Walker)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Bijanbari, Haryana Bhawan).
887. Eressa multigutta (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong,
Ghoombhanjang, Rongroom).
888. Euchromia polymena (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Haora (Maheshpur).
889. Psichote duvauceli Boisduval
Distribution : Kolkata.
890. Syntomis bicincta Kollar
Distribution: Kolkata, Datjiling (Goke).
891. Syntomis cingulata (Weber)
Distribution: Murshidabad (Raghunathganj
Char).
892. Syntomis cyssea (Stoll)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sukchar,
Hatberia), Bankura (Susunia Forest), Kolkata
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(Bansdroni), Darjiling (Bijanbari, Phulbazar)
and Murshidabad (C.S.R.S. campus, Azimganj).
893. Syntomis diaphana Kollar
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake,
Nalbari) and Darjiling (Kurseong, Sunderbasti,
Dhobikhola).
894. Syntomis hydatina Butler
Distribution : Kolkata, Murshidabad
(Raghunathganj Char, Berhampur Sericulture
Institute) and Nadia (Plassey, Ramnagar,
Kalyani, Bhaonipur).
895. Syntomis insueta Swinhoe
Distribution : Kolkata.
896. Syntomis lucina Butler
Distribution : Kolkata.
897. Syntomis melaena (Walker)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong,
Dhobikhola, Subedarbasti).
898. Syntomis passalis (Fabricius)
Distnbution : North 24 Pgs. (Salt lake,
Nalbari), South 24 Pgs. (Diamond Harbour,
Laxmikantapur), Bardhaman (Guskara),
Kolkata (Eden Garden, Dumdum, Majherhat),
Haora (Botanical garden, Maheshpur,
Uluberia), Maldah (Nalagola), Medinipur
(Chandrakona, East Jhargram, Dantan, Chaulia)
and Murshidabad (Berhampur).
899. Syntomis sperbius (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling (Garubathan, Pant
Hill, Bijanbari, Rangil river, bank).
Family HYPSIDAE
900. Hypsa alciphron (Cramer)
Distribution: Bankura (Churamanipur,
Sonamukhi), Bardhaman (Guskara), Kolkata,
HugH (Tarakeswar) and Medinipur (Jhargram).
901. Hypsa ficus (Fabricius)
Distribution: Kolkata (Jabakusum House).
902. Hypsa producta Butler
Distribution: Darjiling (Teesta).
903. Hypsa tortuosa (Moore)
Distribution Darjiling (Rangpo,
Ghoombhanjang).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Family PIERIDAE
904. Anaphaeis aurota aurota
(Fabricius)
Distribution : Haora (Botanical Garden),
Kolkata, Maldah (Tulshihata) and Medinipur
(Sarsanka).
905. Appias albina darada (CZR Felder)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
906. Appias hippo (Cramer)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
907. Appias indra indra (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling, J alpaiguri (BTR).
908. Appias libythea (Fabricius)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
909. Appias lyncida eleonora (Boisduval)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rambi, Singla,
Karmata village, Ghoomti Forest, Reyang,
Rangpo, Melli, Kharibari, Bijanbari) and
Jalpaiguri (Kawa, BTR).
910. Appias wardi (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangpo).
911. Catopsilia florella gnoma (Fabricius)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Joka), Bankura
(Bishnupur, Jamuna bandh, Jungle mahal,
Joypur Aashna, Birai Jheel, Bishnupur),
Birbhum (Santiniketan, Bhaonapur,
Narayanpur, Gonpur Forest), Darjiling (Sevok),
Hugli, Jalpaiguri (Rydak Forest), Medinipur
(Keranitola, Belpahari, Digha sea side),
Murshidabad (Jiyaganj, Nandan Mission,
Raghunathganj Char, Moregram, Phulbari) and
Puruliya (Balarampur).
912. Catopsilia crocale crocale
(Cramer)
Distribution : Bardhaman (Kaksha village),
Birbhum (Santiniketan, Ma~anpur, Bolpur),
Haora (Andul), HugH (Singur), Jalpaiguri (Jainti,
Hasimara), Koch Bihar (Mathabhanga), Maldah
(Sahapur, Pakuah~t, Bhalik station) and
Medinipur (Belpahari, Arabari Forest).
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Family PIERIDAE
913. Catopsilia pomona pomona
(Fabricius)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
914. Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : Bankura (Agr. Farm,
Nutanchati, Panbazar, Khatra, Bishnupur,
Bishnupur sericulture nursery), Birbhum
(Santiniketan, Kacheyjur, Suri), Darjiling,
Jalpaiguri (Tukrajhar, Naxalbari, BTR) , HugH
(Singur) Jalpaiguri (Kharibari, Sulkapara),
Koch Bihar (Tufanganj, Dinhata), Maldah
(Sahapur, Pakuahat, Dhulian, Nalagola,
Bamangola), Medinipur (Digha sea beach,
Jhargram Raj College, Jhargram Rly. Station,
Keranitola, Arabari), Kolkata and Puruliya
(Jhalda Puruliya, Kamalpur, Gamgajanghati).
915. Cepora nerissa nerissa (Fabricius)
Distribution: J alpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
916. Cepora nerissa phryne
(Fabricius)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gobindapur),
Bankura (Joypur, Birai Jheel, Bishnupur Guest
House) and DaIjiling (Reyang, Rambi, Rangpo,
Bijanbari, Singla, Rongtong), Habra (Laotala,
Bagnan), Hugli (Barabally), Maldah (Gour,
Manikchak, Sahapur), Medinipur (Medinipur
Rly. Station, Haldia, Belpahari), Murshidabad
(Jiyaganj, Raichandpur, Jangipur,
Dhanpatnagar, Lalbag, Katra colony,
Sagardighi) and Nadia (Plassey, Ashapara).
917. Colias electo fieldi Menetries
Distribution: Darjiling (Rambi), Haora
(Kamina), Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhwa) and
Murshidabad (Jiyaganj, Raichandpur).
918. Delias acalis (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
919. Delias aglaia aglaia (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla, Kalimpong)
and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
920. Delias berinda boyleae Butler
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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921. Delias descombesi descombesi
(Boisduval)
Distribution: Darjiling (Chunabati forest,
Rambi, Singla, Tindharia) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
922. Delias eucharis (Drury)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore,
Barasat, Palta), South 24 Pgs. (Subhasgram,
Kodalia) , Kolkata (Dum Dum Airport), Haora
(Andul), Hugli (Bandel, Debanandapur,
Chandannagar, Singur), Jalpaiguri (BTR),
Maldah (Ratua, Sahapur, Maldah Agr. Fann),
Murshidabad (Raghunathganj Char) and
Dinajpur (Islampur, Chopra Jhar).
923. Delias thysbe pyramus (Wallace)
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla), Jalpaiguri
(Apalchand, Kathambari) and Maldah (Maldah
·Agr. Farm).
924. Delias thysbe pyramus (Wallace)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Singla, Rangpo).
925. Eurema blanda silhetana (Wallace)
Distribution : Darjiling (Mal forest,
Gorubathan, Melli, Tumthang khola, Rongpo,
Singla, Karmaktar).
926. Eurema brigitta rubella (Boisduval)
Distribution: Bankura (Central nursery,
Bishnupur), Kolkata, Birbhum (Santiniketan)
and Medinipur (Gopalisadi, Arabari reserve
forest).
927. Eurema hecabe contubernalis
(Moore)
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs.
(Duttabad), South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip), Bankura
(Nutanchati, Bishnupur, Chatra, Kusumdagra,
Pirdoba, Tantipukur, Gopal), Barddhaman
(Durgapur, Andal, Ukhra, Asansol, Bolgona,
Dhatrigram), Birbhum (Sriniketan,
Farmmakranepur, Shambati, Bolpur;
Santiniketan, Raj nagar, Bhadrapur), Kolkata,
Darjiling (Kalimpong, Singhla, Rambi, North
Sevok, Rangpo, Karmaktar, Sukna, Naxalbari,
Singtan), Haora (Botanical Garden), Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhwa, Kharibari, Sulkapara, Nilpara,
Hasimara, Jaldapara, Rydak Forest), Koch

Bihar (Dinhata), Maldah (Sahapur, Patua,
Khajurio, manikchak, haldibari, Birnagar,
Rajganj, Sahapur, Maldah Agr. Farm),
Medinipur (Medinipur dist. Seed Farm,
Motherpore, Arabari Forest, Durgachak,
Uharpalli, Garb eta) , Murshidabad (Azimganj,
Jiyaganj, Raichandpur, Raghunathganj Char,
C,hotkalai, Jangipur), Nadia (Bahadurpur
Forest, Baliura, Mayapur, Phulia, Plassey, Asha
pane, Swarupganj), Puruliya (Dak Bungalow
compound, Biramdih, Ajodhya Hills,
Khejurdanga) and Dinajpur (Islampur, Chopra,
Subaspalli, Raiganj, Kodgram, College Para).
928. Eurema Zaeta Zaeta (Boisduval)
Distribution : Bardhaman (Panagarh, Soai
forest), Kolkata and Birbhum (Santiniketan).
929. llebomoea gZaucippe
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
930. Hebomoia glaucippe glaucippe
(Linnaeus)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rongpo), Jalpaiguri
(Raidak Forest) and Kolkata.
931. Inas marianne (Cramer)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (N. Salt Lake),
Bankura (Bishnupur, Amtalamore, Palace
compound) and HugH (Chandannagar).
932. lnas pyrene familiaris Butler
Distribution : Darjiling.
933·lxias pyrene sesia (Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura (Birai jheel,
Jamunabandh, Amtalamore), Darjiling (Reyang
Rambi, Andhari Khola, Rangpo, Singla,
Ghoomti Forest, Reyang, Melli, Teesta),
Kolkata and Jalpaiguri (Jainti).
934. Leptosia nina nina (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs.
(Sodepur, Krishnapur Bye Lane, Natanagarh),
Bankura (Joypur, Bishnupur, Simlapal),
Darjiling (Nongpong, Bagrakote, Ghoomti
Forest, Reang, Bamanpokhri), Haora (Kamina,
Uluberia, Nantra), Jalpaiguri (BTR), Medinipur
(Durgachak, Kumarpalli) and Murshidabad
(Raghunathganj char, Lalbagh, Katra colony).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
935. Pareronia valeria
Distribution : Kolkata.
936. Pieris brassicae nepalensis
Doubleday
Distribution: Darjiling (Khasmahal Basti,
Ghoombhanjang, Rambi, Manbhanjang, Lava,
Baedekhasmahal, Lebong).
937. Pieris canidia canis Evans
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling (Mahanadi,
Kurseong, Dhobikhola, Darjiling, Toong, Lava,
Chailkhola, Sukna) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
938. Prioneris thestylis thestylis
(Doubleday)
Distribution : Darjiling (Bamanpokhrl).
939. Valeria valeria hippia (Fabricius)
Distribution: Bankura (Jungle mahal,
Joypur, Camp site' Ahalya Bari Road), Haora
(Uluberia), Medinipur (Digha Forest, Puruli)
and Murshidabad (Jiyaganj, Raichandpur).
Family SATYRIDAE
940. Cyllogenes suradeva (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
941. Elymnias hypermnestra undulaMs
(Drury)
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling (Sukna,
Darjiling).
942. Elymnias patna patna (Westwood)
Distribution : Darjiling.
943. Elymnias vasudeva vasudeva
Moore
Distribution : Darjiling.
944. Lethe baladeva baladeva (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
945. Lethe bhadJ"a (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
946. Lethe bhairava (Moore)
Distribution: Koch BiJIar (Atiamochar).
947. Lethe chandica chandica (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
948. Lethe confusa confusa Aurivillius
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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949. Lethe distans Butler
Distribution : Darjiling.
950. Lethe europa europa (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
951. Lethe europa niladna Fruhstorler
Distribution : Kolkata.
95? Lethe goalpara goalpara (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
953. Lethe kansa (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
954. Lethe nicetas (Hewitson)
Distribution : Darjiling.
955. Lethe pulaha pulaha (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroon).
956. Lethe rohria rohria (fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling.
957. Lethe scanda (Moore)
Distribution: Darjiling.
958. Lethe serbonis teesta Talbot
Distribution : Darjiling.
959. Lethe sidonis (Hewitson)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjan).
960. Lethe sura (Doubleday)
Distribution : Darjiling.
961. Lethe verma sintica Fruhstorler
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
962. Lethe visrava (Moore)
Distribution : Darjiling.
963. Melanitis leda ismene (Cramer)
Distribution.: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
Bankura (Jhatipahari, Kanchanpur, Bishnupur,
Simlapal, Joypur) Bardhaman (Panagarh,
Kalna, Dhartigram, Durgapur), Birbhum
(Muhammad bazar, Kenduah, Rajnagar,
Tarapith, Santiniketan), Kolkata, Darjiling
(Kurseong), Hugli (Munkunda), Maldah
(Bholahat), Nadia (Phulia, Plassey), Puruliya
(Adra) and Dinajpur (Rampur).
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964. Melanitis phedima bela Moore
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
965. Mycalesis ananas aemata
Fruhstorfer
Distribufion : Darjiling (Teesta).
966. Mycalesis mineus mineus
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling (Damdin)
and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
967. Mycalesis mineus polydecta
(Cramer)
Distribution : Kolkata, Jalpaiguri (Rydak
Forest) and Maldah (Bholahat).
968. Mycalesis nicotia Westwood
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rydak forest).
969. Mycalesis perseus blasius (Fabricius)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
Bankura (Bishnupur, Joypur, Simnlapal),
Birbhum, Kolkata, Maldah (Rajbari, Totapur,
Muchia, Mahadipur, Bholahat) and Dinajpur
(Tunidighi, Malan, Rampur).
970. Mycalesis visala visala Moore
Distribution : Birbhum (Kachujur), Kolkata,
Darjiling (Teesta, Singla), Maldah (Bholahat)
and Medinipur (Jhargram).
971. Orsotrioena medus medus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Birbhum (Gonatea), Kolkata,
Darjiling (Teesta valley, Sukna), Maldah
(Bholahat), Puruliya and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
972. Pararge s~hakra schakra (Kollar)
Distribution : Darjiling.
973. Rhaphicera moorei moorei Butler
Distribution: Darjiling.
974. Ypthima baldus baldus (Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora (Botanical
Garden), Maldah (Bholahat) and Murshidabad
(Jiyaganj, Raichandpur).
975. Ypthima ceylonica hubneri Kirby
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
Birbhum (Gonatea), Kolkata, Haora (Botanical
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Garden), Koch Bihar (Atiamochar), Maldah
(Bholahat) and Murshidabad (Jiyaganj).
976. Ypthima indeeora Moore
Distribution : Maldah (Bholahat).
977. Ypthima inica Hewitson
Distribution : Maldah (Bholahat).
978. Ypthima salera salera Moore
Distribution: Darjiling (Pakyong).
Family PAPILIONIDAE
Subfamily PAPILIONINAE
979. Pachiliopta aristolochiae (Fabricius)
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
980. Pachiliopta hectoi
Distribution : Kolkata.
981. Papilio castor Westwood
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
982. Papilio ehaon Westwood
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
983. Papilio clytia (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
984. Papilio demoleus demoleus
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
985. Papilio polytes (Linnaeus)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
986. Papilio polymnestor
Distribution : Kolkata.
987. Papilio protenor (Cramer)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
988. Pandes varuna (White)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
989. Atrophaneura (Atrophaneura)
aristolochiae (Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura (Susunia mahal,
Joypur, Gouripur), Birbhum (Ballavpur,
Islambazar, Rampurhat) , Kolkata, Darjiling
(Bank of Reyang river), HugH (Mankundu),
Jalpaiguri (Raidak Forest), Maldah (Sahapur),
Medinipur (Chandrakona Road, Jhargram,
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Salboni) and Murshidabad (Baharampur,
Beldanga).
990. Atrophaneura (Atrophaneura)
hector (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata, Hugli and Puruliya.
991. AtrophaneuJ'a (Atrophaneura)
varuna (White)
Distribution Darjiling (Rongpo,
Andharikhola).
992. Chilasa (Chilasa) elyria elyria
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling (T~esta,
Kalimpong, Sevok), Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhwa)
and Medinipur (Dantan).
993. Chilasa (Chilasa) slaten slaten
(Hewitson)
Distribution : Darjiling (Tindharia).
994. Graphium (Graphium) doson
axton (C. & R. Felder)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Rydak) and
Kolkata.
995. Graphium (Graphium) doson
eleius (C. & R. Felder)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Sodepur,
Natagar) and Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
996. Graphium (Pathysa) antiphates
(Cramer)
Distribution: Kolkata and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
997. Graphium (Pathysa) maeareus
indicus (Godart)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rambi).
998. Graphium (Pathysa) nomius
nomius (Esper)
Distribution: Kolkata and Darjiling (Rambi).
999. Graphium (pazala) eurous
sikkimiea (Leech)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Rambi).
1000 .. Grap hium( Graphium)
agamemnon (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo) and
Kolkata.
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1001.Graphium(Graphium) sarpedon
luctatius (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Kolkata, Jalpaiguri (Rydak
Forest) and Maldah.
1002. Princeps (meneelaides) janaka
janaka (Moore)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1003. Princeps (Menelaides) polynestor
polynestor (Cramer)
Distribution : Kolkata.
1004. Princeps (Menelaides) alcmenor
rhetenor (C. & R. Felder)
Distribution: Darjiling (Tindharia).
1005. Princeps (Menelaides) helenus
helenus (Linnaeus)
Distribution Darjiling (Rangpo,
Andharikhola, Kalimpong, Tindharia).
1006.Princeps (menelaides) memnon
agenor (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Kolkata, Darjiling (Teesta,
Kalimpong) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara,
Mendabari, Chilapata).
1007. Princeps (Menelaides) nephelus
chaon (Boisduval)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jainti Forest).
1008. Princeps (Menelaides) polytes
romulus (Linnaeus)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Sodepur),
Bankura (Darakeswar, Panchubagan, Simlapal),
Birbhum (Santiniketan), Darjiling (Rangpo),
HugH (Chandannagar), Medinipur (Arabari
Forest, Digha sea beach), Nadia (Kaliganj) and
Puruliya (Matha Point Hills).
1009. Princeps (Princ~s) arcturus
arcturus (Westwood)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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1010. Princeps (Princeps) mno
(Fabricius)
Distribution : Kolkata.
1011. Princeps (Princeps) demoleus
demoleuS (Linnaeus)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Dunlop bridge,
Sodepur), South 24 Pgs. (Sonarpur,
Subhasgram, Kodalia), Bankura «Darakeswar,
Jangal mahal, Jaipur Forest, Simlapal Forest,
Pokasna), Kolkata (Alipur), Darjiling, Haora
(Botanical Garden), HugH (Uttarpara,
Tarakeswar), Jalpaiguri and Medinipur
(Chandrakona).
1012. Princeps (Princeps) krishna
krishna (Moore)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
1013. Princeps (Princeps) polyctor
ganesa (Boisduval)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling (Reyang,
Sevok) and Jalpaiguri (Jainti).
1014. Teinopalpus imperialis imperialis
Hope
Distribution : Darjiling.
1015. Troides (troides) helena cerberus
(Linnaeus)
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family PAPILIONIDAE
1016. Graphium eurypylus (Linnaeus)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
1017. Graphium sarpedon Linnaeus
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1018. Papilio castor Westwood
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
1019. Paranticopsis macareus (Godart)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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INSECTA : TRICHOPTERA
Order TRICHOPTERA
Superfamily HYDROPSYCHOIDEA
Family PHILOPOTAMIDAE
1. ChimaJTa abeJTans Martynov
Distribution: Not known.
2. Chima.,.,.a kumaonensis Martynov
Distribution : DaIjiling.
3. ChimaJ'Ta reyangensis Ghosh and
Chaudhury
Distribution : DaIjiling.
4. ChimaJTa diaphana Ghosh and
Chaudhury
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
5. Dolophilodes indicus Martynov
Distributt'on : DaIjiling.
6. Dolophiliella relicta Martynov
Distribution: DaIjiling ( Kurseong).
Family STENOPSYCHIDAE
7. Stenopsyche grisseipennis MacLachlan
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong) and
Kolkata.
8. Stenopsyehe quadrilobata Martynov
Distribution : DaIjiling.
9· Stenopsyche splendida Martynov
Distribution : DaIjiling.
10. Parastenophyche similis (Ulmer)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kurseong, Singla).
11.Parastenopsyche montana (Navas)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family POLYCENTROPIDAE
Plectrocnemia aurea Ulmer
12.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
13· Plectrocnemia obliquofasciata
Martynov
Distribution : DaIjiling.
14· Dipseudopsis recta Martynov
Distribution : Puruliya.
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Family HYDROPSYCHIDAE
15. Amphiphsyche bengalensis Martynov
Distribution : Kolkata.
16. Amphipsyche tricalcarata Martynov
Distribution : Bankura.
17. Amphipsyche indica Martynov
Distribution : Bankura.
18. Macronema Jastosum fastosum
Walker
Distribution: DaIjiling (Kurseong).
19. Macronema fastosum bifasciatum
Martynov •
Distribution : DaIjiling.
20. Macronema pseudoneura Brauer
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Chelapata).
21. Paraethaloptera gracilis Martynov
Distribution : Birbhum.
22. Aethaloptera sexpunctata Kolenati
Distribution: W. Dinajpur, Murshidabad,
Maldah, Darjiling and Barddhaman.
23. Arctopsyche lobata Martynov
Distribution : Darjiling.
24. Diplectrona marqinata (Betten)
Distribution : Darjiling.
25. Hydropsyche indica Pictet
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
26. Hydropsyche obscura Martynov
Distribution: DaIjiling (DaIjiling).
27. Hydropsyche kaznakovi Martynov
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
28. Hydromanicus tMlncatus Betten
Distribution : Darjiling ( Kurseong).
29. Hydromanicus orentalis Betten
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
30. Amphiphychella extrema Martynov
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Kurseong).
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Superfamily RHYACOPHILOIDEA
Family RHYACO'PHILIDAE
31. Rhyacophila rhombica Martynov
Distribution : Darjiling.
32. Rhyacophila digitata Martynov
Distribution: Darjiling.
33. Synagapetus himalayanus Martynov
Distribution : Not known.
Family GLOSSOSOMATIDAE
34. Glossosoma fissum Martynov
Distribution : Darjiling.
Superfamily LIMNEPHILOIDEA
Family PH RYGAENIDAE
35. Eubasilissa machlachlani (White)
Distribution : Darjiling.
36. Neurocyta arenata Navas
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family LIMNEPHILIDAE
37. Phylostenca himalus Mosely
Distribution : Darjiling.
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Family SERICOSTOMATIDAE
38. Dinarthrum (Indodinarthrum)
latum Martynov
Distribution : DaIjiling.
39. Indocrunoceia heterolepidia
Martynov
Distribution : Darjiling.
40. Dinarthrella betteni Martynov
Distribution : Darjiling.
41. Dinarrthrella (Maniconeura)
destructa Ulmer
Distribution : Drujiling.
42. Paraphlegopteryx compositus
Martynov
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family CALAMOCERITIDAE
43. Ganonema salsum Betten
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family LEPTOCERIDAE
44. Triplectides magnus (Walker)
Distribution. : Birbhum and Kolkata.
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INSECTA: HYMENOPTERA
Order HYMENOPTERA Subfamily MICROGASTERINAE
Family BRACONIDAE 15. Apanteles bifida Sharma
Sub family ALYSIINAE Distribution : Darjiling.
Aclisis cilipennis Cameron
1. 16. Apanteles darjeelingensis Sharma &
Chatterjee
Distribution : Darjiling.
2. Rhacalsia rufobalteata Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
17. Apanteles jlavipes (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily AGATHIDINAE
18. Apanteles mara Nixon
3. Agathis lepcha Cameron
Distribution: HugH.
Distribution : Darjiling.
19. Apanteles priscus Rao
4. Agathis sikkimensis Enderlein
Distribution : H ugli.
Distribution : Darjiling.
20. Apanteles ruficrus (Haliday)
5. Agathis tricarinata Enderlein
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling.
21. Apanteles stantoni (Ashmead)
Sub family BRACONINAE
Distribution : South 24 -Pgs.
6. Bracon ceceidobius Kieffer
22. Microgaster himalayensis Cameron
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Distribution : Darjiling.
7. Bracon daphnephibae Kieffer
Family FORMICIDAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Subfamily CERAPACHYINAE
8. Bracon famulus Bingham
23. Cerapachys longitarsus (Mayr)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution: Not known.
9. Bracon niceivelli Bingham
Subfamily DOLICHODERINAE
Distribution : Kolkata.
24. Bothriomyrmex walshi Forel
Subfamily CHELONINAE
Distribution : Not known.
Chelonus heliope Gupta
10.
25. Bothriomyrmex wroughtoni dalyi
Distribution: Medinipur (Junput).
Forel
11. Chelonus indicus Cameron
Distribution : Not known.
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha).
26. Dolichoderus thoracicus Smith
Subfamily DORYCTINAE
Distribution: Darjiling (Reyang, Rangpo).
Doryctes cheops Nixon
12.
27. lridomynnex anceps (Roger)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Medinipur (Jhargram).
Subfamily EXOTHECINAE
Subfamily DORYLINAE
13. Colastes nigropectus Cameron
28. Aenictus bremcornis (Mayr)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
Subfamily MACROCENTRINAE
29. Aenictus clavitibia Forel
14. Cyclophatnus jlavus Cameron
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barasat,
Distribution : Darjiling. Bangaon, Barrackpore, Naihati).
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3 0 . Aenictus shuckardi Fore1
Distribution: Not known
31. Dorylus (Alaopone) oMentalis
Westwood
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang),
Haora (Eksara Stn.) and Nadia (Bahadurpur).
32. Do-rylus (Typhlopone) labiatus
Shuckard
Distributf.on : Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
Darjiling (Sukhiapokhri, Balson basti).
Subfamily FORMICINAE
33. Anoplolepis longipes (Jerdon)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang).
34. Camponotus angusticollis (Jerdon)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang).
35. Camponotus arrogans (Smith)
Distribution: Not known.
36. Camponotus compressus (Fabricius)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Jharkhali,
Nafarganj), Bankura (Kamalpur), Kolkata (Lake
Gardens), Darjiling (Rangpo), Murshidabad
(Baharampur) and Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara WLS).
37. Camponotus discors angustinodus
Emery
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
38. Camponotus dolendus Forel
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs. (Lakchmikantapur) and Kolkata
(Lake Gardens).
39. Camponotus invidus Forel
Distribution: Barddhaman (Jagatpur),
Darjiling (Rangpo, Reyang) and Medinipur
(Jhargram).
40. Camponotus irritans (Smith)
Distribution: Darjiling (Reyang).
41. Camponotus mistura (Smith)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Kunjanagar).
42. Camponotus oblongus (Smith)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara WLS).
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43. Camponotus rothneyi (Forel)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barasat,
Bangaon, Barrackpore, Naihati).
44. Camponotus seMceus (Fabricius)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore,
Chandmari), Bankura (Simlipal), Kolkata (Eden
Gardens) and Darjiling (Rangpo, Sissamara).
45. Camponotus thoracicus (Fabricius)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangli tea estate).
46. Camponotus wasmanni Emery
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Hasimara, Holong).
47. Camponotus sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangpb).
48. Cataglyphis setipes (Forel)
Distribution: Kolkata (Lake Gardens), Haora
(Santraganchi) and Murshidabad (Berhampore).
49. Lasius alienus (Forster)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang).
50. Lepisiota fraueJtfieldi (Mayr)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barasat,
Bangaon, Barrackpore, Naihati).
51. Lepisiota capensis simplex Forel
Distribution: Not known.
52. Lepisiota rothneyi (Forel)
Distribution: Not known.
53. MonomoMum dichroum (Forel)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
54. Oecophylla smaragdina (Fabricius)
Distribution : Bankura (Indus), Kolkata
(Eden Gardens), Darjiling (Reyang, Rambi) ,
Haora (Kaijure), Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa,
Jaldapara, Buxa Duar) and Murshidabad
(Beldanga).
55. Paratrechina aseta (Forel)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang).
56. Paratrechina indica (Forel)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang).
57. Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille)
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
58. Paratrechina bourbonica (Forel)
Distribution: Not known.
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59. Paratrechina taylori (Forel)
Distribution : Not known.
60. Plagiolepis dichroa Forel
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barasat,
Bangaon, Barrackpore, Naihati).
61. Polyrhachis acteipennis Smith
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang).
,62. Polyrhachis bicolor Smith
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
63. Polyrhachis furcata Smith
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Sissamara, TEC).
64. Polyrhachis illaudata Walker
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangpo).
65. Polyrhachis laevissima Smith
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar).
66. Polyrhachis mayri Roger
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Moiradanga,
Dhaidhai ghat, Sissamara, Hasimara).
67. Polyrhachis tubericeps Forel
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barasat,
Bangaon, Ba~ackpore, Naihati).
68. Polyrhachis exercita (Walker)
Distribution : Not known.
69. Polyrhachis thomsoni Bingham
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Hasimara).
70. Polyrhachis thrinax Roger
Distribution: Not known.
71. Polyrhachis tibialis Smith
Distribution : Not known.
Subfamily MYRMICINAE
72. Aphaenogaster Spa
Distribution: Darjiling (Reyang).
73. Cataulacus latus Forel.
Distribution: Not known.
74. Crematogaster buddhae Forel
Distribution : Kolkata.
75. Crematogaster dohrni Mayr
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Sissamara).
76. Crematogaster ebenina Forel
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla) and
Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
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77. Crematogaster politula Forel
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Sissamara).
78. Crematogaster rogenhoferi Mayr
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
79. Crematogaster rogenhoferi flava
Forel
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
80. Crematogaster rothneyi Mayr
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens),
Jalpaiguri (Sissamara).
81. Crematogaster wroughtonii Forel
Distribution: Darjiling (GhoombhanjaIJ.g).
82. Crematogaster subnuda Mayr
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
83. Crematogaster brunnea contemta
Mayr
Distribution : Not known.
84. Lophomyrmex quadrispinosus
(Jerdon)
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
85. Meranoplus bicolor (Guerin)
Distribution : Bankura (Simlipal) and
Medinipur (Jhargram).
86. Meranoplus rothneyi Forel
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (N aihati,
Bangaon, Barasat) , Kolkata (Eden Gardens,
Dum Dum Airport), Hugli (Chandannagar) and
Nadia (Krishnanagar).
87. Messor barbarus (Linnaeus)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Naihati).
88. Monomorium jloricola (Jerdon)
Distribution: Kolkata (Lake Gardens) and
Haora (Santragachi).
89. Monomorium latinode Mayr
Distribution: Kolkata (Lake Gardens) and
Haora (Santragachi).
90. Monomorium orientale Mayr
Distribution : Not known.
'91. Myrmica rugosa Mayr
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang).
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92. Mynnicaria brunnae Saunders
Distribution : Not known.
93. Oligomynnex rothneyi Forel
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barasat,
Bangaon, Barrackpore, Naihati).
94. Oligomyrmex asinus Fore!
Distribution: Not known.
95. Oligomyrmex bengalensis Forel
Distribution: Not known.
96. Oligomyrmex wroughtonii (Forel)
Distribution: Not known.
97. Paratopula ceylonica (Emery)
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
9B . Pheidole fervens Smith
Distribution: Darjiling (Takdah slip forest).
99. Pheidole hospita Bingham
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
Puruliya (Bongabari).
100. Pheidole jucunda Forel
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden gardens).
101. Pheidole lannoda Roger
Distribution : Haora (Shibpur).
102. Pheidole MUS Forel
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
103. Pheidole roberti Forel
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
104. Pheidole rogersi Forel
Distribution : Not known.
105. Pheidole spathifera Forel
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barasat,
Bangaon, Barrackpore, Naihati).
106. ·Pheidole sulcaticeps Roger
Distribution: Not known.
107. Pheidole wood-masoni Forel
Distribution: Haora (Shibpur).
loB. Pheidologeton qffinis (Jerdon)
Distribution: Not known.
109. Pheidologeton diversus (Jerdon)
Distribution: Haora (Eksara Stn.).
110.Pheidole watsoni Forel
Distribution : Not known.
111. Rhoptromyrmex wroughtonii Forel
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang).
112. Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barasat,
Bangaon, Barrackpore, Naihati), Kolkata (Eden
Gardens), Darjiling (Reyang) and Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhawa).
113. TetramoMum christiei Forel
j,
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang).
114. Tetramorium simillimum (Smith)
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
115. Tetramorium smithi Mayr
Distribution : Not known.
Subfamily PONERINAE
116. Amblyopone rothneyi Forel
Distribution : Not known.
117. Anochetus madaraszi Mayr
Distribution : Barddhaman (Purbatotti) and
Haora (Eksara Stn.).
118.Anochetus graeffei Mayr
Distribution : Not known.
119. Diacamma rugosum (Guill.)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Durganagar,
Gobardanga), South 24 Pgs. (Subhasgram,
Narendrapur, Garia), Barddhaman (Jagatpur,
Purbatotti, Golapbag, Kuchulpukur), Kolkata
(Jadavpur), Darjiling (Singla, Sukna, Reyang,
Rangpo, Bijanbari), Haora (Sibpur), HugH
(Chandannagar), Murshidabad (Beldanga) and
Nadia (Krishnanagar, Bahadurpur forest).
120. Diacamma rugosum sculptum
(Jerdon)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
121. Diacamma scalpratum (Smith)
Distribution : Barddhaman (J agatpur),
DaIjiling (Gorubathan, Sukna, Chunabati) and
J alpaiguri (Hasimara West).
122. Gnamptogenys bicolor (Emery)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo).
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123. Hypoponera truncata Smith
Distribution: Darjiling (Takdah Slip forest).
124. Hypoponera confines (Roger)
Distribution: Not known.
125. Leptogenys hodgsoni Forel
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo, Rangit).
126. Leptogenys roberti coonoorensis
Forel
Distribution: Darjiling (Reyang).
127. Leptogenys birmana Forel
Distribution : Barddhaman (Purbastholi,
Kuchulpukur) and Hugli (Sheoraphuly).
128. Leptogenys chinensis Mayr
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Palta),
Barddhaman (Kuchulpukur, Jagatpur) and
Nadia (Krishnanagar).
129. Leptogenys diminuta (Smith)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong, Rangpo,
Chunabati, Rambi) and Haora (Santragachi).
130. Leptogenys diminuta striatula
Emery
Distribution : Barddhaman (J agatpur) and
Darjiling (Reyang).
131. Leptogenys kitteli (Mayr)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Durganagar),
Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and Nadia
(Krishnanagar).
132. Leptogenys minchinii Forel
Distribution: Haora (Eksara Stn.).
133. Leptogenys processionalis (Jerdon)
Distribution: Haora (Eksara Stn.), Hugli
(Bandel, Sheoraphuly) and Nadia
(Krishnanagar) .
134. Leptogenys punctiventris Mayr
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
135· Odontomachus monticola Emery
Distribution: Darjiling (Takdah, Rangpo).
136. Pachycondyla jordonii (Forel)
Distribution : Not known.
137. Pachycondyla bispinosa (Smith)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang).
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13 8 . Pachycondyla javana (Mayr)
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Sukna,
Kurseong, Rangpo, Gorubathan, Thulong,
Kalimpong, Rambi).
139. Pachycondyla luteipes (Mayr)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Purbastholi) and
Darjiling (Rambi, Jhalung, Lava, Sukiapokhrl).
140. Pachycondyla rufipes (Jerdon)
Distribution: Darjiling (Singla, Rangpo, Tista
River, Gorubathan, Jhulang, Bijanbari,
Reyang), Nadia (Bahadurpur), Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara, Dhaidhaighat).
141. Pachycondyla sulcata (Mayr)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Garia,
Subhasgram), Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and
Nadia (Krishnanagar).
142. Pachycondyla Jesseronoda (Emery)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Durganagar),
South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur), Barddhaman
(Kuchulpukur, J agatpur, Purbastholi), Birbhum
(Bolpur), Haora (Santragachi) and Nadia
(Krishnanagar).
143. Ponera sp.
Distribution : Puruliya (Bongabari).
144. Plattythyrea parallela (Smith)
Distribution: Not known.
145. Sphinctomyrmex taylori Forel
Distribution: Not known.
Subfamily PSEUDOMYRMECINAE
146. Tetraponera allaborans (Walker)
Distribution : Nadia (Kalyani).
147. Tetraponera binghami (Forel)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Reyang river).
148. Tetraponera nigra (Jerdon)
Distribution : Not known.
149· Tetraponera rufonigra (Jerdon)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bar.asat,
Naihati), South 24 Pgs. (Canning,. Budge
Budge), Kolkata (Eden Gardens) and~ Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara).
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Family ICHNEUMONIDAE
Subfamily PAMPLINAE
150. Leptopimpla longiventris (Cameron)
Distribution; Darjiling (Pashok, Rangpo).
Iseropus (Gregopimpla)
151.
himalayensis (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
152 . Scambus (Scambus) lucidus Gupta
& Tikar
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroon).
153. Acropimpla hapaliae (Rao)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
154. Acropimpla uchidai (Cushman)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroon).
155. Camptotypus arianus arianus
(Cameron)
Distribution: DaIjiling.
156. Itoplectis tibetensis Perkins
Distribution : Darjiling.
157~ Coccygomimus bilineatus (Cameron)
Distribution: DaIjiling.
158. Coccygomimus cameronii (Da11a-
Torre)
Distribution : Darjiling (Alagarh, Darjiling,
Rangiroon, Goorn, Kalipong).
159. Coccygomimus carinifrons
(Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling.
160. Coccygomimus erebus (Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling.
161. Coccygomimus jlavipalpis (Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroon).
162. Coccygomimus indra (Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling.
163. Coccygomimus laothoe (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangiroon,
Singhmari, Lebong, Kalimpong).
164. Coccygomimus turionellae
(Linnaeu~)
Distribution: Darjiling.
165. Echthromorpha agrestoria
notulatoria (Fabricius)
Distribution: Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Baruipur, Budge Budge).
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166.Xanthopimpla appendicularis
appendicularis (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
167. Xanthopimpla elegans apicipennis
(Cameron)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
168. Xanthopimpla jlavolineata
(Cameron)
Distribution: Not known.
169. Xanthopimpla honorata honorata
(Comeron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
170. Xanthopimpla nana nana Schulz
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong -Tista
route).
171.Xanthopimpla nigritarsis
reciprocata Townes & Chiu
Distribution : Darjiling.
172. Xanthopimpla ochracea valga
Krieger
Distribution: Darjiling.
173. Xanthopimpla predator (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling.
174. Xanthopimpla' punctata (Fabricicus)
Distribution : Kolkata.
175. Xanthopimpla regina Morley
Distribution : Darjiling.
176. Xanthopimpla sikkimensis
Cameron
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
177. Xanthopimpla stemmator
(Thunberg)
Distribution : Kolkata.
178. Theronia zebra iridipennis Cameron
Distribution: Not known.
179. Parema nigrobalteata
nigrobalteata (Cameron)
Distribution : Not known.
180. ,Nomosphecia zebroides indicus
(Gupta)
Distribution : Darjiling.
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181. Eugalta linearis linearis Morley
Distribution: Not known.
182. Eugalta longipes (Cameron)
Distribution: Not known.
183. Achorocephalus spinosus (Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling.
184. Cyrtorhyssa mollerii (Bengham)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily TRYPHONINAE
185. Phytodietus (Neuchorus)
longicauda (Uchida)
Distribution: Darjiling (Botanical Garden).
186. Phytodietus (phytodietus)
silvicola Kaur & Jonathan
Distribution: Darjiling (Botanical Garden,
Rangiroon).
187. Netelia (Apatagium) inequalis
(Uchida)
Distribution : Darjiling (Lepchajagat).
188. Netelia (Bessobates) tMstrigata
(Enderlein)
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
189. Netelia (Bessobates) virgata
(Fourcroy)
Distribution: Darjiling (Lapchajagat, Goom-
Bhanjang, Hima Falls).
190. Netelia (Parabates) foersteri Kaur
& Jonathan
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroon).
191. Netelia (Longiterebates) grandis
Kaur & Jonathan
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden, Kurseong).
192. Netelia (Longiterebates)
himalayensis Kaur & Jonathan
Distribution: Darjiling (Lepchajagat).
193. Netelia (Longiterebates) turgida
Kaur & Jonathan
Distribution : Darjiling (Takdali).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
194. NeteUa (Prosthodocis) japonica
Uchida
Distribution: Darjiling (Lepchajagat).
195. Netelia (Toxochiloides) latro latro
(Holmgren)
Distribution : Darjiling, (Sukhia Pokhri,
Poshok, Kalimpong, G!Jom, Kurseong),
Barddhaman and Kolkata.
196. Netelia (Netelia) cannichaeli Kaur
& Jonathan
Distribution: Darjiling, (Singla).
197. Netelia (Netelia) corrugata Kaur &
Jonathan
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling B~tanical
Garden, Kurseong).
198. Netelia (Netelia) fuscicornis
(Holmgren)
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden, Rangiroon, Goombhangjang,
Monibhajang, Pasupathi).
199. Netelia (Netelia) imitatrix Kaur &
Jonathan
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangiroon, Dmjiling
Botanical Garden).
200. Netelia (Netelia) intermedia
(Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroon).
201. Netelia (Netelia) kashmirensis
(Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangiroon, Dmjiling
Botanical Garden, Ghoombhanjang,
Monibhanjang, Takdah).
202. Netelia (Netelia) laevis (Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroon, Singla).
203. Netelia (Netelia) lineata (Brulle)
Distribution: Not known.
204. Netelia (Netelia) mirabilis Kaur &
Jonathan
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangiroon).
205. Netelia (Netelia) opacula
(Thomson)
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling.
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206. Netelia (Netelia) oMentalis
(Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden, Monibhanjang, Kalimpong, Kurseong,
Rangiroon) and Kolkata.
207. Netelia (Netelia) rimosa (Enderlein)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroon, Darjiling
Botanical Garden, Takdah, Rangpo, Goom).
208. Netelia (Netelia) rotunda Kaur &
Jonathan
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroon).
209. Netelia (Netelia) rukmaniea
Kaur & Jonathan
Distribution: Darjiling (Botanical Garden).
210. Netelia (Netelia) silantzewi
(Kokujev)
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden, Rangiroon, Manibhanjang).
211. Netelia (Paropheltes) guptai Kaur &
Jonathan
Distribution : DarjiIing (DarjiIing Botanical
Garden, Rangiroon).
212. Netelia (Paropheltes) sikkimensis
Kaur & Jonathan
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden).
Subfamily BANCHINAE
213. Teleutaea prima (Morley)
Distribution : DarjiIing.
214. Glypta nursei Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
215. Lissonota cracentis Chandra & Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjling Botanical
Garden, Rangiroon).
216. Lissonota minuenta (Morley)
Distribution: Darjiling.
217. Cryptopimpla taiwanensis Momoi
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangiroon).
218. Syzeuctus leptopunctatus Chandra
& Gupta
Distribution : Barddhaman.
219. Syzeuctus villosus (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangiroon).
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220. Leptobatopsis indica (Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling, (Rangpo) and North
24 Pgs. (Barrackpore).
221. Banchopsis nificornis (Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling.
222. Exetastes illusor Gravenhorst
Distribution: Darjiling.
Subfamily PORIZONTINAE
223. Sinophorus nitidus (Brischke)
Distribution: Darjiling.
224. Campoplex indicus Gupta &
Maheshwary
Distribution : Darjiling.
225. Campoplex maximalus Gupta &
Maheshwary
Distribution: DaIjiling, (Rangiroon, DaIjiling
Botanical Garden).
226. Campoplex oriens Gupta &
Maheshwary
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroon).
227. Campoplex pseudocollinus Gupta &
Maheshwary
Distribution: Darjiling (DaIjiling Botanical
Garden).
Campoplex septentrionalis
228.
septentrionalis Gupta & Maheshwary
Distribution : Darjiling (DaIjiling Botanical
Garden, Rangiroon).
229. Casinaria asnimae Maheshwary &
Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden).
Casinaria atrata Morley
230.
Distribution: Daljiling.
231. Casinaria indubia (Morley)
Distribution : Darjiling.
232. Casinaria minima (Morley)
Distribution : Kolkata.
233. Charops bicolor (Szepligeti)
Distribution : Kolkata.
234. Charops obtitsus obtusus Morley
Distribution : Kolkata.
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235. Cymodusa josephi josephi Gupta &
Gupta
Distribution : Daijiling (Daijiling Botanical
Garden, Rangiroon).
236. Menaka nigrita Gupta & Gupta
Distribution : Daijiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden).
237. Delopia carinata (Gupta & Gupta)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroon).
238. Delopia cariniscutis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
239. Delopia cytaesis (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
240. Delopia petiolator Fabricius
Distribution : Darjiling.
241. Delopia prytanes (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden).
242. Delopia simlaensis (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
243. Delopia townesi (Gupta & Gupta)
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden, Rangiroon).
244. Kartika longifemorata Gupta &
Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden, Rangiroon).
245. Compoletis chlorideae Uchida
Distribution : Haora (Bandel).
246. Diadegma varuna Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling.
247. Olesicampe flavicornis (Thompson)
Distribution : Darjiling.
248. Eriborus mandibularis (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
249. Eriborus perfidus (Gravenhorst)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily CREMASTINAE
250. Pristomerus marginicollis (Cameron)
Distribution : Kolkata.
251. Temelucha stangli Ashmead
Distribution: Not known.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Subfamily OPHIONINAE
252. Ophion bicarinatus Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghoombhanjung,
Lepchajagat).
253. Ophion fuscomaculatus Cameron
Distribution: Darjiling (Sukhiapokhari).
254. Ophion mustrus Gauld
Distribution : Not known.
255. Ophion nepus Gauld & Mitchell
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjung).
256. Euryophion vexatious Gauld &
Mitchell
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
257. Enicospilus erythrocerus (Cameron)
Distribution : ~arjiling (Rayond).
258. Enicospilus gasteralis Nikam
Distribution: Darjiling (Bajanbari).
259. Enicospilus grammospilus Enderlein
Distribution : Darjiling.
260. Enicospilus biharensis T~wnes,
Townes & Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo).
261. Enicospilus dasychirae (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling (Bijanbari).
262. Enicospilus laqueatus (Enderlein)
Distribution: Daijiling (Shanpur).
Subfamily MESOCHORINAE
263. Mesochorus ? claristigmaticus
Morley
Distribution : Daijiling.
Subfamily METOPINAE
264. Metopius (Ceratopius) dissectorius
lar Morley
Distribution : Not known.
265. Metopius (Ceratopius)
flavobalteatus (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
266. Metropius (Ceratopius)
purpureotinctus (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
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267. TMclistus aikini (Cameron)
Distribution: Not known.
268. Macromalon orientale Kerrich
Distribution : Darjiling.
269. Exochus jlavicaput Morley
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily ANOMALONINAE
270. Anomalon foliator Fabricius
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily GRAVENH0 RSTINAE
271. Perisphincter tMphone Morley
Distribution : Kolkata.
Subfamily DIPLAZONTINAE
272. Diplazon guptai Diller
Distribution : Darjiling.
273. Promethes sulcator (Gravenhorst)
Distribution : Darjiling.
274. Tymmophorus cinctus (Gravenhorst)
Distribution : Darjiling.
275. Syrphoctonus dimidiatus (Schrank)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily PHYGADEUONTINAE
276. Dichrogaster pallens Townes
Distribution: Not known.
277. ChaMtopes densus Townes
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom).
278. ChaMtopes rugatus Townes
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangiroon).
Subfamily HEMIGASTERINAE
279. Mansa fu'vipennis (Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling.
280. Hemigaster fulvipes (Cameron)
Distribution : Not known.
281. Polytribax luteus (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
282. Aconias spinitarsis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
Subfamily MESOSTENINAE
283. Apocryptus biserratus Gupta & Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden).
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284. Apocryptus erugatus Gupta & Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden, Rangiroon).
285. Apocryptusjlavofacies Gupta & Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangiroon).
286. Apocryptus jlavorbitalis
jlavorbitalis Gupta & Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling ( Rangiroon).
287. Apocryptus pilosus Gupta & Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden).
288. Apocryptus terebratus Gupta & Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling ( Rangiroon).
289. Xoridesopus flavispeculum Gupta &
Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling ( Rangiroon).
290. XOMdesopus oMentalis Gupta & Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling.
291. Buathra excavata (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden, Rangiroon, Sanchal, Lebong Cant.).
292. Buathra luculenta (Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling.
293. Gotra marginata Brulle
Distribution: Kolkata (Zoo Garden, Alipore),
Darjiling, (Goke, Singla, Takdah, Reyong,
Rangpo, Andharikhola, Poshok).
294. Anupama himalayensis Jonarthan
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangiroon).
295. Menaforia indica Gupta & Saxena
Distribution : Nadia, Haora, (Sibpur),
Murshidabad, Bankura, (Bishnupur) and South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
296. Friona didymata Morley
Distribution : Kolkata.
297. Friona lineatipes Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling (Teesta-Kalimpong
route).
298. Goryphus salutator (Cameron)
Distribution Darjiling (Darjiling,
Rangiroon).
299. Goryphus sikkimensis Jonathan &
Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Teesta).
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300. Goryphus hyalinoides (Uchida)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Singla, Nilgung).
301. Goryphus brahminus (Cameron)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Rangpo).
302. Skeatia maculifrons Jonathan &
Gupta
Distribution: DaIjiling (Rangiroon).
303. Skeatia versatilis (Cameron)
Distribution: DaIjiling (Teesta-Kalimpong
route).
304. Skeatia mysorense Jonathan & Gupta
Distribution: DaIjiling (Singla, Rangpo).
305. Skeatia fuscinervis (Cameron)
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangpo).
306. Gambroides javensis (Rohwer)
Distribution : KQlkata (Tollygung).
307. Isotima dUJicilis Jonathan
Distribution : Darjiling (Teesta-Kalimpong
route).
308. Fonnostenus (FormostenueJ
flavofasciatus Jonathan
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangiroon).
309. Lipoprion rifa-:ornatus (Cameron)
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
Subfamily ICHENEUMONINAE
310. Eccoptosage waagenii Kriechbaumer
Distribution : Darjiling.
311. Pterocormus annaelisae
himalayanus (Heinrich)
Distribution : Darjiling.
312. Thascia pilosa Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
313. Spilichneumon darjeelingensis
Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
314. Achaius flavobalteatus Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
315. Setanta himalayensis Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
316. Coelojoppa cariniscutis Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
317. Mesophadnus violaceipennis
Cameron
Distribution : Darjiling.
318. Darymna pleuralis Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
319. Ichneumon (Ichneumon)
annulipes (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
320. Ichneumon (Ichneumon) julvipes
(Cameron)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
321. Ichneumon (Ichneumon)
iridipennis (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
322. Ichneumon (Ichneumon)
lineaticeps (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
323. Ichneumon (Ichneumon)
rufofemoratus Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
324. Ichneumon (Ichneumon)
taihorinus (Uchida)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
325. Amblyjoppa forticornis forticornis
(Cameron)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
326. Naenaria nigrocoerulea (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
327. Cratojoppa robusta Cameron
Distribution : DaIjiling.
328. Ischnojoppa luteator (Fabricius)
Distribution: Darjiling.
329. Platylabus uranius viridis (Cameron)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family POMPILIDAE
330. Macromeris splendida Lepeltier
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
331. Saliu perplexus Smith
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
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Family EUMINIDAE
332. Eumenes patiolata Fabricius
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
Superfamily VESPOIDEA
Family SCOLIIDAE
Subfamily SCOLIINAE
Tribe COMPSOMERINI
333. PhalerimeMs phalerata phalerata
(Saussure)
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Lord
Carmichael, Pashok, Bijanbari, Rangpo,
Kalimpong), Jalpaiguri, (Chapramari forest,
Jaldapara WLS).
334. Micrromerie marginella
marginella (KIug)
Distribution: Darjiling (Siliguri, Dametin).
335. Sericocampsomeris stygia stygia
(Illiger)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo).
336. Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella)
coliaMs collaris (Fabricius)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., (Sunderban,
Basanti), Birbhum, (Santineketan), Darjiling,
(Bijanbari, Siliguri, Sukna, Teesta) and Kolkata,
(Saltlake, Dum Dum Park, Dhapa, Eden
Gardens, Alipur), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara WLS).
337. Campsomeriella (Annulimeris)
annulata (Fabricius)
Distribution : Darjiling (Bijanbari, Singla,
Lord Carmichael), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara WLS).
338. Megacampsomeris sillongensis
(Betrem)
Distribution : Darjiling (Pedong, Lava,
Darjiling, Sureli, Pashok).
3-39. Megacampsomeris prismatica
(Smith)
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling, Pashok,
Ghoom, Kurseong, Lava, Gaytoli, Mirik,
Kalimpong, Rambi).
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Tribe SCOLIINAE
340. Liacos erythrosoma erythrosoma
(Burmeister)
Distribution : Darjiling (Senchal lake,
Bijanbari).
341. Liacos erythrosoma fulvopicta
Cameron
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barackpore).
342. Austroscolia rujiceps rujiceps
(Smith)
Distribution: Darjiling (Siliguri).
343. Austrastolia nudata (Smith)
Distribution: West Bengal (North Bengal).
344. Megascolia (Regiscolia) fulvifrons
(Saussure)
Distribution : Darjiling.
345. Megascolia (Regiscolia) azuria
christiana (Guiglia & Betrem)
Distribution : Darjiling (Rangpo, Reyang,
Sonada, Mahanadi, .Sukna), Jalpaiguri
(J aldapara WLS).
346. Phalerimeris phalerata phalerata
Saussure
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
347. Scolia (Discolia) cyanipennis
Fabricius
Distribution : Medinipur (Mecheda), South
24 Pgs. (Canning) and Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
348. Scolia (Discolia) rubrosinuata
Betrem
Distribution : Kolkata.
349. Scolia (Discolia) nobilis Saussure
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla).
350. Scolia (Discolia) vollenhoveni
vollenhoveni Saussure
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
351. Scolia (Discolia) cruenta I9ug
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Lataguri,
Mangpoo), Darjiling, (Kurseong), Nadia.
(Kalyani), Kolkata, (Saltlake).
352. Scolia (Discolia) fasciatopunctata
dunensis Betren1
Distribution : Kolkata.
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353. Scolia (Discolia) lebongensis Betrem
Distribution: Darjiling (Pedong, Mirik).
354. Scolia (Discolia) desidiosa Bingham
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Lord
Carmichael).
355. Scolia (Discolia) affinis Guerin
Distribution: Nadia, (Kalyani, Ranaghat),
DaIjiling, (Singla, Lord Carmichael), Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara WLS), Kolkata, (Dhapa, Saltlake,
Eden Gardens), South 24 Pgs., (Sagar Island)
and North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore, Palta).
356. Scolia (Discolia) fichteli Betrem
Distribution: Kolkata (Salt Lake).
357. Scolia (Discolia) elizabethae
Bingham
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok, Lord
Carmichael).
358. Scolia (Discolia) binotata binotata
Fabricius
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Bijanbari,
Kalimpong, Teesta Bridge, Siliguri).
359. Scolia (Discolia) sikkimensis
Binghans
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling Hills).
360. Scolia (Discolia) wagneri Betrems
Distribution : Darjiling (DaIjiling, Rambi,
Melli, Kalimpong).
361. Scolia (Discolia) quadripustulata
Fabricius
Distribution : Nadia.
362. Scolia (Discolia) carmichaeli
Betrem
Distribution : DaIjiling.
363. Scolia (Discolia) uenusta Smith
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family VESPIDAE
Subfamily POLISTINAE
364. Polistes (Gyrostoma) tenebricosus
sulcstus Smith
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Rangeet
Valley).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
365. Polistes (Gyrostoma) oluaceus (De
Geer)
Distribution: DaIjiling, Hugli (Bhadraswar),
Haora, (Botanical Garden), Murshidabad, South
24 Pgs. (Subhasgram), Nadia, (Phulia,
Ranaghat), Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
(Titagarh).
366. Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii Cameron
Distribution : Kolkata.
367. Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothneyi
rothneyi Cameron
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
368. Polistes (Gyrostoma) rothenyi
sikkimensis van der Vecht
Distribution: DaIjiling (Rambi).
369. Polistes hoplites Saussure
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
370. Polistes hebraeus Fabricius
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
371. Polistes (Polistella) nigritarsis
Cameron
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Darjiling.
372. Polistes (Polistella) adustus Bingham
Distribution : Darjiling.
373. Polistes (Polistella) stigma tamula
(Fabricius)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Jalpaiguri,
(Pakuahat), Bankura, HugH (Bandel) and
Puruliya.
374. Polistes (Polistella) stMgosus
atratus Das & Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Singla, Lord
Carmichael, Siliguri).
375. Polistes (Polistella) sagittarius
Saussure
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and DaIjiling,
(Singla).
376. Ropalidiaferruginea Saussure
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
377. Ropalidia guttatipennis Saussure
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
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378. RopalidiafoMltosa Saussure
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
379. Ropalidia sumatrae Saussure
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
380. Ropalidia (Anthreneida)
mirginata mirginata (Lepeletier)
Distribution: Medinipur (Jhargram), North
24 Pgs., Kolkata and Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
381. Ropalidia (Anthreneida) brevita
Das & Gupta
Distribution : Haora and DaIjiling.
382. Ropalidia (Anthreneida) santoshae
Das & Gupta
Distribution : DaIjiling (Pashok).
383. Ropalidia (Anthreneida) artif'ex
(Saussure)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara).
384. Ropalidia (Anthreneida)
rufocollaris rufocollaris (Cameron)
Distribution : DaIjiling (Singla, Pashok).
385. Ropalidia (Anthreneida) stigma
stigma (Smith)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
386. Ropalidia (Anthreneida) sumatrae
lugbris (Smith)
Distribution : Kolkata.
387. Ropalidia (Anthreneida) variegata
varigata (Smith)
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
388. Ropalidia (Icarielia) scitula Bingam
Distribution : DaIjiling.
389. Parapolybia indica indica
(Saussure)
Distribution: Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills).
390. Paqrapolybia varia (Fabricius)
Distribution : DaIjiling (DaIjiling, Ghumti,
Pashok), North 24 Pgs.
Subfamily VESPINAE
391. Vespa binghami Buysson
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
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392. Vespa affinis (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Kolkata.
393. Vespa analis Fabricius
Distribution : Darjiling.
394. Vespa basalis Smith
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa),
Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills), Darjiling and North
24 Pgs.
395. Vespa bicolor Fabricius
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Kathambari,
Gazaldobe) and Darjiling (Singla, Lord
Carmichael).
396. Vespa mandarinia Smith
Distribution : Darjiling (DaIjiling, Singla,
Lord Carmichael).
397. Vespa orientalis Linnaeus
Distribution : Barddhaman (Adrahati),
Bankura (Simlapal, Bishnupur), Maldah,
(Mehidipur , Chachal), Kolkata, Birbhum
(Illambazar, Palispur), Puruliya, (Khejurdanga)
and Medinipur (Gorbeta).
398. Vespa tropica (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Haora (Bally, Andul), North
24 Pgs. (Palta, Rahara, Jafarpur), Darjiling
(Lord Carmichael, Singla, Nakshalbari), Hugli
(Tribeni), South 24 Pgs. (Subhasgram,
Baruipur, Sonarpur), Kolkata, Birbhunl
(Palispur), Purulia (Ajodhya hills), West
Dinajpur (Malen) and Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
399. Vespa fumida van der Vecht
Distribution : Darjiling.
400. Vespa velutina Lepeletier
Distribution : Darjiling.
401. Vespula orbata orbata Buysson
Distribution : Darjiling.
402. Provespa anomala (Saussure)
Distribution Darjiling, Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara).
Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA
Family PTEROMALIDAE
403. Panstenon bengalense Narendra &
Girish Kumar
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
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404. Psilocera neoclavicornis Narendran
& Girish Kumar
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
405. Pteromalus sunderbanicus
Narendran & Girish Kumar
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
406. Metastenus indicus Sureshan &
Narendran
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
407. Notoglyptus scutellaris (Dodd &
Girault)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
40B. Propicroscytus mirificus (Girault)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
409. Pteromalus keralensis Sureshan
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
410. Pteromalus puparuns (Linnaeus)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Family CHALCIDIDAE
411. Antrocephalus validicornis
(Holmgren)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
412. Brachymeria lasus (Walter)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
413. Hockeria fronta Narendran
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
414. Tropimeris monodon Boucek
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Family EULOPHIDAE
415. Aprostocetus bangaloricus
Narendran
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
416. Aprostocetus ricosus Narendran.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
417. Aprostocetus vatiata Narendran
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
41B. Leptocybe invasa Fisher & Lasalle
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
419. Neotrichoporoides curiosus
Narendran & Girish Kumar
Distribution : West Bengal (Sunderban).
420. Tetrastichus dulciculus Narendran
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
421. Elasmus punensis Mani & Saraswat
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Family EURYTOMIDAE
422. Philo lema albitarsis (Motschulsky)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
423. Philo lema nadia Narendra & Girish
Kumar
Distribution: Nadia (Krishnanagar).
424. Eurytoma agalica Narendran
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
425. Eurytoma chaitra Narendran
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
426. Eurytoma tanjorensis Narendran
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Family EUCHARITIDAE
427. Anorasema manii Heraty
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Alipurduar).
42B. Gollumiella antennata (Gahan)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Poro).
42 9. Gollumiella longipetiolata
Hedqvist
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Poro).
430. Schizaspidia furcifera Westwood
Distribution : West Bengal.
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PAIAEOSTRACHA : XIPHOSURA
Class PALAEOSTRACHA 1. Tachypleus gigas (Muller)
Subclass MEROSTOMATA Distribution: Medinipur, South 24 Pgs.
Order XIPHOSURA 2. Carcinoscotpius rotundicauda
Family XIPHOSURIDAE (Latreille)
Subfamily TACHYPLEINAE Distribution : Medinipur, South 24 Page
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ARACHNIDA: ARANEAE
(SPIDER)
Phylum ARTHROPODA
Class ARACHNIDA
Order ARANEAE
Family THERAPHOSIDAE
1. Haploclastus himalayensis Tikader
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family OECOBIIDAE
2. Oecobius putus Cambridge
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling and
Barddhaman.
Family ERESIDAE
3. Stegodyphus sarasinorum Karsch
Distribution: Medinipur (Near Kasai river,
Kharagpur, Pashkura), South 24 Pgs.
(Kachuberia, Gangasagar), Maldah (Pyasbari),
Kolkata and Barddhaman (Chittaranjan).
Family ULOBORIDAE
4. Uloborus danolius Tikader
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barasat,
Parmadan deer park), South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba,
Basanti), Maldah (Bamangola) and Medinipur
(Kolaghat, Ghatal, Datan).
5. Uloborus krishnae Tikader
Distribution: Maldah (Mahadebpur).
Family ZODARIIDAE
6. Lutica bengalensis Tikader & Patel
Distribution: Kolkata (Bhawanipur).
7. Storena debasrae Biswas and Biswas
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Palta,
Santinagar).
Family HERSILIDAE
8. Hersilia savignyi Lucas
Distribution : Kolkata, Medinipur (Kolaghat,
Datan), Murshidabad (Dhulion), North 24 Pgs.
(Bongaon, Barasat), Nadia (Ranaghat), South
24 Pgs. (Gosaba), HugH (Chandur Forest,
Arambagh), Dinajpur (Raigunj) and Jalpaiguri
(BTR).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
9. H. sumatrana (Thorell)
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family PHOLCIDAE
10. Artema atlanta Walckenaer
Distribution Medinipur (Datan),
Murshidabad (Dhulion, Lalbagh, Lalgola),
Kolkata, Maldah and Nadia (Ranaghat).
11. Pholocus phalangioides (Fuesslin)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR), Darjiling.
12. Crossopriza lyoni (Blackwall)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR), Kolkata,
Maldah (Gajal, Bamangola, Habibpur), North
24 Pgs. (Nilgange), Murshidabad (Dhulion,
Lalgola), South 24 Pgs. (N amkhana,
Gangasagar, Patharpratima, Gosaba, Basanti),
Medinipur (Kolaghat, Jhargram) and Nadia
(Ranaghat).
Family SCYTODIIDAE
13. Scytodes kinsukus Patel
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
14. Scytodes propinqua Stoliczka
Distribution : Nortb 24 Pgs. (Palta, Barasat,
Parmadan deer park), South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip)
arid Kolkata.
15. Scytodes thoracica (Latreille)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR), North 24
Pgs. (Palta, Barasat) and Kolkata.
Family SALTICIDAE
16. Asemonea santinagarensis
Biswas & Biswas
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Palta,
Santinagar) .
17. Asemonea tenuipes (Cambridge)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Palta) and
J alpaiguri.
18. Epeus chilapataensis (Biswas & Biswas)
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Chilapata forest).
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19· EUOp h '1JS chiriatapuensis Tikader
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Chilapata forest),
Kolkata, Maldah (Mahadebpur, Piasb~ri),
Jalpaiguri (Subhashini Tea Estate), North 24
Pgs. (Basirhat, Petropole, Barasat, Bongaon)
and Nadia (Santipur, Krishnanagar).
20. Marpissa anusuae Tikader & Biswas
Distribution : Kolkata.
21. Maripisa arambagensis Biswas &
Biswas
Distribution : HugH (Chandur forest,
Arambagh).
22. Marpissa dayapurensis Majumder
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dayapur,
Sundarban).
23. Marpissa decorata Tikader
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora and Jalpaiguri.
24. Marpissa endenae
Biswas & Biswas
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
25. Marpissa gangasagarensis Majumder
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
26. Phlegra dhakuriensis (Tikader)
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. and
Haora.
27. Marpissa kalighatensis Biswas & Biswas
Distribution: Kolkata (New Alipur).
28. Marpissa lakshmikantapurensis
Majumder
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sundarban,
Lakshmikantapur).
29. Marpissa nutanae Biswas & Biswas
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
30. Marpissa prathamae Biswas & Biswas
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs. and
HugH (Kamarpukur, Arambagh, Chandur
forest).
31. Marpissa tigrina Tikader
Distribution: Kolkata (Eden Gardens).
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32.Marpissa tikaderi Biswas
Distribution : Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
33. Myrmarachne bengalensis Tikader
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.,
Darjiling, Haora, Maldah, Medinipur, West
Dinajpur and J alpaiguri.
34. Myrmarachne calcuttaensis Biswas
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.,
Darjiling, Haora, Maldah, Medinipur, West
Dinajpur and Jalpaiguri.
35. Myrmarachne maratha Tikader
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.,
Darjiling, Haora, Maldah, Medinipur, West
Dinajpur and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
36. Myrmarachne orientalis Tikader
Distribution : Maldah (Adina deer park),
Dinajpur (Raigunge), Medinipur, Darjiling
(Singla Bazar), Haora (Botanical Garden
Sibpur), North 24 Pgs. (Barasat), South 24 Pgs.
(Basanti) and Kolkata.
37. Myrmarachne plataleoides
(Cambridge)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Chilapata forest)
and North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan deer park).
38. Plexippus calcutensis (Tikader)
Distribution: Kolkata, South 24 Pgs., Haora
and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
39. P. pokhrae Zabka
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
40. Phlegra dhakuriensis (Tikader)
Distribution : Kolkata.
41. Plexippus paykulli (Andouin)
Distribution: Medinipur (Panskura), Haora
(Botanical Garden Sibpur), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara
Sanctuary), Barddhaman (Asansol), Maldah
(Adina deer park), North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan
deer park, Barasat), South 24 Pgs. (Nalnkhana,
Gosaba, Basanti), Murshidabad (Lalbagh, Sagar
dighi) and Darjiling.
42. Rhene decorata Tikader
Distribution : Barddhaman (Asansol) and
Kolkata.
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43. Rhene danieli Tikader
Distribution : Kolkata.
44. Rhene indica Tikader
Distribution: Kolkata, Jalpaiguri.
45. Rhene khandalaensis Tikader
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani), Jalpaiguri.
46. Rhene pantharae sp nov
Distribution: Nadia (Ranaghat).
47. Phintella vittata (Koch)
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani, Ranaghat),
Medinipur (Chandrakona Road), Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara Sanctuary, Rajabhatkhawa, Buxa
forest, Chilapata forest), Kolkata, Haora
(Botanical Garden Sibpur), Koch Bihar
(Gossanimari forest, Joygaon), North 24 Pgs.
(Barasat, Basirhat, Baikunthapore, Bongaon),
Murshidabad (Lalbagh), South 24 Pgs.,
Barddhaman (Barakar, Durgapur) and Maldah
(Mahadebpur).
48. Phidippus bengalensis Tikader
Distribution : Medinipur (Belpahari,
Pashkura), Kolkata, Nadia (Santipur), Haora
(Botanical Garden Sibpur), Jalpaiguri (BTR).
49. Telamenia dimidinta Simon
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba),
Medinipur (Kolaghat), Koch Bihar (Gossanimari
forest), North 24 Pgs. (Barasat, Petrapole),
Murshidabad (Sagardighi, Lalbagh), Nadia
(Kalyani), Maldah (Mahadebpur), Jalpaiguri
(Chilapata forest, Jaldapara Sanctuary) and
Kolkata.
50. Telamenia bengalousis Tikader
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Medinipur and
Nadia.
51. Telamenia indicus Tikader
Distribution: Kolkata, South 24 Pgs., Koch
Bihar, Maldah, J alpaiguri, Medinipur,
Murshidabad, Nadia.
52. Zygoballus narmadaensis Tikader
Distribution: Birbhum (Suri), North 24 Pgs.
(Barti-bill), HugH (Kamarpukur) and Jalpaiguri.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
53. Hyllus semicuprens (Simon)
Distribution : Kolkata, Dinajpur (Raigunj),
Nadia (Kalyani), North 24 Pgs. (Bongaon),
South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island, Patharpratima),
Jalpaiguri (Buxa forest), Maldah (Pias Bari) ,
Hugli, Haora (Botanical Garden Sibpur),
Murshidabad and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
54. Pistius Sp.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
55. Harmochirus brachiatus Thorell
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family THOMISIDAE
56. Amyciaea forticeps (Cambridge)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa,
Buxa forest), South 24 Pgs. and North 24 Pgs.
(Parmadan deer park).
57. Bomis bengalensis Tikader
Distribution : Kolkata.
58. Bomis calcutaensis Biswas & Majumdar
Distribution : Kolkata.
59. Camaricus formosus Thorell
Distribution Kolkata, J alpaiguri
(Raj abhatkhawa) , Nadia (Plassey), North 24
Pgs. (Basirhat, Baikunthapur) and Darjiling
(Neora Valley).
60. Diaea bengalensis Biswas & Majumdar
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa)
and Kolkata.
61. Dieta sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchal WLS).
62. Misumena nicobariensis Tikder
Distribution : Darjiling.
63. Oxyptila manii Tikader
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
64. Oxyptila reenae Basu
Distribution : HugH.
65. Lysiteles brunettii Tikader
Distribution : DarjiHng.
66. Pistiu sp.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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67· Runcinia affinis Simon
Distribution : Kolkata.
68. Synaema decoratum Tikader
Distribution: Kolkata.
69. Thomisus beautifularis Basu
Distribution : Kolkata.
70. Thomisus bulani Tikader
Distribution: Kolkata and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
71. Thomisus dhakuriensis Tikader
Distribution : Kolkata.
72. Thomisus elongatus Stoliczka
Distribution : Kolkata and Purulia
(Villadih).
73. 'Thomisus katrajghatus Tikader
Distribution : J alpaiguri (J aldapara
Sanctuary, BTR) , Nadia (Ranaghat, Kalyani),
Kolkata, H ugli (Tarakeshwar) and North 24
Pgs. (Bongaon, Petrapole, Baikunthapur,
Basirhat, Barasat).
74. Thomisus mimae Sen & Basu
Distribution : Kolkata.
75. Thomisus projectus Tikader
Distribution: Kolkata.
76. Thomisus pugilis Stoliczka
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
77. Thomisus shillongensis Sen
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
78. Thomisus sorajaii Basu
Distribution : Kolkata.
79. Thomisus sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora Valley).
80. Xysticus bengalensis
Tikader & Biswas
Distribution : Darjiling.
81. Xysticus himalayensis
Tikader & Biswas
Distribution : Darjiling.
82. Xysticus hindusthanicus
Tikader & Biswas
Distribution: Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
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83. Xysticus kali Tikader & Biswas
Distribution; Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
84. Xysticus minutus Tikader
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR), Haora
(Botanical Garden), Medinipur (Chandrakona
Road), Kolkata, Nadia (Ranaghat) and North 24
Pgs. (Basirhat, Barasat).
85. Xysticus khasiensis
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchal WLS).
Family PHILLODROMIDAE
86. Philodromus assamensis Tikader
Distribution : Kolkata.
87. Philodromus maliniae Tikader
Distribution : Kolkata.
88. Tibellus elongatus Tikader
Distribution : Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
(Basirhat).
Family SPARASSIDAE
89. Butaniella sikkimensis Gravely
Distribution: Darjiling, North 24 Pgs. and
South 24 Pgs.
90. Heteropoda acuta Saha, Biswas and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
91.Heteropoda leprosa Simon
Distribution : Darjiling and Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhawa).
92. Heteropoda buxa Biswas &
Raychoudhuri
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
93. Heteropoda kandiana Pococh
Distribution : Darjiling, NOlth 24 Pgs. and
South 24 Pgs.
94. Heteropoda straminiosa Kundu,
Biswas & Raychoudhury
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
95. Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus)
Distribution: Darjiling, North 24 Pgs., South
24 Pgs. and J alpaiguri.
96. Pseudopoda akashi Whi & Tikadar
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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97. Heteropoda sexpunctata Simon
Distribution : Kolkata, HugH, South 24 Pgs.
and Birbhum.
9B. Pseudopoda prompta Cambridge
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barasat) and
Darjiling.
99. Olios tikaderi Kundu, Biswas &
Roychoudhuri
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
100. Olios mulleti (Pocock)
Distribution : Darjiling.
101. Olios punctipes Simon
Distribution : Darjiling, Kolkata, Haora,
North 24 Pgs.
102. Spariolenus tigris Simon
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Haora, Hugli
and Murshidabad.
Family CLUBIONIDAE
103. Clubiona analis Thorell
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barasat).
104. Clubiona bengalensis Biswas
Distribution: Kolkata.
105. Clubiona boxaensis Biswas & Biswas
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Buxa forest) and
Darjiling.
106. Clubiona drassodes Cambridge
Distribution : Haora (Botanical Garden) and
Barddhaman (Agril. Farm).
107. Clubiona filicata Cambridge
Distribution : Hugli (Chandur forest,
Arambagh), South 24 Pgs. (Basanti),
Barddhaman (Asansol, Durgapur) and North 24
Pgs. (Gopalpur, Petrapole).
loB. Clubiona ludhianaensis Tikader
Distribution : HugH (Chandur forest,
Arambagh), Birbhum (Santiniketan) and North
24 Pgs. (Barti-bill).
109. Clubiona pogonias Simon
Distribution : Darjiling.
110. Clubiona shillongensis Majumder &
Tikader
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
111. Simalio biswasi Majumder & Tikader
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
Family MITHURGIDAE
112. Cheiracanthium himalayensis
Gravely
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Sutherland, Tindharia).
113. Cheiracanthium ,melanostoma
(Thorell)
Distribution: Medinipur (Ghatal), North 24
Pgs. (Nilgunj, Parmadan deer park, Gopalpur),
Nadia (Kalyani), Kolkata and South 24 Pgs.
(Gangasagar, Patharpratima, Gosaba).
114. Cheiracanthium murina Thorell
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
115. Cheiracanthium mysorensis
Majumder & Tikader
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bagna Bandh,
Sundarban).
116. Cheiracanthium indicum Cambridge
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Sutherlarid) .
117. Cheiracanthium insigne Cambridge
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Palta), Haora
(Sibpur), Jalpaiguri (Jaintia hills) and Kolkata
(Zoological Garden, Iron side road).
lIB. Cheiracanthium pauriensis
Majumder & Tikader
Distribution: Darjiling (Richmond hills).
119. Cheiracanthium trivialis (Thorell)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Sutherland), Haora (Botanical Garden),
Barddhaman (Chittaranjan), Birbhum
(Gamatia), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara sanctuary) and
Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
120. Cheiracanthium sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora Valley).
Family CORINNIDAE
121. Oedignatha carli Riemoser
Distribution : Darjiling.
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122. Oedignatha scrobiculata Thorell
(Corinnidae)
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Zoological
Garden), HugH (Serampore), Birbhum and
Kolkata (Tollygunj).
123. Castianeira albopicta Gravely
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok, Kalimpong).
124. Castianeira bengalensis Biswas
Distribution : Kolkata (Alipore Zoological
Garden).
125. Castianeira himalayensis Gravely
Distri6ution : Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata
(Eden Gardens).
126. Castianeira indica Tikader
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling Zoological
Garden).
127. Castianeira tinae Patel & Patel
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Palta).
128. Castianeira quadrimaculata
Reimoser
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Palta).
129. Castianeira zetes Simon
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
Family LIOCRANIDAE
130. Sphingius caniceps Simon
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museum
compound).
131. Sphingius paltaensis Biswas & Biswas
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Palta,
Santinagar) .
Family GNAPHOSIDAE
132. Chlochroa barmani Tikader
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sundarban,
Balikhali, Kakdwip, Sagar Island).
133. Drassodes sagarensis
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
134. Gnaphosa poonaensis Tikader
Distribution: Darjiling (Mirik).
135. Geodrassus himalayensis Tikader &
Gagbe
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Kurseong, Mirik).
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136. Haplodrassus dumdumensis
Tikader
Distribution : Kolkata.
137. Herpyllus calcuttaensis Biswas
Distribution: Kolkata.
138. Megamyrmaekion kajalae Biswas &
Biswas
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Palta,
Santinagar).
139. Poecilochroa barmani Tikader
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gangasagar,
Bakkhali).
140. Scopodes kuljitae Tikader
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gangasagar).
141. Scotophaeus domesticus Tikader
Distribution : Kolkata.
142. Scotophaeus madalasae Tikader &
Gajbe
Distribution : Kolkata.
143. Sctashis subtilis (Simon)
Distribution : Hugli.
144. Urozelotes rusticus (Koch)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family OXYOPIDAE
145. Oxyopes birmanicus Thorell
Distribution :. Kolkata.
146. Oxyopes javanus Thorell
Distribution: Kolkata, Jalpaiguri and North
24 Pgs.
147. Oxyopes pandae Tikader
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
148. Oxyopes raddyi Majulnder
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
149. Oxyopes ratnae Tikader
Distribution : Kolkata, South 24 Pgs.
(Namkhana, Gosaba), Medinipur (Kolaghat,
Panskura, Jhargram), Maldah (Mahadebpur,
Pi as Bari), Jalpaiguri (BTR), North 24 Pgs.
(Barasat, Petrapole, Parmadan deer park),
Murshidabad (Sagardighi, Donlkal,

Raghunathgunj, Kandi, Baharampur) and Hugli
(Tarakeshwar) .
150.Oxyopes sakuntalae Tikader
Distribution: Darjiling.
151. Oxyopes shweta Tikader
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (BTR), HugH
(Chandur forest Arambagh), North 24 Pgs. and
Kolkata.
152.Hamataliwa sikkimensis Tikader
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa)
and Kolkata.
Oxyopes sitae Tikader
153.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Buxa forest).
154. O. sunandae Tikader
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
155. Oxyopes hotingchiehi Schankel
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
156. Oxyopes subhadrae Tikader
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
157. Oxyopes subimali Biswas
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
158. Oxyopes minutus Biswas
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
159. Oxyopes ovatus Biswas
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
160. Oxyopes reticulatus Biswas
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
161. Peucetia latikae Tikader
Distribution Hug1i (Kamarpukur,
Arambagh), Nadia (Krishnanagar), Jalpaiguri
(BTR) and South 24 Pgs. (Kachuberia,
Gangasagar).
Peucetia viridana Stoliczka
162.
Distribution : Medinipur and Kolkata.
Family THERIDIIDAE
163.Achaearanea durgae Tikader
Distribution : HugH (Chandur forest
'Arambagh) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
164. Argyrodes andamanensis Tikader
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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165. Argyrodes gazedes Tikader
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR), Darjiling.
166. Theridula angula Tikader
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR), Darjiling.
167. Theridion indicum Tikader
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan deer
park).
Family LYCOSIDAE
168. Arctosa himalayensis Tikader &
Malhotra
Distribution : Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
(Minakhan).
169. Arctosa indica Tikader & Malhotra
Distribution : Kolkata, North 24 Pgs.
(Hingalgunj) and South 24 Pgs. (Kulpi).
170. Arctosa mulani (Dyal)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Mandirbaker,
Kulpi).
171. Arctosa khudiansis Tikader & Malhotra
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Patharpratima).
172. Arctosa sandeshkhaliensis Majumdar
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandeshkhali).
173. Hippasa greenalliae (Blackwall)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barti-bill).
174. Hippasa holmerae Thorell
Distribution : Darjiling and Kolkata.
175. Hippasa madhuae Tikader & Malhotra
Distribution: Hugli (Kamarpukur).
176. Hippasa partita (Cambridge)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR) and North 24
Pgs. (Petrapole).
177. Hippasa agelenoides (Blackwall)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong, Mirik).
178. Hippasa himalayensis Gravely
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
179. Hippasa olivacea (Thorell)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban).
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180. Lycosa arambagensis Biswas & Biswas
Distribution : HugH (Chandur forest,
Arambagh).
181. Lycosa bistriata Gravely
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata, DaIjiling.
182. Lycosa carmichaeli Gravely
Distribution : Darjiling.
183. Lycosa chaperi Simon
Distribution : DaIjiling.
184. Lycosa choudhuryi Tikader &
Malhotra
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sibganga).
185. Hogna himalayensis Gravely
'Distribution: Bankura, Darjiling and North
24 Pgs.
186. Lycosa kempi Gravely
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling.
187. Lycosa mackenziei Gravely
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Kolkata.
188. Lycosa mahabaleshwarensis
Tikader & Malhotra
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Sandeshkhali).
189. Lycosa madani Pocock
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
190. Lycosa masteri Pocock
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Hingalgunj) and
South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba).
191. Lycosa nigrotibialis Simon
Distribution: Kolkata, Birbhum and DaIjiling
(Kalimpong, Mirik).
192. Lycosa poonaensis Tikader
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. CHingalgunj).
193. Lycosa pictula pocock
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba).
194. Lycosa shillogensis Tikader &
Malhotra
Distribution : Kolkata.
195. Lycosa tista Tikader
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Sandeshkhali).
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196. Ocyale neClMclRta Alderweireldt
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Sandeshkhali)
and South 24 Pgs. (Gosabll).
197. Pardosa alii Tikader
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba).
198. Pardosa amkhasensis Tikader &
Malhotra
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
199. Pardosa atropalpis Gravely
Distribution : Barddhaman and HugH
(Arambagh).
200. Pardosa binnanica Simon
Distribution Barddhaman, Hugli
(Kamarpukur), Birbhum, Purulia (Hura,
Manbazar), Darjiling, Murshidabad, Kolkata
(Ranijheel, Bantala) and Maldah CHabibpur).
201. Pardosa burasantiensis
Tikader & Malhotra
Distribution: Kolkata and Hugli.
202. Pardosa chambensis
Tikader & Malhotra
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
203. Pardosa debolinae Majumder
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs. (Gosaba).
204. Pardosa heterophthalmus
(Simon)
Distribution : Purulia(Nardwara) and
Jalpaiguri CBTR).
205. Pardosa leucopalpis Gravely
Distribution : Kolkata.
206. Pardosa minhta Tikader & Malhotra
Distribution ; South 24 Pgs.
207. Pardosa mukundi Tikader & Malhotra
Distribution : Birbhum.
208. Pardosa mysorensis
Tikader & Malhotra
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. CSunderban).
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209. Pardosa oakleyi Gravely Family ARANEIDAE

Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR) and Sub family 'ARANEINAE
Barddhaman (Chittaranjan, Barakar). 224. Gibbaranea bituberculata
210. Pardosa shyamae (Tikader) (Walckenaer)
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Kolkata.
211. Pardosa sumatrana (Thorell) 225. Parawixia dehaanii (Doleschall)
Distribution : Darjiling, Barddhaman
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Kolkata.
(Durgapur), Jalpaiguri (BTR), Birbhum, HugH
(Tarakeshwar, Kamarpukur), Kolkata 226. Eriovixia excelsa (Simson)
(Ranijheel, Bantala) and North 24 Pgs. Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Darjiling.
(Parmadan deer park, Petrapole). 227. Eriovooa laglaizli (Simon)
212. Pardosa sutherlandi (Gravely) Distribution: Nadia (Ranaghat, Kalyani).
Distribution : Darjiling. 228. Eriovixia poonaeusis
213. Pardosa songosa Tikader & Ball
Tikader & Malhotra
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barasat,
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR). Parmadem deer park).
214. Pardosa duplicata 229. Eriophora himalayensis Tikader
Saha, Biswas & Raychoudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
230. Araneus anantnagensis
215. Pardosa kupupa (Tikader)
Tikader & Ball
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Pathar
216. Pardosa pusiola (rhorell)
pratima).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
231. A. ellipticus Tikader & Ball
217. P. pseudoannulata (Bosen berg)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Pathar
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
pratima).
DaIjiling Jalpaiguri, Birbhum and HugH.
218. P. rhenockensis (Tikader) 232. Araneus mitifica (Simon)

Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Sandeshkhali) Distribution: Dinajpur (Raigunge), Nadia

and South 24 Pgs. (Santipur, Kalyani, Plassey), Jalpaiguri
(Subhasini Tea Estate, Nilpara, BTR), DaIjiling
219· P. suchismital Majumder
(Neora Valley).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Hingalgunj).
233. Araneus nympho Simon
220. Margonia himalayensis Gravely
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Namkhana,
Gosaba) and Darjiling.
221. Trochosa puncticeps (Gravely)
234. Argiope aemula (Walckenaer)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
222. Zoica puellula Simon
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. 235. Argiope anasuja Thorell
Family PISAURIDAE Distribution : Kolkata and Koch Bihar
223. Pisaura gitae Tikader (Gossainimari forest).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR) and North 24 236. Argiope lobata (Pallas)
Pgs. (Barti-bill). Distribution: Nadia (Santipur).
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237. Argiope catenulata (Doleschall)
Distribution : H ugli (Kamarpukur), Koch
Bihar (Chilapata forest), South 24 Pgs.
(Kachuberia, Patharpratim, Gosaba, Basanti),
Nadia (Ranaghat) and North 24 Pgs.
(Baikunthapur, Nilgunj, Barasat).
238. Argiope caesarea Thorell
Distribl1:tion : DaIjiling.
239. Argiope minuta Karsch
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Kurseong, Mirik) South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip,
Sagar Island, Patharpratima) North 24 Pgs.
(Hingalgunj) and J alpaiguri.
240. Argiope pulchella Thorell
Distribution : Maldah (Gaj aI, Gour,
Habibpur), Jalpaiguri (BTR), Murshidabad
(Kandi, Lalbagh), Nadia (Santipur), Bankura
(J oypur), Darjiling, Medinipur (Kolaghat,
Jhargram).
241. Argiope shillongensis Sinha
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR) and North 24
Pgs.
242. ChoMzopes bengalensis Tikader
Distribution : Darjiling.
243. Cyclosa bifida (Doleschall)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Subhasini Tea
Estate, Jaldapara Sanctuary, BTR).
244. Cyclosa confraga (Thorell)
Distribution: Nadia (Ranaghat), Darjiling.
245. Cyclosa hexatuberculata Tikader
Distribution : Murshidabad (Kandi),
Jalpaiguri, Maldah (Mahadebpur), Koch Bihar
(Chilapata forest).
246. Cyclosa insulana (Costa)
Distribution: Darjiling.
.247. Cyclosa simoni Tikader
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Subhasini Tea
Estate, Jaintia forest), Darjiling (Neora Valley).
248. Cyclosa quinqueguttata (Thorell)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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249. Cyclosa spirifera Simon
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Subhasini Tea
Estate, BTR).
250. Cyrtarachne bengalensis Tikader
Distribution: Haora.
251. Cyrtarachne gravelyi Tikader
Distribution: Darjiling.
252. Cyrtarachne inequalis Thorell
Distribution : Haora.
253. Cyrtarachne cingulata (Thorell)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
254. Cyrtarachne raniceps Pocock
Distribution: Haora and Jalpaiguri.
255. Cytrophora bidenta Tikader
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
256. Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Stoliczka)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Chittaranjan,
Durgapur, Asansol), Medinipur (Kolaghat.
Kharagpur, Panskura, Chandrakona road ),
Nadia (Plassey, Krishnanagar), North 24 Pgs.
(Parmadan deer park, Nilgange), Koch Bihar
(Gosainimari forest, Jaygaon), Hugli
(Kamarpukur, Tarkeswar), Maldah (Gajal, Pins
Bari, Habibpur, Adeena deer park), South 24
Pgs. (Kachuberia, Namkhana, Kakdwip.
Patharpratim, Gosaba, Basanti,), Kolkata.
Jalpaiguri (Subhasini Tea Estate, Jaintia forest).
Dinajpur and Murshidabad (Baharampur.
Domkol, Sagardighi).
257. Cyrtophora citricola (Forskal)
Distribution : Kolkata, Barddhanlan
CDurgapur, Asansol) and Darjiling.
258. Cyrtophora feai (Thorell)
Distribution: Haora.
259. Cyrtophora moluccensis
(Doleschall)
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri (BTR) and
Koch Bihar (Chilapata forest).
260. Gea subermata Thorell
Distribution: Barddhaluan (Chittaranian)
and Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara sanctuary, BTR).

Family NEPHILIDAE
261. Herennia multipunctata (Doleschall)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
262. Larinia chloris (Audouin)
Distribution: Maldah (Adina deer park) and
Nadia (Krishnanagar).
263. Larinia jaysankari Biswas
Distribution : Kolkata and Birbhum.
264. Larinia phithisica (L. Koch)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Barakar), North
24 Pgs. (Parmadan deer park, Barasat), Nadia
(Kalyani, Krishnanagar) and J alpaiguri.
265. Parawooa dehaanii (Doleschall)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaintia forest,
Subhasini Tea Estate), Kolkata and North 24
Pgs. (Barasat).
266. Singa chota Tikader
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
267. Zygeilla indica Tikader & Bal
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Patharpratim),
HugH (Kamarpukur), Barddhaman (Barakar)
and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
268. Neoscona bengalensis
Tikader & Bal
Distribution: Kolkata, Nadia (Santipur,
Ranaghat) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
269. Neoscona mukherjei Tikader
Distribution : Barddhaman (Chittaranjan,
Durgapur), Nadia (Krisnanagar, Santipur,
Ranaghat, Kalyani, Plassey), Koch Bihar
(Gossainimari forest), South 24 Pgs. (Sagar
Island, Bakkhali, Namkhana, Kakdwip), North
24 Pgs. (Basirhat, Parmadan deer park,
Petrapole), Jalpaiguri (Subhasini Tea Estate,
Rajabhtkhawa, J aintia forest) and Medinipur
(Ghatal). '
270. Neoscona nautica (C. L. Koch)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
271. Neoscona pauida Simon
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Darjiling.
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272. Neoscona punctigera Simon
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR) and Datjiling.
273. Neoscona punctigera (Doleschall)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sundarban,
Hasnabad, Sandeshkhali).
274. N. molemensis Tikader & Ball
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba).
275. N. shil~ongensis Tikader & Bal
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24·
Pgs.
276. N. vigilanas Blackwall
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
277. Neoscona rumpji (Thorell)
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Maldah
(Bamangola, Adina deer park).
278. Neoscona raydakensis Saba et ala
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
279. NeoscQna theisi (Walckenaer)
Distribution: HugH (Tarakeswar), South 24
Pgs. (Gangasagar, Namkhana, Kakdwip), North
24 Pgs. (Gopalpnr, Basirhat, Parmadan deer
park, Baikunt~apur), Bankura (Kamarpukur,
Joyrambati), Maldah (Mahadebpur, Habibpur),
Barddhaman (Barakar), Jalpaiguri (BTR) and
Nadia (Santipnr, Pallasey, Krishnanagar).
280. Neogea nocticolor (Thorell)
Distribution : Kolkata.
281. Neoscona Spa
Distribution·: DaIjiling.
282. Thelacantha brevispina (Doleschall)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
283. Gasteracantha diadesma Thorell
Distribution: J alpaiguri (BTR) and Darjiling.
284. Gasteracantha hasselti CLKoch
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
285. Gcisteracantha cancrifonnis
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata, Darjiling and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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286. Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch
Distribution : J alpaiguri(J aintia forest,
Subhasini Tea Estate) and North 24 Pgs.
(Parmadan deer park).
287· Gasteracantha unguifera Simon
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Chilapata forest)
.,and Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
288. Poltys nagpurensis Tikader
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Patharpratima,
Gosaba, Kulpi, Mandirbazar) and North 24 Pgs.
(Haroa, Sandeshkhali, Hingalgunj).
289. Zygiella indica Tikader & Bal
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Patharpratima),
Hugli (Kamarpukur), Barddhaman (Barakar)
and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family TETRAGNATHIDAE
290. Leucauge bengalensis Gravely
Distribution: Hugli, North 24 Pgs., Kolkata
and J alpaiguri.
291. Leucauge celebesiana (Wackenaer)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR), Darjiling and
Kolkata.
292. Leucauge decorata (Blackwall)
Distribution : Medinipur (Kolaghat),
Puruliya, Nadia (Kalyani, Krishnanagar,
Ranaghat), Maldah (Mahadebpur), North 24
Pgs. (Barasat), Jalpaiguri (Subhasini Tea Estate,
BTR) , Koch Bihar (Chilapata forest), Dinajpur
(Raigange), Hugli (Tarakeshwar), Murshidabad
(Domkal) and Darjiling.
293. Leucauge tessellata (Thorell)
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri (BTR).
294. Leucauge dorsotuberculata
Tikader
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
295. Leucauge pondae Tikader
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
296. Opadometa fastigata Tikader
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
297. Leucauge culta (0 P Cambridge)
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR) and DarjiIing.
298. Tylonda ventralis (Thorell)
Distribution : Kolkata.
299. Guizygiella melanocrania (Thorell)
Distribution : Barddhaman, Nadia, Darjiling
and South 24 Pgs.
300. Tetragnatha andamaneusis Tikader
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Dinajpur,
Puruliya, Maldah, Murshidabad, South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Medinipur, Jalpaiguri, North 24 Pgs.,
Birbhum and Barddhaman.
301. T. javana (Thorell)
Distribution : Kolkata, Birbhum, Darjiling.
302. T. mandibulata Walckenear
Distribution : Darjiling, Dinajpur, Kolkata.
303. T. maxillosa (Thorell)
Distribution : Darjiling.
304. T. Sutharlandi Gravely
Distribution : Darjiling.
305. Herennia multipunctala (Doleschall)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family NEPHILIDAE
306. Nephila clavata LKoch
Distribution : Darjiling.
307. Nephilia kuhlii Doleschall
Distribution : Darjiling and North 24 Pgs.
308. Nephilia pilipes (Fabricius)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR) and North 24
Pgs.
309. Nephilia robusta Tikader
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family CTENIDAE
310. Ctenus himalayensis Gravely
Distribution : Darjiling.
311. C. sikkimensis Gravely
Distribution : Darjiling.
312. Ctenus sp.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).

Family LINYPHIDAE
313. Linyphia nicobarensis Tikader
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family ARANEIDAE
314. Araneus bali Sen, Saha and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
315. A. bituberculatus (Walckenaer)
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchal WLS, Neora
Valley NP).
316. A. himalayaensis Tikader
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchal WLS, Neora
Valley NP).
317. Zygeilla sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchal WLS, Neora
Valley NP).
318. Araneus mitificus (Simon)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Mahananda WLS).
319. Cycloson mulmeinensis (Thorell)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
320. Cyrtophora exangthematica
(Doleschall)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
321.Eriovixia excelsa (Simon)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
322. E. laglaizei (Simon)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
323. Neoscona bengalensis Tikader and
Bal
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Mahananda WLS,
BTR).
324. N. chrysanthusi Tikader and Bal
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
325. N. elliptica Tikader and Bal
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
326. N. mukherjei Tikader
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Mahananda WLS)
and Darjiling (JWLS, BTR).
327. N. nautica (L. Koch)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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328. N. pavida (Simon)
Distribution: Jalpaguri, (BTR).
329. N. rumpfi (Thorell)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
330. N. shillongensis Tikader and Bal
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
331. N. sinhagadensis (Tikader)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
332. N. theisi (Walckenaer)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
333. Arachnura angora Tikader
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
334. C. neilensis Tikader
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
335. Cyrtarachne schmidi (Tikader)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
336. Gea agon Saha
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
337. Ordgarius hexaspinus
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
338. Pasilobus kotigeharus Tikader
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
339. Leucauge celebesiana (Walckenaer)
Distribution: Jalpaguri (BTR).
340. L. decorata (Blackwell)
Distribution: J alpaiguri (BTR).
341. L. pondae Tikader
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR).
342. L. tessellata
Distribution: Jalpaiguri ( BTR).
343. Leucauge spinata
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
344. Parawixia swatii
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
345. Poltys bhabanii (Tikader)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
346. Cyclosa fissicauda Simon
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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347. Herennia omatissima (Doleschall) 363. Myrmarachne ealiraya Barrion &

Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR). Litsinger
348. Gea corbetti Tikader Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR). 364. Myrmaraehne opaea (Karsch)

349. Nephila maculata (Fabricius) Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).

Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR). 365. Myrmarachne orientales Tikader

Family LINYPHIIDAE Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).

366. Myrmaraehne providens ( Peckhaln
350. Linyphia urbasae Tikader
& Peckham)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
351. Lepthyphantes lingoska Tikader
367. Plexippus andamanensis (Tikader)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
352. L. rudrai Tikader
368. Rhene albigera Koch
Family OXYOPIDAE
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
353. Oxyopes linearis Sen, Saha and
369. R. flavieomans Simon
Raychaudhuri
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Distribution : Darjiling.
370. R. Formosa Rollard & Wesolowska
354. O. longispinus
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
371. R. rubrigera (Thorell)
355. O. rajai
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
372. Siler semiglaucus SirHon
356. Peucetia betlaensis sp. Nov. Saha &
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Roychaudhuri
373. Thiani bhamoensis
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
357. Oxyopes elongatus
374. Marpissa bengalensis
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
358. O. minutus
Family SPARASSIDAE
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
375. Heteropoda denticulate Saha and
Family PHILODROMIDAE Raychaudhuri
359. Philodromus assamensis Sen, Saha Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
and Raychaudhuri
376. H. bhattacharjeei Saha and
Distribution : Darjiling. Ra) chaudhuri
Family SALTICIDAE Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
360. Phidippus patel Tikader 377.0liosjaldaparensis Saha and
Distribution: Darjiling. Raychaudhuri
361. Brettus albolimbatus Simon Distribution: .Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR). Family TETRAGNATH I DAE
362. Epeus edwardsi Barrion & Litsinger 378. Tetragnatha eeylonic(I Call1hridf-I..'
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR). Distribution: tJalpaiguri (BTR).

379. T. hasselti Thorell
Distributon : Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Darjiling.
380. T. javana (Thorell)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
381. T. veMllifoMllis Emerton
Distribution: J alpaiguri (BTR).
Family THERIDIIDAE
382. Theeridula swatiae
Distribution: Jalpaguri (BTR).
383. Theridion n. sp.
Distribution: J alpaiguri (BTR).
Family THOMISIDAE
384. Boliscus tuberculatus (Simon)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
3 8 5. Camaricus khandalaensis Tikader
& Malhotra
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
386. C. (Indocamaricus) siltorsus Saha
& Roychaudhuri
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
387. Mastria nicobarensis (Tikader)
Distributon : Jalpaiguri (BTR).
388. Massuria sreepanchamil (Tikader)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
389. Oxytate gre~ltae (Tikader)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
390. Ozyptila khasi (Tikader)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
391. Pistius gangulyi Babu
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
392. P. globosus Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri
Distribution: J alpaiguri (BTR)~ . Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
393. P. kalimpus Tikader
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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394. P. roonwali Basu
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
395. P. um Sen, Saha & Raychaudhuri
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
396. Strigoplus bilobus Saha &
Roychaudhuri
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
397. Thomisus andamanensis Tikader
Distribution: J alpaiguri (BTR).
398. Xysticus roonwali Tikader
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
399. Thomisus niMllali sp. Nov.
Distribution: Kolkata.
400. Thomisus sp.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
401. Camaricus sp.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
402. Pistius banchensis Basu
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
403. Pistius sreepanchamii Tikader
Distribution: J alpaiguri (BTR).
404. Xysticus bengdakus sp. nov.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
4 0 5. Phrynarachne tuberosa (Blackwell)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
406. P. peeliana (Stoliczka)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
407· Indosmodicinus bengalensis Sen,
Saha and Raychaudhuri
Distribution: Jalpaguri (BTR).
Family PISAURIDAE
408. Thalassius pseudoalbocinctus sp.
nov.
409· Polyboea zonafoMllis (Wang)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
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ARACHNIDA: SCORPIONES
Phylum ARTHROPODA Family CHAERILIDAE
Class ARACHNIDA 7. Chaerilus insignis Pocock
Order SCORPIONIDA Distribution : DaIjiling (Kurseong).
Family BUTHIDAE 8. Chaerilus gemmifer Pocock

1. Mesobuthus t~mulus gangeticus Distribution : Kolkata.

(Pocock) Family VAEJOVIDAE
Distribution: Medinipur (Kharagpur), 9. Scorpiops (Scorpiops) leptochirus
Kolkata (Indian Musuem Building), Pocock
Barddhaman (Kollayaneshwar, north west of Distribution: Darjiling (Singla).
Barakar) and South 24 Pgs. (Frazergaunge, Family ISCHNURIDAE
Sherpur). Hormurus nigripes Pocock
10.

2. Lychas (Endotrichus) laevifrons Distribution : Medinipur (Circuit house

Pocock
Distribution : Kolkata.
3. StenochiMlS sarasinorum Karsch
Distribution : Haora (Botanical Garden) and
Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
4. Isometrus. (Raddyanus) europaeus
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : Kolkata.
5. Isometrus (Raddyanus) thurstoni
Pocock
Distribution: Kolkata (Ballygunge).
6. Isometrus (Raddyanus) corbeti
Tikader & Bastwade
Distribution : Medinipur and Puruliya.
compound).
Family SCORPIONIDAE
Heterometrus (Gigantometrus)
11.
swammerdami Simon
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Gangnapore).
12. Heterometrus (Heterometrus)
bengalensis (Koch)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Sankari village)
and Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
13. Heterometrus (Chersonesometrus)
fulvipes (Koch)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Gangnapore).
14. Heterome~s (Chersonesometrus)
fastigiosus Couzijn
Distribution : Kolkata (Mirjapore).

ACARI : TICKS
(METASTIGMATA)
Phylum ARTHROPODA
Class ARACHNIDA
Order METASTIGMATA
Family IXODIDAE
1. Amblyomma helvolum Koch
Hosts : Varanus sp., Naja naja, Geomyda
grandis.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
2. Amblyomma javanense (Supino)
Hosts : Manis pentadactyla, Nicoria
tricarinata.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden)
and Jalpaiguri (Baradighi Tea Estate).
3. Amblyomma supinoi Neumann
Hosts : Testudo elongata.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Baradighi).
4. Amblyomma testudinarium Koch
Hosts: Buffalo, tiger.
Distribution: Darjiling, Jalpaiguri and North
24 Pgs.
5. Aponomma gervaisi (Lucas)
Hosts : Naja tripudians, Varanus
bengalensis.
Distribution : Kolkata (Zoological Garden).
6. Aponomma lucasi Warburton
Hosts : Varanus salvator, Varanus
nebulosus, Naja tripudians, Python molurus,
Python recticulatus, Zamensis mucosus, Bos
frontalis, Ovis nahura.
Distribution : Barddhaman (Ranigunj) and
Kolkata (ZoologicaIGarden).
7. Boophilus microplus (Canestrini)
Hosts : Cattle, buffalo, cow, calf.
Distribution Birbhum (Babubera,
Dubrajpur, Bhattacharjee para, Nanur), Koch
Bihar (Boroboalmari, Dinhata, Gosainmari sal
forest, Paschim Khalisa), Haora (Bagnan,
Uluberia), Barddhaman (Atapur, Raina), Hugli,
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North 24 Pgs. (Gobardanga, Naihati), South 24
Pgs., Jalpaiguri (Hamiltongunj, Rajabhatkhawa,
Alipurduar, Joyanti, Buxa Road, Jaigaon),
Maldah, Darjiling (Bongbasti, Kalimpong, Sukna
forest), Murshidabad (LaTgola), Nadia
(Santipur), W. Dinajpur (Hemtabad, Raigunj),
Puruliya (Bansgarh, Balarampur, Chutkidihi,
Pedda, Manbazar), Medinipur (Jhargram,
Arjundahar, Chilkigarh), Kolkata and Bankura
(Hapania, Susunia).
8. Dermacentor auratus Supino
Hosts: Deer, Man.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Jalpaiguri,
Kolkata and Darjiling.
9. Haemaphysalis aborensis Warburton
Hosts: Vegetation, Barking deer, Parus
monticulus, Gallus g. murghi , Sus scrofa
cristatus.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
10. Haemaphysalis aponommoides
Warbton
Hosts: Vegetation, cattle,. man.
Distribution : Kolkata and Darjiling
(Pankhbari Ridge, Neora valley,
Ghoombhanjang).
11.Haemaphysalis birmaniae Supino
Hosts : Muntiacus muntzak vaginalis,
Capricornis sumatraensis thar, Antelope
cerVlcapra.
Distribution: Darjiling.
12.Haemaphysalis bispinosa Neumann
Hosts : Cattle, dog, tiger, vegetation.
Distribution : Koch Bihar (J ambari,
Gosainmari sal forest, Dinhata, Mathabhanga,
Tufangunj) Darjiling (N aya Kaman, Ghoom
bastee, Kurseong, Mirik), Haora (Jagatpur,
Purbapara, Uluberia, Udaynarayanpur), North
24 Pgs. (Gobardanga), Birbhum (Tarapith,
Rampurhat), Nadia (Krishnanagar, Santipur),
Maldah (Ramkeli, Gaur, Adina forest), South
SANYAL et al. : Animal Diversity
24 Pgs. (Baruipur, Basanti), Medinipur
(Chaulkhola, Ragpur, Medinipur town), W.
Dinajpur (Manipara, Raigunj, Subhashgunj,
Hemtabad, Balurghat), Murshidabad
(Deswalipara, Lalgola, Kandi) and J alpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhawa, Alipuduar, Jayanti,
J alpeswar).
13. Haemaphysalis cornigera shimoga
Trapido and Hoogstraal
Hosts: Sambar.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara forest).
14. l1aemapltysalis daljeeling
Hoogstraal and Dhanda
Hosts : Capricornis sumantraensis, Sus
scrofa cristatus, Muntiacus muntzac vaginalis.
Distribution : Darjiling.
15. Haemaphysalis himalaya Hoogstraal
Hosts : Barking deer.
Distribution : Darjiling.
16. Haemaphysalis hystricis Supino
Hosts: Vegetation.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri and Darjiling.
17. Haemaphysalis indica Warbton
Hosts: Jackle, Bengal fox, domestic dog.
Distribution: HugH and Kolkata.
18. Haemaphysalis montgomeryi Nuttall
Hosts: Goat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Mirik).
19. Haemaphysalis obesa Larousse
Hosts: Cattle and vegetation.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
20. Haemaphysalis ramachandrai
Dhanda, Hoogstraal and Bhat
Hosts : Cattle and vegetation.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri and Darjiling.
21. Haemaphysalis spinigera Neumann
Hosts : Cattle and vegetation.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri and Darjiling.
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22. Hyalomma anatolicum anatolicum
Koch
Hosts: Cattle.
Distribution : Murshidabad (Lalgola,
Raghunathgunj), Haora (Amraberia, Uluberia,
Mourigram), HugH (Champadanga), W.
Dinajpur (Hemtabad, Raigunj, Islampur,
Dalkhola), Maldah (Maldah town, English
bazaar), Darjiling (Sonada, Tungsung Bustee,
Kurseong, Pulbazar), Puruliya (Muchikund,
Raghunathpur, Madhupur), Jalpaiguri
(Alipurduar), Koch Bihar (Dinhata,
Mathabhanga), Bankura (Ghchua, Balitha,
J airambati, Khiri, Raibaghini), Barddhaman
(Asansol, slaughter house, Atapur, Raina),
South 24 Pgs. (Canning), Birbhum
(Bhattacharjeepara, Nanur, Manasapalli,
Sainthia, Rampurhat) and North 24 Pgs.
(Gobardanga).
23. Hyalomma marginatum isaaci
Sharif
Hosts: Cattle, Goat.
Distribution: Bankura (Susunia, Goilagarh),
PuruHya (Bagmundi) and Medinipur (Ghagra,
Sirsi village).
24. Hyalomma brevipunctata Sharif
Hosts: Sambar, Chita.
Distribution: Medinipur.
25. Hyalomma hussaini Sharif
Hosts: Cattle.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Gobardanga).
26. Ixodes acutitarsus (Karsch)
Hosts: Human body.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Pankhabari bridge,
Neora valley).
27. Ixodes granulatus Supino
Hosts: Epimys rufescens.
Distribution : Darjiling.
28. Ixodes ovatus Neumann
Hosts: Vegetation.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Ghoonlbhanjang).
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29. Nosomma monstrosum (Nuttal & 31. Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latrielle)

Warburtan) Hosts : Bullock, dog.
Hosts: Sambar. Distribution: Kolkata, Puruliya (Pedda,
Manbazar) and Medinipur (Chaulkhola).
Distribution : Medinipur.
32. Rhipicephalus turanicus
30. Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides
Pomerantzev
Supino
Hosts : Dog, cattle, Bandicota bengalensis,
Hosts Cattle, goat, Capricornis Funumbulus palmarum, Rattus rattus, Mus
sumatraensis, barking deer, vegetation. musculus, Suncus murinus.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Darjiling and South Distribution : Kolkata, Puruliya (Ban'Igarb,
24 Pgs. Balarampur), Nadia (Kalyani) and HugH.
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ACARI : MITE: ASTIGMATA

Phylum ARTHROPODA Family CHORTOGLYPHIDAE
Class ACARI 15. Chortoglyphus arcuatus (Trouessart)
Order
. l'
ASTIGMATA Distribution : Kolkata, Barddhaman.
Family ACARIDAE Family DERMOGLYPHIDAE
1. AcaMlS sp. 16. Pterolichus sp.
Distribution: Maldah(Adina), Koch Bihar Distribution : Kolkata.
(Chelapather), Medinipur (Patharkumkumi),
Fa~ily GLYCYPHAGIDAE
Kolkata (Budge Budge) and Darjiling (Chalsa).
2. Acarus siro Linn. 17. Glycyphagus domesticus (De Geer)

Distribution : Kolkata, Nadia, HugH, Distribution : Kolkata, Hugli, Nadia,

Barddhaman. Medinipur (Patharkumkumi).
3. Acarus Jams Oudemans 18. Glycyphagus sp.

Distribution: Kolkata, HugH. Distribution : Kolkata.

4. Caloglyphus berlesi Michael 19. Glycyphagus bicaudatus Hughes
Distribution: Kolkata, Hugli. Distribution : Kolkata.
5. Caloglyphus sp. 20. Lepidoglyphus destructor (Schrank)
Distribution : Kolkata. Distribution : Kolkata, Hugli, Medinipur
6. Rhizoglyphus robini (Patharkumkumi).
Distribution: Kolkata, Barddhaman. 21. Gohierafusca (Oudemans)
7. Rhizoglyphus sp. Distribution : Kolkata, Hugli.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH, 22. Blomia freemani Hughes
Medinipur. Distribution: Kolkata, HugH.
8. Suidasia medanensis Oudemans 23. Blomia tropicalis
Distribution : Kolkata, Hugli.
Distribution : Kolkata, Barddhaman.
9. Tyrophagus brevicri.natus Robertson
24. Blomia sp.
Distribution: Haora.
Distribution: Kolkata.
10. Tyrophagus tropicus Robertson
25. Austroglycyphagus sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
11. Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank)
Family PYROGLYPHIDAE
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical
Garden). 26. Dermatophagoides farinae Hughes
12. Tyrophagus longior Gervais Distribution: Kolkata, Hugli, Haora.
Distribution : Kolkata, HugH. 27. Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus
13. Tyrophagus sp. (Trouessart)
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH. Distribution: Kolkata, Hugli, Nadia.
14. Tyroborus lini Oudemans 28. Dermatophagoides sp.
Distribution: Kolkata, Hugli, Nadia. Distribution : Medinipur.
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29. Hirstia domicola Family SARCOPTIDAE

Distribution : Kolkata, Barddhaman. 32. Notoedres jamesoni Lavoipierre
30. Hirstia sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family TEINOCOPTIDAE
Family PROTOLICHIDAE
31. Protolichus sp. 33. Teinocoptes domrowi Fain
Distribution : Medinipur (Patharkumkumi). Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
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ACARI : MITE : PROSTIGMATA

Phylum ARTHROPODA 14. Cheyletus fortis Oudemans
Class ACARI Distribution : Nadia (Kalyani), Kolkata,
Order PROSTIGMATA H ugli, Koch Bihar, Barddhaman and H aora
(Bargachhia) .
Family ANYSTIDAE
Cheyletus malaccensis Oudelnans
15.
1. Anystis indica Gupta
Distribution: Kolkata, Haora (Bargachhia),
Distribution : Medinipur. Hugli, Koch Bihar and Barddhaman.
2. Tencateia kanthiensis Gupta 16. Cheyletus malayensis Oudemans
Distribution: Medinipur (Kanthi). Distribution: Kolkata, HugH, Nadia.
3. Walzia daljilingensis Gupta 17. Cheyletus trouessarti Oudemans
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling Botanical Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Naihati).
Garden). Chelacaropsis moorei Baker
18.
Family BDELLIDAE Distribution West Medinipur
4. Bdella maldahhaensis Gupta (Patharkumkumi, Khapramari), South 24 Pgs.
(Budge Budge).
Distribution : Maldah (Maldah Agricultural
Farm). 19. Chelacaropsis ploceus Gupta & Paul
5. Bdella bakeri Gupta & Paul Distribution: Medinipur (PatharkunlktlIni).
20. Microcheyla bengalensis Gupta &
Distribution: Medinipur (Patharkumkumi).
Paul
6. Bdellodes (Hoploscirus) sp.
Distribution: Medinipur.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali) and
21.Neoeucheyla ploceus Gupta & Paul
HugH (Bhadreshwar).
Distribution: Medinipur (PatharkulnktlIni).
7. Cyta sp.
22. Neocheyletiella macronyclta
Distribution : Kolkata. (MegniI~)
8. Spinibdella atyeoi Gupta & Paul Distribution: Not known.
Distribution: Medinipur (Patharkumkumi). 23. Cheletogenes ornatus (Canestrini &
Family CRYPTOGNATHIDAE Fanzago)
9. Cryptognathus sp. Distribution: Medinipur (Kanthi).
Distribution: Nadia (Kalyani). Falnily CUNAXIDAE

Family CHEYLETIDAE 24. Colosci,·us sp.

10. Acaropsis docta (Berlese)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
11. Acaropsis sollers Rohendrof
Distribution: Kolkata, Hugli.
12. Bak sp.
Distribution: Kolkata (Dhakuria).
13. Cheyletus eruditus (Schrank).
Distribution : All districts.
Distribution: Haora (AInta).
25. Cunaxa anaca,·dae Gupta
Distribution: Murshidabad.
26. Cunaxa bambusae Gupta & Ghosh
Distribution: PUl'uliya and Maldah (l\1aldah
Agricultural Farm).
27. Cunaxa cap,·eolus (Berlesf')
Distribution : Kolkata, Hugli, Haora.
Medinipur (Patharkulnkulni) and Nadia.

28. Cunaxa carina Den Heyer
Distribution: Hugli (Badreshwar).
29. Cunaxa cynodonae Gupta & Ghosh
Distribution : Maldah (Adina forest).
30. Cunaxa mangiferae Gupta
Distribution: Murshidabad (Lalgola).
31. Cunaxa prinia Gupta & Paul
Distribution : Medinipur (Patharkumkumi).
32. Cunaxa setirostris (Hermann)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jainti hills), Maldah
(Maldah Agricultural Farm, Adina forest,
Pyasbari Sericultural Farm, Ahio) , Medinipur
(Contai, Patharkumkumi), Kolkata, HugH
(Nasibpur) and South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba, North
Kalyanpur).
33. Cunaxa womersleyi Baker & Hofmann
Distribution: Medinipur (Jhargram).
34. Cunaxa sp.
Distribution Kolkata, HugH
Barddhaman.
35. Dactyloscirus bengalensis Gupta
Distribution: DaIjiling (DaIjeeling Botanical
Garden).
36. Dactyloscirus sp.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jamtola).
37. Neocunaxoides biswasi Gupta &
Chattopadhyay
Distribution : Kolkata.
38. Neocunaxoides sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Chalsa), West
Medinipur (Goaltire) and Kolkata.
39. Parabonzia sp.
Distribution : Hugli (Badreshwar).
40. Scirula impressa Berlese
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Taki).
Family RAPHIGNATHIDAE
41. Acheles inornata Gupta & Paul
Distribution : Medinipur.
42. Acheles meyerae Gupta & Paul
Distribution: Medinipur (Patharkumkumi).
43. Acheles pycnonotus Gupta & Paul
Distribution: Medinipur.
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44. Raphignathus guojavae Gupta
Distribution : Puruliya.
45. Raphignathus sp. a
Distribution : Medinipur and Nadia.
46. Raphignathus sp. b
Distribution : Medinipur.
47. Raphignathus sp. c
Distribution : Medinipur.
48. Raphignathus sp. d
Distribution: Kolkata, Hugli and Nadia.
Family DOLICHOCYBIDAE
49. Dolichocybe indica Mahunb
Distribution : Nalbani.
Family EUPODIDAE
50. Eupodes sp. nr. sigmoidensis
Strandtmann & Goff
and Distribution : Maldah (Maldah Agricultural
Farm), South 24 Pgs. (Diamond Harbour),
Medlnipur (Medinipur town) and Darjiling
(Naxalbari).
51. Eupodes sp.
Distribution : Medinipur.
Family ERYTHRAEIDAE
52. Leptus samsingensis q:upta
Distribution: DaIjiling (Samsing).
53. Leptus giganticus Khot
Distribution : Kolkata.
54. Leptus sp.
Distribution : Medinipur (Patharkumkumi).
55. Neoabrolophus brevisetorum Khot
Bistribution : DaIjiling (Kalimpong).
56. Paraerythraeus indicus Khot
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Baruipur).
Family ERIOPHYIDAE
57. Abacarus arjunalis Mondal, Ghosh &
Chakrabarti
Distributio'n : Bankura.
58. Abacarus sacchari Channa Basavanna
Distribution : Nadia.
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59. Acalitus hibisci Mondal & Chakrabarti 75. Aculops excoecaria Mondal &
Distribution : Nadia. Chakrabarti
60. Acaricalus artocarpae Chakrabarti Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
and Pandit 76. Aculops jalpaiguriensis Pandit and
Chakrabarti
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Lataguri,
Gorumara). Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Lataguri).
77. Aculops xanthocarpi MondaI &
61. Aceria erythrensis (Chakrabarti &
Chakrabarti
Ghosh)
Distribution : Nadia.
Distribution: HugH.
78. Anthocoptes adhatodae Channa
62. Aceria cordiae Channa Basavanna Basavanna
Distribution : Nadia. Distribution: Nadia.
63. Aceria crotalariae Channa Basavanna 79. Anthocoptes glycosmis Mondal &
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. Chakrabarti
64. Aceria jissistigmae Pandit and Distribution : Nadia.
Chakrabarti 80. Bakeriella ocimis Chakrabarti & Mondal
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Garumara forest, Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Lataguri). 81. Calacarus araliae Chakrabarti & Mondal
65. Aceria gue.,..,.eronis (Keifer) Distribution: Nadia.
82. Calacarus capsica Chakrabarti &
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba).
Mondal
66. Aceria infectoriae Channa Basavanna
Distribution : Nadia.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. 83. Calacarus jasmini Chakrabarti &
67. Aceria litchii ( Keifer) Mondal
Distribution : Nadia. Distribution: Nadia.
68. Aceria lycopersici (Wolff) 84. Calacarus keiferi Chakrabarti & Mondal
Distribution : Nadia. Distribution : Nadia.
85. Calacarus microrostrus Chakrabarti
69. Aceria mangiferae Sayed
& MondaI
Distribution : Nadia and Maldah.
Distribution: HugH.
70. Aceria nerii Channa Basavanna 86. Calacarus quisqualis Chakrabarti &
Distribution : Nadia. Mondal
71. Aceria pongamiae Channa Basavanna Distribution : Nadia.
Distribution : Nadia. 87. Calacarus swietensis Chakrabarti &
Mondal
72. Aceria saccharini Wang
Distribution : Nadia.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba).
88. Calacarus vasicae Chakrabarti et ale
73. Aculops abutiloni Mondal & Distribution: Maldah (Englishbazar).
Chakrabarti
89. Colomerus trichodesmae Chakrabarti
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Pandit
74. Aculus cassiae Mondal & Chakrabarti Distribution : J alpaiguri (Lataguri) and
Distribution : Nadia. DaIjiling (Satmile).
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90. Cosella ventilogi Chakrabarti et ale 103. Neodichopelmus cordiae

Distribution : Maldah. Chakrabarti and Pandit
Distribution : Darjiling (Rong Tong,
91. Cosetacus prosteti Pandit and
Bagmore).
Chakrabarti
104. Neorhynacus Zakoochii Pandit. and
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
Chakrabarti
92. Cosetacus eupatori Chakrabarti and
Distribution: Jaipaiguri (Lataguri).
Pandit
105. Neotegonotus indicus Mondal &
Distribution: Darjiling (Sebak) and Jalpaiguri Chakrabarti
(Maynaguri).
Distribution : Nadia.
93. Diptilomiopus anthocephali
106. Paratetra himalayana Chakrabarti
Chakrabarti et ale
& MondaI
Distribution: Maldah (Kendpukur). Distribution : Darjiling.
94. Diptilomiopus curninis Chakrabarti 107. PhylZocoptes anisomelisis
et ale Chakrabarti et ale
Distribution: Bankura (Dubrakone). Distribution: MaIdah (Englishbazar).
95. Diptiolomiopus lagerstroemae lOS. PhyZZocoptes saZmaliae Chakrabarti
Chakrabarti et ale & MondaI
Distribution : Maldah (Adina). Distribution : Nadia.
96. DiptioZomiopus leeasis 109. PhyZZocoptruta oleivora (Ashmead)
Chakrabarti et ale Distribution : Nadia and South 24 Pgs.
Distribution: Hugli (Khalisani). 110. Phytoptus tenninaZiae Channa
97· Epicecidophyes indica MondaI, Ghosh Basavanna
and Chakrabarti Distribution : Bankura.
Distribution : Hugli. 111. Protumescoptes antedesmae Pandit
and Chakrabarti
9S. Epicecidophyes clerodendris MondaI
& Chakrabarti Distribution : Darjiling (Mong Pong forest)
and Jaipaiguri (JaIdapara forest).
Distribution : Nadia.
112. Scolocenus spiniferus Keifer
99· Gammophytoptus litseasis MondaI,
Distribution: Hugli.
Ghosh & Chakrabarti
113. Tegolophus artocarpi Keifer
Distribution : HugH.
Distribution : Nadia.
100. Indonotalox sudarsani Ghosh &
114. TegoZophus caZotropi Chakrabarti &
Chakrabarti
Mondal
Distribution : Bankura.
Distribution : Nadia.
101. Indosefacus cleistanthusi
115. TegoZophus gelonis MondaI &
Chakrabarti et ale
Chakrabarti.
Distribution: Darjiling (Tista Bazar). Distribution : Nadia.
102. Neocatarhinus ficusis 116. Tegolophus ficusi MondaI &
Chakrabarti et ale Chakrabarti
Distribution : Medinipur (Raghunathbari). Distribution : Nadia.
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117· Tegolophus indica Chakrabarti &
Mondal
Distribution : Nadia.
118. Tegolophus kalyanii Chakrabarti,
Ghosh & Mondal
Distribution : Nadia.
119. Tegolophus nerii MondaI & Chakrabarti
Distribution : Nadia.
120. Tegolophus parviflorii Pandit and
Chakrabarti
Distribution : Darjiling (Rong Tong).
121. Tegolophus spondiallus Mondal &
Chakrabarti
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
122. Tegolophus vitexis Mondal &
Chakrabarti
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
123. Tegonotus bengalensis MondaI &
Chakrabarti
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
124. Tegonotus jambolensis MondaI,
Ghosh &Chakrabarti
Distribution : Bankura.
125. Tegonotus litseae Ghosh and
Chakrabarti
Distribution: Bankura (Dubrakone).
126. Tegonotus mangiferae (Keifer)
Distribution : Nadia.
127. Tegonotus schltdcherae Ghosh and
Chakrabarti
Distribution: Bankura (Dubrakone).
128. Tetra lanneansis Chakrabarti, Ghosh
& MondaI
Distribution : Bankura (Dubrakone).
129. Vasates lakoochae Pandit and
Chakrabarti
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Ramsai).
130. Calepmmerus antedesmae
Chakrabarti & Das
Distribution : Nadia.
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131. Caleptrimerus cordiae
Chakrabarti & Das
Distribution : Birbhum.
132. Indotegolophus darjeelingensis
Chakrabarti & Mondal
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family HYDROVOLZIIDAE
133. Hydrovolzia irtfringata Walter--·
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family MYOBIIDAE
134. Neomyobia luzonensis Womersley
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family MICRODISPIDAE
135. Brannandania palmifer Manhunka
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani).
136. Microdispus setosus (Evans)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
137. Microdispus testudinis Mahunka
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
Family PYEMOTIDAE
138. Pyemotes herfsi Oudemans
Distribution: Kolkata and Hugli.
Family PYGMEPHORIDAE
139. Bakerdania indica Mahunka
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
140. Bakerdania kashmirensis Mahunka
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
141. Bakerdania microangulata Mahunka
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
142. Bakerdania sellnicki (Cooremann)
Distribution: Nalbani.
143. Bakerdania ~pillifera Mahunka
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghum) and East
Medinipur (Haldia).
144. Pygmephorus spinosus (Kramer)
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
Family RHYNCAPHYTOPTIDAE
145. Diptilomiopus bengalensis
Chakrabarti & Mondal
Distribution : Nadia.
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146. Diptilorhynacus sinusetus Mondal, 159. Paralorrya Spa

Ghosh & Chakrabarti Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Basirhat).
Distribution : HugH. 160. Pronematus tenuisetosus Meyer
147. Neorhynacus combrens Ghosh & and Rodrigues
Chakrabarti Distribution: Raora (Uday Narayanpur).
Distribution : Bankura. 161. Tydeus ornamentalicus Gupta
148. Rhyncaphytoptus shoreacola Distribution: Darjiling (Sarbari garden).
MondaI, Ghosh & Chakrabarti 162. Tydeus gosabaensis Gupta
Distribution : Bankura. Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba).
Family STIGMAEIDAE 163. Tydeus cumini Gupta
149. Agistemus fleschneri Summers Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba).
Distribution : Medinipur (Contai), Koch 164. tydeus Spa
Bihar (Chelapather), Maldah (Adina forest,
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Raora (Amta)
Ahio), West Dinajpur (Raigunj) and South 24
and West Medinipur (Arabari).
Pgs. (Kakdwip).
165. Pronematus elongates Baker
150. Agistemus macrommatus Gonzalez-
Rodriguez Distribution: Kolkata (Belgachia) and North
24 Pgs. (Dum Dum).
Distribution : Medinipur (Jhargram).
166. Pronematus flesehneri Baker
151. Agistemus terminalis (Q~ayle)
Distribution : Kolkata, Hugli and South 24
Distribution : Darjiling.
Pgs.
152. Agistemus spnrsimplex Gonzalez-
167. Pronematus bengalensis Gupta & Paul
Rodriguez
Distribution : Medinipur (Patharkumkumi).
Distribution : Puruliya.
168. Pronematus indiana Gupta & Paul
153. Zetzellia languida Gonzalez-
Rodriguez Distribution: Medinipur (Patharkumkumi).
Distribution : Maldah (Maldah Agricultural 169. Pronematus saulam Gupta & Paul
Farm). Distribution : Medinipur.
Family TYDEIDAE 170. Coccotydeus Spa
154· Parapronematus camelia Gupta Distribution: Birbhum.
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing Tea Estate). Family TETRANYCHIDAE
155. Parapronematus 171. Bryobia p,.aetiosa Koch
murshidabadensis Gupta Distribution : Datjiling (Kalimpong).
Distribution: Murshidabad (Kandi). 172. Aponychus cOJPuzae Rimando
156. Parapronematus Spa Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling town) and
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and HugH South 24 Pgs. (Dia111:ond harbour).
(Chinsum). .L73. Eutetfeanychus maximae Nassar &
157. Pronematus SPa Ghai
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali), Distribution : Birbhum (Suri).
Kolkata, Medinipur and Haora (Bargachia). 174. Eutetranychus orientalis (Klein)
158. Paralorryia fodderi Gupta Distribution: Bankura, Puruliya, Medinipur,
Distribution: South 24 -Pgs. (Gosaba). South 24 Pgs. and Birbhum.
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175. Petrobia harn (Ewing)
Distributio~ : Darjiling.
176. Eotetranychus hirsti Pritchard & Baker
Distribution : West Dinajpur (Raigunj,
Dalkhola), Hugli, Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar) and
South 24 Pgs.
177. Eotetranychus suginamensis
(Yokoyama)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
178. Eotetranychus hicoriae
Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
179. Eotetranychus sp.
Distribution East Medinipur
(Patharkumkumi).
180. Triophtydeus sp.
Distribution: Haora (Gayeshpur), East
Medinipur (Deulia Bazar, Minitikir) and West
Medinipur (Shilamon).
181. Microtydeus sp.
Distribution: Hugli (Bhadreshwar).
182. Paratriophtydeus sp.
Distribution: West Medinipur (Goaltore).
183. Eotetranychus truncatus Estebanes
& Baker
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing).
184. Eotetranychus uncatus Garman
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing Tea Estate).
185. Eotetranychus sp.
Distribution : Bankura, South 24 Pgs.
(Bakkhali, Canning) and Darjiling
(Manebhanjang).
186. Panonychus citri (Mc Gregor)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Manebhanjang), Maldah (Pyasabari Sericultural
Farm) and Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar).
187. Panonychus ulmi (Koch)
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong) and
Maldah (Maldah Agri. Farm).
188. Oligonychus biharensis (Hirst)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jalpaiguri town),
Medinipur, Barddhaman (Katwa), Birbhum
(Ballavpur) and Koch Bihar.
189. Oligonychus coffeae (Nietner)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Debpara Tea
Estate).
Oligonychus indicus (Hirst)
190.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar, Jainti
hills), Murshidabad, Bankura (Jairambati),
Medinipur, South 24 Pgs. and Barddhaman.
191. Oligonychus mangiferus (Rahman &
Sapra)
Distribution: Barddhaman (Khana), Maldah
(Maldah Agri. Farm), Medinipur (Kanthi,
Jhargram), Darjiling (Chalsa), Bankura
(Jairambati), South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali),
Murshidabad (Dalkhola) and Jalpaiguri
(Alipurduar) .
192. Oligonychus o'1lzae (Hirst)
Distribution: Nadia, Darjiling (Chalsa),
South 24 Pgs. and Bankura.
193. Oligonychus punicae (Hirst)
Distribution: Bankura(Jairambati).
194. Oligonychus sacchari (Mc Gregor)
Distribution : Nadia and South 24 Pgs.
195. Oligonychus sapienticolus Gupta
Distribution : Murshidabad.
196. Panonychus cirri (McGreger)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
197. Oligonychus sp.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali,
Sudhanyakhali, Kakdwip) and Barddhaman
(Katwa).
198. Schizotetranychus andropogoni
(Hirst)
Distribution : Hugli, Murshidabad CKandi)
and North 24 Pgs.
199. Sch.izotetranychus baltazari
Rimando
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip).
200. Schizotetranychus cojani Gupta
Distribution : West Dinajpur CDalkhola),
Murshidabad and Nadia.
201. Schizotetranychus hindustamicus
CHist)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
202. Schizotetranychus spirecifolia
Garman
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.

203. Schizotetranychus sp.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali,
Bakkhali).
204. Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Boisd)
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong), West
Dinajpur (Raigunj, Dalkhola), Maldah
(Sericultural farm), Puruliya (M'anbazar),
Barddhaman (Khana), Bankura (Jairambati),
Murshidabad (Lalgola), Medinipur (Garbeta)
and South 24 Pgs. (Diamond harbour).
205. Tetranychus jijiensis Hirst
Distribution : Murshidabad (Kandi) and
South 24 ·Pgs. (Gosaba).
206. Tetranychus hypogeae Gupta
Distribution: Murshidabad.
207. Tetranychus ludeni Zacher
Distribution: Medinipur (Kanthi) and South
24 Pgs. (Sagar island).
208. Tetranychus macfarlanei Baker
and Pritehand
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Lothian island).
209. Tetranychus neocaledonicus Andre
Distribution : Murshidabad(Kamdni),
Birbhum (State Agri. Farm), Koch Bihar
(Gossanimari), Bankura (Jairambati), Maldah
(Pyasbari Sericultural Farm), Hugli, Puruliya
(Balarampur), Kolkata and South 24 Pgs. (Sagar
Island)
210. Tetranychus urticae Koch
Distribution : Hugli, South 24 Pgs. and
Nadia.
211. Tetranychus sp.
Distribution Darjiling (Samsing,
Kalimpong), South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali,
Bagmundi), Maldah (Pyasbari Sericultural
Farm), Barddhaman (Khana) and Bankura
(Mukutmanipur).
Family TENUIPALPI.DAE
212. Brevipalpus deleoni Pritchard &
Baker
Distribution: Bankura and Hugli.
213. Brevipalpus essigi Baker
Distribution : Darjiling (Manebhanjang),
Bankura and South 24 Pgs.
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214. Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing), Jalpaiguri
and Murshidabad (Kandi).
215. Brevipalpus essigi Baker
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba).
216. Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geij.)
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar,
Jaldapara sanctuary), Koch Bihar, Medinipur,
Barddhaman, Nadia, South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip,
Sajnakhali) and Birbhum (Suri, Ballavpur).
217. Brempalpus rugulosus Chaudhuri,
Akbar and Rasool
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali,
Gosaba).
218. Raoiella indica Hirst
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali,
Puncha), Puruliya, Kolkata, Barddhaman and
Bankura (Jairambati, Bishnupur).
219. Tenuipalpus Micheli Lawrence
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali).
220. Tenuipalpus pernicis Chaudhuri,
Akar and Rasod
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bhagabatpur).
221. Tenuipalpus sp.
Distribution: Darjiling and South 24 Pgs.
222. Colopodacus combretus Ghosh &
Chakrabarti
Distribution : Bankura..
223. Cosella ichnocarpasia Mondal &
Chakrabarti
Distribution : Nadia.
Family TORRENTICOLIDAE
224. Torrenncola angulata (Walter)
Distribution·: Darjiling.
Family TROMBICULIDAE
225. Gahrliepia bengalensis (Hirst)
Distribution : Kolkata and J alpaiguri
(Binaguri).
226. Gahrliepia ceylonica Womersley
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Binaguri).
227. Gahrliepia ligula (Radford)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Binaguri).
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228. Helenicula kohlsi (Philip &
Woodward)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Binaguri).
229. Helenicula lanius (Radford)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Binaguri).
230. Leptotrombidium akamushi
(Brumpt)
Distribution : Darjiling (Siliguri).
231. Schongastia indica Hirst
Distribution : Kolkata and J alpaiguri
(BinagtJri).
232. Trombicula fullen (Ewing)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Binaguri).
233.· Trombicula gliricolens (Hirst)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family TROMBIDIIDAE
234. Calotrombidium nikolettae
Haitlinger
Distribution : Kolkata.
235. Allothrombium sp.
Distribution : Birbhum.
236. Trombidium gigas Trouessart
Distribution: East Medinipur (Deulia Bazar). (Patharkumkumi).
Family UNIONICOLIDAE
237. Unionicola diversipes Viets
Distribution: Not known.
238. Unionicola scutigera Viets
Distribution : Not known.
Family SCUTACURIDAE
239. Diversipes simplex Mahunka
Distribution : East Medinipur (Sripur).
240. Heterodispus reductus Mahunka
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani).
241. Heterodispus topali Mahunka
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani).
242. Impanpes haarloevi Karafiat
Distribution : DaIjiling (Ghum).
243. Scutacarus atrox Mahunka
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
244. 'Scutacarils ghosali Mahunka
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
245. Scutacarus himalayensis Mahunka
Distribution: DaIjiling (Ghum).
246. Scutacarus hystrix (Paoli)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
247. Scutacarus kapuri Mahunka
Distribution: DaIjiling (Ghum).
248. Scutacarus ueritus Mahunka
Distribution: DaIjiling (Ghum).
Family SITEROPTIDAE
249. Siteroptes priscus (Krczal)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani).
Family TARSONEMIDAE
250. Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali) and
Coochbehar (Pundibari).
251. Tarsonemus granarius Lindquist
Distribution Kolkata, HugH and
Barddhaman.
252. Tarsonemus sp.
Distribution : Kolkata, Haora, HugH
(Chinsura) and East Medinipur
Family STIGMAEIDAE
253. Agistemus prinia Gupta & Paul
Distribution: East Medinipur.
254. Agistemus simplex Gonzalez-
Rodriguez
Distribution: East Medinipur.
255. Cheylostigmaeus midnapurensis
Gupta & Paul
Distribution East Medinipur
(Patharkumkumi).
256. Stigmaeus woodi Gupta & Paul
Distribution East Medinipur
(Patharkumkumi).
257. Zetzeitlia languida GQnzatez-Rodriguez
Distribution: East Medinipur.
Family OEHSERCHESTIDAE
258. Oehserchestes sp.
Distribution: West Medinipur (Arabari).
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ACARI: MITE : CRYPTOSIGMATA

Phylum ARTHROPODA
Class ACARI
Order CRYPTOSTIGMATA
Family AMERIDAE
1. Hymenobelba ypsilon Balogh
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family ASTEGISTIDAE
Maorizetus ferox Hammer
2.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Kalchini, Birpara).
3. Demisalto engelbrechti Coetzee
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Ramsai, Banarhat).
Family BANKSINOMIDAE
4. Oribella sp.
Distribution : Birbhum.
Family BASILOBELIDAE
5. Basilobelba barbata Mondal and Kundu
Distribution : Darjiling.
6. Basilobelba indica Bhaduri, Chakrabarti
and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Barddhaman, Kolkata,
Darjiling (Panitanki) and J alpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhawa, Alipurduar).
7. Xiphobelba sp.
Distribution : Birbhum and Kolkata.
Family BELBIDAE
8. Metabelba sp.
Distribution : Darjiling.
9. Metabelba obtusus Hammer
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri
(Indong, Banarhat).
Family BELBODAMAEIDAE
10. Damaeobelba sp.
Distribution : Birbhum.
11. Hungarobelba sp.
Distribution : Birbhum.
Family BRACHYCHTHONIIDAE
12. Brachychthoniu sp.
Distribution : Birbhum.
13. Brachychthonius cMcoids Weis-Fogh
Distribution : Birbhum.
Family CAMISIIDAE
14. Platynothrus sp.
Distribution : Medinipur.
15. Sigmonothrus bistriatus Chakraharti
and Mondal
Distribution : Darjiling.
16. Sigmonothrus ovatus Kundu and
Mondal
Distribution : Darjiling.
17. Sigmonothrus quadristriatus
Chakrabarti and Kundu
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family CARABODIDAE
18. Carabodes kusseri Balogh and
Mahunka
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna).
19. Carabodes peniculatus Aoki
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Medinipur
(Jhargram).
Gibbicepheus sp.
20.
Distribution : Darjiling (East of Sukna
forest).
21. Indotocepheus himalayensis Mondal
& Kundu
Distribution: Darjiling (Lebong).
22. Neocarabodes sexpilosus Balogh and
Mahunka
Distribution : Darjiling.
23. Pentabodes insolitus Balogh
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Koch Behar Tea
Estate, Dalgaori).
24. Podopterotegalus tectus Aoki
Distribution : Darjiling (Lepchaghat,
Sonada).
25. Pseudocarabodes xenus Mahunka
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Indon~, Banarhatt
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26. triehoearabedes sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
Family CARABO CEPHEIDAE
27· Caraboeepheus sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
Family CEPHEIDAE
28. Conoppia sp.
Distribution: Birbhum and Kolkata.
Family CERATOZETIDAE
29. Allozetes trnslamellatus Hammer
Distribution : Puruliya (Mayasaravar,
Jhalda).
30. Ceratozetes gracilis Michael
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu), Koch
Bihar (Netaji Road, Alipurduar) and Jalpaiguri
(Kalchini, Birpara).
31. Hypozetes imitator Balogh
Distribution : Kolkata and J alpaiguri
(Hamiltongunj).
32. Hypozetes laysanensis Aoki
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Joka), Birbhum.
33. Hypozetes sp.
Distribution: Birbhum.
34. Triehoribates rausensis Aoki
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Indong, Banarhat).
35. Uraerobates sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing Tea Estate).
Family CHAUNOPROCTIDAE
36. Chaunoproetus abalai Bhaduri,
Bhattacharya and Chakrabarti
Distribution : Bankura (Rajdarbar,
Bishnupur), Barddhaman (Katwa), Darjiling
(Panitanki), Hugli (Arambagh),· Medinipur
(Junput) and South 24 Pgs.
37. Chaunoproetus elavisetosus Bhaduri,
Bhattacharya and Chakrabarti
Distribution: Birbhum and Kolkata.
38. Chaunoproetus minor (Balogh)
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Rajabhtkhawa
Alipurduar, Jayanti) and Murshidabad
(Lalgola).
Family COSMOCHTHONIIDAE
39. Cosmochthonius bengalensis
Chakrabarti, Bhaduri and Raychaudhuri
Distribution: Kolkata, Nadia, North 24 Pgs.
and South 24 Pgs.
40. Cosmoehthonius lanatus (Michael)
Distribution: Birbhum.
41. Cosmoehthonius sp.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
42. Phyllozetes emmae (Berlese)
Distribution: Birbhum.
43. Trichthonius heterotriehus Sanyal
and Bhaduri
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family PTEROCHTHONIIDAE
44. Pteroehthonis sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
Family CYMBAERMEIDAE
45. Scapheremaeus fisheri Aoki
Distribution : Nadia.
46. Scapheremaeus sp.
Distribution: Birbhum.
Family DAMAEOLIDAE
47. Fosseremus quadripertitus
Grandjean
Distribution: Birbhum.
Family EPILOHMANNIIDAE
48. Epilohmannia pallida Wallwork
Distribution: Barddhaman, Haora (Domjur)
and HugH (Kamarpukur).
49. Epilohmannia pallida indica
Bhattacharya and Bannerjee
Distribution : Barddhaman (Barddhaman
University campus), Birbhum and Haora
(Sibpur).
50. EpilohJnannia pallida pacifica Aoki
Distribution: Birbhulu, South 24 Pgs.
Family EREMAEIDAE
51. Proteremaeus sp.
Distribution : Birbhum and Jalpaiguri
(Jayanti forest, Alipurduar).

Family EREMAEOZETIDAE
52. Eremeozetes himayalensis Sanyal
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing phari).
Family EREMOBELBIDAE
53. Eramobelba himalayensis Mondal
and Kundu
·Distribution : Darjiling.
54. Eremobelba miliae Sanyal
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa).
Family EREMULIDAE
55. Eremulus avenifer Berlese
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Darjiling (Sukna
forest) and Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa,
Ali purduar).
56. Eremulus flagellifer Berlese
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Birbhum.
57. Eremulus hetrotrichus Chakrabarti &
Dasgupta
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Achipur).
58. Eremulus punctatus Chakrabarti &
Dasgupta
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Naihati).
59. Eremulus renukae Sanyal
Distribution: Darjiling (Rangpoo).
Family EUPHTHlRACARIDAE
60. Rhysotritia ardua (Koch)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Barddhaman
University campus, Golapbagh), Birbhum (Suri)
and Nadia (Krishnanagar).
61. Rhysotritia ardua (Koch)
var.otaheitensis Hammer
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhawa), Koch Bihar (C.T.R.I Campus
Dinhata) and Darjiling (Sandakphu).
62. Rhysotritia brasiliana Mahunka
Distribution: Darjiling (Jorebangla).
63· Rhysotritiafurcata Bayoumi and
Mahunka
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
64. Rhysotritia peruensis (Hammer)
Distribution : Kolkata and Nadia.
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Family ORIBOTRITIIDAE
65. Oribotrihi gigas Bayumi and Mahunta
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
Family GALUMNELLIDAE
66. Galumnella nipponica Suzki & Aoki
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Ramsai).
Family GALUMNIDAE
67. Allogalumna remota Hammer
Distribution: J alpaiguti (Binaguri, Lataguri)
68. Galumna crenata Deb and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Joka), Bankura
(Nutanchati, Bankura town, Rajdarbar,
Bishnupur town), Barddhaman (Katwa, Khanal.,
Birbhum (Sadar hospital campus, Suri, Nanur),
Murshidabad ( Lalgola), Puruliya (Nandwara
Raghunathpur), West Dinajpur (Jambari,
Goswamipara, Dinhata, Dhangra, Raigunj) and
North 24 Pgs.
69. Galumnaflabellifera orientalis Aoki
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura (Nutanchati, Bankura town),
Barddhaman (Katwa, Ramnabagan, Golapbagh),
Birbhum (Bhattacharya para, Nanur,
Anandakanan Ashram, Dubrajpur, Suri) ,
Kolkata, Darjiling (Teesta bazar, Kalimpong),
Maldah (Adina forest) and Puruliya (Irrigation
bunglow canlpus, Puruliya town, Mayasaravar,
Jhalda).
70. Galumna parascaber Deb and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
71. Galumna paruiporosa Balogh and
Balogh
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Dalgaon,
Banarhat).
72. Galumna sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (HTE).
73. Pergalumna taprobanica Balogh
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Gairkhata,
Banarhat).
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Family GEHYPOCHTHONIIDAE
74· Gehypochthonius sp.
Distribution: Birbhum.
Family GYMNODAMAEIDAE
75· A"odamaeus adpressus Aoki and
Fujikawa
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family HAPLOCHTHONIIDAE
76. Haplochthonius clavatus (Hammer)
Distribution : Nadia.
77. Haplochthonius intermedius
Chakrabarti, Bhaduri and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
78. Haplochthonius simplex Willmann
Distribution: Birbhum.
79. Haplochthonius sp.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Family HAPLOZETIDAE
80. Conozetes sp.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Buxa Road,
Alipuduar) and Medinipur (Bharatpur).
81. Cosmobates sp.
Distribution: Medinipur (Bharatpur).
82. Haplozetes cancellatus Beck
Distribution: Medinipur (Bharatpur).
83. Haplozetes sp.
Distribution : Darjiling (East of Sukna
forest), Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa Alipurduar),
Puruliya (Mayasaravar, JhaIda), Dinajpur
(Hemtabad, Raigunj) and South 24 Pgs.
84. Indobates asejugalis Pandit and
Bhattacharya
Distribution: Medinipur (Bharatpur).
85. Lauritzenia longipluma Hammer
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Frazergunj) and
Murshidabad.
86. Peloribates intermedius Mondal
Distribution: Bankura (Mukutmanipur),
Haora, J al paiguri (J aigaon, KaraIa),
Murshidabad (Lalgola,Lalbagh) and Puruliya
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(Irrigation bunglow campus, Puruliya town,
Matha).
87. Pilobatella berlesi Bhattacharya and
Banerjee
Distribution: Bankura (Nutanchati, Bankura
town) and Birbhum.
88. Pilobatella sp.
Distribution: Birbhum.
89. Pilobates sp.
Distribution: Birbhum.
90. Rostrozetes foveolatus Sellnick
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Barddhaman
(Khana), Darjiling (East of Sukna forest,
Kuapani, Kalimpong, Chitra, Lebong) and
Medinipur (Bharatpur).
91. Rostrozetes ovulum (Berlese)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Lataguri, Jaldacha,
Jainti).
92. Rostrozetes punctatus Karppinen
Distribution: Darjiling.
93. Rostrosetes sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (RTE).
Family XYLOBATIDAE
94. Brasilobates punctata Grobler
Distribution: Jaipaiguri (Birpara, Jainti).
95. Phalacrozetes sinatus Aoki
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Joka),
Barddhaman (Barddhaman University Campus,
Gopalbagh), Birbhum (Suri) and Darjiling
(Panitanki).
96. Setoxylobatesfoveolates Balogh and
Mahunka
Distribution: Birbhum (Babubera, Dububera,
Dubrajpur), Darjiling (Chitra) and Murshidabad
(Lalgola).
97. Xylobates capucinus (Berlese)
Distribution : Darjiling and Medinipur
(Bharatpur).
98. Xylobates mollicoma Hammer
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Birpara, Jainti) and
Medinipur (Bharatpur).
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99. Xylobates seminudus Hammer
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Joka), Bankura
(Jairambati), Barddhaman (Katwa, Barddhaman
University campus, Gopalbagh, Ramnabagan,
Gopalbagh), Darjiling (Teesta bazar, Kirna
Khola, Rangpoo), Murshidabad (Lalgola) and
Puruliya (Jhalda, Matha, Mukutmanipur,
Magikund, Nandwara Raghunathpur,
Mayasaravar) .
100. Xylobates triangularis Hammer
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Kalchini,
Moraghat).
101. Xylobates sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (HTE).
Family HERMANNIIDAE
102. Phyllhermannia berlesi Mondal
Distribution : Darjiling and Jalpaiguri
(Lataguri, Moraghat).
Family HETEROBELBIDAE
103. Heterobelba rostrata Mondal and
Kundu
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri
(Atiabari, Binaguri).
104. Heterobelba sp.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family HYPOCHTHONIIDAE
105. Eohypochthonius gracilis Jacot
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and
Barddhaman.
106. Eohypochthonius vilhenarum
(Balogh)
Distribution: Birbhum.
107· Hypochthonius rufulus Koch
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
108. Hypochthonius sp.
Distribution : Birbhum and South 24 Pgs.
109· Malacoangelia remigera Berlese
Distribution : Barddhaman (Katwa) and
Kolkata.
Malacoangelia remigera indica
110.
Chakrabarti, Bhaduri and Raychaudhuri
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
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Family LIACARIDAE
111. Liacarus acutidens Aoki
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Lataguri).
Family LIODIDAE
112. Liodes terrestris Wallwork
Distribution : Darjiling and Nadia.
Family LOHMANNIIDAE
113. Annectacarus longisetosus
Bhattacharya, Bhaduri and Raychaudhuri
Distribution: Birbhum.
114. Annectacarus sp.
Distribution : Nadia.
115. Cryptacarus dendrisetosus
Bhattacharya, Bhaduri and Raychaudhuri
Distribution: 'Birbhum.
116. Cryptacarus schauenbergi Mahunka
Distribution: Birbhum.
117. Cryptacarus tuberculatus Csiszar
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs.
118. Haplacarus foliates Wallwork
Distribution: Darjiling, Haora and Jalpaiguri
(Jainti).
119. IIaplacarus foliatus bengalensis
Bhattacharya, Bhaduri and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Birbhum and South 24 Pgs.
120. Javacarus kuhnelti Balogh
Distribution: Birbhum.
121. Lahmannia javana Balogh
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
122. Millotacarus indicus Sanyal
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa
forest).
123. Papillacarus hirsutus (Aoki)
Distribution: Birbhum.
12 4. Papillacarus simplirosfratus
Bhattacharya, Bhaduri and Raychaudhuri
Distribution: Birbhum.
12 5. Paulianacarus foliatus Mondal and
Chakrabarti
Distribution : Darjiling.
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Family MALACONOTHRIDAE
126. Malaconothrus assamensis
Chakrabarti and Roy Talukdar
Distribution : Birbhum.
127. Malaconothrus geminus Hammer
Distribution : DaIjiling and South 24 Pgs.
128. Trimalaconothrus cajamarcensis
Hammer
Distribution : Kolkata and Nadia.
Family MESOPLOPHORIDAE
129. Apoplophora pantotrema (Berlese)
Distribution : Darjiling.
130. Mesoplophora sp.
Distrioution: Birbhum.
Family METRIOPPIDAE
131. Ceratoppia bipilis Hermann
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family MICROTEGEIDAE
132. Microtegeus globifer Mahunka
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Atiabari,
Moraghat).
133. Microtegeus reticulatus Aoki
Distribution : Kolkata and Jalpaiguri
(Jaldacha).
134. Microtegeus sabahnus Mahunka
Distribution: Darjiling (Matigara, Balasun).
Family MICROZETIDAE
135. Berlesezetes auxiliaries (Grandjean),
Distribution : Darjiling and Nadia.
136. Berlesezetes auxilians
appalachicola (Jacot)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
137. Berlesezetes peruensis (Hammer)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family MOCHLOZETIDAE
138. Podoribates sp.
Distribution : Kolkata.
139. Unguizetes clavatus Aoki
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Darjiling
(Sansing, Kalimp~ng, Kirnakhola, Rangpoo-
Kalimpong).
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140. Unguizetes sp.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
Family MYCOBATIDAE
141. Punctoribates longiporosus Balogh
Distribution: Murshidabad (Lalbagh).
Family NANHERMANNIIDAE
142. Cyrthermannia quadricornuta
Chakrabarti and Bhaduri
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Nadia.
143. Cyrthennannia vicinicornuta Aoki
Distribution: Birbhum and Nadia.
144. Masthermannia mammallans
Berlese
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Darjiling
(Chitra), Nadia and Jalpaiguri (Birpara).
Masthermannia sp.
145.
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
146. Nanhermannia himalayensis
Chakrabarti and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling.
147.Nanhennannia thaiensis Aoki
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri (Koch
Bihar, Dalgaon).
Family HERMANNIIDAE
148.Hermannia setiformis De Wet
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Lataguri, Jainti).
Family NIPPOBODIDAE
Leobodes mirabilis Aoki
149.
Distribution : Darjiling and Jalpaiguri
(Ramsai).
Family NOTHRIDAE
Nothrus biciliatus Koch
150.
Distribution : Darjiling.
151. Nothrus gracilis Hammer
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu, Mirik).
152. Nothrus oblongus Hammer
Distribution : Darjiling.
153. Nothrus sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Happy Vally Tea
Estate, Sandhakphu).
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Family OPPIIDAE 169. Oppia ramisetosa Sanyal and Bhad~ri

154. Brachioppia ananthakrishni Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Sanyal and Bhaduri 170. Oppia yodai Aoki
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Darjiling. Distribution : Birbhum (Suri, Santiniketan,
155. Brachioppia cajamarcensis Kendua), Darjiling (East of Sukna, Mirik,
Hammer Botanical Garden) , Haora (Botanical Garden-
Distribution : Darjiling (Happy Vally Tea Sibpur, Uluberia), HugH (Arambagh),
Estate). Medinipur (Belphari, Jitsol, Nandigram), Nadia
(Krishnanagar, Choudhuripara) and South 24
156. Brachioppia cuscensis Hammer
Pgs.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Birbhum
171. Oppia sp.
(Suri).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Kolkata.
157. Brachioppia sp.
172. Oppiella nova (Oudemans)
Distribution : Birbhum.
Distribution : Darjiling.
158. Interoppia mirabilis Mahunka
173. Oxyoppia spiculifera Mahunka
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Raja Tea Estate,
Banarhat) Distribution : J alpaiguri (Lataguri,
Moraghat).
159. Lanceoppia sp.
174. Paroppia sp.
Distribution: Birbhum.
Distribution : Birbhum.
160. Lasiobelba suchetae Sanyal
175. Ramusella sp.
Distribution: Birbhum (Nanur).
Distribution : Birbhum.
161. Multioppia radill:ta Hammer
176. Solenoppia sp.
Distribution : HugH.
Distribution : Birbhum.
162. Multioppia simplitricha Sanyal and
Bhaduri 177. Striatoppia machadoi Balogh

Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Distribution: Kolkata and Nadia (Choudhuri

para, Krishnanagar).
163. Multioppia sp.
178. Quadroppia sp.
Distribution : Birbhum.
Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu).
164. Multioppia stellifera Hammer
179. Striatoppia niliaca (Popp)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Birbhum and
Nadia. Distribution : Kolkata.
165. Neoppia minuta Bhattacharya <:tnd
Family ORIBATULIDAE
Banerjee 180. Eporibatula sp.
Distribution : Birbhum. Distribution : Birbhum.
166. Oppia cryptomeriae Mond~l and 181. Euscheloribates samsinaki Kumar
K~ndu Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri 182. Euscheloribates sp.
(Dalgaon, Banarhat) Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
167. Oppia nodosa Hammer 183· Hammerabates trisetosus Balogh
Distribution : Birbhum. Distribution: Dinajpur (Dhangra, Raigunj).
168. Oppia orientalis Sanyal and Bhaduri 184. Incabates nudus Hammer
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. Distribution: Kolkata (Joka).
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185. Oribatula sp.
Dist;ri.bution : Birbhum.
186. Oribatula tibialis (Nicolet)
Distribution : Birbhum.
187. Scheloribates praeincisus (Berlese)
Distribution : Birbhum, Darjiling (East of
Sukna forest) and Maldah (Adina forest).
188. Scheloribates curoialatus Hammer
Distribution : DaIjiling.
189. Scheloribates huyancayensis
Hammer
Distribution : Birbhum (Nanur), Darjiling
(Kalimpong, Teestabazar, Rangpoo forest rest
house campus), Jalpaiguri (Pathakpara,
Birpara, Gairkhata).
190. Scheloribates indicus Sanyal
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Namkhana).
191. Scheloribates luminosus Hammer
Distribution: Darjiling (Happy Vally Tea
Estate).
192. Scheloribates natalensis Pletzen
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Haora (Amta),
Hugli (Arambagh), Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa,
Alipurduar), Koch Bihar (Dinhata, Boro
Boalmari, Jambari), Maldah (Gaur, Ramkeli),
Medinipur (Chilkigarh).
193. Scheloribates parous Pletzen
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Joka), DaIjiling
(East of Sukna forest), Haora (Uluberia),
J alpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa Alipurduar,
Kalchini), Koch Bihar (Dinhata C.T.R.I.
campus), Maldah (Gaur Ramkeli),
Murshidabad (Lalbagh), West Dinajpur
(Raigunj, Subhashgunj).
194. Scheloribates rakhali Sanyal
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Frazergunj,
Sagar Island, Kakdeep).
195. Scheloribates rectus "Hammer
Distribution : Darjiling (Happy Vally Tea
Estate).
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196. Scheloribates thennophilus Hammer
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (J oka),
Barddhaman.
197. Scheloribates albialatus Hammer
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Joka), Bankura
(Bankura town, Nuntanchati, Bishnupur,
Rajdarbar), Barddhaman (Katwa), Birbhum,
Darjiling (Kalimpomg, Kumani, Kuapani,
N ayakaman, J orebangla, Botanical Garden,
Panitanki), Haora (Amta), Hugli (Jairambati),
Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa, Alipuduar, Netaji
road), Koch Bihar (Dinhata, Gosanimari),
Medinipur (Chandipur, Patharkumkumi),
Murshidabad (Lalbagh), Nadia (Choudhuripara,
Krishnanagar), Puruliya (Irrigation bunglow
campus, Raghunathpur, Nandwara, Jhalda
Mayasaravar) and Dinajpur (Dhangra, Raigunj).
198. Scheloribates bhaduri Sanyal
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Namkhana).
199. Scheloribates sp.
Distribution: Medinipur.
200. Zygoribatula gracilata Grobler and
Kok
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Binaguri, Banarhat).
201. Zygoribatula longiporosa Hammer
Distribution : Birbhum.
202. Zygoribarula sp.
Distribution: Maldah and Medinipur.
203. Zygoribatula tortilis Hammer
Distribution : Darjiling and Jalpaiguri
(Banarhat).
Family OTOCEPHEIDAE
204. Dolicheremaeus bengalensis Sanyal
Distribution: Darjiling (Jorebangla) and
South 24 Pgs.
205. Dolicheremaeus coronarius
Chakrabarti, Bhaduri and Kundu
Distribution: Darjiling and South 24 Pgs.
206. Dolicheremaeus geminus Mondal
and Kundu
Distribution : Darjiling.
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207. Dolicheremaeus himalayensis
Chakrabarti, Bhaduri and Kundu
Distribution : DaIjiling.
208. Dolicheremaeus nepalensis Aoki
Distribution : DaIjiling.
209. Dolicheremaeus russiaes MondaI,
Kundu and Roy
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum, Sonada,
Kurseong, Sukna, Mohurgong).
210. Solichunus speciosus (Pearce)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu).
211. Eurostocepheus (Eurostocepheus)
mahunki MondaI and Kundu
Distribution : Darjiling (TongIu, Ghum,
Sukiapokhri, Teesta, Sonada).
212. Pseudotocepheus contractus
Grobler
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Atlabari, Binaguri).
213. Pseudotocepheus gobletus
Chakrabarti and Mondal
Distribution : DaIjiling.
214. Pseudotocepheus hammerae
Chakrabarti and Kundu
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
215. Pseudotocepheus orientalis Mondal
and Kundu
Distribution : Darjiling.
216. Megalotocepheus undulates Hammer
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Patkapara,
Birpara).
217. Megalotocepheus aokii Mondal and
Kundu
Distribution: Darjling (Sukiapokhri, Tukvar, (Joka).
Mim).
218. Megalotocepheus be~galensis
Mondal and Kundu
Distribution : Darjling (Tonglu, Sonada).
219. Megalotocepheus darjeelingensis
MondaI and Kundo:
Distribution : DarjIing (Tonglu, Lebong,
Lopchu).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
220. Plenotocepheus verrucosus Grobler
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Kalchini,
Moraghat).
221. Lophotocepheus simplex Balogh and
Balogh
Distribution : J alp aigu ri (Birpara, J ainti).
222. Spinotocepheus foveolatus Hammer
Distri.bution: JaIpaiguri (Dalgam, Banarhat).
Family PARAKALUMMIDAE
223. Protokalumma sp.
Distribution: Medinipur.
Family PELOPIDAE
224. Eupelops acromis minor
Chakrabarti, Bhaduri and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Nadia.
225. Eupelops longisetosus Chakrabarti
and Mondal
Distribution : Darjiling.
226. Eupelops foveolatus Engelbrecht
Distribution : Darjiling (Makaibari,
Lohagrah).
Family AUSTRACHIPTERIIDAE
227. Lamellobates angolensis Balogh
Distribution : Kolkata.
228. Lamellobates hauseri Mahunka
Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum, Darjiling
(East of 8ukna forest), Maldah (Adina forest),
Murshidabad (LaIgoIa), Puruliya (Matha,
Rajdarbar, Bishnupur town) arid West Dinajpur
(8ubhasgunj, Raigunj).
229. Lamellobates palustris Hammer
Distribution : Birbhum, Barddhaman,
Kolkata, Darjiling, Jalpaiguri (Atiabari,
Moraghat), North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Pgs".
230. Lame110 bates (L.) molecula
molecula Berlese
Distribution: Darjiling (8andakphu).
231. Lame"obates sp.
Distribution : Barddhaman and Kolkata.
232. Oribatella meridionalis (Berlese)
Distribution : Datjiling a'tld J alpaiguri
(Lataguri).
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233. Paralamellobates bengalensis
Bhaduri and Raychaudhuri
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Joka), Birbhum,
Darjiling (Chitra), Murshidabad (Lalgola,
Lalbagh) and Dinajpur (Subhasgunj, Raigunj),
North 24 Pgs.
234. Paralamellobates schoutedeni
(Balogh)
Distribution: Medinipur.
235. Paralamellobates sp.
Distribution : Birbhum.
236. Parahypozetes orientalis Mondal
and Kundu
Distribution: Jalpaiguri CKaIchini, Moraghat,
Karala, Chalsa).
237. Parahypozetes grandis Hammer
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Lataguri).
Family PHTHlRACARIDAE
238. Apoplophora (Hoplophorella)
aokii MondaI, Kundu and Roy
Distribution: Darjiling (Lopchu, Senchal,
Tonglu).
239. Apoplophora (Hoplophorella)
africana Wallwork
Distribution: Barddhaman, Darjiling and
Medinipur CEgra).
240. Apoplophora (Hoplophorella)
scapellata Aoki
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Birbhum (Suri),
Darjiling, Hugli (Kamarpukur) and Medinipur
(Chaulkhola).
241. Apoplophora (Hoplophorella)
singularis Sellnick
Distribution : Darjiling.
242. Apoplophora (Hoplophorella)
vitrina (Beslese)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
243. Apoplophora (Hoplophorella)
sundarbaneni Sanyal and Bhandari
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
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244. Apoplophora (Hoplophorella) sp.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Birbhum and
Kolkata.
245. Apoplophora (Hoplophorella)
Sanyal and Bhaduri
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
246. Hoplophthiracarus bengalensis
sp.nov.
Distribution : Birbhum (Suri).
247. Hoplophthiracarus foveolatus Aoki
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Banarhat, Birpara).
248. Hoplophthiracarus pakistanensis
(Hammer)
Distribution : Darjiling.
249. HoplophthiracaMlS punctatus
Mondal and Kundu
Distribution : Darjiling.
250. Hoplophthiracarus tropicus
Mondal and Kundu
Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu) and
Jalpaiguri (Banarhat)
251. Steganacarus stilifer Hammer
Distribution : Darjiling.
252. Steganacarus uentosus Hammer
Distribution: Darjiling.
253. Phthiraca-rnus (P.) clariger (Pearee)
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
Family PLASMOBATIDAE
254. Plasmobates pagoda Grandjean
Distribution : Koch Bihar.
Family PLATEREMAEIDAE
255. Plateremaeus sp.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
256. Plateremaeus rotundatus Berlese
Distribution: North 24 Pgs.
Family SPHAEROCHTHONIIDAE
257. Sphaerochthonius bengalensis
Sanyal and Sengupta
Distribution : Murshidabad.
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258. Sphaerochthonius sp.
Distribution : Birbbum.
Family SUCTOBELBIDAE
259. Flagrosuctobelba flabella Mondal
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri
(Binaguri).
260. Rhynchobelba sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
261. Suctobelba elegantula (Hammer)
Distribution : Birbhum and Kolkata.
262. Suctobelba insulana Hammer
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Dalgaon, Banarhat).
263. Suctobelba ponticulus Hammer
Distribution : Kolkata and Nadia.
264. Suctobelba quadricarinata
(Hammer)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. and Haora
(Amta).
265. Suctobelba subcornigera Forsslund
Distribution : Darjiling.
266. Suctobelba variosetosa Hammer
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
267. Suctobelbella nondivisa (Hammer)
Distribution : Darjiling.
268. Suctobelbella sp.
Distribution : Birbhum.
269. Suctobelbila dentata (Hammer)
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family MACHADOBELBIDAE
270. Machadobelba baloghi Mondal and
Kundu
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Moraghat,
Banarhat, Dalgaon).
Family OXYAMERIDAE
271. Oxyamerus himalayensis MondaI
and Kundu
Distribution : Darjiling (Chandmari, Sevoke,
Sukna, New Chumta).
Family TECTOCEPHEIDAE
272. Tectocepheus sarekensis Tragardh
Distribution: Birbhum and DaIjiling (Chitra).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
273. Tectocepheus velatus (Michael)
Distribution : Barddhaman, Birbhum,
Kolkata (Joka), Haora (Sibpur Botanical
Garden), Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa,
Alipurduar), Medinipur (Junput), Murshidabad
(Lalgola town), Dinajpur (Dhangra, Raigunj),
Darjiling (Sandakphu) and South 24 Pgs.
274. Tectoceheus sp.
Distribution : Birbhum, Darjiling (Happy
Valley Tea Estate, Sandakphu) and South 24
Pgs.
Family TRHYPOCHTHONIIDAE
27S .. Allonothrus indicus Bhaduri and
Raychaudhuri
Distribution Kolkata, Medinipur
(Jamshadpur), Nadia (Krishnan agar) and North
24 Pgs.
276. Allonothrus monodactylous
Wallwork
Distribution : Barddhaman, Birbhum
(Nanur), Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
277. Allonothrus russeolus Wallwork
Distribution : Birbhum, Kolkata, Darjiling
(Rangpoo) and Raora (Uluberia).
278. Archegozetes longisetosus Aoki
Distribution : Birbhum (Suri), Darjiling
(Kalimpong), Hugli (Arambagh) and Medinipur
(Junput).
279. A,.chegozetes magna (Sellinck)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Barddhaman,
Puruliya (Matba) and Birbhum.
280. Archegozetes magna indlcus
Bhaduri and Raychaudhuri
Distribution : Kolkata.
281. Archegozetes sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing Tea Estate).
Family ZETORCHESTIDAE
282. Zetorchestes salta tor Oudemans
Distribution : Darjiling (East of Sukna forest,
Chitra), J alpaiguri (Rajabbatkbawa, Alipurduar)
and Dinajpur (Gosaimari, Jambari, Dinhata).
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ACARI : MITE : MESOSTIGMATA
Phylum ARTHROPODA
Class ACARI
Order MESOSTIGMATA
Family PHYTOSEIIDAE
Amblyseius (Amblyseius)
1.
channabasavanni Gupta & Daniel
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Murshidabad
(Ji~ganj) and Koch Bihar.
2. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) herbicolus
(Chant)
Distribution: Puruliya (Jhalda), Darjiling
(Samsing Tea Estate, Chalsa, Khumani,
Kalimpong, Dolabchand fruit garden, Botanical
Garden, Manebhanj~ng, Sukna) , Koch Bihar
(Chelapather), Jalpaiguri (Rajabhatkhawa,
Alipurduar, Jainti hills) and Murshidabad
(Baharampur).
3. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) largoensis
(Muma)
Distribution : Darjiling (Sarbari garden,
Samsing Tea Estate, Botanical Garden,
Kalimpong), Koch Bihar (Gosainimari), Bankura
(Chatna), Hugli, North 24 Pgs., Maldah (State
Agril. Farm, Pyasbari), Dinajpur (Raigunj,
Dalkhola), Medinipur (Garbeta, Jhargram,
Fekoghat), Puruliya (Bagmundi), J alpaiguri
(Alipurduar, Rajabhatkhawa, J aldarapara
sanctuary, Jainti hills), Barddhaman (Khana),
Murshidabad (Kandi) and South 24 Pgs.
(Canning central soil salinity research centre,
Gosaba, Basanti, Sajnakhali, Kakdwip, Diamond
Harbour).
4. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) neorykei
Gupta
Distribution: Medinipur (Jhargram) and
DaIjiling.
5. Amblyseius (Amblyseius) shoreae
Gupta
Distribution: Medinipur.
6. Amblyseius (Euseius) alstoniae Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong), South
24 Pgs. (Basanti), Medinipur (Jhargram,
Belphari), Bankura (Susunia, Bishnupur) and
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Puruliya (Tantipukur, Puruliya town, Puncha,
Manbazar, Bagmundi).
7· Amblyseius (Euseius) bambusae Ghai
& Menon
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing).
8. Amblyseius (Euseius) coccineae Gupta
Distribution : Medinipur (Jhargram),
Darjiling (Samsing, Sukna), Jalpaiguri
(Alipurduar, Jainti hills), Bankura (Jaipur
forest), Dinajpur (Raigunj), Maldah (Pyasbari,
Adina forest), Koch Bihar (Chelapather), South
24 Pgs. (Gosaba, Basanti, Sajnakhali, Kakdwip),
Puruliya (Hura) and Murshidabad (Lalgola,
Jaigunj, Kandi).
9. Amblyseius (Euseius) coccosocius
Ghai & Menon
Distribution : Maldah.
10. Amblyseius (Euseius) delhiensis
(Narayanan & Kumar)
Distribution : Medinipur (Jhargram,
Belpahari).
11. Amblyseius (Euseius) flnlandicus
(Oudemans)
Distribution: Murshidabad (Baharampur),
Medinipur (Jhargram, Medinipur town), Maldah
(Pyasbari, Adina forest), Darjiling (Naxalbari,
Chalsa), Bankura (Bishnupur), Birbhum (Suri)
and South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba, Kakdwip).
12. Amblyseius (Euseius) ovalis (Evans)
Distribution: Medinipur (Jhargram, Kanthi,
Fekoghat, Medinipur town), Murshidabad
(Kandi) , South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip, Namkhana)
and DaIjiling (Sukna, Naxalbari).
13. Amblyseius (~useius) pruni Gupta
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Alipurduar),
Puruliya, Darjiling (Samsing, Chalsa,
Kalimpong, Agril. Farm), Murshidabad
(Lalgola), Dinajpur (Dalkhola), South 24 Pgs.
(Gosaba) and Medinipur (Jhargram).
14. Amblyseius (Euseius)
rhododendronis Gupta
Distribution: DaIjiling (Sukna, Naxalbari)
and J alpaiguri (Alipui-duar J ainti hills).
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15. Amblyseius (Euseius)sacchari Ghai
& Menon
Distribution : Murshidabad (Kandi) and
Darjiling (Botanical garden).
16. Amblyseius (Euseius) ahaioensis
Gupta
Distribution : Maldah (Ahaio).
17. Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) aeeMae
Gupta
Distribution : Maldah.
18. Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) indicus
(Narayanan & Kaur)
Distribution: HugH.
19. Amblyseius (Neoseiulus) fallaeis
(Garman)
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24 Bankura.
Pgs.
20. Amblyseius (Neoseiulus)
longispinosus (Evans)
Distribution : Barddhaman (Khana) and Harbour), Murshidabad (Kandi, Baharampur),
Puruliya (Manbazar).
21. Amblyseius (Neoseiulus)
paspalivoMJS (De Leon)
Distribution : Darjiling and South 24 Pgs.
(Basanti).
22. Amblyseius (Paraphytoseius)
multidentatus (Swirski & Shechter)
Distribution : Maldah(Ahio), Darjiling
(Naxalbari), Bankura (Tantipukur), Koch Bihar
(Chelapather), Jalpaiguri, (Jaldapara sanctuary,
Alipurduar), South 24 Pgs. and Medinipur forest), Maldah (Pyasbari), Medinipur (Garheta,
(Garbeta, Kanthi).
23. Amblyseius (Proprioseiopsis)
peltatus Vander Merwe
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
24. Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus)
kalimpongensis Gupta
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Alipurduar),
Darjiling, Medinipur (Jhargram, Belpahari),
Puruliya (Punch, Matha) and Birbhum(Suri).
25. Amblyseius (Typhlodromalus)
rosiea Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Sarbani Garden).
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26. Amblyseius (Typhlodromips)
crotalariae Gupta
Distribution : J alpaiguri (J aldapara
sanctuary, Rajabhatkhawa), Darjiling
(Kalimpong Agril. farm, Mirik, Naxalbari).
27. Amblyseius (Typhlodromips)
officinaria Gupta
Distribution : HugH and North 24 Pgs.
28. Amblyseius (Typhlodromips)
polyantheae Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Manebhanjang,
Sarbari garden) and North 24 Pgs.
29. Amblyseius
(Typhlodromips}potentillae (Garman)
Distribution : Nadia, Kolkata, Haora and
30. Amblyseius (Typhlodromips)
suknaensis Gupta
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Maldah (Maldah town, Ahio), Darjiling
(Kalimpong, Naxalbari), Jalpaiguri
(Alipurduar), Puruliya (Jhalda), Medinipur
(Jhargram) and Koch Bihar (Chelapather).
31. Amblyseius (Typhlodromips)
sijiensis Gupta
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
32. Amblyseius (TypltlodJ"omips)
syzygii Gupta
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Alipurduar, Buxa
Jhargram) and Murshidabad (Lalgola).
33. Indoseiulus ricini (Ghai & Menon)
Distribution: Nadia (Krishnanagar).
34. Iphiseius andamanicus Gupta
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali,
Sudhanyakhali).
35. Paraamblyseius fragariae Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling.
36. Paraamblyseius mumai Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Khumani, Botanical
Garden, Manebhanjang) and Murshidabad
(Lalgola).
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37· ·Phytoseius (Pennaseius) kapuri
Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong),
Medinipur (Medinipur town, Contai), Dinajpur
(Dalkhola), Bankura (Jairambati, Bishnupur),
Murshidabad (Jiyagunj) South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba)
and Birbhum (Suri).
38. Phytoseius (Pennaseius) minutus
Narayanan, Kaur & Ghai
Distribution : Haora.
39. Phytoseius (Phytoseius) crinitus
Swirski & Shechter
Distribution : Darjiling (Samsing Tea Estate,
Chalsa, Khumani).
40. Phytoseius (Phytoseius) indicus
Bhattacharya
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and Haora.
41. Phytoseius (Phytoseius)
intermedius Evans & Macfarlane
Distribution : Darjiling.
42. Phytoseius (Phytoseius) macropi lis
(Banks)
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing Tea Estate)
and South 24 Pgs.
43. Phytoseius (Phytoseius) meyerae
Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
44. Phytoseius (Phytoseius) rachelae
Swrirski & Shechter
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing).
45. Phytoseius (Phytoseius) roseus Gupta
Distribution : J alpaiguri (Alipurduar) and
Puruliya (Matha).
46. Phytoseius (Phytoseius) swirskii
Gupta
Distribution: Barddhaman.
47. Phytoseius (Phytoseius)
maldahhaensis Gupta
Distribution: Maldah (Maldah Agril. Farm).
48. Typhlodromus (Amblydromella)
arunachalensis Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing).
49. Typhlodromus (Amblydromella)
da,;eelingensis Gupta
Distribution : Koch Bihar (Gossanimari),
Darjiling (Samsing, Botanical Garden,
Naxalbari), Murshidabad (Lalgola), Maldah
(Ahio) , Medinipur (Jhargram) and Jalpaiguri
(Alipurduar, Jainti hills).
50. Typhlodromus (Amblydromella)
jleschneri Chant
Distribution: Bankura (Tatipukur) and
North 24 Pgs.
51. Typhlodromus (Amblydromella)
homalii Gupta
Distribution : Kolkata.
52. Typhlodromus (Amblydromella)
persicus Gupta
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong).
53. Typhlodromus (Anthoseius)
majumderi Gupta
Distribution : Nadia.
54. Trphlodromus (Orientiseius) hadii
Chaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling (Mirik).
55. Typhlodromus (Orientiseius) pruni
Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Chalsa).
56. Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus)
communis Gupta
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Alipurduar),
Darjiling, Maldah (State Agril. Farm) and South
24 Pgs.
57. Typhlodromus (Typhlodromus)
neorhenanus Gupta
Distribution: Darjiling (Naxalbari).
Family DIGAMASELLIDAE
58. Digamasellus sp.
Distribution: Darjiling (Samsing).
Family AMEROSEIIDAE
59. Neocypholaelaps stridulans (Evans)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs.
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60. Kleemania sp. Family LAELAPIDAE

Distribution : HugH. 64. Gymnolaelaps sp.
Family ASCIDAE Distribution : Darjiling (Happy Valley Tea
61. Lasioseius sp. Estate).
Distribution: Murshidabad (Lalgola), H~ora Family UROPODIDAE
(Botanical Garden) and North 24 Pgs.
(Barrackpur jute research farm).
65. Trichouropoda sp.
62. Proctolaelaps sp. Distribution : Darjiling (Happy Valley Tea
Estate).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sajnakhali).
Family MACROCHELIDAE Family PARASITIDAE
63. Marcrocheles glaber Muller 66. Parasitus assamensis Bhattacharyya
Distribution : Darjiling (Happy Valley Tea Distribution : Darjiling (Happy Valley Tea
Estate). Estate).
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MYRIAPODA: DIPLOPODA
Superclass MYRIAPODA 13.Kronopolites spiniger Attems
Class DIPLOPODA (MILLIPEDES) Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong, Pashok,
Order SPHAEROTHERIIDA Kalijhora) and Haora.
Family SPHAEROTHERIDAE 14. Anoplodesmus saussurei
Zephronia manca Attems
1.
(Humb.)

Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong). Distribution : H ugli.

15. Anoplodesmus Unicolor Attems
2. Zephronia "debilis Attems
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong).
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family HARPAGOPHORIDAE
3. Zephronia nigrinola Butt
16. Thyroglutus probus Attems
Distribution: Darjiling (Jorpokhri).
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Distribution: Darjiling (Mungphu).
4. Zephronia tumida yare nigrinota
17. Thyroglutus repertus Attmes
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
5. Zephrf:Jnia alticola Attens
18. Gongylorrhus sulcatus Attems
Distribution : Darjiling.
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghum).
6. Zephronia tigrinoides Silv.
19. Gongylorrhus gracilis
7. Zephronia hirta Attems
Attems
Distribution: Darjiling (Sureil).
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
8. Kophosphaera excavate mammifera
Order SPIROBOLIDA
Attems
Family SPIROBOLIDAE
Distribution: Darjiling (Sureil).
20. Physobolus olivaceus
9. Kophosphaera politissima Attems Attems
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kurseong, Sureil). Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok).
10. Kophosphaera devolvens Attems Order SIPHONOPHORIDA
Distribution: Darjiling (Sureil). Family SIPHONOPHORIDAE
11. Kophosphaera brevi lamina (Silv.) 21. Siphonophora coniceps
Distribution: (Siliguri, Kurseong). Attems
Family STRONGYLOSOMIDAE Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
12. Streptogonopus phipsoni (Poe.) 22. Siphonophora cingulata

Distribution : Haora (Botanical Garden, Attems

Shibpur). Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok).
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MYRIAPODA : CHILOPODA
Superclass MYRIAPODA 4. Cormocephalus pygmaeus Pocock
Distribution Darjiling (Siliguri,
Class CHILOPODA (CENTIPEDES)
Punkhabari).
Order SCOLOPENDIOMORPHA. 5. Otostigmus insularis Haase
Family SCOLOPENDRIDAE Distribution : Not known.
1. Scolopendra morsitans Linn. 6. Otostigmus politus Karsch
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution : Darjiling.
7. Rhysida qfra cuprea Kraepallin
2. Scolopendra subspinipes dehaani
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Brandt
8. Rhysida longipes longipes (New Port)
Distribution: Kolkata, Hugli (Chuchura,
Distribution : Kolkata, Barddhaman
Sera~pur, North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
(Ranigunj).
Darjiling (Siliguri, Punkhabari).
9. Ethmostigmus pygomegas
3. Cormocephalus dentipes Pocock (Kohlransch)
Distribution : All districts. Distribution : Darjiling.
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PHORONIDA
Phylum PHORONIDA
1.Phoronis bhaduraii Ganguly and
Majumdar
Distribution : Medinipur (Digha beach).

BRACHIOPODA
Phylum BRACHIOPODA
Class INARTICULATA
Family LINGULIDAE
1. Lingula anafina
Distribution : Medinipur (Digha Mohana,
J alda estuary).
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FRESH WATER BRYOZOA

Phylum BRYOZOA Jalpaiguri (Lataguri) and Dinajpur (Karandighi).
Class GYMNOLAEMATA 5. Plumatella emarginata Allman, 1844
Order CTENOSTOMATA Distribution : Maldah (Gajal), Dinajpur
Family PALUDICELLIDAE (Karandighi), Nadia (Nabadweep) , Murshidabad
(Jangipur) and Birbhum (Saintbia).
1. Victorella benglensis Annandale, 1907
Distribution: Kolkata (Salt lake). 6. Plumatella fruticosa Allman, 1844
Distribution: Koch Bihar (Toofangunj), Nadia
Family HISLOPIIDAE
(Krishnanagar), Medinipur (Farakka, Kandi)
2. Hislopia lacustris Carter, 1858
and Birbhum (BolpurJ.
Distribution : Bankura (Aral Bansi, J amuna
7. Plumatella javanica Kraepelin, 1906
Bandh, Bishnupur, Saltora, Sasunia), Maldah
(Vaisanavanagar, Patalchandi, Bamongola,
Distribution: DaIjiling, Hugli (Janai), Haora
Gajal, Manikchak), Barddhaman (Andalgram, (Domjur, Mourigram, Amta), Kolkata and
Galsi, Tarabag Sayer, Krishnasayer), HugH Medinipur.
(Chinsurah) and Medinipur (Swetpura, Garbeta, 8. Hyalinella punctata (Hancock), 1850
Ghatal). Distribution : Medinipur (Contai , Gope
3. Hiplopia· moniliformis Garan, Dharma, Garbeta, Ghatal, Kolaghat,
Annandale, 1907 Gopiballavpur), Murshidabad (Kandi,
Distribution: Haora (Bagnan) and Medinipur Jangipur), Kolkata, Maldah (Bamongola),
(BeIda, Garbeta). Bankura (J oyrambati-, Susunia), Puruliya
(Sahed Bandh, Manbazar, Bagmundi,
Class PHYLACTOLAEMATA
Ragunatbpur) and Jalpaiguri (New Alipurduar).
Order CTENOSTOMATA
9. Stolella indica Annandale, 1909
Family PLUMATELLIDAE
Distribution : Puruliya (Bagmundi), Haora
4. Plumatella djffusa Leidy, 1852 (Shyampur), Birbhum (Sainthia, Bolpur),
Distribution : Bankura (Aral Bansi), Barddhaman (Raina), Hugli, Nadia (Durgapur
Medinipur (Farakka, Keranitolla), Barddhaman village, Nabadweep, Krishananagar, Plassey),
(Andalgram, Katwa, Galsi), Maldah Bankura (Saltora, Bheduasole, Sussnia) and
(Vishnavnagar), Puruliya (Bagmundi), Kolkata.
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ECHINODERMATA
Phylum ECHINODERMATA 10. Amphiura (Ophiopeltis) tenuis (H.L.
Class ASTEROIDEA Clark)
Order PLATYASTERIDA Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (J arkhali,
Matla).
Family LUIDIIDAE
Family OPHIACTIDAE
1. Luidia hardwicki (Gray)
11. Ophiacus delagoa Balinsky
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads).
Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha) and
Order PAXILLOSIDA
South 24 Pgs. (Paremari Matla, Bakkhali, Sagar
Family ASTROPECTINIDAE Island).
2. Astropecten euryacanthus Luetken 12. Ophiactis modesta Brock
Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha) and Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha) and
South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads, Bakkhali). South 24 Pgs. (Port Canning, Matla).
3. Astropecten indicus Doederlein Family OPHIOTRICHIDAE
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha) and 13. Macrophiothrix longipeda (Lamarck)
South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads, Matla river, Sagar Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).
Islands). 14. Ophiocnemis marmorata (Lamarck)
4. Astropecten mauritianus Gray Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads
DiStribution: East Medinipur (Digha). HRB) and East Medinipur (Digha).
Order VALVATIDA Order DIADEMATOIDA
Family GONIOPECTINIDAE Class ECHINOIDEA
5. Goniopecten sp. Family DIADEMATIDAE
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads- 15. Chaetodiadema granulatum
Hugli river mouth). Mortensen

Family GONIASTERIDAE Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads

HRB).
6. Goniodiscaster vallei (Koehler)
Family TEMNOPLEURIDAE
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha).
16. TemnopleuMls toreumaticus (Leske)
7. Stellaster equestris (Retzius)
Distribution : East Medinipur (Digha) and
Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha). South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads HRB).
Class OPHIUROIDEA Order CLYPEASTEROIDA
Order OPHIURIDA Family CLYPEASTERIDAE
Family AMPHIURIDAE 17. Clypeaster rarispinus de Meijere
8. Amphioplus (Lymanella) hastatus Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Matla) and East
(Ljungman) Medinipur (Digha).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads- Family LAGANIDAE
HugH river mouth). 18. Laganum decagonale (de Blainville)
9. Amphioplus (Lymanella) sp. Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sandheads). HRB) and East Medinipur (Digha).
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Family ASTRICLYPEIDAE 21. Thorsonia investigatoris (Koehler &

19. Echinodiscus auritus Leske Vaney)
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Eastern Channel Distribution: East Medinipur (Digha) and
HugH river mouth). South 24 Pgs. (Hugli River Mouth).
Class HOLOTHURIOIDEA Order MOLPADIDA
Order, DENDROCHIROTIDA Family CAUDINIDAE
Family CUCUMARIIDAE 22. Acaudina molpadioides (Semper)
20. Stolus rap~ (Koehler & Vaney) Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (HugH River
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (HugliRiver Mouth) and East Medinipur (Digha,
Mouth). Shankarpur).
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HEMICHORDATA
Phylum HEMICHORDATA
Class ENTEROPNEUSTA
Family HARRlMANIIDAE
1. Saccoglossus sp.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
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CHORDATA : PISCES
(FRESH WATER FISH)

Phylum CHORDATA Order CLUPEIFORMES

Subphylum VERTEBRATA Family CLUPEIDAE
Class OSTEICHTHYES 9. Corica soboma Ham.
Orders ANGULLIFORMES Distribution :HugH river system.
Family ANGUILLIDAE 10. Goniolosa manmina Ham.

1. Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis Distribution: HugH river system.

(Gray & Hardw) 11. Gudusia chapra (Ham.)

Distribution: Matla river system. Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.

Family MORINGUIDAE 12. Tenualosa ilisha (Ham.)
2. Moringua raitaborua (Ham) Distribution : HugH river system.
Distribution : Matla and Bidyadhari river. Order CYPRINIFORMES
Family OPHICHTHIDAE Family CYPRINIDAE
3. Pisodonophis boro (Ham.) Subfamily CULTRINAE
Distribution : Sunderban, Matla and 13. Chela (Chela) cachius (Ham.)
Bidyadhari. Distribution : Damodar and Rupnarayan
Order BELONIFORMES river.
Family BELONIDAE 14. Chela (Chela) laubuca (Ham.)
4. Xenentodon cancila Hamilton Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
Distribution: HugH and Maltla river system. 15. Salmostoma bacaila (Ham.)
Family ADRIANICHTHYIDAE Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
5. Oryzias dancena (Hamilton) 16. Salmostoma phulo phulo (Ham.)

Distribution : Shallow waters throughout Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.

West Bengal. 17. Salmostoma sardinella (Val.)
Order CYPRINODONTIFORMES Distribution: HugH river system.
Family APLOCHEILIDAE 18. SecuMcula gora (Ham.)
6. Aplochelius panchax (Hamilton) Distribution : Damodar River.
Distribution : Fresh and" Brackish waters of Subfamily HYPOHTHALMICHTHYINAE
West Bengal. 19· Hypohthalmicthys molitrix (Val.)
Family POECILIDAE Distribution : Cultured throughout West
7. Gambusia affinis patruelis (Baird & Bengal.
Girad) Subfamily RASBORINAE
Distribution: Throughout West Bengal 20. Amblypharyngodon mola
(Introduced). (Hamilton)
8. Poecilia reticulata (Peters) Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal 21. Aspidopariajaya (Ham.)
(Introduced). Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
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22. Aspidopana morar (Ham.)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
23. Banlus banla (Hamilton)
Distribution : Mahananda and Tista River.
24. Barilius barna (Hamilton)
Distribution : Ganga river system.
25. Banlus bendelisis bendelisis
Hamilton
Distribution: Mahananda and Tista River.
26. Banlius shacra (Hamilton)
Distribution : Ganga river system.
27. BarUus tileo (Hamilton)
Distribution : Hill streams.
28. Banlus vagra vagra (Hamilton)
Distribution: Small hill streams.
29. Danio (Brachydanio) reno
(Hamilton)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
30. Danio (Dania) aequipinnatus
(McClelland)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
31. Danio (Danio) dangila (Hamilton)
Distribution : Damodar river system.
32. Danio (Danio) devana (Hamilton)
Distribution : Damodar, J ayanti and Ajoy
river' system.
33. Esomus danricus (Hamilton)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
34. Raiamas bola (Hamilton)
Distribution : North Bengal.
35. Rasbora daniconius daniconius
(Hamilton)
Distribution : Mahananda, Darakeswar and
Rupnarayanpur river system.
36. Rasbora elanga (Hamilton)
Distribution : Hugli river system.
37. Rasobra rasobra (Hamilton)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
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Subfamily CYPRININAE
38. Aristichthys nobilis (Richardson)
Distribution : Introduced.
39. Neolissocheilus hexagonolepis
(McClelland)
Distribution : Darjiling.
40. Carassius auratus auratus
(Linnaeus)
Distribution : Introduced.
41. Carassius carassius (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Introduced.
42. Cyprinion semiplotum (McClelland)
Distribution: North Bengal.
43. Catla catla (Hamilton)
Distribution : Cultured throughout West
Bengal.
44. Chagunius chagunio (Hamilton)
Distribution: Darjiling.
45. arrhinus mrigala (Hamilton)
Distribution : Cultured throughout West
Bengal.
46. Cirrhinus reba (Hamilton)
Distribution : H ugli' river system.
47. Cten'opharyngodon idella
(Valenciennes)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal
(Introduced).
48. Cypnnus carpio carpio Linnaeus
Distribution : Throughout the State
(Introduced).
49. Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
(Valenciennes)
Distribution : (Introduced).
50. Labeo angra (Hamilton)
Distribution : North Bengal.
51. Labeo fimbriatus (Blotch)
Distribution: Foot-hills of North Bengal.
52. Labeo bata (Hamilton)
Distribution: HugH and Damodar river.
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53. Labeo boga (Hamilton)
Distribution: Darjiling and Siliguri.
54. Labeo calbasu (Hamilton)
Distribution : HugH river System.
55. Labeo dero (Hamilton)
Distribution : Darjiling.
56. Labeo dyocheilus (McClelland)
Distribution : North Bengal.
57. Labeo gonius (Hamilton)
Distribution : Darjiling.
58. Labeo nandina (Ham.)
Distribution: Damodar and Hugli river.
59. Labeo pangusia (Hamilton)
Distribution : Streams of duars and Terai.
60. Labeo rohita (Hamilton)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
61. Oreithys cosuatus (Hamilton)
Distribution : North Bengal.
62 .. Os teo brama cotio cotio (Hamilton)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
63. Puntius chola (Hamilton)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
64. Puntius calauatus (McClelland)
Distribution: North Bengal below Himalayan
Foothills.
65. Puntius conchonius (Hamilton)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
66. Puntius dukai (Day)
Distribution : Tista river system.
67. Puntius gelius (Hamilton)
Distribution : Matla river system.
68. Puntius guganio (Hamilton)
Distribution : Gangetic belt.
69. Puntius jauanicus (Blecker)
Distribution ; Gangetic belt.
70. Puntius phutunio (Hamilton)
Distribution: Panchenai river.
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71. Puntius sarana sarana (Hamilton)
Distribution : Hugli, Mahananda and
Damodar.
72. Puntius sophore (Hamilton)
Distribution : Throughout West bengal.
73. Puntius terio (Hamilton)
Distribution : North Bengal.
74. Punnus ncto ncto (Hamilton)
Distribution : Throughout West bengal.
75. Tor puntora (Hamilton)
Distribution ; Mahananda River system-.
76. Tor tor (Hamilton)
Distribution ; Mahananda and Tista River
system.
Subfamily GARRINAE
77. Crossocheilus latius latius
(Hamilton)
Distribution : Tista river.
78. Garra annandalei Hora
Distribution : Darjiling.
79. Garra gotyla gotyla (Gray)
Distribution : Tista, Mahananda and
Darakeswar river.
80. Garra lamta (Ham.)
Distribution ; DaIjiling.
81. Garra mullya (Sykes)
Distribution: Mahananda and Tista river.
Subfamily SCHIZOTHORACINAE
82. Schizothoraichthys progastus
(McClelland)
Distribution ; Sub-Himalayan range.
83. Schizotharax molesworthi
(Chaudhuri)
Distribution : Sub-Himalayan range.
84. Schizo thorax richardsonii (Gray)
Distribution : Sub-Himalayan range.
Family PSILORHYNCHIDAE
85. Psilorhynchus balitora (Hamilton)
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
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86. Psilorhynchus sucano (Hamilton)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family HOMALOPTERIDAE
Subfamily NOEMACHEILINAE
87. Aborichthys elongatus Hora
Distribution : Tista river.
88. Acanthocobitis bona (Hamilton)
Distribution ; DaIjiling.
89. Noemacheilus bevani Gunther
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda and
Tista).
90. Noemacheilus corica (Hamilton)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
91. Noemacheilus devdevi Hora
Distribution : All stream below Darjiling.
92. Noemacheilus mulnfasciatus Day
Distribution: DaIjiling.
93. Noemacheilus rupicola inglisi Hora
Distribution : Darjiling.
94. Noemacheilus Mlpicola rupicola
(McCld.)
Distribution : Darjiling.
95. Noemacheilus savona (Hamilton)
Distribution : Tista river system.
96. Noemacheilus scaturigina
(McClelIard)
Distribution : Hill-streams.
97. Noemacheilus shebbeari Hora
Distribution : Tista river.
98. Noemacheilus zonatus (McClellard)
Distribution: Darjiling.
Subfamily HOMALOPTERINAE
99. Balitora brucei Gray
Distribution: Tista river.
100. Balitora maculata Gray
Distribution : Tista river.
Family Cobitidae
Subfamily Cobitinae
101. Acanthopthalamus pangia (Hamilton)
Distribution : Darjiling.
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102. Lepidocephalus (L) annandalei
Chaudhuri
Distribution : Small hill-stream.
103. Lepidocephalus (L) quntea
(Hamilton)
Distribution: Mahananda, Tista and Hugli.
104. Somileptes gongota (Hamilton)
Distribution: Tista, Jayanti and Mahananda.
Subfamily BOTIINAE
Bona almarhae Gray
105.
Distribution: Mahananda river and Darjiling.
106. Botia (Botia) dario (Hamilton)
Distribution : Hill streams.
107. Botia (Botia) rostrata Gunther
Distribution : Darjiling.
Order OSTEOGLOSSIFORMES
Family NOTOPTERIDAE
108. Chitala chitala (Ham.)
Distribution : HugH river system.
109. Notopterus notopterus (Pallas)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
Order SILURIFORMES
Family ARIIDAE
Arius anus (Hamilton)
110.
Distribution :
111. Arius gagora Hamilton
Distribution: Hugli Estuary.
Family BAGRIDAE
112. Sperata seenghala (Sykes)
Distribution : Large rivers of the states.
113. Sperata aor (Hamilton)
Distribution : Large rivers of the state.
114. Batasio batasio (Hamilton)
Distribution : Tista river.
115. Batasio tengana (Hamilton)
Distribution : Tista river.
116. Rama chandramara'(Hamilton)
Distribution: North Bengal.
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117. Mytus bleekeri (Day) Family PLOTOSIDAE

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal. 132.Plotosus canius Hamilton
118. Mytus cavasius (Day) Distribution : HugH and Matla river.
Distribution : HugH river. 133. Plotosus lineatus (Thumberg)

119. Mytus gulio (Hamilton) Distribution : HugH estuary.

Distribution : Estuaries, seas and tidal water Family SCHILBEIDAE
of West Bengal. 134. Ailia coila (Hamilton)

120. Mytus menoda menoda (Ham.) Distribution: HugH and Matla river system.
135. Clupisoma garua (Ham.)
Distribution : Mahananda River.
Distribution : J alangi and Bhagirathi river.
121. Mytus tengara (Hamilton)
136. Clupisoma montana Hora
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
Distribution : Darjiling.
122. Mytus vittatus (Bloch)
137. Eutropiichthys murius (Hamilton)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
Distribution : Big rivers and tributaries of
123. Rita rita (Hamilton) the state.
Distribution : Mahananda and Tista river. 138. Eutropiichthys vacha (Hamilton)
Family CLARIIDAE Distribution : HugH river system.
124. Clarius batrachus (Linnaeus) 139. Pseudeutropius atherinoides
Distribution: HugH river system . . (Bloch)
Distribution : HugH and Matla River.
125. Clarias gariepinus (Burehell)·
Distribution : Introduced. 140. Silonia silondia (Hamilton)
Distribution : HugH river system.
Family HETEROPNEUSTIDAE
Family SILURIDAE
126. Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch)
141. Ompok bimaculatus (Bloch)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
Distribution: Hugli, Damodar and Bhagirathi
Family CHACIDAE river.
127.
Chaca chaca Hamilton 142. Ompok pabda (Hamilton.)
Distribution : Darjiling. Distribution: HugH, Damodar and Bhagirathi
Family AMBLYCIPITIDAE river.
128. Amblyceps mangois (Hamilton) 143. Ompok pabo (Hamilton)
Distribution : Tista river. Distribution: HugH, Damodar and Bhagirathi
river.
Family OLYRIDAE
144. Pterocryptes gangetica (Peters)
129· Olyra kempi Chaudhuri
Distribution : Darjiling Himalaya.
Distribution : Darjiling.
145. Wallago attu :(Schneider)
130. Olyra longicaudata McClellard
Distribution: Hugli, Damodar and Bhagirathi
Distribution : Darjiling. river.
Family PANGASIIDAE Family SISORIDAE
131. Pangasius pangasius (Hamilton) 146. Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton.)
Distribution : Estuaries of West Bengal. Distribution: HugH river.
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Conta conta (Hamilton)
147.
Distribution : Darjiling.
148. Erethistes pussilus Muller & Troschel
Distribution : Darjiling.
149. Erethistiodes montana montana
Hora
Distribution : Darjiling.
150. Euchiloglanis hodgarti (Hora)
Distribution : Darjiling.
151. Gagata cenia (Ham.)
Distribution : North Bengal.
152. Gagata gagata (Ham.)
Distribution : North Bengal.
153. Gagata viridescens (Hamilton)
Distribution: North Bengal.
154. Glyptothorax cavia (Ham.)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
155. Glyptothorax conirostrae
conirostrae (Stend.)
Distribution : Mahananda and Siliguri.
156. Glyptothorax horai Shaw &
Shebbeare
Distribution : Darjiling.
157. Glyptothorax telchitta telchitta
(Hamilton)
Distribution : Darjiling.
158. Hara hara (Hamilton)
Distribution : Darjiling.
Hara horai Misra
159.
Distribution : Darjiling.
160. Harajerdoni (Day)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
161. Laguvia ribeiroi Hora
Distribution : Teesta river and Darjiling.
162. Laguvia shawi Hara
Distribution : Mahananda, Sivoke rivers,
Darjiling (Kalimpong, Duars, Siliguri, Terai) and
North Bengal.
163.Nangra nangra (Hamilton)
Distribution: Ganga, HugH river.
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164. Para chiloglanis hodgarti (Hora)
Distribution: Teesta valley, Kurseong and
Darjiling.
165. Pseudecheneis sulcatus (McClellard)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
166. Sisor rhabdophorus Hamilton
Distribution : Darjiling.
Super order ACANTHOPTERYGII
Orders CHANNI FORMES
Family CHANNIDAE
167. Channa amphibius (McClelland)
Distribution : North Bengal.
168. Channa barca (Hamilton)
Distribution : DaIjiling.
169. Channa marulius (Hamilton)
Distribution: Hugli river system.
170. Channa orientalis (Schneider)
Distribution : All rivers of West Bengal.
171. Channa punctatus (Bloch)
Distribution : All rivers of West Bengal.
172. Channa stewartii (Playfair)
Distribution : HugH and Matla river system.
173. Channa striatus (Bloch)
Distribution: HugH, Damodar and Bhagirathi
river system.
Order GASTEROSTEIFORMES
Family SYNGNATHIDAE
174. lchthyocampus carce (Hamilton)
Distribution : Visits freshwaters of lower
Bengal.
175. Microphis deocata (Hamilton)
Distribution : Darjiling.
176. Microphis cuncalus
Distribution: Throughout West Bengal.
Order SYNBRANCHIFORMES
Family MASTACEMBELIDAE
177. Macrognath 14S aral (Bloch &
Schneider)
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
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178. Macrognathus aculeatus (Bloch) 191.Pseudambassis baculis (Hamilton)

Distribution : Throughout West Bengal. Distribution : Ganga basin.
179. Macrognathus pancalus Hamilton Family CICHLIDAE
Distribution: HugH, Mahanada and Tista 192.Oreochromis mossambica (Peters)
river system. Distribution : Throughout West Bengal
180. Mastacembelus armatus armatus (Introduced).
CLacepede) 193.Oreochromis nilotica (Linnaells)
Distribution: HugH and Bhagirathi river Distribution : Throughout West Bengal
systems. (Introduced).
Family SYNBRANCH I DAE Family GOBIIDAE
181. Monopterus cuchia (Hamilton) 194. Glossogobius giUMs giuris
(Hamilton)
Distribution : Throught West Bengal.
Distribution: Damodar, Hugli and Bhagirathi
182. Ophisternon bengalense McClelland
River.
Distribution: Hugli river, West Bengal.
Family ANABANTIDAE
Order PECIFORMES
Anabas testudineus (Bloch)
195.
Family BELONTIDAE
Distribution : All rivers of West Bengal.
183. Colisa fasciata (Schneider)
196. Anabas cobojius (Hamilton)
Distribution : Hugli, Bhagirathi and
Distribution: Medinipur, Bankura and HugU.
Damodar.
Family MUGILIDAE
184. Colisa lalius (Hamilton)
Liza parma (Hamilton)
197.
Distribution : HugH and Bhagirathi river
Distribution : Throughout West Bengal.
system.
198. Liza tode (Farskal)
Colisa sota (Hamilton)
185.
Distribution : Lower reaches of the rivers.
Distribution : Gangetic Provinces.
199. Rhinomugil corsula (Hamilton)
186. Ctenops nobilis McClellard
Distribution : HugH and Matla River.
Distribution : Small streams and tributaries.
200. Sicamugli cascasia (Hamilton)
187. Osphronemus gOJ'amy Lacepede
Distribution: Hugli and Sunderban Estuarine
Distribution : Introduced. Zone.
Family CENTROPOMIDAE Family NANDIDAE
Lates calcarifer (Bloch)
188. Badis badis (Hamilton)
201.
Distribution: HugH and Matla estuaries. Distribution : Not found commonly in West
Family CHANDIDAE Bengal.
Chanda nama (Hamilton)
189. Nandus nandus (Hamilton)
202.
Distribution : Hugli, Mahananda and Distribution : Damodar, Hugli and
Punarbhaba. Bhagirathi.
190.Pseudambassis ranga (Hamilton) Family POLYNEMIDAE
Distribution : HugH, Mahananda and 203.Polynemus paradiseus Linnaeus
Punarbhaba. Distribution: HugH and Matla estuary.
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204. Elutheronema tetradactylum 206. Ophisternon bengalensis

(Shaw) McClellard
Distribution: HugH and Matla estuary. Distribution: Sunderban estuaries.
Order SYMBRANCHIFORMES
Order TETRAODONTIFORMES
Family SYMBRANCHIDAE
Family TETRAODONTIDAE
205. Monopterus cuchia (Hamilton)
207. Tetraodon cutcutia (Hamilton)
Distribution : Darjiling and Sunderban
estuaries. Distribution : Freshwaters of West Bengal.
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CHORDATA: PISCES
(MARINE FISH)

Phylum CHORDATA Family HEMIGALEIDAE

Subphylum VERTEBRATA 18. Hemipristis elongata (Klunzinger)
Class CHONDRICTHYES Family PROSCYLLIDAE
Subclass ELASMOBRANCHII 19. Endacnis radclUTei Smith
Order SQUALIFORMES Family SPHYRNIDAE
Family SQUALIDAE Eusphyrna blochii (Cuvier)
20.

1. Centroscyllium ornatum (Alcock) 21. Sphyrna lewini (Cuvier, Griffith &

Smith)
Order ORECTOLOBIFORMES
Order PRISTIFORMES
Family HEMISCYLLIDAE
Family PRISTIDAE
2. Chiloscyllium griseum Muller & Henle
22. Anoxypristis cupidata (Latham)
3. Chiloscyllium indicum (Gmelin)
23. Prisms micro don Latham
4. Chiloscyllium plagiosum (Bennett)
24. Pristis pectinata Latham
5. Chiloscyllium punctatum Muller &
Henle Suborder TORPEDINIOIDEI
Family TORPEDINIDAE
Family RHINIODONTIDAE
25. Bengalichthys impennis Annandale
6. Rhincodon typus Smith
26. Narcine bMlnnea Annandale
Family STEGOSTOMATIDAE
27. Narcine maculata (Shaw)
7. Stegostoma fasciatum (Hermann)
28. Narcine timlei (Schneider)
Orders CARCHARHINIFORMES
29. Narke dipterygia (Schneider)
Family CARCHARHINIDAE
Order RAJIFORMES
8. Carcharhinus dussumien
Family RHINOBATIDAE
(Valenciennes)
30. Rhina ancylostoma Schneider
9. Carcharhinus hemiodon
(Valenciennes) 31. Rhinobatos annandalei Norman

10. Carcharhinus leucas (Valenciennes) 32. Rhinobatos granulatus Cuvier

11. Carcharhinus limbatus
(Valenciennes)
12. Carcharhinus melanopterus
(Quay & Gaimard)
13· Carcharhinus sOJTah (Valenciennes)
14. Glyphis gangeticus (Muller & Henle)
15. Lamiopsis temmincki
(Muller & Henle)
16. Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rupppell)
17· Scoliodon laticaudus
( Muller & Henle)
33. Rhinobatos lionotus Norman
34. Rhinobatos obtusus Muller & Henle
35. Rhynchobatus djeddensis (Forsskal)
Order MYLIOBATIFORMES
Family DASYATIDAE
36. Dasyatis microps (Annandalae)
37. Dasyatis zugei (Muller & Henle)
38. Himantura bleekeri (Blyth)
39. Himanturajluviatilis (Hamilton)
40. Himantura imbricata (Schneider)
41. Himantura marginata (Blyth)
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42. Himantura uarnak (Forsskal)
Family GYMNURIDAE
43. Aetoplatea tentaculata
(Valenciennes)
44. Gymnura poecilura (Shaw)
45. Gymnura japonica (Blyth)
Family MYLIOBATDIDAE
46. Aetobatus narinari (Blainville)
47. Aetomylaeus nichofii (Schneider)
Order ANGUILLIFORMES
Family ANGUILLIDAE
48. Anguilla bengalensis bengalensis
(Gray)
49. Anguilla bicolor bicolor McClelland
Family MORINGUIDAE
50. Moringua arundinacea (McClelland)
51. Moringua raitaborua (Hamilton)
Family MURAENESOCIDAE
52. Congresox talabon (Cuvier)
53. Congresox talabonoides (Bleeker)
54. Muraenesox bagio (Hamilton)
55. Muraenesox cinereus (Forsskal)
Family MURAENIDAE
56. Echidna nebulosa (Abl)
57. Echidna zebra (Shaw)
58. Gymnothorax tile (Hamilton)
59. Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw &
Nodder)
60. Gymnothorax pietus (Abl)
61. Stophidon sathete (Hamilton)
Family OPHICHTHIDAE
62. Lamnostoma orientalis (McClelland)
63. Pisodonophis boro (Hamilton)
Order AULOPIFORMES
Family SYNODONTIDAE
64. Harpadon nehereus (Hamilton)
65. Saurida tumbil (Bloch)
66. Saunda undosguames (Richardson)
67. Synodus variegatus (Lacepede)
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68. Saunda wanesio Shindo and Yamada
69. Trachinoeephalus myops (Forster)
Order BATRACHOIDIFORMES
Family BATRACHOIDIDAE
70. Colletheichthys dussumieri
(Valenciennes)
71. Allenbatrachus grunniens (Linnaeus)
Order CLUPEIFORMES
Family CHIROCENTRIDAE
72. Chirocentrus dorab (Forsskal)
73. Chiroeentrus nudus Swainson
74. Anodontostoma chacunda
(Hamilton)
75. Anodontostoma thailandiae
Wongratana
76. Corica soborna Hamilton
77. Escualosa thoraeata (Valenciennes)
78. Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus
(Ruppell)
Family CLUPEIDAE
79. Hilsa kelee (Cuvier)
80. Nematalosa galatheae (Nelson &
Rothaman)
81. Nematalosa nasus (Bloch)
82. Sardinella braehysoma Bleeker
83. Sardinella fimbriata (Valenciennes)
84. Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker)
85. Tenualosa ilisha (Hamilton)
86. Tenualosa toli (Valenciennes)
Family ENGRULIDIDAE
87. Coilia dussumieri Valenciennes
88. Coilia negleeta Whitehead
89. Coilia ramearti (Hamilton)
90. Coilia reynaldi valenciennes
91. Encrasicholina heteroloba (Ruppell)
92. Setipinna brevifilis (Valenciennes)
93. Setipinna phasa (Hamilton)
94. Setipinna taty (Valenciennes)
95. Setipinna tenuifilis Valenciennes
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96. Stolephorus baganensis Hardenberg Orders ELOPIFORMES

97. Stolephorus commersonii Lacepede Family ELOPIDAE
9S. Stolephorus indicus (van Hasslet) 123. Elops machnata (Forsskal)
99. Thryssa dussumieri· (Valenciennes) Family MEGALOPIDAE
100. Thryssa hamiltonii (Gray) 124. Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet)
101. Thryssa kammalensis (Blecker) Orders GADIFORMES
102. Thryssa puraua (Hamilton) Family BREGMACEROTIDAE
103. Thryssa malabarica (Bloch) 125. Bregmaceros macclellandi
Family PRISTIGASTERIDAE Thompson
104. Ilisha elongata (Bennett) Family MACROURIDAE
105. Ilisha jiligera (Valenciennes) 126. Coryphaenoides lophotes (Alcock)
106.Ilisha kampeni (Weber & de Orders GONORYNCHIFORMES
Beaufort) Family CHANIDAE
107. Ilisha megaloptera (Swainson) 127. Chanos chanos (Forsskal)
lOS. Ilisha melastoma (Schneider) Orders LOPHIFORMES
109. Ilisha striatula Wongratana Family ANTENNARIIDAE
110. Opisthopterus tardoore (Cuvier) 12S. Antennarius hispidus (Bloch &
111. Pellona ditchela Valenciennes Schneider)
112. Raconda russeliana Gray Family OGCOCEPHALIDAE
Order BELONIFORMES 129. Halieutaea ste"ata (Vah!)
Family BELONIDAE Order MUGILIFORMES·
113. Strongylura leiura (Bleeker) Family MUGILIDAE
114. Strongylura strongylura (van 130. Liza parsia (Hamilton)
Hasselt) 131. Liza macrolepis (Smith)
115. Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus 132. Liza subuiridis (Valenciennes)
(Peron & Le Sueur) 133. Liza tade (Forsskal)
Family HEMlRAMPHIDAE Liza uaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard)
116. Dermogenys brachynopterus 134. Mugli cephalus Linnaeus
(Bleeker)
135. Rhinomugil corsula (Hamilton-
117· Hemiramphus far (Forsskal) Buchanan)
11S. Hyporhamphus limbatus 136. Valamugil speigleri (Bleeker)
(Valenciennes)
137. Valamugil buchananai (Bleeker)
119. Rhynchorhamphus georgii
13S. Valamugil cunnesius (Valenciennes)
(Valenciennes)
139. Valamugil seheli (Forsskal)
120. Zenarchopterus buffonis
(Valenciennes) Orders PERCIFORMES
121. Zenarchopterus ectuntio Family SPHYRAENIDAE
(Hamilton) 140. Sphyraena jello Cnvier
122. Zenarchopterus striga (Blyth) 141. Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier
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Family ACANTHURIDAE 170. Glossogobius giuris (Hamilton)

142. Acanthurus triostegus (Linnaeus) 171. Gobiopsis macrostomus
Family CALLI ONYMI DAE Steindachner
143. Callionymus care bares Alcock 172. Gobiopterus chuno (Hamilton)
144. Callionymus jluviatilis Day 173. Oligolepsis acutipennis
(Valenciennes)
145. Callionymus megastomus Fricke
174. Oxuderces dentatus Eydoux &
146. Callionymus recuMJispinnis (Li)
Souleyet
147. Callionymus sagitta Pallas
175. Parachaeturichthys polynema
148. Eleutherochir operculaMs (Bleeker)
(Valenciennes)
176. Parapocryptes serperaster
Family ELEOTRIDIDAE (Richardson)
Butis butis (Hamilton)
149. 177. Pariophthalmodon schlosseri
150. Buns melanostigma (Bleeker) (Valenciennes)
151. Eleoms fusca (Bloch & Schneider) 178. Periopthalmus novemradiatus
152. Eleotris lutea Day (Hamilton)

153. Eleoms melanossoma (Bleeker) Periopthalmodon

179.
tredecemradiatus (Hamilton)
154. Odonteleotris macrodon Bleeker
180. Periopthalmus kalolo (lesson)
ISS! Ophieleotris aporos (Bleeker)
181. Pseudapocryptes elongatus (euvier)
156. Ophiocara porocephala
182. Scartelaos histophorus
(Valenciennes)
(Valenciennes)
Family GOBIIDAE
183. Stigmatogobius hoevenii (Bleeker)
157. Acentrogobius caninus
184. Stigmatogobius sadanundio
(Valenciennes)
(Hamilton)
158. Acentrogobius cauerensis (Bleeker)
Family GOBIODIDAE
159. Drombus globiceps (Hora)
185. Caragobius urolepis (Bleeker)
160. Istigobius ornatus (Ruppell)
186. Odontamblyopus rubicundus
161. Acentrogobius viridipunctatus (Hamilton)
(Valenciennes)
187. Pseudotrypauchen multiradiatus
ApoclYptes bato (Hamilton)
162. (Day)
163. Apocryptodon madurensis (Bleeker) 188. Taenioides anguiliaMs (Linnaus)
164. Awaouichthys menoni Chatterjee 189. Taenioides cirratus (Blyth)
165. Bathygobius fuscus (Ruppell) 190. Taenioides buchanani (Day)
166. Boleophthalmus boddaerti Family TRYPAUCHENIDAE
(Valenciennes) 191. Amblyotrypauchen arctocephalus
167. Boleophthalmus dussumieri (Alcock)
Valenciennes 192. Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus
168.Brachygobius nunus (Hamilton) (Bleeker)
169. Amblyeleotris gymnocephala 193. Trypauchen vagina (Bloch &
(Bleeker) Schneider)
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194. Trypauchenichthys sumatrensis
Hardenberg
Family KURTIDAE
195. Kurtus indicus Bloch
Family AMBASSIDAE
196. Ambassis kopsii Bleeker
197. Ambassis nalua (Hamilton)
Family APOGONIDAE
19B. Apogon lateralis Valenciennes
Family CARANGIDAE
199. Alectis ciliaris (Bloch)
200. Alectis indicus (Ruppell)
201. Alepes djedaba (Forsskal)
202. Alepes vari (Cuvier)
203. Atropus atropus (Schneider)
204. Atule mate (Cuvier)
205. Carangoides chrysophrys (Cuvier)
206. Carangoides malabaricus (Bloch &
Schneider)
207. Carangoides praeustus (Bennett)
20B. Caranx carangus (Bloch)
209. Caranx s~asciatus Quoy & Gaimard
210. Coranx ignobilis (Forsskal)
211. Decapterus russelli (Ruppell)
212. Caranx melampygus Cuvier
213. Elagatis bipinnulata (Quoy &
Gaimard)
214. Gnathanodon speciosus (Forsskal)
215. Megalaspis cordyla (Linnaeus)
216. Pararstromateus niger (Bloch)
217. Scomberoides commersonnianus
Lacepede
21B. Scomberoides lysan (Forsskal)
219. Scomberoides tala (Cuvier)
220. Selar crumenophthalmus (Bloch)
221. Trachinotus blochii (Lacepede)
222. Uraspis helvola (Forster)
223. Uraspis uraspis (Gunther)
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Family LATIDAE
224. Lates calcarifer (Bloch)
Family CORYPHAENIDAE
225. Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus
Family ECHENEIDAE
226. Echeneis naucrates Linnaeus
Family DREPANEIDAE
227. Drepane longimana (Bloch &
Schneider)
228. Drepane punctata (Linnaeus)
Family EPHIPPIDAE
229. Platax pinnatus (Linnaeus)
Family GERREIDAE
230. Gerres setifer (Hamilton)
231. Gerres erythrourus (Bloch)
232. Gerres oyena (Forsskal)
233. Gerres phaiya Iwatsuki & Heemstra'
234. Gerres filamentous Cuvier
Family HAEMULIDAE
235. Pomadasys argenteus (Forsskal)
236. Pomadasys argyreus (Valenciennes)
237. Pomadasys furcatus (Scheider)
238. Pomadasys maculatus (Bloch)
Family LACTRARIIDAE
239. Lactarius lactarius (Schneider)
Family LEIOGNATHIDAE
240. Gazza minuta (Bloch)
241. Nucheguula blochii (Valenciennes)
242. Nucheguula gerreoides (Bleeker)
243. Leiognathus daura (Cuvier)
244. Leiognathus dussumieri
(Valenciennes)
245. Leiognathus equulus (Forsskal)
246. Leiognathus fasciatus (Lecepede)
247. Secutor insidiator (Bloch)
248. Eubleekeria splendens (Cuvier)
249. Secutor ruconius (Hamilton)
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Family LOBOTIDAE
250. Lobotes surinamensis (Bloch)
Family DATNIOIDIDAE
251. Datnioides polota (Hamilton)
Family LUTJANIDAE
252. Lutianus argentimaculatus
(Forsskal)
253. Lutianus bengalensis (Bloch)
254. Liitianus carponotatus (Richardson)
255.- Lutianus guilcheri Fourmanoir
256. Lutianus johnii (Bloch)
257. Lutianus russelli (Bleeker)
Family MONODACTYLIDAE
258. Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus)
Family MULLIDAE
259. Parupeneus indicus (Shaw)
260. Upeneus sulphureus Cuvier
261. Upepeus vittatus (Forsskal)
Family NEMIPTERIDAE
262. Nemipterus bipunctatus
(Valenciennes)
263. Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch)
264. Nemipterus peronil (Valenciennes)
Family PRIACANTHIDAE
265. Priacanthus tayenus Richardson
Family RACHYCENTRIDAE
266. Rachycentron canadum (Linnaeus)
Family SCATOPHAGIDAE
267. Scatophagus argus (Bloch)
Family SCIAENIDAE
268. Bahaba chaptis (Hamilton)
269. Chrysochir aureus (Richardson)
270. Daysciaena albida (Cuvier)
271. Dendrophysa russelli (Cuvier)
272. Johnius belangerii (Cuvier)
273. Johnius carutta Bloch
274. !,ohnius coitor (Hamilton)
275. Johnieops macrorhynus Mohan
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276. Johnieops borneensis (Bleeker)
277. Johnieops dussumieri (Cuvier)
278. Johnius macropterus (Bleeker)
279. Macrospinosa cuja (Hamilton)
280. Nibea coibor (Hamilton)
281. Nibea maculata (Schneider)
282. Nibea soldado (Lacepede)
283. Otolithes cuuieri Trewavas
284. Otolithes rubber (Schneider)
285. Otolithoides biauritus (Cantor)
286. Pama pama (Hamilton)
287. Panna hete...olepis Trewavas
288. Panna microdon (Bleeker)
289. Pennahia macrocephalus (Tang)
290. Pennahia anea (Bloch)
291. Protonibea diacanthus (Lacepede)
292. Pterotolithus maculatus
(Kuhl & van Hasselt)
Family SERRANIDAE
293. Epinephelus coioides (Hamilton)
294. Epinephelus malabaricus
(Schneider)
295. Promicrops lanceolatus (Bloch)
Family SILLAGINIDAE
296. Sillaginopsis panijus (Hamilton)
297. Sillago sihama (Forsskal)
Family SPARIDAE
298. Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskal)
299. Acanthopagrus lattus (Houttuyn)
300. Rhabdosargus sarba (Forsskal)
Family TERAPONIDAE
301. Terapon jarbua (Forsskal)
302. Terapon puta (Cuvier)
303. Terapon theraps (Cuvier)
Family TOXOTIDAE
304. Toxotes chatareus (Hamilton)
305. Toxotes jaculator (Pallas)
Family POLYNEMIDAE
306. Filimonus similis (Feltes)
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307. Leptomelonosoma indicum (Shaw)
308. Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet)
309. Polydactylus sextarius (Bloch)
310. Polynemus paradiseus Linnaeus
311. Eleutheronea tetradactylum
(Shaw)
Family SIGANIDAE
312. Siganus conaliculatus (Pork)
313. Siganus javus (Linnaeus)
Family SCOMBRIDAE
314. Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier)
315. Scomberomorus commerson
(Lacepede)
316. Scomberomorus guttatus
(Bloch & Schneider)
Family TRICHIURIDAE
317. Eupleurogrammus glossodon
(Bleeker)
318. Eupleurogrammus muticus
(Gray)
319. Lepturacanthus pentului (Gupta)
320. Lepturacanthus savala (euvier)
321. Trichiurus gangeticus (Gupta)
322. Trichiurus .lepturus Linnaeus
Family ARIOMMATIDAE
323. Ariomma indica (Day)
Family STROMATEIDAE
324. Pampus argenteus (Euphrasen)
325. Pampus chinensis (Euphrasen)
Family CONGROGADIDAE
326. Halidesmus thomaseni (Nielsen)
Family URANOSCOPIDAE
32 7. Uranoscopus congatus Cantor
Order PLEURONECTIFORMES
Family BOTHIDAE
32 8. Engyprosopon grandisquamis
(Temminck & Schlegel)
Family PARALICHTHYIDAE
329· Pseudorhombus arsius (Hamilton)
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33 0 . Pseudorhombus elevatus Ogilby
331. Pseudorhombus javonicus (Bleeker)
332. Pseudorhombus malayanus
Bleeker
333. Pseudorhombus triocellatus (Bloch)
Family CITHARIDAE
334. Brachypleura novae-zeelandiae
Gunther
Family PSETTODIDAE
335. Psettodes erumei (Schneider)
Family CYNOGLOSSIDAE
336. Cynoglossus arel (Schneider)
337. Cynoglossus cynoglossus
(Hamilton)
338. Cynoglossus lida (Bleeker)
339. Cynoglossus lingua Hamilton
340. Cynoglossus macrostomus
Norman
341. Cynoglossus puncticeps
(Richardson)
342. Cynoglossus semifasciatus Day
343. Paraplagusia bilineata (Bloch)
344. Paraplagusia blochii (Bleeker)
345. Symph~rus gilesii (Alcock)
Family SOLEIDAE
346. Brac.hirus macrolepis (Bleeker)
347. Brachirus pan (Hamilton)
348. Heteromycteris oculus (Alcock)
349. Synaptura albomaculata Kaup
350. Synaptura commersoniana
(Lacepede)
351. Zebrias altipinnis (Alcock)
352. Zebrias quagga (Kaup)
Orders SCORPAENIFORMES
Family SCORPAENIDAE
353. Brachypterois seJTlllatus
. (Richardson)
354. Pterois russellii (Bennett)
Family SYNANCEI I DAE
355. Minous coccineus (Alcock)
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356. Trachicephalus uranoscopus
(Bloch & Schneider)
Family PLATYCEP HALl DAE
357. Cociella crocodila (Tilesius)
358. Grammoplites scaber (Linnaeus)
359. Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus)
360. Sorsogona tuberculata (Currier)
361. Suggrundus rodricensis (Cuvier)
Orders SILURIFORMES
Family ARIIDAE
362. Arius aMus (Hamilton-Buchanan)
363. Nemapteryx caelata (Valenciennes)
364. Plicafollis dussumien
(Valenciennes)
365. Arius gagora (Hamilton)
366. Anus jella (Valenciennes)
367. Anus gogoroides (Valenciennes)
368. Nemapteryx nenga (Hamilton)
369. Anus maculatus (Thunberg)
370. Nemapteryx Macranotacantha
(Bleeker)
371. PlicofoZZis platystomus (Day)
372. Henanematichthys sagor
(Hamilton)
373. Hemiarius sona (Hamilton)
374. Plicogollis tenuispinis (Day)
375. Netuma thalassina (Ruppell)
376. Batrachocephalus mino
(Hamilton-Buchanan)
377. Cephalocassis jatilla (Hamilton)
378. Osteogeneiosus militaris (Linnaeus)
Family PLOTOSIDAE
379. Plotosus canius Hamilton
380. Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg)
Orders SYNGNATHIFORMES
Family CENTRISCIDAE
381. Aeoliscus strigatus (Gunther)
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Family FISTULARIIDAE
382. Fistularia petimba Lacepede
Family SYNGNATHIDAE
383. Hippichthys specijer (Ruppell)
384. Ichthyocampus carce (Hamilton)
385. Microphis cuncalus (Hamilton)
Orders TETRAODONTIFORMES
Family BALISTIDAE
386. Canthidermis rotundatus (Proce)
Family OSTRACIIDAE
387. Rhynchostracion nasus (Bloch)
Family TRICANTHIDAE
388. Pseudotriacanthus strigilifer
(Cantor)
389. Triacanthus biaculeatus (Bloch)
390. Trixiphichthys weberi (Chaudhuri)
Family TETRAODONTIDAE
391. Arothron immaculatus
(Bloch & Schneider)
392. Chelonodon canigriviridis (Proce)
393. Chelonodon Jluviatilis (Hamilton)
394. Chelonodon patoca (Hamilton)
395. Arothron nigropunctatus
(Bloch & Schneider)
396. Arothron stellatus
(Bloch & Schneider)
397. Takifugu oblongus (Bloch)
398. Lagocephalus lunaris
(Bloch & Schneider)
399. Lagocephalus sceleratus (Gmelin)
400. Tetraodon cutcutia (Hamilton)
401. Lagocephalus lunaris
(Temrinck & Schlegel)
Family DIODONTIDAE
402. Diodon liturosus Shaw
Fanlily MOLIDAE
403. Ranzania laevis (Pennart)
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CHORDATA: AMPHIBIA
Phylum CHORDATA Gosaba, Kakdwip), Bankura (Bishnupur,
Subphylum VERTEBRATA Simlapal, Beliatore), Barddhaman (Kajoria,
Kulti), Birbhum (Sainthia, Bakreswar, Suri,
Class AMPHIBIA
Bolpur, Ahmedpur, Rampurhat), Koch Bihar
Order APODA/GYMNOPHIONA (Koch Bihar town), Darjiling (Panighata,
Family ICHTHYOPHIIDAE Mahananda, Bamanpokhori, Sukna), Jalpaiguri
1. Ichthyophis sikkimensis Taylor (Jainti, Rydak), Maldah (Ratua, Adampur,
Baishanabanagar, Maldah town, Kaliachak,
Common Name : Sikkimese Caecilian.
Gazole, Chanchal, Gour) , Medinipur (Digha,
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kurseong, Sureil). Arabari, Jhargram), Murshidabad (Jalangi,
Order URODELA/CAUDATA Kandi, Baharampur, Lalgola, Dhulian,
Family SALAMANDRIDAE Swarupganj Bhabta, Jiaganj), Nadia (Karimpur,
2. Tylototriton verrucosus Anderson
Bethuadahari), Puruliya (Arsa, Manbazar,
Schedule II, Endangered Kenda), W. Dinajpur (Kumarganj,
Gangarampur, Buniadpur, Hilli, Balurghat,
Common Name The Himalayan
Raiganj, Kaliganj, Chopra, Islampur) and
Salamander. Kolkata.
Distribution : Darjiling (Son ada, Pachang,
Family MEGOPHRYIDAE
Jorpokhori, Namthing pokhri).
6 .. Scutiger sikimensis (Blyth)
Order ANURA/SALIENTIA
Common Name : Sikkimese Toad.
Family BUFONIDAE
3. Bufo stomaticus Lutken Distribution: Darjiling (Singhalila NP).
Common Name : Marbled Toad. 7. Xenophrys glandulosa (Boulenger)
Distribution : Bankura (Bishnupur, Common Name : Glandulated Megophryid
Mukutmanipur, Sareswar, Jayrambati, Frog.
Simlapal, Beliatore), Birbhum (Bakreswar, Distribution : Darjiling (Latpancher).
Rampurhat), Koch Bihar (Tufanganj, Dinhata, 8. Xenophrys parva (Boulenger)
Mathabhanga), Maldah (Gour), Medinipur
Common Name: Burmese Megophryid Frog.
(Mandalpushkarini, Hijli, Garbetta, Arabari,
Jhargram, Belpahari, Tamluk, Kontai, Digha) Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Ghum
and Puruliya (Puruliya town). Bhanjan, Sukhiapokhri, Kalimpong).
4. Duttaphrynus himalayanus (Gunther) 9. Xenophrys robusta (Boulenger)
Common Name : The Himalayan Toad. Common Name : Robust Megophryid Frog.
Distribution: DaIjiling (DaIjiling Botanical Distribution: DaIjiling (Senchal WLS).
garden, Kurseong, Sonada, Mirik, Family MICROHYLIDAE
Ghoombanjan). 10. Kalophrynus interlineatus (Blyth)
5. Duttaphrynus melanostictus Common Name : Interlineated Sticky Frog..
(Schneider)
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Chilapata RF).
Common Name: Common Toad.
11. Kaloula assamensis Das et al.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan,
Bongaon, Helencha, Duttaphulia), South 24 Common Name: Assam Painted Frog.
Pgs. (Namkhana, Sagar Island, Canning, Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Chilapata RF).
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12. Kaloula taprobanica Parker
Common Name: Indian Painted Frog.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bongaon),
Bankura (Bishnupur), Birbhum (Bolpur), Koch
Bihar (Dinhata), Haora (Chandannagar), Hugli,
Medinipur, Nadia (Bethuadahari), PuruIiya
(Santaldi) and W. Dinajpur (Raiganj).
13. Microhyla ornata Dumeril & Bibron
Common Name : Ornate narrow-mouthed
Frog.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan,
Bangaon, Helencha, Duttaphulia), South 24 Pgs.
(Kakdwip), Bankura (Bishnupur), Barddhaman
(Bardhawan town), Birbhum (Sainthia, Suri,
Bolpur, Ahmedpur, Rampurhat), Koch Bihar
(Toofanganj, Dinhata, Mekliganj,
Mathabhanga), J alpaiguri (J ainti), Maldah
(Chanchal, Gabgachhiya, Maldah town,
Kaliachak, Gour), Medinipur
(Mandalpushkarini, Arabari, Digha),
Murshidabad (Baharampur, Lalgola, Dhulian,
Kandi, Swarupganj, Bhabta, Jiyaganj), Nadia
(Bethuadahari Karimpur), Puruliya (Arsa,
Manbazar, Kenda) and W. Dinajpur (Hilli).
14. Uperodon globulosus (Gunther)
Common Name: Balloon Frog.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Darjiling (Mahananda WLS), Haora, Hugli,
Jalpaiguri (Dhupguri, Sulkapara) and Medinipur
(Mandalpuskarini).
Family DICROGLOSSIDAE
15. Euphlyctis cyanophylyctis
(Schneider)
Common Name : Skittering Frog.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bangaon,
Helencha, Duttaphulia, Parmadan), South 24
Pgs. (Jharkhali, Sajnakhali, Namkhana,
Frazerganj, Sagar Island, Gosaba, Kakdwip),
Bankura (Bishnupur, Bankura town, Rajagram,
Gandeshwari, Sareswar, Kotalpur, Simlapal,
Panchmura, Raipur, Sonamukhi), Barddhaman
(Ranigunje, Ukhra, Kojoria, Salanpur), Birbhum
(Sainthia, Suri, Bolpur, Ahmedpur, Rampurhat),
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Koch Bihar (Koch Bihar town, Tufanganj,
Dinhata, Mekliganj, Mathabhanga), Darjiling
(Siliguri, Sukna, Chalsa, Bamanpokhri,
Kurseong, Panighat), Jalpaiguri (Jalpaiguri
town, Khutimari, Garikata, Raj abhatkhawa ,
Jainti, Sulkapara, Sevok, Lataguri, Chilapata),
Maldah (Maldah town, Kaliachak, Tulsihata,
Chanchal), Medinipur (Digha, Mandalpuskarin,
Garbeta, Arabari, Jhargram, Belpahari, Tamluk,
Kanthi, Datan, Hijli, Khirai), Murshidabad
(Baharampur, Lalgola, Dhulian, Kandi,
Swarupganj, Bhabta, Jiaganj), Nadia
(Bethuadahari, Karimpur), Puruliya (Puruliya
town, Kenda, Balarampur) and W. Dinajpur
(Hoseinpur, Balurghat, Gangarampur, Hilli,
Raiganj, Kaliaganj, Islampur, Chopra).
16.Euphlyctis hexadactylus (Lesson)
Common Name : Green Pond Frog.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Haora and HugH.
17. Fejeruarya oMssaensis (Dutta)
Common Name : Orissa Cricket Frog.
Distribution: Medinipur, Hugli, Haora and
South 24 Pgs.
18. Fejeruarya pierrei (Dubios)
Common Name: Pierre's.Cricket Frog.
DistribuNon : DaIjiling (Mirik).
19. Fejeroarya teraiensis (Dubios)
Common Name : Terai Cricket Frog.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bangaon,
Halencha, Duttaphulia, Parmadan), South 24
Pgs. (Sajnakhali, Jharkhali, Namkhana, Sagar
Island, Kakdwip, Gosaba), Bankura (Bankura
town, Sareswar, Bishnupur, Panchmura, Raipur,
Belitore, Sonamukhi), Barddhalnan
(Bardhaman town, Ukhra), Birbhum (Suri,
Bolpur, Ahmedpur, Rampurhat, Sainthia), Koch
Bihar (Koch Bihar town, Tufanganj, Dinhata,
Mekliganj, Mathabhanga), Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Mirik, Bamanpokhori, Sukna), Jalpaiguri
(Khutimari, Gairkata, Rajabhatkhawa, Jainti,
Rydak, Jalpaiguri town), Maldah (Chanchal,
Gazole, Maldah town, Kaliachak, Gour),

Medinipur (Khirai, Mandalpuskari, Garbeta,
Arabari Jhargram, Belpahari, Tamluk, Kontai,
Digha, Dantan, Hizli), Murshidabad
(Baharampur, Lalgola, Dhulian, Kandi, Bhabta,
Jalangi, Jiyaganj), Nadia (Karimpur,
Bethuadahari, Swarupganj), Puruliya, (Santaldi,
Puruliya town, Sarabhum, Kharbari, Arsa,
Manbazar, Hariharpur, Balarampur, Kenda)
and W. Dinajpur (Balurghat, Gangarampur,
Hilli, Kaliaganj, Raiganj, Islampur, Chopra).
20. Hoplobatrachus crassus (Jerdon)
Common Name: Jerdon's Bull Frog.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bangaon,
Halencha, Duttaphulia, Parmadan), Bankura
(Panchmura, Simlapal, Raipur, Beliatore),
Birbhum (Sainthia, Bolpur, Ahmadpur,
Rampurhat), Koch Bihar (Koch Bihar town,.
Mathabhanga), Maldah (Tulsihata, Chanchal,
Gazole, Maldah town, Kaliachak, Gour),
Medinipur (Mandalpushkarini, Garbeta,
Dantan), Murshidabad (Baharampur, Lalgola,
Dhulian, Kandi, Swarupganj, Bhabta, Jiyaganj),
Nadia (Bethuadahari, Karimpur), Puruliya
(Arsa, Shirkabad, Kenda, Manbazar, Puruliya
town) and W. Dinajpur (Balurghat, Islampur).
21. Hoplobatrachus tigerinus (Daudin)
Common Name: Indian Bull Frog.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip,
Jharkhali), North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan), Bankura
(Jaipur, Bankura town), Birbhum (Suri), Koch
Bihar (Koch Bihar town, Tufanganj, Dinhata,
Mekliganj, Mathabhanga), DaIjiling (Mahananda
WLS), Jalpaiguri (Khutimari, Rydak,
Sulkapara), Maldah (Tulsihata, Chanchal,
Gazole, Maldah town, Kaliachak, Gour),
Medinipur (Mandalpuskharini, Jhargram,
Tamluk, Contai, Digha, Dantan, HijIi, Khirai) ,
Murshidabad (Kandi), Nadia (Bethuadahari,
Karimpur), Puruliya CPu-sa) and W. Dinajpur
(Balurghat, Hilli, Raiganj, ~liaganj, Islampur,
Chopra).
22. MineMJarya chilapata Ohler et a1.
Common Name : Chilapata rain-pool frog.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Chilapata RF).
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23. Nanorana annandalii (Boulenger)
Common Name: Annandale's Frog.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
24. Nanorana blanjordi (Boulenger)
Common Name : Blanford's frog.
Distribution: Darjiling (Senchal WLS).
25. Nanorana conaensis (Fei & Huang)
Common Name: Cona Bull Frog.
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora Valley NP).
26. Nanorana liebigii (Gunther)
Common Name: Himalayan Bull Frog.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Palmajua, Mahanadi,
Kurseong).
27. Ombrana sikimensis (Jerdon)
Common Name : Sikkimese Frog.
Distribution : Darjiling.
28. Sphaerotheca breviceps (Schneider)
Common Name : Burrowing frog.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bangaon,
Duttaphulia, Parmadan), Bankura (Simlapal,
Punchmura), Birbhum (Sainthia, Bolpur,
Rampurhat), Jalpaiguri (Sulkapara, Jainti,
Rydak), Medinipur (Digha, Garbeta, Arabari),
Murshidabad (Dhulian, Bhabta), Nadia
(Bethuadahari, Karimpur), Puruliya (Kenda)
and W. Dinajpur (Chopra, Islampur).
Family RANIDAE
29. Amolops forrnosus (Gunther)
Common Name: Beautiful Stream Frog.
Distribution : Darjiling.
30. Amolops himalayanus (Boulenger)
Common Name: Himalayan Stream Frog.
Distribution : Darjiling.
31. Amolops marmoratus (Blyth)
Common Name: Marmorated Stream Frog.
Distribution : Darjiling.
32. Amolops monticola (Anderson)
Common Name: Monticolated Stream Frog.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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33. Hylarana tytleri Theobald
Common Name: Reed Frog.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Haora, Hugli,
Nadia, Murshidabad, Maldah, North Dinajpur,
South Dinajpur and J alpaiguri.
Family RHACOPHORIDAE
34. Chirixalus simus Annandale
Common Name : Annandale's Tree Frog.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Rajpur).
35. Philautus annandalli (Boulenger)
Common Name: Annandale's Bush frog.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Kurseong, Sonada, Ghum Bhanjan).
36. Polypedates maculatus (Gray)
Common Name : Common Tree frog.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan),
Bankura (Bishnupur, Simlapal), Barddhaman
(As an sol) , Birbhum (Sainthia, Bolpur), Koch
Bihar (Koch Bihar town, Mathabhanga),
Murshidabad (Swarupgang, Bhabta), Nadia
(Bethuadahari) and Puruliya (Arsa).
37. Polypedates teraiensis (Dubois)
Common Name : Terai Tree Frog.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri, Koch Bihar and
Darjiling.
38. Philautus jerdoni (Gunther)
Common Name: Jerdon's Tree Frog.
Distribution : Darjiling.
39. Rhacophorus maximus Gunther
Common Name : Large Tree Frog.
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda WLS).
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CHORDATA: REPTILIA
Phylum CHORDATA Family GEOMYDIDAE
Subphylum VERTEBRATA 6. Batagur baska (Gray, 1830 "1830-1835)
Class REPTILIA Common name : River terrapin or Mangrove
terrapin.
Order CROCODYLIA
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Family GAVIALIDAE
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-I,
1. Gauialis gangeticus (Gmelin, 1789) Critically Endangered.
Common name : Gharial. 7. Batagur kachuga (Gray, 1831)
Distribution: Nadia (Ranaghat). Common name : Red-crowned Roofed
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-I, Turtle.
Critically Endangered. Distribution: Koch Bihar (Baneswar),
Family CROCODYLIDAE Kolkata (Golf green) and North 24 Pgs. (Salt
2. Crocodylus porosus Schneider, 1801 Lake).
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-II,
Common name : Saltwater crocodile.
Critically Endangered.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bhagabatpur)
8. Batagur dhongoka (Gray, 1832).
and South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Common Name : Three-striped Roofed
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-I, Turtle.
Least concern.
Distribution : Kolkata and North 24 Pgs.
Order TESTUDINES (Salt lake).
Family CHELONIDAE Conservation Status : App-II, Endangered.
3. Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) 9. Geoclemys hamiltonii' (Gray,. 1831)
Common name : Green Sea Turtle. Common name : Spotted Pond Turtle.
Distribution: Sunderban (South 24 Pgs.). Distribution: South 24 Pgslo (Hoogly River),
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-I, Calcutta, Sukna and Matla River in Southern
Endangered. Bengal.
4. Erehnochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-I,
1766)
Vulnerable.
10. Pangshura tectum (Bell in Gray, 1831)
Common name : Hawksbill Sea Turtle.
Common name : Indian Roofed Turtle.
Distribution : Sunderban (South 24 Pgs~)
with rare occurrence.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Palta), Titagarh,
Barrackpur, South .24 Pgs. (Sun'derban),
Conservation Status: Schedule I, App-I, Kolkata, Haora (Botanical garden) and
Critically Endangered. Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
5· Lepidochellls oliuacea (Eschscholtz, Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-I,
1829) Vulnerable.
Common name: Olive Ridley Sea Turtle. 11. Pangshura tentoria (Gray, 1834)
Distribution : Medinipur (Digha) and South Common name : Indian Tent Turtle.
24 Pgs. (Sunderban). Distribution: DaIjiling (Mahananda WLS).
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-I, Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-II,
Vulnerable. Least Concern.
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12. Melanochelys tricannata (Blyth,
"1855" 1856)
Common name : Tricarinate Hill Turtle.
Distribution : J alpaiguri (l1aradighi Tea
Estate).
Conservation Status: Schedule I, App-I,
Vulnerable.
13. Ha.,.della thu.,.gii (Gray, 1831)
Common Name : Crowned River Turtle.
Distribution: Kolkata.
Conservation Status : Vulnerable.
Family TESTUDINIDAE
14. Indotestudo elongata (Blyth, 1853)
Common name : Elongated Tortoise.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Baradighi Tea
estate).
Conservation Status: Schedule I, App-II,
Endangered.
Family TRIONYCHIDAE
15. Chitra indica (Gray, 1831)
Common name: Narrow-headed Softshell
Turtle.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV,
Appendix II, Endangered.
16. Lissemys punctata (Bonnaterre, 1789)
Common name : Indian Flapshell Turtle.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
North 24 pgs.
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-II,
Least Concern.
·17. Nilssonia gangetica (Cuvier, 1825)
Common name : Indian Softshell turtle.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (H ugH River)
and South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-I,
Vulnerable
18. Nilssonia hurum (Gray, 1831)
Common name : Indian Peacock Softshell
Turtle.
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Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (HugH River,
Sunderban), Haora (Uttarpara) and Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara).
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-I,
Vulnerable.
19. Pelochelys cantoni Gray, 1864
Common name: Asian Giant Softshell turtle.
Distribution : HugH River.
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-II,
Endangered.
Order SQUAMATA
Suborder SAURIA
Family GEKKONIDAE
20. Hemidactylus platyuJ"US (Schneider,
1792)
Common name : Flat-tailed gecko.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
21. ey.,.todactylus khasiensis (Jerdon,
1870)
Common name: Khasi Hills bent-toed gecko.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Gopaldhara).
22. ey.,.todactylus gubernatoris
(Annandale, 1913a)
Common name: Sikkimese bent-toed gecko.
Distribution : Darjiling.
23. Gekko gecko (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name : Tokay gecko.
Distribution: Found all over West Bengal.
24. Hemidactylus bowringii (Gray,
1845)
Common name : Bowring's gecko.
Distribution : Darjiling (Jarkhola) and
Jalpaiguri (Teesta P.W.D. Bungalow).
25. Hemidactylus b.,.ookii Gray, 1845
Common name : Brooke's house gecko.
Distribution : West Dinajpur (Balurghat),
Bankura (Kal~neshwar), Birbhum (Bolesunda),
Kolkata (Zoo Garden), Barddhaman,
Murshidabad (Bagdabra fores~) and Puruliya
(Chitidih village).

26. Hemidactylus Jlaviviridis Riippell,
1835
Common name: Yellow-green house gecko.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
North 24 Pgs. (Gobindapur), Bankura (P.W.D.
Bungalow), ~irbhum (Bhatkara forest), Kolkata,
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara WLS), Maldah (Gour),
Murshidabad (Chandur village) and Puruliya
(Dhopaghat).
27. Hemidactylusfrenatus Dumeril &
Bibron, 1836
Common name : Asian house gecko.
Distribution: West Dinajpur (Bahurghar),
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Birbhum (Ballavpur
RF), Koch Bihar (Koch Bihar Rly. station),
Darjiling (Sukhna forest), Murshidabad
(Bhagirathir Char) and Nadia (Jagulia).
28. Hemidactylus garnotii Dumeril &
Bibron, 1836
Common name : Garnot's gecko.
Distribution : North Bengal.
29. Hemidactylus leschenaultii Dumeril
& Bibron, 1836
Common name : Bark gecko.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba),
Darjiling (Mahananda WLS), Maldah (Muchia
village) and Murshidabad (Lalbagh).
Family AGAMIDAE
30. CaZotes rouxii Dumeril & Bibron, 1837
Common name : Roux's forest lizard.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
31. Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802)
Common name : Indian garden lizard.
Distribution : Common throughout West
Bengal.
32. Japalura tricarinata (Blyth, 1853)
Common name : Three-keeled mountain
lizard.
Distribution : Darjiling.
33· Japalura uanegata Gray, 1853
Common name: Variegated mountain lizard.
Distribution : Darjiling.
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34. Psammophilus blarifordanus
(Stoliczka, 1871b)
Common name: Blandford's rock agama.
Distribution : Bankura (Mukutmanipur),
Nadia (Madanpur) and Puruliya (Joychandi
Hill).
35. Sitana ponticeriana Cuvier, 1829
Common name: Fan-throated lizard.
Distribution: Bankura (Dh~nkora), Birbhum
(Bhatkara forest) and Darjiling (Mahananda
WLS). Medinipur and Barddhaman.
Family ANGUIDAE
36. Ophisaurus gracilis (Gray, 1845)
Common name : Burmese Glass Snake.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family CHAMAELEONIDAE
37. Chamaeleo zeylanicus Laurenti, 1768
Common name : Indian chameleon.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
J alpaiguri (J aldapara WLS) a.nd Medinipur
(Paddapukur).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV, App- II.
Family SCINCIDAE
38. Eutropis cannata (Schneider, 1801)
Common name : Keeled grass skink.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (STR), Bankura
(Bashi), Birbhum (Goadihi vill.), Murshidabad
(Hariharpara viII.) and Puruliya (Chandan Hill).
39. Eutropis dissimilis (Hallowell, 1857)
Common name : Stripped grass skink.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (STR).
40. Eutropis macula"a (Blyth, 1853)
Common name : Bronze grass skink.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narayantala),
Haora (Botanical Garden) and Medinipur (Gope
forest).
41. Eutropis multifasciata (Kuhl, 1820)
Common Name: Many-lined grass skink.
Distribution : South .24 Pgs. (Bango range,
Sunderban Tiger Reserve).
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42. Lygosoma albopunctata (Gray,
1846)
Common name: White-spotted supple skink.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (STR), Birbhum
(Raichandrapur), Kolkata (Belgachia), Haora
(Botanical garden), Maldah (Bulbul Chandi
village), Medinipur (Digha), Murshidabad
(Bagdabra) and Nadia (Bethuadahari).
43· Lygosoma punctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name : Spotted supple skink.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip),
Datjiling (Kalimpong) and Medinipur (Danton).
44. Asymblepharus sikimmensis (Blyth,
1853)
Common name : Sikkimese rock skink.
Distribution: Darjiling (Jalapahar).
45. Sphenomorphus indicus (Gray, 1853)
Common name : Himalayan litter skink.
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashoke).
46. Sphenomorphus maculatus (Blyth,
1853)
Common name : Spotted litter skink.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kalimpong).
Family VARANIDAE
47. Varanus bengalensis (Daudin, 1802)
Common name: Bengal Monitor.
Distribution: West Dinajpur (Chapra), South
24 Pgs. (STR) , North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
Kolkata, Darjiling (Darjiling), Jalpaiguri
(Jalpaiguri) and Nadia (Krishnanagar).
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-I,
Endangered.
48. Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke &
Gray, 1827)
Common name: Yellow Monitor.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Pathar
Pratima), Kolkata and Haora (Botanical
Garden).
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-I,
Endangered.
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49. Varanus salvator (Laurenti, 1768)
Common name: Water Monitor.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (STR), North
24 Pgs. (Baisalakhipur), and Haora (Botanical
Garden).
Conservation Status: Schedule II, App-II,
Endangered.
Suborder OPHIDIA
Family TYPHLOPIDAE
50. Ramphotyphlops braminus (Daudin,
1803)
Common name: Brahminy Worm Snake.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (STR) , North
24 Pgs. (Sampa Mirzanagar), Kolkata, DaIjiling
(Sevok), Haora (Bally), HugH (Serampore),
Jalpaiguri (Haldibari) and Medinipur (Contai).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
51. Rhinotyphlops acutus (Dumeril,
Bibron & Dumeril, 1844)
Common name : Beaked Worm Snake.
Distribution Kolkata and Nadia
(Krishnanagar).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
52. Typhlops diardii Schlegel, 1839
Common name: Diard's Worm Snake.
Distribution: Haora (Botanical garden).
Conservation Status: Schedule N.
53. Typhlops jerdoni Boulenger, 1890
Common name : Jerdon's Worm Snake.
Distribution : North Bengal.
Conservation Status : Schedule N.
54. Typhlops meszoelyi Wallach, 1999
Common Name: Worm Snake.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
55. Typhlops oligolepis Wall, 1909
Common name: Wall's Worm Snake.
Distribution : Darjiling district. The type
locality given is "Nagri Valley below Darjiling
[India] at an altitude of about 5000 feet."
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.

56. Typhlops porrectus Stoliczka, 1871
Common name: Slender Worm Snake.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (STR) , North
24 Pgs. (Kanchrapara), Kolkata and Darjiling
(Darjiling).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
Family BOIDAE
57. Eryx conicus (Schneider, 1801)
Common name: Common Sand Boa.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Garia).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV, App-II.
58. Python molurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name : Indian Rock Python.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP),
Nadia (Bethuadahari) and South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban).
Conservation Status: Schedule I, App-I,
Near Threatened.
59. Broghammerus reticulatus
(Schneider, 1801)
Common name : Reticulated Python.
Distribution: Purulia, Jalpaiguri (BTR) and
Darjiling (Kalijhora).
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-I,
Endangered.
Family ACROCHORDIDAE
60. Acrochordus granulatus (Schneider,
1799)
Common name : File Snake.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (STR) , North
24 Pgs. (Matlah River), Kolkata and Haor~
(Botanical Garden).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
Family COLUBRIDAE
61. Ahaetulla nasuta (Lacepede, 1789)
Common name: Common Vine Snake.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (STR), North
24 Pgs., Birbhum (Ilambazar) and Kolkata
(Zoological Garden).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
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62. Ahaetulla prasina (Boie, 1827)
Common name : Short-nosed Vine Snake.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling), Jalpaiguri.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
63. Dendrelaphis tristis (Daudin, 1803)
Common name: Common Bronzeback Tree
Snake.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP),
Kolkata, Haora, Birbhum, Puruliay and Nadia.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
64. Amphiesma khasiense (Boulenger,
1890)
Common Name : Khasi Hills Keelback.
Distribution : Darjiling (Sureil).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
65. Amphiesma parallelum (Boulenger,
1890)
Common name : Boulenger's Striped
Keelback.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
66. Amphiesma platyceps (Blyth, 1854)
Common name : Eastern Keelback.
Distribution : Darjiling (Takdah).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
67. AmphiesmQ stolatum (Linnaeus,
1758)
Common name: Buff-striped Keelback.
Distribution: West Dinajpur (Chapra), South
24 Pgs. (Bhakkhali), Bankura (Patra vill.),
Birbhum (Chandrapur vill.), Kolkata, Darjiling
(Mahananda WLS), Jalpaiguri (Kantalipara),
Murshidabad (Karjadanga vill.) and Puruliya
(Chitidih viII.).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
68. Argyrogenafasciolata (Shaw, 1802)
Common name : Banded Racer.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
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69. Atretium schistosum (Daudin, 180 3)
Common name: Olive Keelback Water
Snake.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Arapach viII.).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV, App-I.
70. Boiga cyanea (Dumeril, Bibron &
Dumeril, 1854)
Common name : Green Cat Snake.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. and North 24
Pgs.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
71. Boiga forsteni (Dumeril, Bibron &
Dumeril, 1854)
Common Name: Forsten's Cat Snake.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
72. Boiga gokool (Gray, 1835)
Common name : Eastern Cat Snake.
Distribution : Kolkata, Jalpaiguri and
Darjiling.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
73. Boiga multifasciata (Blyth, "1860" 1861)
Common name: Many-banded Cat Snake.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
74. Boiga ochraceus (Gunther, 1868)
Common name: Tawny Cat Snake.
Distribution : Darjiling (N agasuri) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP, Buxa duars).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
75. Boiga siamensis Nutphand, 1971
Distri~ution : J alpaiguri.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
76. Boiga trigonata (Schneider in
Bechstein, 1802)
Common name: Common Indian Cat Snake.
Distribution: Kolkata (Salt Lake) and Haora
(Botanical garden), Medinipur, Darjiling,
J alpaiguri.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
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77. Cerberus rynchops (Schneider, 1799)
Common name: Dog-faced Water Snake.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Luxbagu),
Bankura (Barakar), Kolkata, Haora (Botanical
Garden) and Medinipur (Haldia), Barddhaman.
Conservation Status : Schedule II, App-I.
78. Chrysopelea ornata (Shaw, 1802)
Common name: Ornate Flying Snake.
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda WLS).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
79. Coelognathus helena (Daudin, 1803)
Common name : Indian Trinket Snake.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Matlah River)
and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
80. Coelognathus radiatus (Reinwardt in
Boie, 1827b)
Common name : Copper-headed Trinket
Snake.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
81. Dendrelaphis cyanochloris (Wall,
1921)
Common name : Green Bronzeback Tree
Snake.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Darjiling).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
82. Dendrelaphis gorei (Wall, 1910)
Common name : Himalayan Bronze Back
Tree Snake.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
83. Dendrelaphis pictus (Gmelin, 1789)
Common name : Painted Bronze-Back Tree
Snake.
Distribution ; South 24 Pgs. (Sukchar),
Kolkata and Jalpaiguri (Saraswatipur).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
84. Dendrelaphis tristis (Daudin, 1803)
Common name: Common Bronze-Back Tree
Snake.
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Distribution : Birbhum (Bhatkara Forest
area), Kolkata (Belgachia), Haora (Salkia),
J alpaiguri (Baradighi tea estate) and Nadia
(Krishnagar) .
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
85. Dinodon gammiei (Blanford, 1878a)
Common name: Sikkim false Wolf Snake.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
86. Dinodon septentrionalis (Gunther,
1 8 75)
Common name: Gunther's false Wolf Snake.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
87. Elaphe prasina (Blyth, 1854)
Common name : Green Trinket Snake.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
88. Elachistodon westermanni
Reinhardt, 1863
Common name : Indian Egg eating Snake.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
Conservation Status : Schedule I, App-II,
Data Deficient.
89. Enhydris enhydris (Schneider, 1799)
Common name : Common Smooth-scaled
Water Snake.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
harbour), Bankura, Kolkata (Ballygunge),
Haora (Uluberia), HugH (Uttarpara), Maldah
(Vaisalnagar), Murshidabad (Berhampur),
Barddhaman, Nadia and Murshibad.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
90. Fordonia leucobalia (Schlegel, 1837)
Common name : White-bellied Mangrove
Snake.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
91. Gerarda prevostianus (Eydoux &
Gervais, 1837)
Common name : Glossy Marsh Snake.
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Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip),
Haora and Medinipur (Digha).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
92. Liopeltis rappii (Gunther, 1860)
Common name : Himalayan Stripe-necked
Snake.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
93. Liopeltis stoliczkae (Sclater, 1891)
Common name : Stoliczka's Stripe-necked
Snake.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
94. Lycodon aulicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name: Common Wolf Snake.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali),
Bankura, North 24 Pgs. (Salt Lake), Haora
(Botanical garden), Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP),
Maldah (Chanchal) and Medinipur (Railway
station).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
95. Lycodon jara (Shaw, 1802)
Common name: Yellow-speckled wolf-
Snake.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sherpur),
Kolkata (BaUygunge) and Haora (Botanical
garden).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
96. Oligodon albocinctus (Cantor, 1839)
Common name : White-barred Kukri Snake.
Distribution: DaIjiling (Darjiling).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
97. Oligodon arnensis (Shaw, 1802)
Common name: Common Kukri Snake.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip),
Kolkata, Haora (Serampore) and Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara NP).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
98. Oligodon cyclurus (Cantor, 1839)
Common name : Cantor's Kukri Snake.
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Distribution: Kolkata (Alipore), Koch Bihar
(Atiamochar), Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
99. Oligodon erythrogaster Boulenger
Common name : Red-bellied Kukri Snake.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
100. Oligodon juglandifer (Wall, 1909)
Common name : Darjiling Kukri Snake.
Distribution: Darjiling (Gopaldhara).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
101. Oligodon melaneus Wall, 1909
Common Name : Black Kukri Snake.
Distribution : Darjiling (Tindharia).
102. Oligodon taeniolatus (Jerdon, 1853)
Common name : Indian Streaked Kukri
Snake.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and North 24
Pgs.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
103. Oreocryptophis porphyraceus
(Cantor, 1839)
Common name : Banded Trinket Snake.
Distribution : Darjiling (Gopaldhara),
Jalpaiguri.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
104. Orthriophis cantons (Boulenger,
1894)
Common Name : Eastern Trinket Snake.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP).
105. Orthriophis hodgsonii (Gunther,
1860)
Common Name: Himalayan Trinket Snake.
Distribution: Darjiling.
106. Pareas monticolus (Cantor, 1839)
Common name: Assam Snail-eater.
Distribution: Darjiling (Takdah).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
107.Pareas macularius Blyth in
Theobald, 1868
Common name : Darjiling Snail-eater.
Distribution : Gopaldhara, Darjiling.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
108. Psammodynastes pulverulentus
(H. Boie in F. Boie, 1827)
Common name: Mock Viper.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
109. Psammophis condanarus (Merrem,
1820)
Common name : Condanarus Sand Snake.
Distribution : Bankura, North 24 Pgs. and
Darjiling.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
110. Pseudoxenodon macrops (Blyth,
1854)
Common name: Large-eyed False Cobra.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri
(Gorumara NP).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
111. Ptyas korros (Schlegel, 1837)
Common name : Indo-ChineseRat Snake.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
112. Ptyas mucosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name: Dhaman Rat Snake.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Kakdwip) and
Kolkata (Behala).
Conservation Status: Schedule II, App-II.
113. Ptyas nigromarginata (Blyth, 1854)
Common Name : Green Rat Snake.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
114. Rhabdophis himalayanus (Gunther,
1864)
Common name : Himalayan Keelback.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
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115. Rhabdophis subminiatus (Schlegel,
1837)
Common name : Red-necked Keelback.
Distribution: Darjiling (Gopaldhara) and
J alpaiguri.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
116. Sibynophis sagittaria (Cantor, 1839)"
Common name : Cantor's Black-headed
Snake.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (New
Barrackpur), Kolkata, Haora (Botanical
Garden) and HugH.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
117. Trachischium fuscum (Blyth, 1854)
Common name : Darjiling Oriental Slender
Snake.
Distribution: Darjiling (Kurseong).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
118. Trachischium guentheri Boulenger,
1890
Common name: Gunther's Oriental Slender
Snake.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
119. Trachischium monticola (Cantor,
1839)
Common name : Assam Oriental Slender
Snake.
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Darjiling and
Barddhaman.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
120. Trachischium tenuiceps (Blyth,
18 54)
Common name: Orange-bellied Oriental
Slender Snake.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV
121. Xenochrophis piscator (Schneider,
1799)
Common name : Checked Keelback.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Patharpratima,
Salt Lake), Bankura (Dhankoda), Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara WLS) and Medinipur (Haldia).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
122. Xenochrophis santijohannis
(Boulenger, 1890)
Common Name: St. John's Keelback.
Distribution : Dar.jiling.
Family ELAPIDAE
123. Bungarus bungaroides (Cantor,
1839)
Common name : Himalayan Krait.
Distribution : Darjiling (Labdah near
Kurseong), Jalpaiguri.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
124. Bungarus caeruleus (Schneider,
1801)
Common name: Common Krait.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (STR), North
24 Pgs. (Patharpratima), Bankura (Ranigunge),
Kolkata, Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP) and
Puruliya (Korondi), Barddhaman.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
125. Bungarus fasciatus (Schneider, 1801)
Common name : Banded Krait.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (STR), Bankura
(Ranigunge), Kolkata (Ballygunge), Haora
(Botanical garden), Jalpaiguri (Garumara NP)
Nadia (Krishnanagar) and Barddhaman.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
126. Bungarus liuidus Cantor, 1839
Common name: Lesser Black Krait.
Distribution : J alpaiguri and DaIjiling.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
127. Bungarus niger Wall, 1909
Common name : Black Krait.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP) and
DaIjiling.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
128. Bungarus sinadanus Boulenger, 1897
Common Name: Wall's Sind Krait.
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Distribution: Medinipur.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
129. Sinomieru:rus macclellandi
(Reinhardt, 1844)
Common name: Macclelland's Coral Snake.
Pistribution : Darjiling.
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
Naja kaouthia Lesson, 1831
130.
Common name : Monocled Cobra.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (STR) , North
24 Pgs. (Palta), Bankura, Barddhaman, Kolkata
(DumDum), Haora (Botanical garden),
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP) and Nadia (Krishna
nagar).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV, App-II.
131.Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836)
Common name : King Cobra.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling), Haora
(Botanical garden), Jalpaiguri (Buxa Tiger
Reserve), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Kokata,
Barddhaman and Nadia.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV, App-II.
132. Enhydrina schistosa (Daudin, 1803)
Common name: Hook-nosed Sea Snake.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Diamond
Harbour).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
133. Hydrophis caerulescens (Shaw, 1802)
Common name : Many-toothed Sea Snake.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (STR) and North
24 Pgs. (Sandhead mouth of Hoogly River).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
134. Hydrophis cyanocinctus Daudin,
1803
Common name: Annulated Sea·Snake.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban sea
coast) and Haora (Hoogly River).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
135. Hydrophisfasciatus (Schneider, 1799)
Common name : Banded Sea Snake.
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Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Sandhead bed
of river Hugli) and Medinipur (Digha beach).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
136. Hydrophis mami"aris (Daudin, 1803)
Common name: Bombay Gulf Sea Snake.
Distribution: Medinipur (Digha Beach).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
137. Hydrophis nigrocinctus Daudin, 1803
Common name : Black banded Sea Snake.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (STR).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
138. Hydrophis obscura Daudin, 1803
Common name : Estuarine Sea Snake.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Medinipur (Hidgli).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
139. Laticauda laticaudata (Linnaeus,
1758)
Common nam~ : Common Sea Krait.
Distribution : Kolkata (Tolly nullah).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
140. Hydrophis cantons Gunther, 1864
Common name : Cantor's Narrow-headed
Sea Snake.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (STR) , North
24 Pgs. (Sandhead mouth of river Hooghli) and
Medinipur (Digha shore),
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
141. Hydrophis gracilis (Shaw, 1802)
Common name: Common Small-headed Sea
Snake.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (STR), NOlth
24 Pgs. (Sandhead mouth of river Hooghli) and
Medinipur (Digha beach).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
142. Thalassophis viperina Schmidt, 1852
Common Name: Viperine Sea Snake.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (STR) and
Medinipur (Digha Beach).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
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Family VIPERIDAE
143. Daboia russelii (Shaw & Nodder, 1797)
Common name: Russell's Viper.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Gokarni), Haora
(Nischindapur), HugH (Uttarpara) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara NP).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
144. Trimeresurus gramineus (Shaw,
1802)
Common name : Bamboo Pit Viper.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Nagasuri).
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
145. Ovophis monticola (Giinther, 1864)
Common Name : Mountain Pit Viper.
Distribution : DaIjiling (Palmajua).
Conservation Status : Schedule IV.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
146. Popeia popeiorum (Smith,
1937)
Common name: Popes' Pit Viper.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
147· Cryptelytrops erythrurus (Cantor,
1839)
Common name: Spot- tailed Pit Viper.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
148. Viridovipera stejnegeri Schmidt,
1925
Common name : Stejneger~s Pit Viper.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Conservation Status: Schedule IV.
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CHORDATA: AVES
Phylum CHORDATA
Class AVES
Order :PODICIPEDIFORMES
Family fODICIPEDIDAE
1.Podiceps cMstatus (Linnaeus)
Common name: Qreat Creasted Grebe (3).
Distribution: Bafddhaman (Chittaranjan
Loco tank, Durgapllr), Birbhum (Dwarka
Barrage) and Nadia Caagdebitala).
Tachybapru, Mificollis (Pallas)
2.
Common name : Little Grebe (5) Dhuburi
(Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Palta, Bantala),
Barddhaman (Bater Beel, Chittaranjan Loco
tank, Jamuna Dighi, Dampal Char, Durgapur,
Katwa Beel), BirbhuIll (Chandrapur, BaUavpur,
Ram Sayar, Jugadamai Pukur, Datin Dighi) ,
Koch Bihar (Atlamochar), Darjiling
(Mahananda), Hugli' (Kol Beel, Dekol Beel,
Mrigala), Haora (Santragachi, Belanagar,
Uluheria), Jalpaiguri (Gajol Doha, Phulbari
Barrage, Jaldapara, Gorumara, Buxa-Raidak
riverbed), Murshidabad, Medinipur (Anara Rly.
Bandh, Digha shore), l\1aldah (Farakka, Baro
Beel), Nadia (Kalyani, Amda Beel, Shaguna
Beel, Bethudahari), Puruliya (Shanebbandh,
Bandoan), Kolkata (Saltlake) and Dinajpur
(Raigunj).
Order PELECANIFORMES
Family PELECANIDAE
3. Pelecanus philippensis Gmelin*
Common name: Spot-billed Pelican (20).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderan).
Family PHALACROCORACIDAE
4. Phalacrocorax carbo (Linnaeus)
Common name: Large Cormorant (26).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
"Kh¢beria, Bantala), Barddhalllan (Chittaranjan
Loco tank, Dampal char), Birbhum (Ram Sayar),
Koch Bihar (Nagathuli lake), Kolkata (Rabindra
90S
Sarohar), Darjiling (Mahananda), HugH (Kol
Beel), Haora (Santragachi), Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara, Buxa Raidak reserviour,
Gorumara), Murshidabad (Ahiron), Maldah
(Moha Beel, Baro Beel) and Puruliya (Shaheb
bandh).
5. Phalacocorax fuscicollis Stephens
Common name: Indian Shag (27) Pan-kawri
(Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dabur char,
Brace Bridge), North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Palta),
Birbhum (Ballavpur, Tilpara Barrage,
Jugadamai Pukur), Barddhaman (Chittaranjan
Loco tank, Jamuna dighi, Dampal char), Kolkata
(Alipore zoo, Rabindra sarobar), Koch Bihar
(Nagathuli lake), Darjiling (Mahananda), Haora
CSantragachi, Belanagar), Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara), Murshidabad (Ahiron), Medinipur
(Digha shore), Maldah (Farakka, Mohan Beel,
Baro Beel), Nadia (Bagdebi tala, Bhaluka Beel,
Shaguna Beel, Bethuadahari) and Puruliya
CShaheb Bandh).
6. Phalacocorax niger (Vieillot)
Common name: Little Cormorant (28) Pan-
kawri (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Palta,
Khariberia, Bantala), South 24 Pgs.
(Shambhunagar, Dabur Char, Brace Bridge,
Natun Diara, JhaukhaIi Sajnakhali,
Narendrapur, Sunderban), Birbhum (Ballavpur,
Tilpara Barrage, Ram Sagar, Jugadamai pukur,
Pabaipara Dighi, Gopal Nagar Bandh, Datin
Dighi) , Barddhaman (Batar Beel, Chittaranjan
Loco tank, Jamuna Dighi, Dampal Char,
Durgapur, Katwa Beel), Bankura
(Mukutmonipur), Koch Bihar (Nagathuli lake),
Kolkata (Chingrighata, Alipore zoo, Rabindra
Sa robar, Dhakuria), Darjiling (Mahananda),
HugH (Hansmaria char, Kol Beel, Dekol Beel,
Mrigala), 'Haora (Santragachi, Belanagar,
Uluberia), J;alpaiguri (Gajol Doha, Phulbari
Barrage, Jaldapara, Buxa-Raidak riverbed,
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Gorumara), Medinipur (Digha Shore, Anara Rly.
Bandh), Maldah (Mohan Beel, Baro Beel,
Ahiron), Nadia (Bagdebi Tala, Kalyani, Bhaluka
Beel, Handanga Beel, Bhajanghat Beel, Amda
Beel, Shaguna Beel, Bethuadahari) and Puruliya
(Puruliya-Dhanbad road, Bandoan, Shaneb
Bandh).
Family ANHINGIDAE
7. Anhinga melanogaster Pennant
Common name : Darter (29) Snake bird/
Goyar (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Brace Bridge,
Jhaukhali), North 24 Pgs. (Palta, Kharibera,
Nalbani, Bantala), Birbhum (Ballavpur, Ram
Sayar, Jugadamai pukur, Pabaipara Dighi),
Barddhaman (Jamuna Dighi, Dampal Char,
Katwa Beel), Kolkata (Dhakuria lake, Rabindra
Sarobar), Darjiling (Mahananda), HugH
(Mrigala), Haora (Uluberia), Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara, Jaldapara), Murshidabad (Ahiron),
Medinipur (Anara Rly.Bandh, Digha shore),
Maldah (Farakka, Mohan Beel, Baro Beel) ,
Nadia (Kalyani), Puruliya (Shaneb Bandh,
Bandoan) and Dinajpur (Raigunj).
Order CICONIIFORMES
Family ARDEIDAE
8. Ardea goliath Cretzschmar
Common name: Goliath Heron (34).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dabur char),
DaIjiling (Mahananda), Murshidabad (Ahiraon).
9. Ardea cinerea Linnaeus
Common name: Grey Heron (36).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dabur Char,
Brace Bridge), North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Palta,
Bantala), Barddhaman (Chittaranjan Loco
tank), Birbhum (Durgapur Barrage, Ram Sayar,
Jugadamai :pukur), Darjiling (Mahananda),
HugH (Kol Beel), Haora (muberia), Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara), Murshidabad (Ahiron), Maldah
(Farakka, Baro Beel), Nadia (Bagdebi Tala,
Bhajanghat Beel) and Puruliya (Shaneb Bandh).
Ardea purpurea Linnaeus
10.
Common name : Purple Heron (37).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dabur Char),
North 24 Pgs. (Mahishbathan, Nalbani, Palta,
Bantala), Barddhaman (Chittaranjan Loco
tank), Birbhum (Tilpara), Koch Bihar
(Nagathuli lake), Darjiling (Mahananda), HugH
(Kol Beel, Dekol Beel), Jalpaiguri (BTR,
Jaldapara), Maldah (Baro Beel) and Nadia
(Bhaluka Beel).
Cosmerodius albus (Linnaeus)
11.
Common name: Large Egret (46) Bada bak
(Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Barddhaman, Nadia
(Bethuadahari), Kolkata (Saltlake), South 24
Pgs. (Brace Bridge, Natun Diara, Jharkhali) ,
North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Bantala), Birbhum
(Ballavpur, Tilpara Barrage, Dwarka Barrage,
Jugadamai Pukur, Gopal Nagar, Datin Dighi) ,
Barddhaman (Chittaranjan Loco tank,
Durgapur, Katwa), DaIjiling (Mahananda), Hugli
(Dekol Beel, Mrigala), Haora (Uluberia),
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara, BTR), Medinipur (Anara
Rly. Bandh), Maldah (Farakka, Mohan Beel),
Nadia (Bagdebi Tala, Kalyani, Hansdanga Beel,
Bhajanghat Beel) and Puruliya (Bandoan).
Butorides striatus (Linnaeus)
12.
Common name : Little Green Heron (38)
Kanabak (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Baman Khali
sagar Island).
13. Ardeola grayii (Sykes)
Common name : Indian Pond Heron (42)
Konchback (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Palta,
Khariberia, Bantala, Krishnanagar Canal), South
24 Pgs. (Shambhunagar, Dabur Char, Brace
Bridge, Natun Diara, Jharkhali), Birbhum
(Ballavpur, Tilpara Barrage, Ram Sagar,
Jugadamai pukur, Pabaipara Dighi, Gopal
Nagar Bandh, Datin Dighi), Barddhaman (Batar
Beel, Chittaranjan Loco tank, Jamuna Dighi,
Dampal Char, Durgapur, Katwa Beei), Bankura
(Mukutmonipur), Kolkata (Chingrighata,
Alipore zoo, Rabindra Sarobar), Darjiling
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(Mahananda), Hugli (Hansmaria char, Kol Beel,
Dekol Beel, Mrigala), Haora (Santragachi,
Belanagar, Uluberia), Jalpaiguri (Gajol Doba,
Phulbari Barrage, Jaldapara, Gorumara, Buxa-
Raidak riverbed), Medinipur (Digha Shore,
Anara RIy. Bandh, Joshpur), Maldah (Mohan
Beel, Baro Beel, Ahiron), Nadia (Bagdebi Tala,
Kalyani, Bhaluka Beel, Handanga Beel,
Bhajanghat Beel, Amda Beel, Shaguna Beel) and
Puruliya (Puruliya-Dhanbad road, Bandoan,
Shaneb Bandh).
14. Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus)
Common name: Cattle Egret (44) Gaibak
.(Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jharkhali,
Narendrapur, Sunderban), North 24 Pgs.
(Paltra, Nalbani, Bantala Sambhunagar),
Birbhum (Ballavpur, Tilpara Barrage, Gopal
Nagar Bandh, Datin Dighi), Barddhaman (Bater
Beel, Chittaranjan Loco tank, J amuna Dighi,
Dampal Char, Durgapur, Katwa), Kolkata
(Alipore Zoo, Rabindra Sarobar), Darjiling
(Mahananda), Hugli (Kol Beel, Mrigala), Haora
(Santragachi, Belanagar, Uluberia), Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara, BTR) , Maldah (Farakka, Mohan
Beel, Baro Beel), Medinipur (Kankrajhar, Anara
RIy. Bandh, Digha Shore), Nadia (Bagdebitala,
Amda ·Beel), Puruliya (Shaneb Bandh) and
Dinajpur (Raigunj).
15. Egretta intermedia (Wagler)
Common name: Small or Median Egret (47,
48), Korche bak (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Palta,
Khariberia, Bantala), South 24 Pgs.
(Shambhunagar, Dabur Char, Brace Bridge,
Natun Diara, Jhaukhali, Kamakhayapur),
Birbhum (Ballavpur, Tilpara Barrage, Ram
Sagar, Jugadamai pukur, Pabaipara Dighi,
Gopal Nagar Bandh, Datin Dighi), Barddhaman
(Batar Beel, Chittaranjan'Loco tank, Jamuna
Dighi, Dampal Char, Durgapur, Katwa Beel) ,
Bankura (Mukutmonipur), Kolkata
(Chingrighata, Alipore zoo, Rabindra Sarobar),
Koch Bihar (Nagathul~ lake), Darjiling
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(Mahananda), HugH (Hansmaria char, Kol Beel,
Dekol Beel, Mrigala), Haora (Santragachi,
Belanagar, Uluberia), Jalpaiguri (Gajol Doba,
Phulbari Barrage, Jaldapara, Gorumara, Buxa-
Raidak riverbed), Medinipur (Digha Shore,
Anara RIy. Bandh), Maldah (Mohan Beel, Baro
Beel, Ahiron), Nadia (Bagdebi Tala, Kalyani,
Bhaluka Beel, Handanga Beel, Bhajanghat Beel,
Amda Beel, Shaguna Beel) and Puruliya
(Puruliya-Dhanbad road, Bandoan, Shaneb
Bandh).
16. Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus)
Common name: Little Egret (49), Chhota
korohe bak (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Palta,
Khariberia, Bantala), South 24 Pgs.
(Shambhunagar, Dabur Char, Brace Bridge,
Natun Diara, Jhaukhali, Narendrapur),
Birbhum (Ballavpur, Tilpara Barrage, Ram
Sagar, Jugadamai pukur, Pabaipara Dighi,
Gopal Nagar Bandh, Datin Dighi), Barddhaman
(Batar Beel, Chittaranjan Loco tank, Jamuna
Dighi, Dampal Char, Durgapur, Katwa Beel),
Bankura (Mukutmonipur), Koch Bihar
(Nagathuli lake), Kolkata (Chingrighata, Alipore
zoo, Rabindra Sarobar), Darjiling (Mahananda),
HugH (Hansmaria char, Kol Beel, Dekol Beel,
Mrigala), Haora (Santragachi, Belanagar,
Uluberia), Jalpaiguri (Gajol Doba, Phulbari
Barrage, Jaldapara, Buxa-Raidak riverbed,
Gorumara), Medinipur (Digha Shore, Anara RIy.
Bandh), Maldah (Mohan Beel, Baro Beel,
Ahiron), Nadia (Bagdebi Tala, Kalyani, Bhaluka
Beel, Handanga Beel, Bhajanghat Beel, Amda
Beel, Shaguna Beel) and Puruliya (Puruliya-
Dhanbad road, Bandoan, Shaneb Bandh).
17. Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus)
Common name: Night Heron (52), Bachka
(Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Brace Bridge,
Jhalukhali), North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Bidhannagar, Palta, Bantala), Birbhum
(Ballavpur, Dwarka Barrage, Ram Sagar, Dutin
Dighi) , Barddhaman (Jamuna Dighi) , Kolkata
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(Alipore Zoo, Rabindra Sarobar), Darjiling
(Mahananda), Haora (Belanagar, Uluberia),
Hugli (Mrigala), Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara),
Murshidabad (Ahiron), Medinipur (Anara Rly.
Bandh, Digha Shore), Maldah (Farakka, Baro
Beel), Nadia (Bhaluka Beel) and Puruliya
(Shaneb Bandh).
18. Ixobrychus cinnamomeus (Gmelin)
Common name: Chestnut Bittern (56)/
Lalbak (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Bana
Bitan), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Darjiling
(Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
19. Ixobrychus sinensis (Gmelin)
Common name: Yellow Bittern (57), Katbak
(Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Mahisbathan
Gogeta, Sunderban), North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Bana Bitan, Palta, Bantala), Barddhaman
(Dampal Char), Koch Bihar (Nagathuli lake),
Darjiling (Mahananda), Haora (Belanagar),
Hugli (Mrigala), Jalpaiguri (Gorumara),
Murshidabad (Ahiron), Maldah (Baro Bee.!),
Nadia (Kalyani, Bhaluka Beel, Shaguna Beel)
and Puruliya (Bandoan).
20. Dupetor jlavicollis (Latham)
Common name: Black Bittern (58), Kalobak
(Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Patharpratima
Sagar Island) and Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
21. Botaurus stellaris (Linnaeus)*
Common name: Great Bittern (59).
Distribution ; Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Medinipur (Contai).
Family CICONIIDAE
22. Mycteria leucocephala (Pennant)
Common name : Painted Stork (60), Sona
. jangha (Bengali).
Distribution : Barddhaman and Kolkata
(Brace Bridge, Alipore Zoo).
23. Anastomus oscitans (Boddaert)
Common name: Asian Openbill-Stork (61),
Shamukh Khol (Bengali).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution': South 24 Pgs. (Shambhunagar,
Dabur char, Brace Bridge, Narendrapur),
Barddhaman (Chittaranjan Loco tank, Dampal
char, Durgapur), Birbhum (Tilpara Barrage,
Pabaipara Digha), Koch Bihar, North 24 Pgs.
(Palta, Bantala), Darjiling (Mahananda), Haora
(Belanagar), Hugli (Kol Beel), Jalpaiguri (Gajol
Doba, Jaldapara), Maldah (Farakka), Nadia
(Bagdebitala, Amda Beel) and Dinajpur
(Raigunj).
24. Ciconia episcopus (Boddaert)
Common name: White-necked Stork (62),
Manik jor (Bengali).
Distribution: North ~4 Pgs. (Bantala),
Barddhaman, Birbhum (Ram Sayar), DaIjiling
(Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara) and
Maldah (Mohan Beel).
25. Leptoptilos dubius (Gmelin)
Common name : Greater Adjutant-Stork
(67), Hargila (Bengali).
Distribution : Barddhaman and J alpaiguri
(BTR, Jaldapara).
26. Leptoptilos javanieus (Horsfield)
Common name: Lesser Adjutant-Stork (68),
Madanchur/Madantak (Bengali).
Distribution: Barddhaman (Dampal Char),
DaIjiling (Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara),
Murshidabad (Ahiron), Medinipur (Anara RIy.
Bandh), Nadia (Bagdebi Tala) and Dinajpur
(Raigunj).
27. Ephippiorhynchus amatieus (Latham)*
Common name: Black-necked Stork (66).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Darjiling (Mahananda) and J alpaiguri
(Jaldapara).
28. Ciconia nigra (Linnaeus)*
Common name: Black Stork (65).
Distribution ; Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara, Buxa-raidak Riverbed).
Family THRESKIORNITHIDAE
29. Threskiornis melanocephalus
(Latham)
Common name; Oriental White Ibis (69),
Sada dochara (Bengali).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Mahananda), HugH (Kol Beel), Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara) and Maldah (Farakka).
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30. Pseudibis papillosa (Temminck)
Common name: Black Ibis (70), Kalo
dochara (Bengali).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara,
Jaldapara).
31. Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus
Common name: Eurasian Spoonbill (72)
Khunte bak (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Barddhaman (Durgapur Barrage), Darjiling
(Mahananda) and Medinipur.
Order ANSERIFORMES
Family ANATIDAE
32. Ansel' anser Linnaeus
Common name: Greylag Goose (81), Rajhas
(Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Birbhum (Ballavpur, Tilpara barrage), Koch
Bihar, Darjiling (Mahananda), Haora, Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara) and Nadia (Bhaluka).
33. Ansel' indicus (Linnaeus)
Common name : Bar-headed Goose (82),
Badihans (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Barddhaman, Birbhum (Ballavpur, Tilpara
Barrage), Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Murshidabad (Ahiron).
34. Dendl'ocygna javanica (Horsfield)
Common name: Lesser Whistling Duck (88),
.Sharali (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Birbhum
(Gonpur, Tilpara Barrage, Ram Sayar,
Jugadamai Pukur, Pabaipara Dighi, Gopal
Nagar Bandh, Datin Dighi Mollarpur),
Barddhaman (Jamuna Dighi, Durgapur Barrage,
Katwa) , Bankura (Mukutmanipur), Darjiling
(Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara), Maldah
(Farakka), Medinipur (Telkorai, Anara Rly.
Bandh), Nadia (Kalyani, Bhaluka Beel,
Hansdanga Beel, Shaguna Beel).
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35. Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot)
Common name: Larger Whistling Duck (89),
Bada Sharal (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Barddhaman, Kolkata (Alipore Zoo), Koch
Bihar (Nagarthuli Lake), Haora (Santragachi),
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara), Murshidabad (Ahiron)
and Nadia (Bhalluka Beel).
36. Tadornaferruginea (Pallas)
Common name: Brahminy Shelduck (90),
Chaka-Chaki (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Birbhum (Dwarka Barrage.), Barddhaman
(Katwa Beel), Darjiling (Mahananda), Jalpaiguri
(Gajol Doba, Phulbari Barrage, Jaldapara,
Gorumara), Murshidabad (Ahiron) and Maldah
(Farakka).
37. Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus)*
Common name: Common Shelduck (91).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
38. Anas acuta Linnaeus
Common name: Northern Pintail (93),
Dighan (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dabur Char),
North 24 Pgs. (Mitpukur, Nalbani, Bantala),
Birbhum (Chandrapur, Ballavpur, Tilpara
Barrage, Pabaipara Dighi, Gopalnagar Bandh),
Barddhaman (Durgapur Barrage), Bankura
(Mukutmanipur), Kolkata (Alipore Zoo),
Darjiling (Mahananda), Hugli (Kol Beel), Haora
(Santragachi), Jalpaiguri (Gajol Doba, Phulbari
Barrage, BTR, Jaldapara), Murshidabad
(Ahiron), Medinipur (Chilkigarh, Digha Shore),
Maldah (Mohan Beel, Baro Beel), Nadia
(Kalyani) and Puruliya (Shaneb bandh).
39. Anas crecca Linnaeus
Common name: Common Teal (94), Patari
Hans (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dabur Char),
North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), Barddhaman
(Durgapur Barrage, Jamuna Dighi, Chittaranjan
loco), Birbhum (Dwarka Barrage), Koch Bihar
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(Nagathuli lake), Darjiling (Mahananda),
Jalpaiguri (Gajol doba, BTR, Jaldapara) and
Maldah (Farakka).
40. Anus poecilorhyncha J.R. Foster
Common name: Spot-billed Duck (97).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Birbhum,
Darjiling (Mahananda), Haora and Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara).
41. Anus platyrhynchos Linnaeus
Common name: Mallard (100), Nil Sir
(Bengali).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
42. Anus strepera Linnaeus
Common name: Gadwal (101), Peeing hans
(Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dabur Char),
North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), Birbhum (Dwarka
Barrage), Barddhaman (Jamuila Dighi, Dampal
Char, Durgapur Barrage, Chittaranjan Loco
tank), Bankura (Mukutmanipur), Koch Bihar
(Atiamochar), Darjiling (Mahananda), Haora
(Hansmarir Char, Santragachi), HugH (Kol
Beel), Jalpaiguri (Gajol Doba, Phulbari Barrage,
Gorumara, Jaldapara), Murshidabad (Ahiron),
Medinipur (Anara Rly. Bandh), Maldah
(Farakka, Bhaluka) and Nadia (Bagdebi Tala,
Bhaluka Beel).
43. Anas penelope Linnaeus
Common name : Eurasian Wigeon (103),
Chhota lal sir (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dabur Char),
North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), Barddhaman
(Durgapur Barrage), Birbhum (Tilpara
Barrage), Jalpaiguri (Gajol Doba, Phulbari
Barrage, J aldapara) and Maldah (Baro
Sagardighi) .
44· Anas querquedula Linnaeus
Common name: Garganey (104), Giria hans
(Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dabur Char),
North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), Barddhaman
(Chittaranjan Loco tank, Durgapur Barrage),
Birbhum (Tilpara Barrage, Dwarka Barrage,
Gopal Nagar Bandh), Darjiling (Mahananda),
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Hugli (Kol Beel), Haora (Santragachi, Hansmarir
char), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara), Murshidabad
(Ahiron), Maldah (Farakka), Nadia (Bagdebi
Tala, Kalyani) and Puruliya (Shaneb· Bandh).
45. Anus clypeata Linnaeus
Common name : Shoveller (105), Khunte
hans (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dabur char),
North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), Barddhaman
(Chittaranjan Loco tank, Jamuna Dighi,
Durgapur Barrage), Birbhum (Tilpara Barrage),
Darjiling (Mahananda), Hugli (Kol Beel), Haora
(Santragachi), Jalpaiguri (Phulbari Barrage,
Jaldapara), Murshidabad (Ahiron), Maldah
(Farakka, Baro Sagardighi), Nadia (Bagdebi
Tala, Bhaluka Beel) and Puruliya (Shaneb
bandh).
46. Anus falcate (Georgi)*
Common name : Falcated Duck (102).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dabur Char),
Kolkata (Durgapur Barrage, Chittarnjan Loco
tank), Haora (Santragachi), Jalpaiguri (Buxa-
raidak riverbed) and Maldah· (Farakka).
47. Mergus merganser Linnaeus*
Common name: Common Merganser (120-
121).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda), Haora
(Santragachi) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara, Buxa-
Raidak riverbed, Jaldapara).
48. Netta rufina (Pallas)
Common name: Red-crested Pochard (107),
Badaranga murgi (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Barddhaman (Dampal Char, Durgapur Barrage),
Birbhum (Dwarka Barrag~),_ _Bankura
(Mukutmanipur), Darjiling (Mahananda),
Murshidabad (Ahiron), Medinipur (Anara RIy.
Bandh), Nadia (Bagdebi Tala) and Puruliya
(Shaneb Bandh).
49. Aythya ferina (Linnaeus)
Common name : Common Pochard (108),
Lalmuri (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani),
Barddhaman (Durgapur Barrage), Bankura
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.(Mukutmanipur), Birbhum (Tilpara Barrage,
Dwarka Barrage), Darjiling (Mahananda),
Jalpaiguri (Gajol Doba, Jaldapara),
Murshidabad (Ahiron), Medinipur (Anara
Rly.Bandh), Maldah (Farakka) and Nadia
(Bagdebi Tala, Baro Sagardighi).
50. Aythga nyroca (Guldenstadt)
Common name: Ferruginous Pochard (109),
Bhuti.hans (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dabur char),
North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), Barddhaman
(Chittaranjan Loco tank, Jamuna Dighi,
Durgapur Barrage), Birbhum (Dwarka Barrage),
Koch Bihar (Atiamochar, Nagathuli lake),
Darjiling (Mahananda), Hugli (Kol Beel),
Jalpaiguri (Gajol Doba, Jaldapara), Maldah
(Farakka) and Nadia (Bagdebi Tala, Baro
Sagardighi).
51.. Aythga fuligula (Linnaeus)
Common· name : Tufted Poachard (111),
Bamuniya hans (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Barddhaman (Durgapur
Barrage), Birbhum (Dwarka Barrage), Bankura
(Mukutmanipur), Koch Bihar (Nagathuli lake),
Darjiling (Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (BTR,
Jaldapara) and Nadia (Bagdebi Tala, Bhaluka).
52. Aythya baeM (Radde)*
Common name: Baer's Pochard (110).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Koch Bihar (Nagathuli lake) and Haora
(Santragachi).
53. Nettapus coromandelianus (Gmelin)
Common name: Cotton Teal (114), Quacky
Duck/ Bali-hans (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Bana
Bitan, Bantala), South 24 Pgs. (Natun Diara),
Barddhaman (Chittaranjan Loco tank, Dampal
Char, Durgapur Barrage), Birbhum (Rajanagar,
Ram Sayar, Datin Dighi Gonpur), Koch Bihar
(Atiamochar), Haora (Belanagar, Uluberia,
Hansmarir Char), HugH (Kol Beel, Mrigala),
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara), Murshidabad
(Abiron), Medinipur (Anara RIy. Bandh, Digha
Shore), Maldah (Farakka), Nadia (Kalyani,
Amda Beel) and Puruliya (Shaneb Bandh).
54. Sarkidiornis melanotos (Pennant)
Common name : Comb Duck (115), Nakta
(Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Birbhum (Ballavpur), Barddhaman (Katwa),
Kolkata (Alipore Zoo), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara),
Murshidabad (Abiron), Maldah (Farakka) and
Nadia (Bagdebi Tala).
Order FALCONIFORMES
Family ACCIPITRIDAE
55. Elanus caeruleus (Desfontaines)
Common name : Black-shouldered Kite
(124), Kapassi (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Darjiling (Mahananda), J alpaiguri (BTR) and
Medinipur (Joshpur).
56. Auiceda jerdoni (Blyth)
Common name: Jerdon's Baza (125).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Binnaguri, BTR).
57. Auiceda leuphotes (Dumont)
Common name: Blackc Baza (127).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Darjiling (Singla, Sukna, Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara).
58. Pernis ptilorhynchus Lesson
Common name: Oriental Honey-Buzzard
(129-13°)·
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Madhyamgram,
Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Darjiling (Mahananda),
J alpaiguri (BTR).
59. Miluus migrans (Boddaert)
Common name: Black Kite (133), Cheel
(Bengali).
Distribution : Kolkata (Indian Museunl
compound), Darjiling (Mahanadi), Jalpaiguri
(BTR, Jaldapara, Gorumara), Medinipur
(Joshpur), Nadia (Bethuadahari) North 24 Pgs.
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(N albani) and South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur).
60. Haliastur indus (Boddaert)
Common name : Brahminy Kite (135),
Shankha Cheel (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (N albani),
Kolkata (Saltlake) South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Kolkata (DunDum), Darjiling
(Mahanadi) and J alpaiguri (BTR, J aldapara,
Gorumara).
61. Accipiter badius (Gmelin)
Common name: Indian Shikra (138), Shikra
(Bengali).
Distribution : Kolkata (Saltlake), South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur), Darjiling
(Selimbong, Samsingh, Mahanadi) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara).
62. Accipiter virgatus (Temminck)
Common name: Basra Sparrowhawk (150).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mungp<;>o, Rangima,
Selimbong, Mahanadi), Jalpaiguri (Haldibari
BTR, Gorumara).
63. Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus)
Common name : Eurasian Sparrowhawk
(147-148).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mungpoo,
Mahanadi) and J alpaiguri (Rehti forest,
Banarhat tea estate, BTR, Jaldapara).
64. Buteo rufinus (Cretzschmar)
Common name: Long-legged Buzzard (153).
Distribution : Barddhaman and J alpaiguri
(Jaldapara).
65. Buteo buteo (Linnaeus)
Common name: Buzzard (156).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., DaIjiling (Neora
Valley) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
66. Butastur tessa (Franklin)
Common name: White-eyed Buzzard (157).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
67. Spizaetus cirrhatus (Gmelin)
Common name: Changeable Hawk-Eagle
(161-162).
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Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara,
Gorumra).
68. Spizaetus nipalensis (Hodgson)*
Common name : Mountain Hawk Eagle
(158).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahannda) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
69. Hieraaetus fasciatus (Vieillot)
Common name: Bonelli's Eagle (163).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Mahananda, Neora valley) and Jalpaiguri
(BTR).
70. Hieraaetus pennatus (Gmelin)
Common name: Booted Eagle (164).
Distribution :. Barddhaman and J alpaiguri
(Jaldapara).
71. Hieraaetus 'kienerii (E. Geoffroy) (165)
Common name : Rufous-bellied Eagle.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
72. Aquila heliaca Savigny
Common name : Eastern Imperial Eagle
(167) Frus (B~ngali).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
73. Aquila rapax (Temminck)
Common name: Tawny Eagle (168).
Distribution : Barddhaman and Darjiling
(Mahananda).
74. Aquila nipalensis Hodgson
Common name: Steppe Eagle (169).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
J alpaiguri.
75. Aquila chrysaetos (Linnaeus)*
Common name: Golden Eagle (166).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
76. A'quila clanga Pallas
Common name : Greater Spotted Eagle
(170).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
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77. Ictinaetus malayensis (Temminck)
Common name: Black Eagle (172).
Distribution : Barddhaman and J alpaiguri
(Buxa).
78. Haliaeetus leucoryphus (Pallas)
Common name: Pallas's Fish-Eagle (174)
Machhal/ Koral (Bengali).
Distr~bution : North 24 Pgs. (N albani,
Saltlake, Mahisbathan), Darjiling (Mahananda)
and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
79. Haliaeetus leucogaster (Gmelin)*
Common name: White-bellied Eagle (173).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
80. Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus
(Horsfield)
Common name : Grey-headed Fish Eagle
(175~ Machhmoral (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Barddhaman and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
81. Ichthyophaga humilis (S. Muller &
Schegel)*
Common name : Lesser Grey-headed Fish
Eagle (177).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
82. Sarcogyps calvus (Scopoli)
Common name: Red-headed Vulture (178)
Kalo shakoon (Bengali).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
83. Gyps fulvus (Hablizl)
Common name : ~uraasian Griffon (180,
183)·
Distribution : Barddhaman and J alpaiguri
(BTR).
84. Gyps indicus (Scopoli)
Common name: Long-billed Vulture (182).
Distribution : Barddhaman and J alpaiguri
(BTR).
85. Gyps bengalensis (Gmelin)
Common name : Indian White-backed
Vulture (185) sakun (Bengali).
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Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur), Darjiling
(Mahananda), Haora (Botanical Garden),
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara, Jaldapara) and
Nadia (Bethuadahari).
86. Neophron percnopterus (Linnaeus)
Common name : Egyptian Vulture (187)
Swet sakun (Bengali).
Distribution: Barddhaman and Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara).
87. Circus cynaeus (Linnaeus)
Common name : Hen Harrier (189) Math
cheel (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and Barddhaman.
88. Circus macrourus (S.G.Gmelin)
Common name: Pallied Harrier (190) Math
cheel (Bengali).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara,
Jaldapara).
89. Circus melanoleucos (Pennant)
Common name: Pied Harrier (192).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and Jalpaiguri (BTR,
Gorumara).
90. Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus)
Common name : Western Marsh Harrier
(193).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani
Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
91. Circus spilonotus Kaup*
Common name: Eastern Marsh-Harrier
(194)·
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Saltlake).
92. Circaetus gallicus (Gmelin)
Common name : Short-toed Snake-Eagle
(195) sapmaril (Bengali).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
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93. Spilornis cheela (Latham)
Common name :-crested Serpent-Eagle (197).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Krishnapur canal
(Saltlake)), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Darjiling (Samsing, Mahananda)
J alpaiguri (Gorumara, J aldapara) and Nadia
(Chakdaha).
94. Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus)
Common name: Osprey (203) Utkrosh
(Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and Darjiling
(Mahananda).
Family FALCONIDAE
95. Microhierax caerulescens (Linnaeus)
Common name: Collared Falconet (204).
Distribution: Darjiling (Teesta, Mahananda,
Neora valley) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
96. Falco peregrinus Tunstall
Common name: Peregrine Falcon (211).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Barddhaman and Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara).
97. Falco sub buteo Linnaeus
Common name : Eurasian Hobby (212).
Distribution : Barddhaman and Darjiling
(Mahananda).
9B. Falco cherrug J. E. Gray*
Common name: Saker (206).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
99. Falco chicquera Daudin
Common name: Red-headed Falcon (219).
Distribution: Kolkata (Saltlake), South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban) and Darjiling (Mahananda).
100. Falco naumanni Fleischer
Common name : Lesser Kestrel (221).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
101. Falco tinnunculus Linnaeus
Common name: Common Kestrel (224).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Barddhaman and Darjiling
(Mahananda).
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102. Falco amurensis Radde*
Common name: Amur Falcon (220).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
Order GALLIFORMES
Family PHASIANIDAE
103. Francolinus francolinus (Linnaeus)
Common name: Black Francolin (23B).
Distribution .: Barddhaman and J alpaiguri
(BTR, Jaldapara).
104. Rancolinus gularis (Temminck)
Common name: Swamp Francolin (247).
Distribution: South '24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
105. Francolinus pondicerianus (Gmelin)
Common name : Grey Francolin (245).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara,
Jaldapara).
106. Cotumix coromandelica (Gmelin)
Common name: Rain Quail (252).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Barddhaman.
107. Cotumix cotumix (Linnaeus)*
Common name: Common Quail (250).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Darjiling (Mahananda) and J alpaiguri
(Gorumara).
loB. Cotumix chinensis (Linnaeus)*
Common name : Blue-breasted Quail (253).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
109. Perdicula asiatica (Latham)
Common name: Jungle Bush-Quail (255).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
110. Arborophila rufogularis (Blyth)
Common name: Rufous-throated Hill-
Partridge (270).
Distribution : Not known.
111. Arborophila torqueola (Valenciennes) *
Common name: Common Hill-Patridge
(267)·
Distribution : DaIjiling (Mahananda).
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112. Ithaginis cruentus (Hardwicke)
Common name: Blood Pheasant (282).
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
113. Lophura leucomelanos (Latham)
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Common name: Kaleej Pheasant (295).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Rajima, Mahananda,
Neora Valley).
Gallus gallus (Linnaeus)
114.
Common name: Red Junglefowl (299).
Distribution: Darjilihg (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Chunabhati, BTR, Gorumara,
Jaldapara).
Pavo cristatus Linnaeus
115.
Common name: Indian Peafowl (311) Mayur
(Bengali).
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Darjiling
(Mahananda) and J alpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara,
Jaldapara).
116. Tragopan satyra (Linnaeus)*
Common name : Satyr Tragopan (286).
Distribution-: Darjiling (Neora valley).
Order GRUIFORMES
Family TURNICIDAE
117. Turn:ix tanld Blyth
Common name: Yellow-legged Button Quail
(314).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
~arendrapur) and Barddhaman.
118. Turnix sylvatica (Desfontanes)*
Common name: Little Bustard Quail (313).
Distribution: Birbhum (Mahananda).
119. Turnix suscitator (Gmelin)
Common name: Common Buttonquail (316).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Birbhum (Chandrapur, Suri), Bankura (Susunia
Hills), Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Nadia
(Prafullanagar) .
Family RALLIDAE
120. Rallus aquaticus Linneaus
Common name : Water Rail (328)
Ambukukkut (Bengali).
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Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri) and
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Porzana fusca (Linnaeus)
121.
Common name : Ruddy-breasted-Crake
(339).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri
Nalbani, Bantala), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Birbhum (Ballavpur, Ram
Sayar), Barddhaman (Chittarnjan loco), Koch
Bihar (Atimochar) and Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
122. Porzana parva (Scopoli)*
Common name : Little Crake (335, 336).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Koch Bihar (N agathuli lake) and Maldah
(Farakka).
Porzana pusilla pusilla (Pallas)
123.
Common name: Baillon's Crake (337).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri
Dattabad, Nalbani) and South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban).
124.Amaurornis phoenicuMlS (Pennant)
Common name: Chinese White-breasted
Waterhen (343, 344) Panpaira (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Brace Bridge,
Jhaukhali, Narendrapur), North 24 Pgs.
(Nalbani, Bana Bitan, Bantala), Bankura,
Barddhaman (Chittaranjan loco, Jamuna Dighi,
Dampal Char, Katwa), Birbhum (Dwarka
Barrage, Ram Sayar), Kolkata, Darjiling
(Mahananda), Haora, HugH (Belanagar),
Jalpaiguri (Buxa-Raidak riverbed, Gorumara,
Jaldapara, Arborophila), Medinipur,
Murshidabad (Ahiron), Nadia (Kalyani,
Hansdanga Beel, Amda Beel, Shaguna Beel,
Bhaluka), Puruliya (Shaneb Bandh) and
Dinajpur.
125. Gallicrex cinerea (Gmelin)
Common name: Watercock (346) Jal morag
(Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Kalikapur,
Nalbani), Kolkata (Saltlake), Maldah (Farakka).
126. Gallinula chloropus Blyth
Common name: Indian Moorhen (347) Jal
murgi (Bengali).
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Distribution : North 24 PgS. (Nalbani, Bana
Bitan, Babubheri, Saltlake, Khareberia,
Bantala), South 24 Pgs. (Natun Diara,
Jhaukhali), Barddhaman (Chittaranjan loco,
Jamuna Dighi, Dampal Char), Bankura
(Ranjanagar), Birbhum (Tilpara Barrage,
Dwarka Barrage, Ram sayar, Pabaipara Dighi,
Gopal Nagar Bandh), Kolkata (Rabindra
Sarobar), Darjiling (Mahananda), HugH
(Mrigala), Haora (Santragachi, Uluberia),
Murshidabad (Anara Rly. Bandh), Nadia
(Bagdebi Tala, Shaguna Beel, Bhaluka) and
Puruliya (Shaneb Bandh).
127. Porphyrio porphyrio (Linnaeus)
Common name: Purple Moorhen (349).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Bana
Bitan, Khariberia, Bantala), Barddhaman
(Chittaranjan loco, Katwa), Birbhum
(Jhugadamai pukur, Pabaipara Dighi, Gopal
Nagar), Koch Bihar (Nagathuli lake), Kolkata
(Rabindra Sarobar), Darjiling (Mahananda),
Hugli (Mrigala), Haora (Santragachi), Jalpaiguri
(BTR), Murshidabad (Ahiron), Medinipur
(Anara Rly. bandh) and Maldah (Farakka).
128. Fulica afra Linnaeus
Common name: Common Coot (350) Jal
kukkut (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Bana
Bitan, Bantala), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Birbhum (Ballavpur, Dwarka Barrage, Ram
sayar), Barddhaman (Chittaranjan loco, Jamuna
Dighi, Durgapur Barrage), HugH (Kol Beel
Mrigala,), 'Haora (Santragachi), Jalpaiguri
(Buxa-Raidak Riverbed), Murshidabad
(Ahiron), Nadia (Bagdebi tala, Kalyani, Bhaluka)
and Puruliya (Shaneb Bandh).
Order CHARADRIIFORMES
Family JACANIDAE
129· Hydrophasianus chirurgus (Scopoli)
Common name: Pheasant-tailed Jacana
(358) Surdal (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Jhaukhali),
North 24 Pgs. (N albani), Barddhaman
(Chittaranjan loco, Durgapur Barrage), Birbhum
(Pabaipara Dighi), Haora (Santragachi),
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Jalpaiguri (Gorumara), Murshidabad (Ahiron),
Medinipur (Anara Rly. Bandh, Digha Shore),
Maldah (Farakka) and Nadia (Bagdebi Tala,
Bhaluka).
130. Metopidius indicus (Latham)
Common name: Bronze-winged Jacana
(359) Karatiya (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Jhaukhali),
North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Bana Bitan,
Khareberia), Birbhum (Chandrapur, Dwarka
Beel, Ram sayar, Jugadamai Pukur, Pabaipara
Dighi), Barddhaman (Chittarnjan loco, Jamuna
Dighi, Dampal Char, Durgapur Barrage, Katwa),
Kolkata (Rabindra Sarobar), Darjiling
(Mahananda), Haora (Santragachi), Jalpaiguri
(BTR, Gorumara), Murshidabad (Ahiron),
Medinipur (Anara Rly. Bandh), Nadia (Kalyani,
Amda Beel, Shaguna Beel, Baro Sagardighi) and
Puruliya (Bandoan).
Family ROSTRATULIDAE
13),. Rostratula benghalensis (Linnaeus)
Common name: Greater Painted Snipe (429)
Baggarji (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Mitpukur,
Nalbani), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Barddhaman (Katwa).
Family CHARADRIIDAE
Subfamily CHARADRIINAE
132. Vanellus cinereus (Blyth)
Common name : Grey-headed Lapwing
(365)·
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Mitpukur,
Dabur Char, Sambhunagar), Barddhaman
(Dampal Char), Birbhum (Dwarka barrage,
Jugadamai pukur), Koch Bihar (Nagarthuli
lake), HugH (Kol Bee!), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara,
Buxa-raidak riverbed), Maldah (Farakka) and
Nadia (Bethuadahari).
133. Vanellus indicus indicus (Boddaert)
Common name: Red-wattled Lapwing (366).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Dayapur,
Dabur char, Sambhunagar, Narendrapur),
North 24 Pgs. (Khariberia), Barddhaman
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(Jamuna Dighi, Dampal Char), Birbhum
(Pabaipara dighi), Darjiling (Mahananda), Hugli
(Kol Beel) , Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara, Gorumara,
Buxa-Raidak riverbed) and Medinipur (Oigha
shore).
134. Vanellus spinosa duvaucelli
(Lesson)
Common name: River Lapwing (369).
Distribution: Oarjiling (Terai, Mahananda)
and Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara).
135. Vanellus malabaricus (Boddaert)
Common name: Yellow-wattled Lapwing
(37°).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Barddhaman and Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
136; Pluvialis squatarola (Linnaeus)
Common name : Grey Plover (371) Bada
batan (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Chamatala,
Sagar Island) ~d Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara).
137. Pluvialis, dominica fulva (Gmelin)
Common name : Pacific Golden Plover
(373).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bakkhali, Sagar
Island, Champatala beach, Dayapur, Gomar
River bank, Sagar Island), North 24 Pgs.
(Bantala), HugH (Kol Beel), Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara, -Buxa-raidak riverbed) and
Medinipur (Malabati camp, Digha Shore).
138. Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson
Common name: Greater Sand Plover (374).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Champatala,_
Sagar Island).
139. Charadrius dubius Scopoli
Common name: Little Ringed Plover (379-
80) Firia (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dabur Char),
Barddhaman (Chittaranjan loco, Jamuna Dighi,
Katwa), Darjiliilg (Mahanada), Haora
(Hansmarir Char), J alpaiguri (Phulbari Barrage,
Gorumara, Jaldapara), Murshidabad (Ahiron),
MedinipuI (Belpahari, Digha shore), Nadia
(Bagdebi Tala, Baro sagardighi), Puruliya
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(Shaneb bandh), North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), Koch
Bihar (Nagathuli lake) and Medinipur
(Belpahari).
140. Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus
Common name: Kentish Plover (381).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Oabur Char),
North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), Barddhaman,
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara, Buxa-raidak riverbed),
Medinipur (Digha Shore) and Nadia (Bagdebi
-Tala).
141. Charadrius placidus J.E. Gray
Common name: Long-billed Ringed Plover
(383)·
Distribution : Barddhaman.
142. Charadrius mongolus Pallas
Common name: Lesser Sand Plover (384).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Champatala,
Sunderban).
143. Charadrius hiaticula Linnaeus *
Common name : Common Ringed Plover
(378).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani).
Subfamily SCOLOPACINAE
144. Numenius phaeopus (Linnaeus)
Common name : Whimbrel (385) Chhota
gulinda (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island,
Oabur Char) and Murshidabad (Ahiron).
145. Numenius phaeopus variegatus
(Scopoli)
Common name: Eastern Whimbrel (386)
Chhota gulinda (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Suparibhanga
Island, Bagmara, Sunderban).
146. Numenius arquata (Linnaeus)
Common name: Eurasian Curlew (387) Sada
Kastachura (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Champatala,
Sagar Island, Oabur char), Birbhum (Pabaipara
Oighi) and Murshidabad (Ahiron).

147. Limosa limosa (Linnaeus)*
Common name: Black-tailed Godwit (389-
90).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake).
148. TMnga erythropus (Pallas)
Common name : Spotted Rodshank (392).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Mitpukur) and
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
149. Tringa totanus totanus (Linnaeus)
Common name : Common Redshank (393,
394).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Champatala
Beach, Kakdwip, Dabur Char, Jhaukhali
Suparibhanga), North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Bantala), Birbhum (Dwarka Barrage), Kolkata
(Kolkata), HugH (Kol Beel), Murshidabad
(Ahiron) and Medinipur (Digha Shore).
150. TMnga stagnatilis (Bechstein)
Common name : Marsh Sandpiper (395)
Biler: balubatan (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Mitpukur,
Sunderban) and North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani).
151. TMnga nebularia (Gunner)
Common name: Common Greenshank (396)
Gotra (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bantala), South
24 Pgs. (Dabur Char, Manmathanagar), HugH
(Kol Beel), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara), Murshidabad
(Ahiron), Medinipur (Digha Shore) and Nadia
(Bagdebi. Tala).
152. TMnga ochropus Linnaeus
Common name : Green Sandpiper (397).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dabur Char,
Narendrapur, Sunderban), North 24 Pgs.
(Nalbani, Bantala), Birbhum (Chandrapur),
Darjiling (Mahananda), Haora (Hansmair Char),
HugH (Kol Beel), Jalpaiguri (Gorumara, BTR),
Medinipur (Joshpur, near Banspahari, Digha
Shore) and Nadia (Bagdebi Tala).
153. Tringa glareola Linnaeus
Common name: Wood Sandpiper (398) Balu
batan (Bengali).
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Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gangasagar,
Suparibagan), North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Mitpukur, Thakurdwari), Bankura (Susunia
Hills), Koch Bihar (Nagathllli lake), Jalpaiguri
(BTR) and Medinipur (Chilkigarh Malabati
Camp).
154. Xenus cinereus (Guldenstadt)
Common name: Terek Sandpiper (400).
Distribution: Not known.
155. Actitis hypoleucos Linnaeus
Common name: Common Sandpiper (401).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baliara, Dabur
Cahar, Brace Bridge, Natun Diara, Dayapur
Kamachhapur, Sambhunagar, Suparibhanga
Island), North 24 Pgs. (Bantala, N albani,
Mitpukur, Sukchar), Barddhaman (Bater Beel,
Chittaranjan loco, Durgapur Barrage), Bankura
(Mukutmonipur), Birbhum (Tilpara Barrage,
Gopal Nagar Bandh), Darjiling (Mahananda),
Hugli (Kol Beel, Dekol Beel), Haora (Uluberia),
Jalpaiguri (Phulbari Barrage, BTR, Gorumara),
Murshidabad (Ahiron), Medinipur (Digha
Shore), Nadia (Bagdebi Tala, Kalyani) and
PuruHya (Shaneb Bandh).
156. Arenaria interpres interpres
(Linnae.us)
Common name : Ruddy Turnstone (402).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gangasagar,
Dabur Char, Brace Bridge, Natun Diara), North
24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Bantala), Barddhaman (Bater
Beel, Chittaranjan loco), Koch Bihar (Nagathuli
lake), HugH (Kol Beel, Dekol Beel), Haora
(Uluberia), Jalpaiguri (Buxa... Raidak riverbed)
and Medinipur (Arana Rly. Bandh).
157. Gallinago solitaria solitaria
Hodgson
Common name: Solitary Snipe (404).
Distribution: Darjiling (Selimbong).
158. Gallinago nemoricola Hodgson
Common name : Wood Snipe (405) Ban
chaha (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Pukurkhona
Suburb of Kolkata), Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara).
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159· Gallinago stenura (Bonaparte)
Common name : Pintail Snipe (406)
Kadakhocha (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Mitpukur),
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Birbhum
(Chandrapur) and Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara).
160. Gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus)
Common name : Common Snipe (409)
Kadakhocha (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Palta,
Mitpukur), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Barddhaman (Chittaranjan loco), Birbhum
(Dwarka Barrage), DaIjiling (Mahananda), Hugli
(Kol Beel), Haora (Santragachi, Uluberia),
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara, Gorumara), Nadia
(Baro Sangardighi) and Puruliya (Shaneb
Bandh).
161. Lymnocryptes minimus (Brunnich)
Common name: Jack Snipe (410).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Mitpukur),
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and J alpaiguri
(Jaldapara).
162. Seolopax MiSdeola Linnaeus
Common name: Eurasian Woodcock (411).
Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara).
163. Calidris eanutus (Linnaeus)
Common name : Red Knot (412).
Distribution: Barddhaman.
164. Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield)
Common name : Great Knot (413).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Birbhum and
Medinipur.
165. Calidris rufieollis (Pallas)
Common name: Rufous-necked Stint (415).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Mitpukur).
166. Calidris minuta (Leisler)
Common name: Little Stint (416).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Champatala,
Sagar Island), North 24 Pgs. (Mitpukur,
Nalbani) , Darjiling (Mahanand"a), Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara, Buxa-Raidak riverbed) and Nadia
(Bhaluka).
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167. Calidris temminekii (Leisler)
Common name: Temminck's Stint (417).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Mitpukur), Koch Bihar (Nagathuli lake),
Jalpaiguri (Phulbari Barrage), Medinipur (Anara
Rly. Bandh) and Nadia (Bhaluka).
168. Calidris subminutus (Middendorff)
Common name: Long-toed Stint (418).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Mitpukur) and
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
169. Calidris jerruginea (Pontoppidan)
Common name : Curlew-Sandpiper (422).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island).
170. Limieola falcinellus sibiriea
Dresser
Common name: Broad-billed Sandpiper
(425).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Champatala).
171. Philomaehus pugnax (linnaeus)
Common name : Ruff (426) Geowala
(Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Mitpukur),
Kolkata (Suburb of Kolkata).
Family RECURVIROSTRIDAE
172. Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus)
Common name: Black-winged Stilt (430) La!
thengi (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dabur Char,
Natun Diara), North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Khariberia, Hansmarir char), Barddhaman
(Bater Beel, Jamuna Dighi), Birbhum (Ram
Sayar), Darjiling (Mahananda), Medinipur
(Digha Shore) and Nadia (Bhaluka Beel, Baro
Sagardighi) .
173. Reeurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus
Common name: Avocet (432).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalban bherry).
Family BURHINIDAE
174. Burhinus oedienemus (Linnaeus)
Common name: Stone-Curlew (436) Chotta
shilabatan (Bengali).

Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara, Gorumara)
and Murshidabad (Ahiron).
175. Burhinus magnirostris (Vieillot)*
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Common name: Beach Stone-Plover (438).
Distribution: Koch Bihar (NagathuH'lake)
and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
Family GLAREOLIDAE
176. Cursorius coromandelicus (Gmelin)
Common name: Indian Courser (440).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
177. Glareola maldiuarum J.R. Forster
Common name : Oriental Pratincole (443)
Bada bahuibatan (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala,
Mahisbathan Nalbani), South 24 Pgs. (Sagar
Island Kapil muni ashram).
178. Glareola lactea Temminck
Common name : Small Pratincole (444)
Chotta babuibatan (Bengali).
Distribution : Barddhaman and J alpaiguri
(Gorumara).
Family LARIDAE
179. Larus ichthyaetus Pallas
Common name: Pallas's Gull (453).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Fraserganj,
Sunderban).
180. Larus brunnicephalus Jerdon
Common name: Brown-headed Gull (454).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island,
Dabur Char), North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani),
Medinipur (Anara Rly. bandh) and Nadia (Baro
Sagar Dighi).
181. Larus ridibundus Linnaeus
Common name: Black-headed Gull (455).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and Medinipur (Anara Rly.
bandh).
182. Chlidonias hybridus (Pallas)
Common name: Whiskered Tern (458).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Joiria,
Sunderban), North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), HugH
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(Kol Beel), Medinipur (Anara Rly. Bandh),
Maldah (Farakka) and Nadia (Baro Sagar Dighi).
183. Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck)
Common name : White-winged Black Tern
(459).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and Maldah (Farakka).
184. Gelochelidon nilotica (Gmelin)
Common name: Javan Gull-billed Tern
(461).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sajnekhali"
Sunderban).
185. Sterna aurantia J.E.Gray
Common name: River Tern (463).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala,
Nalbani), 'South 24 Pgs. (Dabur Char, Natun
Diara), Barddhaman (Jamuna Dighi), Jalpaiguri
(Gajol Doba, Gorumara, BTR), Nadia (Baro
Sagar Dighi) and Dinajpur (Raigunj).
186. Sterna hirundo Linnaeus
Common name : Common Tern (465).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani),
Barddhaman (Chittaranjan loco), Haora
(Uluberia), Medinipur (Anara Rly. Bandh),
Maldah (Farakka) and Dinajpur (Raigunj).
187. Sterna acuticauda J.E. Gray
Common name: Black-bellied Tern (470).
Distribution : Barddhaman and J alpaiguri
(Gorumara).
188. Sterna saundersi Hume
Common 'name: Saunders's Tern (477).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Baghmara,
Sunderban) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
189. Sterna bergii Lichtenstein
Common name: Large Crested Tern (478)
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Baghmara,
SlJIIlderban).
190. Sterna bengalensis Lesson
Common name: Lesser Crested Tern (479).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs.
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Order COLUMBIFORMES
Family COLUMBIDAE
191. Treron sphenura (Vigors)
Common name: Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon
(494).
Distribution : Darjiling (Kumani, Kalimpong
Forest Division, Mahananda) and J alpaiguri
(BTR).
192. Treron apicauda Blyth*
Common name: Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon
(493).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
193. Treron pompadora (Blyth)
Common name: Pompadour Green-Pigeon
(499) Hariyal (Bengali).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Birbhum and
J alpaiguri.
194. Treron bicincta (Jerdon)
Common name : Orange-breasted Green-
Pigeon (501).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur),
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Darjiling (Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (BTR,
Maldah.
195. Treron phoenicoptera (Latham)
Common name : Yellow-legged Green-
Pigeon (503).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Bankura (Baripal Dam), Haora Lal Ghughu (Bengali).
(Botanical Garden), J alpaiguri (BTR, J aldapara,
Gorumara) and Medinipur (Banspahari).
196. Ducula aenea (Linnaeus)
Common name: Green Imperial-Pigeon
(506).
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Chilapata,
Gorumara, BTR, Jaldapara).
197. Ducula badia (Raffles)*
·Common name : Mountain Imperial-Pigeon
(510).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda).
198. Columba livia intermedia Strickland
Common name : Blue Rock Pigeon (5 1 7)
Gola pyra (Bengali).
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Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur),
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara) and Medinipur
(Belpahari) .
199. Columba pulchricollis Blyth *
Common name: Ashy Wood Pigeon (523).
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora valley) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
200. Columba hodgsonii Vigors
Common name: Speckled Wood-Pigeon
(5 2 0).
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora valley).
201. Macropygia unchall (Wagler)
Common name: Barred Cuckoo-Dove (526).
Distribution : Darjiling (Selimbong) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara).
202. Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky)
Common name : Eurasian Collared Dove
(534) Par ghughu (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bana Bitan),
Jaldapara, Gorumara), Medinipur (Kanaisoli,
Belphari, Malabati) and .Nadia (Bethuadahari).
203. Streptopelia tranquebarica
(Hermann)
Common name : Red Collared-Dove (536)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Mitpukur,
Saltlake) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
204. Streptopelia chinensis suratensis
(Gmelin)
Com1non nanle : Spotted Dove (537).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Duttabad,
Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Raidighi, Canning,
Narendrapur), Bankura (Susunia Hills),
Darjiling (Mahananda, Neora valley), Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara, Jaldapara), Medinipur (Bansphari,
Kankrajhar) and Nadia (Bethuadahari).
205. Streptopelia orientalis (Lathanl)*
Common name: Oriental Turtle Dove (530).
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Distribution : Darjiling (Mahanadi) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
206. Streptopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus)
Common name : Little Brown Dove (541).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Bankura (Susunia Hills).
207. Chalcophaps indica (Linnaeus)
Common name : Emerald Dove (54 2 ).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Darjiling (Kalijhora), Jalpaiguri
(J aldapara, BTR, Gorumara) and Nadia
(Bethuadahari) .
Order PSITTACIFORMES
Family PSITTACIDAE
208. Psittacula eupatria (Linnaeus)
Common name : Alexandrine Parakeet (545)
Chandana (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Barddhaman and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara).
209. Psittacula krameri (Scopoli)
Common name: Rose-ringed Parakeet (549)
Tiya (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (N albani,
Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Darjiling (Mahananda),
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara, Gorumara),
Medinipur (Belphari) and Nadia (Bethuadahari).
210. Psittacula alexandri (Linnaeus)
Common name : Red-breasted Parakeet
(551).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda),
J alpaiguri (Ambari, Baikanthapur Forest,
Gorumara, BTR, Jaldapara) and Nadia
(Bethuadahari).
211. Psittacula cyanocephala (Linnaeus)
Common name : Bloosom-headed Parakeet
(557) Fultusi (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Darjiling (Mahananda),
Jalpaiguri (BTR) and Medinipur (Bansphari).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Order CUCULIFORMES
Family CUCULIDAE
212. Clamator coromandus (Linnaeus)
Common name: Red-winged Crested Cuckoo
(569)·
Distribution : Bankura, Kolkata (Indian
Museum compound) and Darjiling
(Mahananda).
213. Clamator jacobinus serratus
(Sparrman)
Common name: Pied-crested Cuckoo (570-.
71) Shah bulbul (Bengali).
Distribution: Kolkata (Kolkata), North 24
Pgs. (Nalbani, Sukchar, Kalikapur), South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban, Sambhunaga, Narendrapur),
Darjiling (Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara)
and Barddhaman (Barakar).
214. Hierococcyx varius Vahl
Common name : Brainfever Bird (573)
Chohgallo (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala,
Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur, Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Bankura (Susunia Hills), Haora
(Botanical Garden), Jalpaiguri (Khuntimari,
BTR), Nadia (Bethuadahari) and Puruliya
(Matha).
215. Cuculus micropterus Gould
Common name: Indian Cuckoo (576) Bou-.
Katha-kao (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur),
Barddhaman, Darjiling (Mahananda), J alpaiguri
(BTR, Jaldapara, Gorumara) and Nadia
(Bethuadahari).
216. Hierococcyx fagax (Horsfield)*
Common name : Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
(575).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
217. Cuculus poliocephalus Latham*
Common name : Lesser Cuckoo (581).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda).
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Cuculus canoMlS Linnaeus
218.
Common name : Common Cuckoo (578).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Cuculus saruratus Blyth
219.
Common name: Oreintal Cuckoo (580).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Darjiling
(Mahananda) and J alpaiguri (Gorumara).
220. Chrysococcyx maculates (Gmelin)*
Common name: Emerald Cuckoo (586).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda).
221. Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
(Horsfield)
Common name : Violet Cuckoo (587).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mahananda).
222. Cacomantis sonneratii (Latham)
Common name : Banded Bay Cuckoo (528).
Distribution: Barddhaman.
223. Cacomantis merulinus (Scopoli)
Common name : Rufous-bellied Plaintive
Cuckoo (585) Chotta bharau (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Babubheri,
Saltlake, Nalbani, Kalikapur), South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban, Narendrapur) and Darjiling
(Mahananda, Neora valley).
224. Cacomantis passerinus (Vahl) *
Common name : Indian Plaintive Cuckoo
(584).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
225. Eudynamys scolopacea (Linnaeus)
Common name: Asian Koel (590) Kokil
(Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Raidighi,
Sunderban, Narendrapur), North 24 PgS.
(Saltlake), Barddhaman (Arrah), Bankura
(Susunia Hills), Kolkata (Indian Museum
compound), Haora (Botanical Garden),
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara, Jaldapara) and
Medinipur (Bansphari Belpahari).
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Rhopodytes tristis (Lesson)
226.
Common name: Large Green-billed Malkoha
(593) Bon Kokil (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Jalpaiguri (Chunabati, BTR, Gorumara).
227. Taccocua leschenaultii (Lesson)
Common name: Sirkeer Malkoha (596).
Distribution : DaIjiling (Mahananda).
228. Centropus sinensis (Stephens)
Common name : Greater Coucal (600-601)
Kuka (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala,
Saltlake, Kalikapur, Nalbani), South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban, N arendrapur), J alpaiguri
(Gorumara, jaldapara), Barddhaman
(Govinpur), Kolkata (Kolkata) and Puruliya
(Monoharpur Mohanpur).
229. Centropus chlororhychynchus
Blyth*
Common name: Lesser Coucal (605).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
Order STRIGIFORMES
Family STRIGIDAE
Subfamily TYTONINAE
230. Tyto alba (Scopoli)
Common name: Barn Owl (606) Lakshmi
pecha (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), South
24 Pgs. (Sambhunagar, Sunderban), Kolkata
(Chowranghee), Darjiling (Mahananda), Haora
(Botanical Garden) and Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
Family STRIGIDAE
231. Otus spilocephalus (Blyth)
Common name: Spotted Scops-Owl (612).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mungpow below
Sureil, Mahananda, Neora valley) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara).
232. Otus scops sunia (Hodgson)
Common name : Oriental Scops-Owl (616).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Kolkata, Darjiling (Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri
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(Ambari, Baikanthapur Rehti Forest, Moraghat
Forest).
233. Otus bakkamoena Pennant
Common name: Collared Scops-Owl (622).
Distribution : Birbhum (Chandrapur) and
Darjiling (Mahananda).
234. Otus bakkamoena lettia (Hodgson)
Common name: Collared Scops-Owl (624).
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalijhora Thumb 0 )
and Jalpaiguri (Moraghat).
235. Bubo bubo (Linnaeus)
Common name: Eurasian Eagle-Owl (627)
Hutom Pecha (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Birbhum, Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Medinipur.
236. Bubo nipalensis Hodgson
Common name: Forest Eagle-Owl (628).
Distribution : Darjiling (Below Darjiling
Soong, Mahanada, Neora valley) and Jalpaiguri
(BTR, Gorumara, Jaldapara).
237. Bubo zeylonensis (Gmelin)
Common name: Brown Fish-Owl (631)
Bhootoom Pecha (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Darjiling (Singla) and Jalpaiguri
(Rajabhatkhowa, Morghat, Torsa river,
Haldibari, Gorumara, J aldapara).
238. Ketupa Jlauipes (Hodgson)
Common name: Tawny Fish-Owl (633).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Mahananda), Medinipur and Puruliya.
239. Glaucidium brodiei (Burton)
Common name : Collared Owlet (635).
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok Lebta Road,
Mangphu, Mahananda, Neora valley).
240. Glaucidium radiatum (Tickell)
Common name: Barred Jungle Owlet (636)
Chotta Kalpencha (Bengali).
Distribution : Darjiling (Samsung, Neora
valley) and Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
241. Glaucidium cuculoides (Vigors)
Common name: Asian Barred Owlet (639 &
641).
Distribution : Darjiling (Kumani, Palmajua,
Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (Sipehu Beat, upper
Tandloo forest Range).
242. Ninox scutulata (Raffles)
Common name: Brown Hawk-Owl (642) Kal
Pencha (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Birbhum (Chandrapur) and Jalpaiguri
(Khuntimari).
243. Athene brama (Temminek)
Common name: Spotted Owlet (652) Kutura
pencha (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Kalikapur,
Saltlake)'. South 24 Pgs. (Patharpratima, Sagar
Island, Namkhana, Raidighi, Canning), Birbhum
(Chandrapur), Darjiling (Mahananda),
J alpaiguri (BTR, J aldapara, Gorumara) and
Nadia (Bethuadahari).
244. Strix leptogrammica Temminck
Common name: Brown Wood-Owl (658).
Distribution : DaIjiling (Mungpoo, Takdah,
Mahananda).
245. Strix aluco Linnaeus*
Common name: Tawny Wood-Owl (662).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mahananda, Neora
valley).
246. Asio ./lammeus (Pontoppidan)
Common name: Short-eard Owl (664).
Distribution: HugH (Singur).
Order CAPRIMULGIFORMES
Family ~APRIMULGIDAE
247. Caprimulgus indicus Latham
Common name : Indian Jungle Nightjar
(671).
Distribution : Birbhum, Bankura and
DaIjiling (Mahananda).
248. Caprimulgus macrurus Tiekell
Common name: Large-tailed Nightjar (675).
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Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Budge Budge),
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur),
Darjiling (Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (BTR,
Gorumara), Maldah and Nadia (Bethuadahai).
249. Caprimulgus asiaticus Latham
Common name : Common Indian Nightjar
(680).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
250. Caprimulgus a.tJinis Horsfield
Common name: Franklin's Nightjar (682).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Bankura (Ranibandh).
Order APODIFORMES
Family APODIDAE
Subfamily APODINAE
251. Collocalia unicolor (Jerdon)
Common name: Indian Edible-nest Swiftlet
(685).
Distribution : DaIjiling.
252. Apus pacificus (Blyth)
Common name: Pacific Swiftlet (700).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Kolkata (Metiabruz) and Darjiling
(Mahananda).
253. Apus a.tJinis (J.E.Gray)
Common name: House Swift (703).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur), Kolkata
(Lindsey Street), Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara).
254. Cypsiurus balaSiensis (J.E.Gray)
Common name : Asian Palm Swift (707)
Bathasi (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur), Kolkata and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara).
-Subfamily HEMIPROCNINAE
255. Hemiprocne coronata (Tickell)
Common name : -crested Tree-Swift (7°9) .
.Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Barddhaman (Durgapur Damodar Valley).
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Order CORACIIFORMES
Family ALCEDINIDAE
256. Ceryle rudis Linnaeus
Common name: Lesser Pied Kingfisher (719)
Phatka machhuranga (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani),
Kolkata (Patipukur), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara) and
Nadia (Bethuadahari).
257. Alcedo hercules Laubmann
Common name: Blyth's Kingfisher (721).
Distribution : Darjiling (Terai).
258. Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus)
Common name: Small Blue Kingfisher (723)
Chhota machhranga (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Babu Bheri,
Saldak, Bara Paresh, Beliaghata, Duttaband,
Kalikapur, Nalbani), South 24 Pgs. (Canning,
Raidighi Sambhunagar, Narendrapur),
Barddhaman, Bankura (Susunia Hills), DaIjiling
(Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara,
Jaldapara).
259. Halcyon amaeuroptera Pearson
Common name : Brown-winged Kingfisher
(729) Gurial (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Baghmara,
Sunderban).
260. Halcyon capensis (Linnaeus)
Common name : Stork-billed Kingfisher
(730) Gurial (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Salt1ake), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur), Haora
(Botanical Garden), Jalpaiguri (Kuntimari,
Jaldapara) and Nadia (Bethuadahari).
261. Halcyon coromanda (Latham)
Common name: Ruddy Kingfisher (733).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Darjiling
(Mahananda).
Halcyon smyrnensisfusca (Linnaeus)
262.
Common name : White-breasted Kingfisher
(735) Sandabuk machhranga (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan,
Saltlake, Beliaghata, Palta water works,
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Nalbani, Mitpukur), South 24 Pgs. (Raidighi,
Gosaba Dayapur, Narendrapur), Darjiling
(Reang, Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (Gorumara,
Jaldapara, BTR) and Nadia (Bethuadahari).
263. Halcyon pileata (Boddaert)
Common name : Black-capped Kingfisher
(739).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island,
Sajnekhali).
264. Todiramphus chloris Sharpe
Common name: Colared Kingfisher (741).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Mechnakhal,
Sunderban, Kakdwip).
265. Ceyx erithacus (Linnaeus)*
Common name : Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher
(727).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
Family MEROPIDAE
266. Merops leschenaulti Vieillot
Common name: Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
(744).
Distribution: Darjiling (Sipchu Forest Beat,
Mahananda) and J alpaiguri (J aldapara,
Gorumara, BTR).
267. Merops philippinus Linnaeus
Common name: Blue-tailed Bee-eater (748).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala,
N albani), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara).
268. Merops orientalis Latham
Common name: Small Bee-eater (750)
Banaspati (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala,
Saltlake, Duttaband, Kalikapur, Nalbani, Palta
water works Parmadan), South 24 Pgs.
(Canning, Gosaba, Raidighi, Sambl1unagar,
Satjela, Nartendrapur), Birbhum (Chandrapur),
Darjiling (Gorubathan, Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara, Jaldapara).
269. Nyctyornis athertoni (Jardine & Selby)
Common name: Blue-bearded Bee-eater
(753).
Distribution: Darjiling (Gish, Mahananda).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Family CORACIIDAE'
270. Coracias benghalensis (Linnaeus)
Common name : Indian Roller (755)
Nilkantha (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Saltlke), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Darjiling (Mahananda),
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara, Gorumara), Medinipur
(Banspahari, Belphari) and Puruliya (Tulin).
271. Eurystomus orientalis (Linnaeus)*
Common name: Oreintal Broad-billed Roller
(758).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
Family UPUPIDAE
272. Upupa epops Linnaeus
Common name : Common Hoopoe (763).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bamankhali
Beach, Sagar Island, Narendrapur), North 24
Pgs. (Salt Lake), Birbhum (Chandrapur, Suri) ,
Darjiling (Mahananda, Neora valley), Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara, Jalldapara, BTR) and Medinipur
(Kankrajhar).
Family BUCEROTIDAE
273. Ocyceros birostris (Scopoli)
Common name: Indian Grey Hornbill (767).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Puruliya (Ayodhya Hills).
274. Anthracocerus albirostris (Shaw)
Common name : Oriental Pied Hornbill
(774)·
Distribution : Darjiling (Sukna) and
Jalpaiguri (Khuntimari, BTR, Jaldapara).
275. Anthracocerus coronatus (Boddaert)*
Common name : Malabar Pied Hornbill
(775).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
276. Aceros ripalensis (Hodgson)*
Common name : Rufous-necked Hornbill
(771).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
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277. Buceros bicoMtis Linnaeus*
Common name: Great Pied Hornbill (776).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara, Jaldapara).
Order PICIFORMES
Family CAPITONIDAE
278. Magalaima zeylanica (Gmelin)
Common name: BlWon-headed Barbet (780)
Bada basanta (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan),
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur),
Darjiling (Mahananda), Haora (Botanical
Garden) and Nadia (Bethuadahari).
279. Megalaima lineata (Vieillot)
Common name: Lineated Barbet (784).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur),
Darjiling (Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri
(Chunabati, Gorumara, Jaldapara).
280. Megalaima virens (Boddaert)*
Common name : Great Barbet (777).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahanadi, Neora
valley) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
Megalaima franklinii (Blyth)
281.
Common name : Golden-throated Barbet
(78 7).
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Mahanadi,
Neora valley).
282. Megalaima asiatica (Latham)
Common name: Blue-throated Barbet (788)
Bada basantha bauri (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Raidighi,
Narendrapur, Sunderban), North 24 Pgs.
(Saltlake), DaIjiling (Gorubathan, Mahanadi),
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara, BTR, Gorumara) and
Nadia (Bethuadahari).
283. Megalaima heamacephala (P.S.
Muller)
Common name: Coppersmith Barbet (792)
Chhota basantha bauri (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala,
Saltlake, Hediarhat, Kalikapur), South 24 Pgs.
925
(Canning, Raidighi, Narendrapur), Barddhaman
(Arrah), Darjiling (Mahananda), Jalpaiguri
(BTR, Jaldapara), Medinipur (Malabati camp)
and Nadia (Bethuadahari).
Family INDICATORIDAE
284. Indicator xanthonotus Blyth
Common name Yellow-rumped
Honeyguide (794).
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling).
Family PICIDAE
285. Jynx torquilla Linnaeus
Common name: European Wryneck (796-
97).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake),
Bankura (Susunia Hills), Medinipur (Belpahari),
Nadia (Bethuadahari), Birbhum (Chandrapur
Mollarpur) and Darjiling (Mahananda).
286. Celeus brachyurus Vieillot
Common name: Rufous Woodpecker (803).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Darjiling (Mahananda), Haora (Botanical
Garden) and Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara).
287. Dendrocopos daJjelensis (Blyth)*
Common name: DaIjiling Pied Woodpecker
(838,839)·
Distribution: Darjiling (Selimbong, Neora
valley).
288. Picus xanthopygaeus (J.E. Gray &
G.R. Gray)
Common name : Little Scaly-bellied Green
Woodpecker (808).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur)
and Haora.
28.9. Picus canus Gmelin *
Common name : Black-nacked Green
Woodpecker (810).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
290. Picus flavinucha Gould
Common name : Large Yellow-naped
Woodpecker (813).
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Distribution: Darjiling (Shunabhati, Kumani,
Samsing, Mahanandi) and J alpaiguri (BTR,
Gorumara).
291. Picus chlorolopus Vieillot
Common name : Small Yellow-naped
Woodpecker (815).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Darjiling (Mahananda) and J alpaiguri
(Khuntimari, Jaldapara).
292. Dinopium benghalense (Linnaeus)
Common name : Lesser Golden-backed
Woodpecker (819).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Kalikapur,
Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Birbhum (Chandrapura),
Darjiling (Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (Ambari,
Baikunthapur Forest, Chilapatha) and Nadia
(Bethuudahari).
293. Dinopium javanese (Ljungh)*
Common name : Common Golden-backed
threetoed Woodpecker (826).
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora valley).
294. Dendrocopos cathpharius (Blyth)
Common name : Crimson-breasted Pied
Woodpecker (840).
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora valley).
295. Dendrocopos macei (Vieilot)
Common name : Fulvous-breasted Pied
Woodpecker (845).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Saltlak) and
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur).
296. Dendrocopos mahrattensis
(Latham)
Common name : Yelow-fronted Pied
Woodpecker (847).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Bankura (Baripad dam,
Ranibandh), Birbhum (Chandrapur) and
Darjiling (Mahananda).
297· Dendrocopos canicapillus (Blyth)
Common name : Grey-capped Pygmy
Woodpecker (849).
Distribution: Darjiling (Gish River).
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298. Dendrocopos nanus (Vigors)
Common name : Brown-capped Pygmny
Woodpecker (851).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur) and Medinipur.
299. Hemicircus canente (Lesson)
Common name: Heart-spotted Woodpecker
(856).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., Barddhaman,
Bankura, HugH and Medinipur.
300. Chrysocolaptes lucidus (Scopoli)
Common name : Greater Golden-backed
Woodpecker (861).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur)
and Darjiling (Gorubathan).
301. Picumnus innminatus Burton*
Common name : Speckled Piculet.
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara, Jaldapara).
Order PASSERlFORMES
Family EURYLAIMIDAE
302. Psarisomus dalhousiae (Jameson)
Common name: Long-tailed Broadbill (865).
Distribution : Darjiling (Chunabhati,
Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
303. Serilopus lunatus (Gould)*
Common name: Hogson's Broadbill (864).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
Family PITTIDAE
304. Pitta brachyura (Linnaeus)
Common name: Indian Pitta (867) Shumcha
(Bengali).
Distribution : Darjiling and Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara).
305. Pitta soridica (P.S. Muller)*
Common nam~ : Hooded Pitta (869)
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
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306. Pitta nipalensis (Hodgson) *
Common name: Blue-napped Pitta (866).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
Family ALAUDIDAE
307. Mirafra cantillans Blyth
Common name: Singing Bush-Lark (872).
Distribution: Bankura (Susunia Hills).
308. Mirafra assamica Horsfield
Common name: Bengal Bush-Lark (873)
Bhiriri (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani),
Bankura (Susunia Hills) and Jalpaiguri (BTR,
Gorumara).
309. Mirafra erythroptera Blyth
Common name: Red-winged Bush-Lark
(877).
Distribution: Birbhum (Mollarpur, Suri) and
Jalpaiguri (Jaldpara).
310. Eremopterix grisea (Scopoli)
Common name : Ashy-crowned Sparrow-
Lark (878) Dhula chata (Bengali).
Distribution: Bankura (Susunia Hills) and
M_edinipur (Jhargram, Belphari).
311. Ammomanes phoenicuMlS (Franklin)
Common name : Rufous-tailed Finch-Lark
(882).
Distribution : Bankura (Susunia Hills).
312. Calandrella brachydactyla (Leisier)
Common name : Greater Short-toed Lark
(886).
Distribution: Barddhaman and Darjiling
(Mahananda).
313. Calandrella ray tal (Blyth)
Common name : Indian Short-toed Lark
(891).
Distribution: Barddhaman.
314. Calandrella acutirostris Hume*
Common name : Hume's Short-toed Lark
(887).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda).
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315. Calandrella rufescens (Vieillot) *
Common name: Lesser short-toed Lark.
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
316. Galerida cristata (Linnaeus)
Common name : Common Crested Lark
(899).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Deganga,
Mitpukur, Nalbani).
317. Alauda gulgula Franklin
Common name : Eastern Skylark (907)
Jhunti bharat (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake),
Barddhaman, Birbhum and Medinipur.
Family HIRUNDINIDAE
318. Ripana diluta (Sharpe & Wyatt)
Common name: Pale Martin (910).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Duttabad,
North Saltlake) and South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
319. Ripana paludicola (J.E. Gray)
Common name: Plain Martin (912).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara) and Nadia (Boira).
320. Hirundo daurica Linnaeus*
Common name: Red-rumped Swallow (921).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Saltlake), Darjiling (Selimbong, Mahananda),
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara) and Maldah.
321. Hirundo concolor Sykes
Common name: Dusky Crag-Martin (914).
Distribution: Barddhaman.
322. Hirundo rustica Linnaeus
Common name: Common Swallow (916-918)
Ababil (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba,
Narendrapur), North 24 Pgs. (Bantala, Opp.
Bengal chemical, Babu bheri, Duttabad,
Nalbani, Saltlake), Darjiling (Kurseong,
Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (Gorumara, BTR).
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323. Hirundo smithii Leach
Common name: Wire-tailed Swallow (921).
Distribution : Barddhaman and J alpaiguri
(Gorumara).
324. Hirundo rupesms Scopoli
Common name: Eurasian Crag Martin (913).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mahananda).
325. Hirundo fluvicola Blyth
Common name: Streak-throated Swallow
(922).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
Family LANIIDAE
326. Lanius vittatus Valenciennes
Common name: Bay-backed Shrike (940).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Bankura,
Birbhum and Darjiling (Mahananda).
327. Lanius tephronotus (Vigors)
Common name: Grey-backed Shrike (945).
Distribution ,: DaIjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Gish river).
328. Lanius schach Linnaeus
Common name : Rufous-backed Shrike
(948).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Duttabad,
Saltlake, Kalikapur, Nalbani), South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban, Narendrapur), Darjiling
(Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
329. Lanius cristatus Linnaeus
Common name : Brown Shrike (949)
Karkata (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala,
Saltlake, Duttabad, Mahisbathan, N albani),
South 24 Pgs. (Raidighi, Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Barddhaman (Arrah), Birbhum
(Mollarpur), Bankura (Susunia Hills), Darjiling
(Kumani, Mahananda) and J alpaiguri
(Jaldapara, Gorumara).
330. Lanius isabellinus Hemprich &
Ehreberg*
Common name: Rufous-tailed Shrike (943).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Order ORIOLIDAE
331. Oriolus oriolus Linnaeus
Common name : Eurasian Golden Oriole
(953) Sona bau (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan,
Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara), Medinipur (Malabati) and Nadia
(Bethuadahari).
332. Oriolus xanthornus (Linnaeus)
Common name: Black-headed Oriole (958).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Raidighi,
Narendrapur, Sunderban), North 24 Pgs.
(Saltlake, Kaliakpur), Birbhum (Chandarapur,
Suri), Bankura (Susunia Hills), Haora (Botanical
Garden), J alpaiguri (J aldapara, BTR,
Gorumara), Medinipur (Banspahari, Malabati)
and Nadia (Bethuadahari).
Family DICRURIDAE
333. Dicrurus adsimilis albirictus
(Hodgson)
Common name : Black Drongo (962-963)
Finga (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Bamankhali,
Raidighi, Narendrapur, Sunderban), North 24
Pgs. (Nalbani, Saltlake), Bankura (Ranibandh),
Darjiling (Chunabhati, Neora valley,
Mahananda), Haora (Botanical Garden),
J alpaiguri (Sipchu Beat, Upper Tondla range,
Jaldapara, Gorumara), Medinipur (Jashpur,
Malabati camp), Nadia (Bethuadahari,
Chakdah) and Birbhum (Chandrapur).
334.. Dicrurus leucophaeus Vieillot
Common name: Ashy Drongo (965) Neel
Firna (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Darjiling (Gorubathan, Neora
valley) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
335. Dicrurus caerulescens (Linnaeus)
Co:mmon name : White-bellied Drongo
(967).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Puruliya (Matha).
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336. DiCMlrus annectans (Hodgson)
Common name: Crow-billed Drongo (970).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Shambhunagar,
Narendrapur).
337. Dicrurus aeneus Vieilot
Common name: Bronzed Drongo (971)
Chhota bhujanga (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Darjiling (Mahananda), J alpaiguri (Khuntimari,
BTR) and Nadia (Bethuadahari).
338. DiCMlrus remifer (Temminck)
Common name : Lesser Racket-tailed
Drongo (972) Chhota bhimraj (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Darjiling (Burikhati, Metelli, Mahananda).
339. DiCMlrus hottentottus (Linnaeus)
Common name: Spangled Drongo (973)
Keshraj (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Darjiling (Jarkhol, Gorubathan,
Reang, Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (BTR,
Jaldapara) and Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills).
340. Dicrurus paradiseus (Linnaeus)
Common name : Greater Racket-tailed
Drongo (976).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Darjiling (Sukhna) and J alpaiguri (BTR,
Gorumara).
Family ARTAMIDAE
341. Artamus fuscus Vieillot
Common name: Ashy Woodswallow (982).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Kalikapur,
Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Birbhum (Chandrapur, Suri),
Bankura (Susunia Hills), Darjiling (Mahananda)
and Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara).
Family STURNIDAE
342. Stumus malabaricus (Gmelin)
Common name: Grey-headed Starling (987)
Desi pawei (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bantala,
Saltlake, Nalbani), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
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N arendrapur), Darjiling (Mahananda),
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara) and Nadia
(Bethuadahari).
343. StuMtUS pagodaMlm (Gmelin)
Common name : Brahminy Starling (994)
Harbola (Bengali).
·Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban), Barddhaman, Bankura, Birbhum,
Kolkata, Darjiling (Mahananda), Hugli, Raora,
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara) and Murshidabad,
Medinipur, Nadia, Puruliya, West Dinajpur.
344. Sturnus roseus (Linnaeus)
Common name : Rosy Starling (996) Lal
myna (Bengali).
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Darjiling,
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara) and Maldah.
345. Stumus contra (Linnaeus)
Common name: Asian Pled Starling (1002).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri,
Nalbani, Parmadan), South 24 Pgs.
(Sambhunagar, Sunderban, N arendrapur),
Kolkata (Kolkata bazar), Darjiling (Mahananda),
Jalpaiguri (Bagracote, Chilapatha, Khuntimari,
BTR, Gorumara) and Nadia (Krishnagar,
Bethuadahari).
346. Stumus vulgaris Linnaeus
Common name: Common Starling (997).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani),
Darjiling (Mahananda) and J alpaiguri
(Gorumara, BTR).
347. Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus)
Common name: Common Myna (1006) salik
(Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), South
24 Pgs. (Sambhunagar, Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Darjiling (Mahananda),
J alpaiguri (Gorumara, BTR) and Nadia
(Bethuadahari).
348. Acridotheres ginginianus (Latham)
Common name: Bank Myna (1008).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Salt1ake), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Mahananda) and J alpaiguri (BTR).
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349. Acridotheres fuscus (Wagler)
Common name: Jungle Myna (1009) Jungli
salik (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Duttaband,
Nalbani, Parmadan), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Darjiling (Mahananda),
J alpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara, J aldapara) and
Nadia (Krishnanagar, Bethuadahari).
350. Gracula religiosa Linnaeus
Common name: Common Hill-Myna (1015).
Distribution : Darjiling (Reang, J arkhola,
Teesta valley, Mahananda) and J alpaiguri
(Khuntimari, Jaldapara, BTR).
Family CORVIDAE
351. Cissa chinensis (Boddaert)
Common name : Green Magpie (1023)
Sirgang (Bengali).
Distribution: Darjiling (Gorubathan, J akdah,
Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara).
352. Cissa flavirostris (Blyth)
Common name: Yellow-billed Blue Magpie
(1026).
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora valley).
353. Urocissa erythrorhyncha
(Boddaert) *
Common name : Red-billed Blue Magpie
(1027).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mahananda).
354. Dendrocitta vagabunda (Latham)
Common name : Indian Treepie (1032)
Handi chacha (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan,
Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Pathar Pratima
Sambhunagar, Sunderban, Narendrapur),
Birbhum (Birbhum), Bankura (Susunia Hills,
Ranibandh), Kolkata (Indian Museum
compound), Darjiling (Mahananda), Haora
(Botanical Garden), Hugli (Telinipara),
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara, Jaldapara) and Nadia
(Chakdah, Bethuadahari).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
355. Dendrocitta frontalis Horsfield
Common name : Black-browed Tree Pie
(1035)·
Distribution: Darjiling.
356. Dendrocitta jOMRosae Swinhoe
Common name: Grey Treepie (1038, 1039).
Distribution : Darjiling (Samsing, Tekdah,
Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (Khumani,
Gorumara).
357. Corvus splendens Vieillot
Common name: House Crow (1049).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., North 24 Pgs.
(Kalakapur, Budge Budge, Nalbani),
B~rddhaman, Bankura, Birbhum, Kolkata
(Kolkata, Ballygunge Lake, Indian Museum),
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri (BTR,
Jaldapara, Gorumara), Murshidabad, Medinipur
(Malabati camp); Nadia, Puruliya and Dinajpur.
358. Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler
Common name: Eastern Jungle Crow (1055)
jangli Kowwa (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur), Koch Bihar,
Darjiling (Mahananda, Neora valley) and
J alpaiguri (BTR, J aldapara, Gorumara),
Maldah.
Family CAMPERHAGIDAE
359. Hemipus picatus (Sykes)
Common name : Pied Flycatcher-Shrike
(1064).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Darjiling
(Mahananda), Haora, HugH and Puruliya.
360. Tephrodornis pondicerianus
(Gmelin)
Common name: Coomon Woodshrike
(1070) Chudukka (Bengali).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur),
Birbhum (Chandrapur), Bankura (Ranibandh,
Susunia Hills), Darjiling (Mahananda),
J alpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara), Maldah and
PuruHya (Quilapal).
361. Coracina macei (Lesson)
Common name : Large Cuckoo-Shrike
(1072).
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Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur),
Bankura (Ranibandh), Darjiling (Chunabati,
Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (Chilapata, Jaldapara),
Medinipur (Belpahari) and Puruliya (Matha).
362. Coramna melaschistos (Hodgson)
Common name : Black-winged Cuckoo-
Shrike (1077) Kabasi (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bana Bitan),
Koch Bihar, Darjiling (Mahananda), Jalpaiguri
(BTR, Gorumara, J aldapara) and Maldah.
363. Coramna melanoptera (Strickland)
Common name : Black-headed Cuckoo-
Shrike (1079).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bana Bitan),
South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur), Bankura
(Ranibandh) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
364. Pericrocotus jlammeus (Forster)
Common name : Scarlet Minivet (1080)
Sayali (Bengali).
Distribution Darjiling (Kumani,
Mahananda, Neora valley) and Jalpaiguri
(Jaldapara, BTR, Gorumara).
365. Pericrocotus brevirostris (Vigors)
Common name : Short-billed Minivet
(1084).
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang,
Neora valley) and Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara).
366. Pericrocotus solaris Blyth
Common name : Grey-chinned Minivet
(1088).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
367. Pericrocotus roseus (Vieillot)
Common name : Rosy Minivet (1089).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Darjiling (Mahananda) and J alpaiguri (BTR).
368. Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
(Liinaeus)
Common name: Small Minivet (109 2 , 1095)·
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur),
Bankura (Ranibandh), Jalpaiguri (Gorumara)
and Nadia (Bethuadahari).
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369. Pericrocotus ethologus Bangs &
Phillips*
Common name: Long-tailed Minivet (1085).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara).
370. Pericrocotus divaricatus (Raffles) *
Common name : Ashy Minivet (1089a).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Family lRENIDAE
371. Aegithina tiphia (Linnaeus)
Common name: Common lora (1098) Fatik-
Jal (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban, Narendrapur), Barddhaman,
Birbhum, Kolkata (Kolkata), Darjiling
(Mahananda), Haora (Botanical Garden),
Jalpaiguri (Kharibari, Gorumara, Jaldapara,
BTR), Nadia (Chakdah, Bethuadahari),
Medinipur (Bansphari) and Puruliya.
372. Chloropsis aurifrons (Temminck)
Common name : Gold-fronted Chloropsis
(1103) Harewa (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban), DaIjiling (Mahananda) and
Nadia (Bethuadahari).
373. Chloropsis hardwickii Jardine & Selby
Common name : Orange-bellied Chloropsis
(11.06).
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling) and
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
374. Chloropsis cochinchinensis (Gmelin)
Common name: Jerdon's Chloropsis (1107).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur),
Bankura (Susunia Hills), DaIjiling (Mahananda),
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara), Medinipur (Banspahari
Kanaisoli) and Puruliya (Matha).
Family PYCNONOTIDAE
375. Pycnonotus melanicterus (Gmelin)
Common name : Black-crested Bulbul
(1115)·
Distribution Darjiling (Tarkhola,
Kalimpong, Mahananda, Neora valley) and
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J alpaiguri (Burrakhola, Bengal Duars, BTR,
Gorumara, Jaldapara).
376. Pycnonotus jocosus (Linnaeus)
Common name : Red-whiskered Bulbul
(1121, 1121a) Sipahi bulbul (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bethuadahari),
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur),
Kolkata (Kolkata), DaIjiling (Terai, Mahananda,
Chunabhati), J alpaiguri (Between Sevok and
Bagrakot, BTR, Jaldapara) and West Dinajpur.
377. Pycnonotus leucogenys (Gray)
Common name. : Himalayan Bulbul (1125).
Distribution : Koch Bihar, Darjiling
(Darjiling, Takdah, Terai, Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
378. Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus)
Common name : Red-vented Bulbul (1128,
1131) Kala Bulbul (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake,
Bantala, Duttabad, Hediarhat, Garia, Nalb ani) ,
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur,
Raidighi), Darjiling (Mahananda), J alpaiguri
(BTR, Jaldapara), Nadia (Bethuadahari),
Puruliya (Manoharpur Forest Guest house),
Birbhum (Mollarpur), Bankura (Ranibandh,
Susunia Hills), Kolkata (Kolkata), Darjiling
(Darjiling, Tumtong Khola, Teesta Valley,
Takdah, Mahananda), HugH (Ambari,
Baikunthapur Forest, Chilapata, Khuntimari),
Haora (Botanical Garden), Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara) and Puruliya (Matha).
379. Pycnonotus striatus striatus
(Blyth)
Common name : Straited Bulbul (1133)·
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Neora
valley).
380. Criniger flaveolus (Gould)
Common name : White-throated Bulbul
(1140).
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling, Reang,
J arkhola, Mahananda) and J alpaiguri (BTR,
Gorumara).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
381. Hypsipetes leucocephalus (P.L.S.
Muller)
Common name : Black Bulbul (1148).
Distribution Darjiling (Takdah,
Mahananda, Neora valley) and Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara, Jaldapara).
382. Hypsipetes mcclellandi (Horsfield)*
Common name : Rufous-bellied Bulbul
(1146).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mahananda).
Family MUSCICAPIDAE
Subfamily TIMALIINAE
383. Pelloreneum ruficeps Swainson
Common name : Spotted BarbIer (1153).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Neora valley).
384. Pomatorhinus schisticeps Hodgson
Common name : Hodgson's Scimitar-
Babbler (1169) Pabdoa (Bengali).
Distribution : DaIjiling.
385. Pomatorhinus erythrogenys Vigors
Common name : Rusty-cheeked Scimitar
Babbler (1183).
Distribution : Darjiling (Neora valley) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
386. Malacocincla abbotti Blyth
Common name : Abbott's Babbler.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
387. Pomatorhinus felTlLginosus Blyth
Common name : Coral-billed Scimitar-
Babbler (1186).
Distribution : DaIjiling.
388. Pomatorhinus horsfieldii Sykes*
Common name : Indian Scimitar-Babbler
(1173)·
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mahananda).
389. Spelaeornis caudatus (Blyth)
Common name : Rufous-throated Wren-
Babbler (1200).
Distribution : DaIjiling.
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390. Stachyris rujiceps Blyth
Common name : Rufous-capped Babbler
(1210).
Distribution : Darjiling (Selimbong) and
~alpaiguri (Jaldapara).
39 1• Dumetia hyperythra (Franklin)
Common name : Rufous-bellied Babbler
(1222).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Birbhum, Darjiling (Mahananda) and Puruliya.
392. Macronous gularis (Horsfield)
Common name : Yellow-breasted Babbler
(1228).
Distribution : J alpaiguri, Maldah and
Puruliya.
393. Chrysomma sinense (Gmelin)
Common name : Yellow-eyed Babbler
(1231).
Distribution : Bankura (Susunia Hills,
Ranibandh), Jalpaiguri (Gorumara) and
Medinipur (Jhargram).
394. Turdoides caudatus (Dumont)
Common name : Common Babbler (1254).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban), DaIjiling (Mahananda) and
Nadia (Bethuadahari).
395. Turdoides earlei (Blyth)
Common name : Striated Babbler (1256)
Dora chhatare (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Kolkata (Vicinity of Kolkata) and J alpaiguri
(BTR, Gorumara, Jaldapara).
396. Turdoides striatus (Dumont)
Common name : Bengal Jungle Babbler
(1265) Chatarhia (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Bana Bitan),
South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur), Birbhum
(Chandrapur), Darjiling (Khuntimari,
Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara) and
Puruliya (Matha).
397. Garrulax albougularis (Gould)
Common name White-throated
Laughingthrush (1274).
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Distribution : Darjiling (Metalli, Palmajua
Selimbong, Mahananda, N eora valley) and
Maldah (Maldah).
398. Garrulax pectoralis (Gould)
Common name : Greater Necklaced
Laughingthrush (1278) Bada penga (Bengali).
Distribution: Darjiling (Juranti, Samsing
Tarkhola, Mahananda).
399. Garrulax striatus Vigors
Common name : Striated Laughingthrush
(1281).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Selimbong, Takdah,
Mahananda, Neora valley) and Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara).
400. Garrulax leucolophus (Hardwicke)
Common name White-creasted
Laughingthrush (1283).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Dalamthan, BTR).
401. Garrulax ocellatus (Vigors)
Common name : Spotted Laughingthrush
( 12 99).
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu, Neora
valley).
402. Garrulax caerulatus (Hodgson)
Common name: Grey-sided Laughingthrush
(1300).
Distribution: Darjiling (DaIjiling).
403. Garrulax rqfficollis (Jardine & Selby)
Common name Rufous-necked
Laughingthrush (1303).
Distribution Darjiling (Takdah,
Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorunlara).
404. Garrulax erythrocephalus (Vigors)
Common name: Red-head Laughingthrush
(1326).
Distribution: Darjiling (Selinlbong).
405. Leiothrix argentauris (Hodgson)
Common nanle : Silver-eared Leiothrix
(1333).
Distribution: Darjiling (Sipchu, Jaldhaka).
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406. Leiothrix lutea (Scopoli)
Common name: Red-billed Leiothrix (1336,
1337).
Distribution: Darjiling (Selimbong).
407. Pterurthius jlaviscapis (Temminck)
Common name: Red-winged Shrike-Babbler
(1341).
Distribution : Darjiling (Barch Hill,
Palmajua).
408. Gampsorhynchus rufulus Blyth
Common name : White-hooded Shrike-
Babbler (1347).
Distribution : Darjiling.
409. Actinodura nipalensis (Hodgson)
Common name : Hoary-thraoted Barwing
(1352, 1353).
Distribution : Darjiling (Tonglo, Neora
valley, Palmajua, Selimbong).
410. Actinodura egertoni*
Common name : Rusty-fronted Barwing
(1348).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
411. Minla strigula (Hodgson)
Common name: Bar-throated Minla (1359).
Distribution : Darjiling (Selimbong,
Sandakphu, Palmajua, Mahananda, N eora
valley).
412. Minla cyanouroptera (Hodgson)
Common name: Blue-winged Minla (1362).
Distribution: Darjiling (Takdah).
413. Minla ignotincta Hodgson*
Common name: Red-tailed Minla (1357).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR).
414. Yuhina bakeri Rothschild
Common name : White-naped Yuhina
(1366).
Distribution : Darjiling (Tonglu, Neora
valley).
415. Yuhina jlavicollis Hodgson
Common name: Yellow-napped Yuhina
(1368, 1369).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution Darjiling (Palmajua,
Selimbong, Mahananda, Neora valley) and
J alpaiguri (BTR).
416. Alcippe chrysotis (Blyth)
Common name: Golden-breasted Tit-
Babbler (1376).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mason).
417. Alcippe castaneceps (Hodgson)
Common name: Rufous-winged Tit-Babbler
(1379)·
Distribution : Darjiling (Selimbong,
Mahananda).
418. Alcippe nipalensis Hodgson *
Common name: Nepal Tit-Babbler (1392).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda).
419. Alcippe vinipectus (Hodgson)
Common name: White-browed Tit-Babbler
(1381, 1382).
Distribution : Darjiling (Selimbong,
Sandakphu, Tonglu, Neora valley).
420. Heterophasia capistrata (Vigors)
Common name : Rufous Sibia (1396, 1398).
Distribution Darjiling (Palmajua,
Mahananda, Neora valley, Selimbong) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara).
421. Heterophasia picaoides (Hodgson)*
Common name: Long-tailed Sibia (1401).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
422. Pnoepyga albiventer (Hodgson)*
Common name : Greater Scaly-breasted
Wren-Babbler (1198).
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu, Neora
valley) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
Subfamily MUSCICAPINAE
423. Muscicapa dauurica Raffles
Common name : Asian Brown Flycatcher
(1407)·
Distribution : Barddhaman and J alpaiguri
(Jaldapara, Gorumara).
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424· Muscicapa muttui (Layard)
Common name: Brown-breasted Flycatcher
(1408).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
425· Muscicapa nificauda Swainson
Common name : Rusty-tailed Fltcatcher
(14°9).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
426. Ficedula paroa Bechstein
Common name : Red-throated Flycatcher
(1411).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Raidighi,
Canning), North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), Birbhum
(Chandrapur, Suri) , Bankura (Susunia Hills),
Barddhaman, Kolkata, Koch Bihar, Darjiling
(Peshoke), Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Maldah,
Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia, Puruliya and
West Dinajpur.
427. Ficedula westermanni (Sharpe)
Common name : Little Pied Flycatcher
(14 19).
Distribution : Darjiling (Peshok) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
428. Fi~edula superciliaris (Jerdon)
Common name : Ultramarine Flycatcher
(14 2 1).
Distribution: Barddhaman and Darjiling
(Neora valley).
429. Ficedula sapphira (Blyth)
Common name: Sapphire Flycatcher (1426).
Distribution: Darjiling (Palmajua).
430. Niltaua grandis (Blyth)
Common name: Large Niltava (1428).
Distribution : Darjiling (Takdah, N eora
valley).
431. Niltaua sundara (Hodgson)
Common name: Rufous-bellied Niltava
(1432).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda, Neora
valley) and Jalpaiguri (Kumari, BTR,
Jaldapara).
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432. Cyornis pallipes Jerdon
Common name : White-bellied Blue-
Flycatcher (1435).
Distribution: Bankura (Ranibandh).
433. Cyornis unicolor (Blyth)
Common name: Pale Blue Flycatcher
(1439)·
Distribution Darjiling (Darjiling,
Mahananda).
434. Cyornis rubeculoides (Vigors)
Common name : Blue-throated Flycatcher
(144°).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Khuntimari, BTR).
435. Cyornis tickelliae Blyth
Common name: Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
(1442).
Distribution : Barddhaman, Darjiling
(Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
436. Eumyias thalassina (Swainson)
Common name: Verditer Flycatcher (1445)
Nil-Katkatia (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan),
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur),
Darjiling (Mahananda, N eora valley) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara).
437. Culicacapa ceyloensis (Swainson)
Common name : Grey-headed Flycatcher
(1449) Zard-phutki (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur),
Darjiling (Palmajua) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
438. Rhipidura hypoxantha Blyth
Common name : Yelow-bellied Fantail
Flycatcher (1450).
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora valley) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
439. Rhipidura aureola Lesson
Common name: White-browed Fantail-
Flycatcher (1451).
Distribution : Barddhaman.

440. Rhipidura albicollis (Vieillot)
Common name : White-throated Fantail-
flycatcher (1455).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Barddhaman, Darjiling (N eora
valley), Jalpaiguri (Gorumara, Jaldapara) and
Nadia (Bethuadahari).
Subfamily MONARCHINAE
441. Terpsiphone paradisi (Linnaeus)
Common name : Asian Paradise-Flycatcher
(1461).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara,
Gorumara), Medinipur and Nadia
(Bethuadahari) .
442. Hypothymis azurea (Boddaert)
Common name : Black-naped Monarch-
Flycatcher (1465).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Bankura, Kolkata,
Darjiling, Hugli, Haora, Jalpaiguri, Maldah,
Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia, Puruliya and
West Dinajpur.
443. Pachycephala grisola (Blyth)
Common name: Mangrove Whistler (1470).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Koch Bihar, Haora (Botanical Garden) and
Maldah.
444. Bradypterus thoracicus (Blyth)
Common name: Spotted Bush-Warbler
(1490).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and J alpaiguri (BTR,
Jaldapara, Gorumara).
445. Bradypterus luteoventris (Hodgson)*
Common name: Brown Bush-Warbler
(1493)·
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
446. Cisticola exilis (Vigors & Horsfield)
Common name : Golden-headed Fantail-
Warbler (1496).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri,
Saltlake, Nalbani), Haora (Botanical Garden)
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Birbhum (Sura) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara,
Jaldapara).
447. Cisticola juncidis (Rafinesque)
Common name: Streaked Fantail-Warbler
(1498).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri,
Saltlake) and South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
448. Prinia hodgsonii Blyth
Common name: Franklin's Prinia (1503).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. and South 24
Pgs., Medinipur.
449. Prinia inornata Sykes
Common name: Plain Prinia (1511, 1512).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Duttabad, Salt
lake, Mahisbathan, N albani), South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban), Jalpaiguri (Gorumara), Birbhum
(Chandrapur) and Bankura (Susunia Hills).
450. Prinia sylvatica gangetica (Blyth)
Common name: Jungle Prinia (1519).
Distribution : J alpaiguri (BTR, J aldapara,
Gorumara).
451. Prinia socialis Sykes
Common name: Ashy Prinia (1517).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur),
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar and J alpaiguri (BTR,
Jaldapara, Gorumara).
452. Prinia refescens Blyth *
Common name: Beavan's Prinia (1501).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mahananda).
453. Prinia criniger Hodgson*
Common name : Brown Prinia (1527).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mahananda).
454. Prinia jlaviventris (Delessert)
Common name: Yellow-bellied Prinia
(1525).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Duttaband),
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and J alpaiguri
(BTR).
455. Prinia gracilis (Lichtenstein) *
Common name: Graceful Prinia (1509).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
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456. Orthrotomus suto'rius (Pennant)
Common name: Common Tailorbird (1536)
Tuntuni (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala,
Saltlake, Kalikapur, Nalbani), South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban, N arendrapur), Birbhum
(Chandrapur, Suri), Darjiling (Mahananda),
Hugli (Chinsura Rice Research Center,
Telinipara, near Chandan-nagore), Jalpaiguri
.(BTR, Jaldapara, Gorumara), Medinipur
(Jhargram) and Nadia (Bethuadahari).
457. Orthrotomus alrogularis Temminck*
Common name: Black-necked Tailorbird
(1540).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
458. Orthrotomus cucullatus coronatus*
Common name : Mountain Tailorbird
(1541).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Mahanda).
459. Locustella certhiola Pallas
Common name: Rusty-romped Grasshopper
Warbler (1543).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani) and
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
460. Chaetornis 'striatus (Jerdon)
Common name : Bristled Grass-Warbler
(i547).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
461. Megalurus palustris Horsfield
Common name : Striated Marsh-Warbler
(1548).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Dattabad,
Saltlake, Hediarhat, Garia, Nalbani), South 24
Pgs. (Sunderban) and Bankura.
462. Acrocephalus aedon (Pallas)
Common name : Thick-billed Warbler
(1549).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani) and
Bankura (Susunia Hills).
463. Acrocephalus stentoreus (Hemprich
& Ehrenbrg)
Common name: Indian Great Reed-Warbler
(1550).
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Distribution: North 24 Pgs. CBabu bheri,
Saltlake, Parmadan, Bantala, Dattabad,
N albani) and South 24 Pgs. (Raidighi,
Sunderban, Narendrapur).
464. Acrocephalus orientalis (Temminck
& Schlegel)
Common name : Oriental Great Reed-
Warbler (1554).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri,
Bantala, Dattabad, Nalbani) and South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban).
465. Acrocephalus bismgiceps Swinhoe
Common name : Black-browed Reed-
Warbler (1555).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalabani,
Bantala).
466. Acrocephalus dumetorum Blyth
Common name: Blyth's Reed-Warbler
(1556).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri,
Bantala, Duttabad, Nalba~i, Kalikapur,
Mahishbathan), South 24 Pgs. (Raidighi),
Birbhum (Chandrapur), Bankura (Ranibandh,
Susunia) and Haora (Bally Stn.).
467. Acrocephalus agricola (Jerdon)
Common name: Paddyfield Warbler (1557).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri,
Duttabad, Nalban) and South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban) .
468. Hippolais caligata (Lichtenstein)
Common name: Booted Warbler (1562).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
469. Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot)
Common name: Common Chiffchaf (1575).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Duttabad,
Nalbani).
470. Phylloscopus qffinis (Tieken)
Common name: Tickell's Warbler (1579).
Distribution: Birbhum (Chandanpur).
471. Phylloscopus sUbaffinis Oglivie-Grant
Common name: Buff-throated Warbler
(1580).
Distribution: Darjiling (Palmajua).

472. Phylloscopus griseolus Blyth
Common name : Olivaceous Leaf Warbler
(1581).
Distribution : Bankura (Ranibandh).
473. Phylloscopus fuscatus (Blyth)
Common name: Dusky Warbler (1586).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri,
Bantala, Duttabad, Nalbani, Kalikapur), South
24 Pgs. (Raidighi), Birbhum (Chandrapur) and
Bankura (Ranibandh).
474. Phylloscopus humei (Brooks)
Common name: Hume's Warbler (1590-91).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Mahisbathan,
Saltlake).
475. Phylloscopus inornatus (Blyth)
Common name: Yelow-browed Warbler
(1592).
Distribution: Darjiling (Peshoke).
476. Phylloscopus magnirostris Blyth
Common name: Large-billed Leaf Warbler
(1601).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Barddhaman and Darjiling (Mahananda).
477. Phylloscopus trochiloides Blyth
Common name: Greenish Leaf-Warbler
(1602).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Birbhum (Chandrapur), Darjiling
(Neora valley), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara, BTR),
Bankura (Susunia) and Kolkata.
478. Phylloscopus cantator (Tickell)*
Common name: Black-browed Leaf Warbler
(1612).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
479. Phylloscopusfuligiventer (Hodgson)*
Common name: Smoky Warbler (1582).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
480. Phylloscopus fuscatus (Blyth)*
Common name: Dusky Warbler (1586).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Darjiling (Mahananda).
481. Phylloscopus occipitalis (Blyth)
Common name: Western Crowned Warbler
(1606).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
482. Phylloscopus reguloides (Blyth)
Common name: Blyth's Leaf-Warbler
(1609)·
Distribution : Barddhaman and Darjiling
(Mahananda).
483. Phylloscopus maculipennis (Blyth)*
Common name : Grey-faced Leaf Warbler
(1599)·
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda).
484. Seicercus affinis (Hodgson)
Common name White-spectacled
Flycatcher-Warbler (1613).
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora valley).
485. ~eicercus burkii (Burton)
Common name Gold-spectacled
Flycatcher-Warbler (1615).
Distribution: Barddhaman.
486. Seicercus poliogenys (Blyth)
Common name :' Grey-cheeked Flycatcher-
Warbler (1620).
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora valley).
487. Seicercus castaniceps (Blyth)
Common name : Chestnut-crowned
Flycatcher-Warbler (1621).
Distribution : Darjiling-· (Mahananda, Neora
valley).
488. Tickelia hodgsoni (Moore)
Common name : Broad-billed Flycatcher-
Warbler (1627).
Distribution : Darjiling.
489. Abroscopus supercilliaris (Blyth)*
Common name : Yellow-bellied Flycatche.r-
Warbler (1622).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda).
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Subfamily TURDINAE 498. Copsychus saularis (Linnaeus)

490. Brachypteryx leucophrys Common name: Oriental Magpie-Robin
(Temminck) (1661).
Common name: Lesser Shortwing (1639). Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Distribution : J alpaiguri. Duttabad, Bantala, Parmadan,), South 24 Pgs.
491. Brachypteryx montana Horsfield* (Raidighi, Canning), Birbhum (Chandrapur),
Darjiling (Gorubathan, Mahananda), .Jalpaiguri
Common name : White-browed Shortwing
(BTR, Gorumara), Nadia (Bethuadahari) and
(1640).
Puruliya (Quilipal).
Distribution: Darjiling (Neora valley).
499. Copsychus malabaricus (Scopoli)*
492. Luscinia calliope (Pallas)
Common name: White-rumped ShaIl1a
Common name: Siberian Rubythroat (16S3) (166S).
Gunpigora (Bengali).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gorunlara).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala,
500. Phoenicurus ochruros (S. G.
Duttabad, Nalbani), South 24 Pgs. (Raidighi,
Gmelin)
Sunderban), Birbhum (Chandrapur, Jorabeat),
Bankura (Susunia) and Darjiling (Mahananda). Common name: Black Redstart (1672) Lal-
girdi (Bengali).
493. Luscinia svecica (Linnaeus)
Distribution : Barddhanlan, Darji ling
Common name : Bluethroat (1644)
(Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (BTR, J(lldapara).
Gurpeorah (Bengali).
SOL Phoenicurus hodgsoni (Ivloure)
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri,
Nalbani), Birbhum (Chandrapur) and Jalpaiguri
Comr110n narne : Hodgson's Redstart ( 1(74).
(BTR). Distribution Darj iIi ng (P a 1111 a j 1I a,
Mahananda). "
494. Luscinia pectoralis (Gould)
502. Phoenicul·uS frontalis (Vigors)
Common name: Himalayan Ruby throat
(1648). Comnlon narl1e : Blue-fronted Redst a rt
Distribution : South 24 Pgs., Darjiling (167S)·
(Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (BTR). Distribution: Darjiling (Selilnbong Tonglu,
Sandakphu, Mahananda).
49S. Tarsiger cyanurus (Pallas)
S03. Phoenicurus schisticeps (Gra)")
Common name: Orange-flanked Bush-Robin
Corl1nl0n narne : White-throated Rt'd~tart
(1655)·
(1676).
Distribution : Darjiling (Selimbong,
Mahananda, Neora valley). D is t,. i b u ti 0 n : Da rj iIi 11 g ( San d'1 k ph II ,
Mahananda, Neora valley).
496. Tarsiger indicus (Vieillot)
S04. Phoenicurus (,ller"uleo("ephalus
Common name: White-browed Bush-Robin
(Vigors)*
(1659).
Co nlTno 11 lHI11H) : Uti f' - capped Rt'd ~~ t ;\ rt
Distribution: Darjiling (Phalut, Mahananda,
(167°)·
Neora valley).
Distribution: Dal:jiling (Tonglu, Sandakphll).
497. Tarsiger chrysaeus (Hodgson)*
S05. Cinclidiull1 ji"ontllie Hlyth
Common nanle : Golden Bush-Robin (1658).
C0111nlo11 narne : Blue-fronted Rohi 11 llb~:2).
Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu,
Mahananda). Distribution: Dal:iiling.
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506. Myiomela leucura (Hodgson)*
Common name: White-tailed Robin (1681).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda).
507. Saxicola torquata (Linnaeus)
Common name: Common Stonechat (1697).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri),
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Darjiling
(Mahananda, Neora valley) and Jalpaiguri
(BTR, Jaldapara).
508. Saxicola ferrea G.R.Gray
Common name : Grey Bushchat (1705).
Distribution : Darjiling (Selimbong,
Palmajua, Mahananda) and J alpaiguri
(Chilapatha, Sipchu forest beat, Gorumara).
509. Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
(Vigors)
Common name : White-capped Redstart
(1716).
Distribution : Darjiling (Neora valley) and
J alpaiguri.
510. Saxicoloides fulicata (Linnaeus)
Common name : Indian Robin (1720)
Kalchuri (Bengali).
Distribution : Bankura (Ranibandh, Susunia
Hills), Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara) and Medinipur
(Joshpur).
511. Saxicoloides caprata (Linnaeus)*
Common name: Pied Bushchat (1701).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Darjiling (Mahananda) and J alpaiguri (BTR,
Gorumara).
512. Saxicoloides jerdoni (Blyth)*
Common name: Jerdon's Bushchat (1704).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
513. Monticola cinclorhyncus (Vigors)
Common name : Blue-headed Rock Thrush
(17 2 3).
Distribution : Barddhaman and Darjiling
(Mahananda).
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514. Monticola rufiventris (Jardine &
Selby)
CO'lnmon name : Chestnut-bellied Rock-
Thrush (1724).
Distribution Darjiling (Palmajua,
Mahananda, Neora valley).
515. Monticola solitarius (Linnaeus)
Common name: Blue Rock-Thrush (172 6).
Distribution : Darjiling (Chunabhati) and
Jalpaiguri (Kumani, Gorumara).
516. Myiophonus caeruleus (Scopoli)
Common name: Blue Whistling-Thrush
(1729).
Distribution : Darjiling (Reang, Takdah,
Paparkhati, Samsing).
517. Zoothera citrina (Latham)
Common name : Orange-headed Thrush
(1733).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlal}e), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur),
Barddhaman, Darjiling (Mahananda) and Nadia
(Bethuadahari).
518. Zoothera mollissima (Blyth)
Common name : Plain-backed Thrush
(1739).
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda).
519. Zoothera dauma (Latham)
Common name: Scally Thrush (1741).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bana Bitan);
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur),
Barddhaman, Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR).
520. Zoothera monticola Vigors
Common name: Greater Long-billed Thrush
(1745).
Distribution : Darjiling (Phalut, Mahananda)
and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
521. Turdus unicolor Tickell
Common name : Tickell's Thrush (1748)
Machasah (Bengali).
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.
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522. Turdus boulboul (Latham)
Common name :. Grey-winged Blackbird
(1750) Pahariya Masaicha (Bengali).
Distribution Darjiling (Palmajua,
Mahananda) and J alpaiguri (Lalitabari,
Chilapatha, Ambari, Jaldapara).
523. Turdus merula Linnaeus*
Common name: Eurasian Blackbird (1752).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara).
524. Turdus albocincuts Royle*
Common name : White-collared Blackbird
(1749)·
Distribution: Darjiling (Mahananda, Neora
valley).
525. Turdus ruficollis Pallas
Common name : Darck-throated Thrush
(1763)·
Distribution : Darjiling (Selimbong,
Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (Chilapatha, Sipchu
Beat, BTR).
526. Turdus naumanni Temminck
Common name : Dusky Thrush (1765).
Distribution: Darjiling (Lish, Chunabhati).
Family TROGLODYTIDAE
527. Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus)
Common name: Winter Wren (1771).
Distribution : Darjiling (Phalut, Neora
valley).
Family PRUNELLIDAE
52S. Prunella himalyana (Blyth)
Common name : Altai Accentor (1780).
Distribution: DaIjiling (DaIjiling).
529. Prunella immaculata (Hodgson)
Common name: Maroon-backed Accentor
(1788).
Distribution : DaIjiling (Phalut).
Family PARIDAE
Subfamily PARINAE
530. Parus major nipalensis Hodgson
Common name: Grey Tit (1793)·
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Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur), Darjiling, Jalpaiguri (Gorumara,
Jaldapara) and Nadia (Bethuadahari).
531. Parus monticolus monticolus
Vigors
Common name: Green-backed Tit (1799).
Distribution : Darjiling (Lebong, Ghoom,
Darjiling, Takdah, Palmanjua, Selimbong,
Lebong, Neora valley) and Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara, J aldapara).
532. Parus ater Linnaeus
Common name : Coal Tit (1S03).
Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu, Neora
valley).
533. Parus rubidivenms Blyth
Common name : Rufous-bellied Crested Tit
(1806).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Sandakphu, Neora
valley).
534. Parus dichrous Hodgson
Common name: Brown Creasted Tit (180S).
Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu, Neora
valley).
535. Parus xanthogenys Vigors*
Common name: Black-Iored Yellow Tit
(1S09).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
536. Parus spilonotus Bonaparte
Common name : Black-spotted Yellow Tit
(1812).
Distribution : Daljiling.
537. Syluiparus modestus BUlton
Common name: Yellow-browed Tit (1814).
Distribution : Daljiling (Palmajua Selilnbong,
Neora valley).
Subfamily AEGITHALINAE
538. Aegithalos concinnus (Gould)
Common name: Red-headed Tit (1818).
Distribution : Darjiling (Pahnajua, Neora
valley).
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Fanlily SITTIDAE 546. Anthus trivialis (Linnaeus)

Subfanlily SITTINAE
539. Sitta castaenea c;nnamovent,.;s
Blyth
C0111T71on nalne : Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
(1828).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Darjiling (lVlahananda) and .Jalpaiguri (BTR).
540. Sitta leucopsis (Gould)*
C0111171011 l1al11e : White-cheeked Nuthatch
(1833)·
Distribution: Daljiling (Mahananda).
C07nrnon na7ne : Eurasian Tree Pipit (1854).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Birbhuln (Chandrapur, Suri) and Darjiling
(Sandakphu).
547. Anthus richardi Vieillot
Cornmon name: Richard's Pipit (1857).
Dist71'butiOll : North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Bankura (Susunia) and
Darjiling (Mahananda).
548. Anthus novaeseelandiae rufulus
Vieillot

541. Sitta himaleyensis Jardine & Selbv

Conunon na7ne : Paddyfield Pipet (1859).

C011U71011 na111e : White-tailed Nuthatch Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Deganga,

(1834).
Saltlake, Mahishbathan, Bantala), South 24
Pgs. (Narendrapur), Bankura (Susunia hills),
Distribution : Dar~iiling (Takdah, Pahnajua,
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara) and Medinipur (Belpahari
Neora valley).
1V1alabati calnp).
542. Sitta formosa Blyth
549. Anthus pratensis (Linnaeus) *
COlrl1llon nCUlle : Beautiful Nuthatch (1839).
C07nmon nan1e : Meadow Pipit (1856).
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Distribution : Darjiling (Mahananda) and
.Jalpaiguri (.Jaldapara).
.J alpaiguri (J aldapara).
543. Sitta frontalis Swainson
550. Anthus campestrls (Linnaeus)
C01111non 11(nne : Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
Comlnon na1ne : Tawny Pipit (1861).
(1 838).
Distribution: Barddhaman.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
551. Anthus roseatus (Blyth)
Darjiling and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
COlnn10n nalne : Rosy Pipit (1865).
Falnily CERTHIIDAE
Distribution : Barddhaman and Darjiling
544. Certhia discolor Blyth
(Mahananda).
Co 1111110 11 nalne : Bn,von-throated Tree
552. Anthus similis (Jerdon)
Creeper (1849).
Comlnon name: Brown Rock Pipit (1868).
Distribution : Darjiling (Pahnajua, N eora
valley). Distribution: Barddhaman.
Fanlily MOTACILLIDAE 553· Dendronanthus indica (Gmelin)
C07n711on name: Forest Waigtail (1874).
545· Anthus hodgsoni RichlYlond
C0l1111l0n narne : Oriental Tree Pipit (1852). Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Saltlake, Duttabad) and South 24 Pgs.
lJistributiol1 : North 24 Pgs. (Bana Bitan),
(Sunderban, Narendrapur).
South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban, Narendrapur),
Birhhul11 (Chandrapur). Bankura (Ranibandh, 554· Motacilla flava Linnaeus
S 11 sun i a I-Ii 11 s ) , D a rj iIi n g ( San d a k p h u , Conl111on name: Yelow Wagtail (1875).
Mahananda, Neora valley) and .Jalpaiguri (BTR, Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
GorUl11ara, .Jaldapara). Duttabad, Babu bheri, Palta Water works),
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South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and J alpaiguri
(BTR, Jaldapara).
555· Motacilla citreola Pallas
Common name: Citrine Wagtail (1881).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri,
Duttabad, Nalbani, Saltlake), Darjiling
(Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara ,
Jaldapara).
556. Motacilla cinerea Tunstall
Common name: Grey Wagtail (1884).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Duttabad,
Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba, Narendrapur),
Darjiling (Palmajua, Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara).
557. Motacilla alba Linnaeus
Common name: White Wagtail (1885-1889).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Shambhunagar,
Nalbani, Palta water works), South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban, Narendrapur), Darjiling
(Mahananda, Tarkhala), Jalpaiguri (Gorulllara,
Eastern bank of Teesta Riv'er between sevok
and Bagrakot) and Puruliya (Tulin).
558. Motacilla maderaspatensis Gmelin
Common name: Large Pied Wagtail (1891).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban),
Darjiling (Mongbong, Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
Family DICAEIDAE
559. Dicaeum agile (Tickell)
Common name: Thick-billed Flowerpecker
(1892, 1894).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Narendrapur), Bankura, Barddhaman,
Birbhum, Kolkata, Darjiling (Mahananda),
Hugli, Haora, Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara), Medinipur,
Murshidabad, Nadia, Puruliya and West
Dinajpur.
560. Dicaeum concolor (Jerdon)*
Common name: Plain Flowerpecker (1901).
Distribution: Koch Bihar, Jalpaiguri (BTR,
Gorumara) and Maldah.
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561. Dicaeum ignipectus (Blythr
Common name: Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
(1905).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Jalpaiguri (.Jaldapara).
562. Dicaeum cruetatum (Linnaeus)-1:-
COlnmon nal71e : Scarlet backed flo\\'l.'r
peeker.
Distribution: .Jalpaiguri (GOrtllnara).
563. Dicaeum el·ythrorhynchos
(Latham)
COlnnlon nanle : Tickell's Flowerpecker
(1899).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur),
North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), Birbhu111, Bankura,
Barddhalnan, Kolkata, Daljiling (l\lahananda \,
Haora, Hugli, .Jalpaiguri (BTR, Gonl111i.ll'<I \.
Medinipur, l.Vlurshidabad, Nadia and PUI'Il1i\d,
Famil~' NECTARINIIDAE
564. Nectarinia zeylonica (Linndt'tl~)
Conunon nalllC : Indian purplel'Ull1ped
Sunbird/Man choongi (Bengali).
Distribuh'on : N(Hth 24 Pgs., South :l4 Pgs.
(N are n d rap u r ) , K0 c h Bi h a 1', Da rj 11 i 11 g
(Mahananda), .1 alpaiguri (J aldapara). llugl i.
Haora, Maldah, lViedinipur. (Digha) and I\adia
(Beth uadahari).
565. Nectal·inia asiatica (Lathanl)
COT7lTll on llCl1ne : I nd ia 11 Pu rplc S lIll h i I'd
(1917).
Distribution: North ~4 Pgs. (Bana Hillin).
South 24 Pgs. (Su!H.icrhan, Narcl1drapur).
Darjiling (Mahana nda), .J alp<ligu ri l BT R.
Gonlll1ara), l\1edinipur, Nadia (Bethuadahari)
and Puruliya.
566. Aethopyga nipaiellsis (llo<ig,,-;oll)
Conl171on l1allle: l;rt'ell-tailcd SlIllhll\!
(1923).
Distributioll : Daljiling (Selilllbong, Nt" )(";\
valley).
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567. Aethopyga saturata (Hodgson)
Common name : Black-throated Sunbird
(1925)·
Distribution: DaIjiling and J alpaiguri (BTR,
Gorumara).
568. Aethopyga siparaja (Raffles)
Common name : Indian Crimson Sunbird
(1927).
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri (BTR,
Gorumara, J aldapara).
569. Aethopyga ignicauda (Hodgson)
Common name: Fire-tailed Sunbird (1930).
Distribution : Darjiling (Neora valley,
Sandakphu, Selimbong) and Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara).
570. Arachnothera magna (Hodgson)
Common name : Streaked Spinderhunter
(193 2 ).
Distribution: DaIjiling (Khumani).
571. Aethopyga gouldiae (Vigors)*
Common name : Mrs. Gould's Sunbird
(1919).
Distribution : DaIjiling (Tonglu, Mahananda,
Neora valley) and Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara,
Gorumara).
572. Arachnothera longirostris (Latham)*
Common name: Little Spider Hunter (1931).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Narendrapur)
and Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara).
Family ZOSTEROPIDAE
573. Zosterops palpebrosus (Temminck)
Common name: Oriental White-eye (1933).
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Narendrapur) and Darjiling (Jarkhola,
Kalimpong, Mahananda).
Family PLOCEIDAE
Subfamily PASSERINAE
574. Passer domesticus (Linnaeus)
Common name: Indian House Sparrow.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bantala,
Mitpukur, Saltlake, N albani), South 24 Pgs.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
(Sunderban, Narendrapur), Bankura (Susunia
Hills), Darjiling (Mahananda), Jalpaiguri
(Kumani, BTR, J aldapara, Gorumara) and
Medinipur (Bansphari).
575. Passer montanus (Linnaeus)
Common name : Eurasian Tree Sparrow
(1942).
Distribution Darjiling (Darjiling,
Mahananda) and J alpaiguri (BTR, Gorumara,
Jaldapara).
576. Petronia xanthocollis (Burton)
Common name: Yelow-throated Sparrow
(1949).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Babu bheri,),
South 24 Pgs. (Kalikapore) and Bankura
(Susunia Hills).
Subfamily PLOCEINAE
577. Ploceus philippinus (Linnaeus)
Common name: Indian Baya Weaver (1957)
Babui (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake,
Bantala, Hediarhat, Duttabad, Nalbani), South
24 Pgs. (Sunderban), Birbhum (Chandrapur,
Mollarhat), Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (BTR, Jaldapara).
578. Ploceus megarhynchus Hume
Common name: Finn's Weaver (1960).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Kalikapore),
North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani, Mahishbathan,
Duttabad, Saltlake) and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
579. Ploceus benghalensis (Linnaeus)
Common name: Black-breasted Weaver
(1961).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Duttabad,
Hediarhat, Babu bheri Bantala, N albani,
Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Kolkata (Bagmari).
580. Ploceus manyar (Horsfield)
Common name: Streaked Weaver (1963).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (N alban,
Duttabad, Salt lake, Krishnapur, Mahishbathan)
and South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
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Subfamily ESTRILDINAE
581. Amandava amandava (Linnaeus)
Common name : Red Munia (1964) Lal
Munia (Bengali).
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (N albani,
Duttabad), Darjiling (Mahananda) and
Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
582. Lonchura malabarica (Linnaeus)
Common name : White-throated Munia
(1966) Sar Munia (Bengali).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Bankura (Susunia Hills).
583. Lonchura punctulata punctulata
(Linnaeus)
Common name: Spotted Munia (1974).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Duttabad, Saltlake, Babu bheri), South 24 Pgs.
(Narendrapur), Bankura (Susunia Hills),
Darjiling (Mahananda), Jalpaiguri (BTR,
Gorumara) and Medinipur (Chilkigarh).
584. Lonchura malacca (Linnaeus)
Common name : Black-headed Munia
(1976).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Duttabad,
Nalbani, Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
N arendrapur).
585. Lonchura striata (Linnaeus) *
Common name : White-rumped Munia
(1967).
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
Family FRINGILLIDAE
Subfamily CARDUELINAE
586. Mycerobas affinis (Blyth)
Common name: Collared Grosbeak (1983)·
Distribution: Darjiling (Rungbei).
587. Leucosticte nemoricola (Hodgson)
Common name: Hodgson's Mountain-Finch
(2000) Pahariya Masaicha (Bengali).
Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu, Neora
valley).
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588. Carpodacus erythrinus (Blyth)
Common name: Indian Rosefinch (2016)
Lal tuti (Bengali).
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nalbani,
Duttabad), South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban), DaIjiling
(Sandakphu, Mahananda) and Jalpaiguri (BTR,
Gorumara).
589. Carpodacus nipalensis (Hodgson)
Common name : Dark-breasted Rosefinch
(2015)·
Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu,
Palmajua, Selimbong).
590. Carpodacus rodochrous (Vigors)
Common name : Pink-browed Rosefinch
(2017)·
Distribution: DaIjiling (Sandakphu).
591. Carpodacus rhodopeplus (Vigors)
Common name : Spot-winged Rosefinch
(2019)·
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
592. Carpodacus thura Bonaparte &
Schlegel
Common name : White-browed Rosefinch
(2021).
Distribution : Darjiling (Phalut, Singalila,
Sandakphu).
593. Carpodacus pulcherrimus (Moore)*
Common name: Beautiful Rosefinch (2023).
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
594. Pyrrhula erythrocephala Vigors
Common name : Red-headed Bullfinch
(2039)·
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
595. Callacanthis burtoni (Gould)*
Common name: Spectacled Finch (1997).
Distribution: Darjiling (Sandakphu).
596. Pyrhoplectes epauletta (Hodgon)
Common name : Gold-naped Black Finch
(2035).

Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu, Neora
valley).
Family EMBERIZINAE
597. Emberiza rutila Pallas
Common name: Chestnut Bunting (2045).
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri.
598. Emberiza pusilla Pallas
Common name: Little Bunting (2056).
Distribution: Darjiling and Jalpaiguri (BTR).
599. Emberiza aureola Pallas*
Common name : Yelow-breasted Bunting
(2046).
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban) and
Koch Bihar.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
600. Melophus lathami (Gray)
Common name: Crested Bunting (2060).
Distribution : Barddhaman.
Number in ( ) denotes number in the Hand
Book of Salim Ali.
*Included from management plans of
different protected Areas of West Bengal
(Government of West Bengal)
The following list of birds includes the
species mentioned in the publication of
Chakraborty and Mukherjee (2004). These
species are not included in the main list as there
was no mention of distribution of the species in
West Bengal.
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NO. SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME FAMILY

01 Peleeanus onoerotalus Linnaeus,1758 Great White Pelican (20) Pelecanidae

02 Ardea insignis Hume, 1878 White-bellied Heron (33) Ardeidae
03 Cieonia cieonia (Linnaeus, 1758) European White Stork (63) Ciconiidae
04 Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766) Glossy Ibis (71) Threskiornithidae
05 Dendroeygna bieolor (Vieillot, 1816) Large Whistling-Duck (89) Anatidae
06 Dendroeygna jauaniea (Horsfield, 1821) Lesser Whistling-Duck (88) Anatidae
07 Anser erythropus (Linnaeus, 1758) Lesser White-fronted Goose (80) Anatidae
08 Anas formosa Georgi, 1775 Baikal Teal (95) Anatidae
09 M armaronetta angustirostris (Menetries, 1832) Marbled Teal (92) Anatidae
10 Rhodonessa earyophyllaeea (Latham, 1790) Pink-headed Duck (106) Anatidae
11 Rhodonessa rufina (Pallas, 1773) Red-crested Pochard (107) Anatidae
12 Aythya marila (Linnaeus, 1761) Greater Scaup (112) Anatidae
13 Mergellus albellus Linnaeus, 1758 Smew (119) Anatidae
14 Mergus serrator Linnaeus, 1758 Red-breasted Merganser (122) Anatidae
15 Ichthyophaga humilis (S. Muller & Schlegel, 1841) Lesser Grey-headed Fish-Eagle (177) Accipitridae
16 Gypaetus barbatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Bearded Vulture (188) Accipitridae
17 Gyps himalayensis Hume. 1869 Himalayan Griffon (181) Accipitridae
18 Accipiter yentilis (Linnaeus, 1758) Northern Goshawk (136) Accipitridae
19 Buteo hemilaslus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 Upland Buzzard (154) Accipitridae
20 .A.quila dangu Pallas, 1811 Greater Spotted Eagle ( 170) Accipitridae
21 .tvIierohierax melanolcueos (Blyth, 1843) Pied Falconet (205) Falconidae
I 22 Falcu SCL'erUS Horsfield, 1821 Oriental Hobby (214-215) Falconidae
I :2 :3 Falco jug~Jer .J.E. Gray, 18:14 La~~ar (208) Falconidae
24 Per die u la (' r y t h ,. {J r h .IJ 11 c h (J (S y' k e s . 1r332) Painted Bush-Quail (262-263 ) Phasianidat>
- C;ulloperciix spaciic('u (Cml'iin, 17Ry)
I Red Spurf()\\'i
')
~ .J (27.')-277) Phasianidae
r------.------ -l
26 Gull () p t! r d ix III nul u t u ('.' al c n c i e nne s ,IS 2 S ) I Painted Spu rfowl (278) Phasianidae
- i -L-
27 Pavo muticus Linnaeus, 1766 Green Peafowl (312) Phasianidae
28 Turnix sylvatica (Desfontaines, 1789) Small Buttonquail (313) Turnicidae
29 Turnix tanki Blyth, 1843 YeIIow-legged Buttonquail (314-315) Turnicidae
30 Turnix suscitator (Gmelin, 1789) Common Buttonquail (316-319) Turnicidae
31 Grus antigone (Linnaeus, 1758) Sarus Crane (323-324) Gruidae
32 Grus grus (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Crane (320) Gruidae
33 Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, 1758 Water Rail (327-328) Rallidae
34 Amaurornis akool (Sykes, 1832) Brown Crake (342) Rallidae
35 Porzana porzana .(Linnaeus, i 766) Spotted Crake (338) Rallidae
36 Houbaropsis bengalensis (Gmelin, 1789) Bengal Florican (356) Otididae
37 Sypheotides indica (J.F. Miller, 1782) Lesser Florican (357) Otididae
38 Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758 Eurasian Oystercatcher (360-361) Haematopodidae
39 Vanellus vanellus (Linnaeus, 1758) Northern Lapwing (364) Charadriidae
40 Vanellus gregarius (Pallas, 1771) Sociable Lapwing (363) Charadriidae
41 Vanellus leucurus (Lichtenstein, 1823) White-tailed Lapwing (362) Charadriidae
42 Gallinago megala Swinhoe, 1861 Swinhoe's Snipe (407) Scolopacidae
43 Limnodromus semipalmatus (Blyth, 1848) Asian Dowitcher (403) Scolopacidae
44 Calidris alba (Pallas, 1764) Sanderling (414) Scolopacidae
45 Calidris pygmeus (Linnaeus, 1758) SpoonhiII Sandpiper (423) Scolopacidae
46 Calidris alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) Dunlin (420, 421) Scolopacidae
47 Calidris ferruginea (Pontoppidan, 1813) Curlew Sandpiper (422) Scolopacidae
48 Limicola falcinellus (Pontoppidan, 1763) Broad-billed Sandpiper (424-425) Scolopacidae
49 Philomachus pugnax (Linnaeus, 1758) Ruff (426) Scolopacidae
50 Ibidorhyncha struthersii Vigors, 1832 Ibisbill (433) Recurvirostridae
51 Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758 Pied Avocet (432) Recurvirostridae
52 Esacus recurvirostris (Cuvier, 1829) Great Stone-Plover (437) Burhinidae
53 Glareola maldivarum J.R. Forster, 1795 Oriental Pratincole (443) Glareolidae
54 Sterna caspia Pallas, 1770 Caspian Tern (462) Laridae
55 Rynchops albicollis Swainson, 1838 Indian Skimmer (484) Rynchopidae
56 Pterocles exustus Temminck, 1825 Chestnut-bellied Sand grouse (487) Pteroclididae
57 Pterocles indicus (Gmelin, 1789) Painted Sandgrouse (492) Pteroclididae
58 Columba punicea Blyth, 1842 Purple Wood-Pigeon (524) Columbidae
59 Treron curvirostra (Gmelin, 1789) Thick-billed Green-Pigeon (495) Co·lumbidae
60 Treron apicauda Blyth, 1846 Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon (493) Columbidae
61 Loriculus vernalis (Sparrman, 1787) Indian Hanging-Parrot (566,567) Psittacidae
62 Psittacula himalayana (Lesson, 1832) Slaty-headed Parakeet (562) Psittacidae
63 Hierococcyx sparverioides (Vigors, 1832) Large Hawk-Cuckoo (572) Cuculidae
64 Chrysococcyx maculatus (Gmelin, 1788) Asian Emerald Cuckoo (586) Cuculidae
65 Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (Horsfield, 1821) Violet Cuckoo (587) Cuculidae
66 Surniculus lugubris (Horsfield, 1821) Drongo Cuckoo (588-589) Cuculidae
67 Tyto capensis (A. Smith 1834) Grass Owl (608) Tytonidae
68 Strix ocellata (Lesson, 1839) Mottled Wood-Owl (955-657) Strigidae
69 Batrachostomus hodgsoni (G.R. Gray, 1859) Hodgson's Frogmouth (667) Podargidae
70 Collocalia brevirostris (Horsfield, 1840) Himalayan -Swiftlet (683-684) Apodidae
71 Zoonauena syluatica (Tickell, 1846) White-romped Needletail-Swift (692) Apodidae
72 Harpactes erythrocephalus (Gould, 1834) Red-headed Trogon (713-715) Trogonidae
73 Alcedo meninting Horsfield, 1821 Blue-eared Kingfisher (725-726a) Alcedinidae
74 Megaceryle lugubris (Temminck, 1834) Greater Pied Kingfisher (717-718) Alcedinidae
75 Coracias benghalensis (Linnaeus, 1758) Indian Roller (755-757) Coraciidae
76 Eurystomus orientalis (Linnaeus, 1766) Oriental Broad-billed Roller (758-762) Coraciidae
77 Anthracoceros albirostris (Shaw, 1808) Oriental Pied Hornbill (774) Bucerotidae
78 Aceros undulatus (Shaw, 1811) Wreathed Hornbill (772) Bucerotidae
79 Megalaima australis (Horsfield, 1821) Blue-eared Barbet (789) Capitonidae
80 Sasia ochracea. Hodgson, 1836 Rufous Piculet (800-801) Picidae
81 Dendrocopos hyperythrus (Vigors, 1831) Rufous-bellied Pied Woodpecker (832-833) Picidae
82 Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) Great Pied Woodpecker (834) Picidae
83 Picus squamatus Vigors, 1831 Large Scaly-bellied Green Woodpecker
(806-807) Picidae
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Dinopium shorii (Vigors, 1832) Himalayan Golden-backed Woodpecker c.n
84 o
(824) Picidae
85 Chrysocolaptes festivus (Boddaert, 1783) Black-shouldered Woodpecker (858-859) Picidae
86 Blythipicus pyrrhotis (Hodgson, 1837) Bay Woodpecker (857) Picidae
87 Mulleripicus puluerulentus (Temminck, 1826) Great Slaty Woodpecker (828-829) Picidae
88 Pitta cyanea Blyth, 1843 Blue Pitta (871) Pittidae
89 Pitta megarhyncha Schlegel, 1863 Mangrove Pitta (868) Pittidae
90 Calandrella acutirostris Hume, 1872 Hume's Short-toed Lark (887-888) Alaudidae
91 Delichon dasypus (Bonaparte, 1850) Asian House-¥artin (931) Hirundinidae
92 Delichon nipalensis Horsfield & Moore, 1854 Nepal House-Martin (932) Hirundinidae
93 Anthus godlewskii (Taczanowski, 1876) Blyth's Pipit (1863) Motacillidae
94 Anthus cervinus (Pallas, 1811) Red-throated Pipit (1864) Motacillidae
95 Anthus rubescens (Tunstall, 1771) Buff-bellied Pipit (1872) Motacillidae
96 Anthus sylvanus (Blyth, 1845) Upland Pipit (1873) Motacillidae
97 Pencrocotus erythropygius (J erdon, 1840.) White-bellied Minivet (10.96) Campephagidae
98 Pycnonotus luteolus (Lesson, 1841) White-browed Bulbul (1138-1139) Pycnonotidae
99 Hemixos flavala (Blyth, 1845) Brown-eared Bulbul (1147) Pycnonotidae
100 Aegithina nigrolutea (Marshall, 1876) Marshall's lora (110.2) Irenidae
101 Irena puella (Latham, 1790.) Asian Fairy-Bluebird (1109, 1110) Irenidae
102 Lanius meridionalis Temminck, 1820 Southern Grey Shrike (933-935) Laniidae
103 Prunella collaris (Scopoli, 1769) Alpine Accentor (1777- 1779) Prunellidae
104 Prunella rubeculoides (Moore, 1854) Robin Accentor (1781) Prunellidae
105 Prunella strophiata (Blyth, 1843) Rufous-breasted Accentor (1782-1783) Prunellidae
106 Prunella fulvescens (Severtzov, 1873) Brown Acceritor (1784-1785) Prunellidae
107 Zoothera wardii (Blyth, 1842) Pied Thrush (1731) Turdinae
108 Zoothera dixoni (Seebohm, 1881) Long-tailed Thrush (1740) Turdinae
109 Zoothera monticola Vigors, 1832 Greater Long-billed Thrush (1745) Turdinae
110 Turdus dissimilis Blyth, 1847 Black-brea'sted Thrush (1747) Turdinae
111 Turdus feae (Salvadori, 1887) Fea's Thrush (1761) Turdinae
 112 Turdus obscurus Gmelin, 1789· Eyebrowed Thrush (1762) Turdinae
113 Brachypteryx stellata Gould, 1868 Gould's Shortwing (1635) Turdinae
114 Brachypteryx hyperythra Jerdon & Blyth, 1861 Rusty-bellied Shortwing (1636) Turdinae
115 Luscinia brunnea (Hodgson, 1837) Indian Blue Robin (1650, 1651) Turdinae
116 Luscinia cyane (Pallas, -1776) Siberian Blue Robin (1653) Turdinae
117 Tarsiger hyperythrus (Blyth, 1847) Rufous-breasted Bush-Robin (1660) Turdinae
118 Phoenicurus auroreus (Pallas, 1776) Daurian Redstart (1677) Turdinae
119 Rhyacornis fuliginosus (Vigors, 1831) Plumbeous Redstart (1679) Turdinae
120 Myiomela 'leucura (Hodgson, 1845) '\/ White-tailed Robin (1681) Turdinae
121 Enicurus scouleri Vigors, 1832 Little Forktail (1684) Turdinae
122 Enicurus immaculatus (Hodgson, 1836) Black-backed Forktail (1685) Turdinae
123 Enicurus schistaceus (Hodgson, i836) Slaty-backed Forktail (1686) Turdinae
124 Enicurus leschenaulti (VieiIlot, 1818) Leschenault's Forktail (1687) Turdinae
125 Enicurus maculatus Vigors, 1831 Spotted Forktail (1688-1689) Turdinae
126 Cochoa purpurea Hodgson, 1836 Purple Cochoa (1690) Turdinae
127 Cochoa viridis Hodgson, 1836 Green Cochoa (1691) Turdinae
128 Saxicola insignis Gray, 1846 Hodgson's Bushchat (1694) Turdinae
129 Saxicola leucura (Blyth, 1847) White-tailed Stonechat (1699) Turdinae
130 Saxz'cola caprata (Linnaeus, 1766) Pied Bushchat (1700-1703) Turdinae
131 Saxicola jerdoni (Blyth, 1867) Jerdon's Bushchat (1704) Turdinae
13 2 Cercomela fusca (Bl~y,th, 1851) Indian Chat (1692) Turdinae
133 Garrulax manileger (Hodgson, 1836) Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
I (1275-1276) Timaliinae
134 I Garrulax rufagularis (Gould, 1835) Rufous-chinned Laughingthrush
: (129 2-1296) Timaliinae
135 Garrulax lineatus (Yigors. 1831) Streaked Laughingthrush (1312-1316) Timaliinae
136 Garru/ax squamatus (Gould, 1835) Blue-winged Laughingthrush (131q) Timaliinae
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139 Liocichla phoenicea (Gould, 1837) Red-faced Liocichla (1331-1332) Timaliinae
140 Pomatorhinus ruficollis Hodgson, 1836 Rufous-necked Scimitar-Babbler
(1178-1180) Timaliinae
141 Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps Walden, 1873 Lloyd's Scimitar-Babbler (1189-1190) Timaliinae
142 Xiphirhynchus superciliaris Blyth, 1842 Slender-billed Scimit'9""Babbler
(1191-1192) Timaliinae
143 Rimator malacoptilus Blyth, 1847 Long-billed Wren-Babbler (1193) Timaliinae
144 Spelaeornis formosus (Walden, 1874) Spotted Wren-Babbler (1206) Timaliinae
145 Sphenocichla humei (Mandelli, 1873) Wedge-billed Wr~n-Babbler (1207-1208) Timaliinae
146 Stachyris chrysaea Blyth, 1844 Gold-headed Babbler (1212-1213) Timaliinae
147 Stachyris nigriceps Blyth, 1844 Grey-throated Babbler (1214-1217) Timaliinae
148 Timalia pileata Horsfield, 1821 Red-capped Babbler (1229) Timaliinae
149 Chrysomma altirostre Jerdon, 1862 Jerdon's Babbler (1233-1234) Timaliinae
150 Turdoides longirostris (Moore, 1854) Slender-billed Babbl-r (1257) Timaliinae
151 Cutia nipalensis Hodgson, 1837 Cutia (1339) Timaliinae
152 Pteruthius rufiventer Blyth, 1842 Rufous-bellied Shrike-Babbler (1340) Timaliinae
153 Pteruthius xanthochlorus Gray, 1846 Green Shrike-Babbler (1342-1344) Timaliinae
154 Pteruthius melanotis Hodgson, 1847 Chestnut-throated Shrike-Babbler (1345) Timaliinae
155 Alcippe cinerea (Blyth, 1847) Yellow-throated Tit-Babbler (1378) Timaliinae
156 Alcippe rufogularis (Mandelli, 1873) Rufous-throated Tit-Babbler (1386-1387) Timaliinae
157 Heterophasia annectans (Blyth, 1847) Rufous-backed Sibia (1395) Timaliinae
158 Yuhina castaniceps (Moore, 1854) Striated Yuhina (1363-1365) Timaliinae
159 Yuhina gularis Hodgson, 1836 Stripe-throated Yuhina (1371-1372) Timaliinae
160 Yuhina occipitalis Hodgson, 1836 Rufous-vented Yuhina (1373) Timaliinae
161 Yuhina nigrimenta Hodgson, 1845 Black-chinned Yuhina (1374) Timaliinae
162 Yuhina zantholeuca (Hodgson, 1844) White-bellied Yuhina (1375) Timaliinae
16 3 Myzornis pyrrhoura Blyth, 1843 Myzornis (1338) Timaliinae
164 Conostoma oemodium Hodgson, 1841 Great Parrotbill (1236) Panurinae
165 Paradoxornis unicolor (Hodgson, 1843) Brown Parrotbill (1237) Panurinae
166 Paradoxornis gularis Gray, 1845 Grey-headed Parrotbill (1249-1250) Panurinae
167 Paradoxornis flauirostris Gould, 1836 Black-breasted Parrotbill (1251) Panurinae
168 Paradoxornis fulvifrons (Hodgson, 1845) Fulvous-fronted Parrotbill (1238-1239) Panurinae
169 Paradoxornis nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) Black-throated Parrotbill (1239a-1244) Panurinae
17 0 Paradoxornis atrosuperciliaris Lesser Rufous-headed Parrotbill
(Godwin-Austen, 1877) (1245- 12 4 6) Panurinae
17 1 Paradoxornis ruficeps Blyth, 1842 Greater Rufous-headed Parrotbill
(1247-1248) Panurinae
17 2 Regulus regulus (Linnaeus, 1758) Goldcrest (1628-1631) Sylviinae
173 Prinia burnesii (Blyth, 1844) Long-tailed Prinia (1531~1532) Sylviinae
174 Prinia atrogularis (Moore, 1854) Black-throated Prinia (1529-1530) Sylviinae
175 Prinia cinereocapilla (Moore, "1854) Hodgson's Prinia (1507) Sylviinae
17 6 Tesia castaneocoronata (Burton, 1836) Chestnut-headed Tesia (1473) Sylviinae
177 Tesia oliuea (McClelland, 1840) Slaty-bellied Tesia (1472) Sylviinae
178 Tesia cyaniuenter Hodgson, 1837 Grey-bellied Tesia (1471) Sylviinae
179 Cettia pallidipes (Blanford, 1872) Blanford's Bush-Warbler (1474-1475) Sylviinae
180 Cettia jortipes (Horsfield, 1845) Brown-flanked Bush-Warbler (1477-1478) Sylviinae
181 Cettia flauolivacea (Blyth, 1845) Aberrant Bush-Warbler (1481-1483) Sylviinae
182 Cettia acanthizoides (Verreaux, 1871) Yellow-bellied Bush-Warbler (1484) Sylviinae
183 Cetna brunnifrons (Hodgson, 1845) Grey-sided Bush-Warbler (1485-1487) Sylviinae
184 Bradypterus mandelli (Brooks, 1875) Russet Bush-Warbler (N) Sylviinae
185 Locustella naevia (Boddaert, 1783) Pale Grasshopper-Warbler (1545) Sylviinae
186 Acrocephalus concinens (Swinhoe, 1870) Blunt-winged Warbler (1559-1560) Sylviinae
187 Orthotomus cuculatus Temminck, 1836 Mountain Tailorbird (1541) Sylviinae
188 Phylloscopus pulcher Blyth, 1845 Orange-barred Leaf-Warbler (1587-15a9) Sylviinae
189 Phylloscopus chloronotus
(G. R. Gray & J. E. Gray, 1846) Lemon-romped Warbler (1594-1596) Sylviinae
19 0 Phylloscopus coronatus
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1847) Eastern Crowned Warbler (1607) Sylviinae
191 Seicercus xanthoschistos Grey- headed Flycatcher-Warbler
(G. R. Gray & J. E. Gray, 1846) (1616-1619) Sylviinae
192 Ahroscopus schisticeps Black-faced Flycatcher-Warbler
(G. E. Gray & J. R. Gray, 1846) (16 2 4- 1625) Sylviinae
193 Ahroscopus superciliaris (Blyth, 1859) Yellow-bellied Flycatcher-Warbler
(1622-1623) Sylviinae
194 Graminicola bengalensis Jerdon, 1863 Rufous-rumped Grass~Warbler (1534) Sylviinae
195 Sylvia curruca (Linnaeus, 1758) Common Lesser Whitethroat (1567-1568) Sylviinae
196 Sylvia hortensis (Gmelin, 1789) Orphean Warbler (1565) Sylviinae
197 Muscicapa sibirica Gmelin, 1789 Sooty Flycatcher (1405-1406) M uscica pinae
198 Muscicapa dauurica Pallas, 1811 Asian Brown Flycatcher (1407) Muscicapinae
199 Muscicapa ferruginea (Hodgson, 1845) Ferruginous Flycatcher (1410) Muscicapinae
200 Ficedula hodgsonii (Verreaux, 1871) Slaty-backed Flycatcher (1418) Muscicapinae
201 Ficedula strophiata (Hodgson, 1837) Orange-gorgeted Flycatcher (1414) Muscicapinae
202 Ficedula monileger (Hodgson, 1845) White-gorgeted Flycatcher (1415-1416) Muscicapinae
203 Ficedula hyperythra (Blyth, 1842) Rufous-breasted Blue Flycatcher (1417) Muscicapinae
204 Ficedula tricolor (Hodgson, 1845) S1aty-blue Flycatcher (1423-1425) Muscicapinae
205 Eumyias thalassina (Swainson, 1838) Verditer Flycatcher (1445) Muscicapinae
206 Niltaua macgrigoriae (Burton, 1836) Small Niltava (1429-1430) Muscicapinae
207 Cyornis banyumas (Horsfield, 1821) Large-billed Blue-Flycatcher (1441) Muscicapinae
208 Muscicapella hodgsoni (Moore, 1854) Pygmy Blue-Flycatcher (1447) Muscicapinae
209 Aegithalos iouschistos (Blyth, 1844) Rufous-fronted Tit (1823) Aegithalidae
210 Cephalopyrus flammiceps. (Burton, 1836) Fire-capped Tit (1815-1816) Remizidae
211 Melanochlora sultanea (Hodgson, 1837) Sultan Tit (1789) Paridae
212 Sitta formosa Blyth, 1843 Beautiful Nuth~tch, (1837) , Sittidae
213 Tichodroma muraria (Linnaeus, 1766) Wall creeper , (1839) Sittidae
214 Certhia familiarisLinnaeus, 1758 Eurasian Tree-Qre~per (1842-1844) Certhiidae
21 5 Cetthia nipalensi$ Blyth, ,1845 Rusty-flanked Tree-Creeper (1851) Certhiidae
216 Dicaeum chrysorrheum Temminck, 18 2 9 Yellow-vented Flowerpecker (1895) Dicaeidae
21 7 Dicaeum melanoxanthum (Blyth, 1843) Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker (1896) Dicaeidae
218 Dicaeum trigonostigma (Scopoli, 1786) Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (1898) Dicaeidae
219 Anthreptes singalensis (Gmelin, 1789) Ruby-cheeked Sunbird (1906) N ectariniidae
220 Nectarinia lotenia (Linnaeus, 1766) Loten's Sunbird (1911-1912) Nectariniidae
221 Emberiza fucate Pallas, 1776 Grey-headed Bunting (2055-2055a) Emberizinae
222 Emberiza aureola Pallas, 1773 Yellow-breasted Bunting (2046) Emberizinae
223 Emberiza spodocephala Pallas, 1776 Black-faced Bunting (2047) Emberizinae
224 Cardv.elis spinoides Vigors, 1831 Yellow-breasted Greenfinch (1990, 1992) Fringillidae
225 Carduelis thibetana (Hume, 1872) Tibetan Siskin (1993) Fringillidae
226 Carpodacus rubescens (Blanford, 1872) Blanford's Rosefinch (2016) Fringillidae
227 Carpodacus edwardsii Verreaux, 1871 Dark-rumped Rosefinch (2025) Fringillidae
228 Propyrrhula subhimachala (Hodgson, 1836) Crimson-browed Finch (2033) Fringillidae
229 Haematospiza sipahi (Hodgson, 1836) Scarlet Finch (2034) Fringillidae
230 Pyrrhula nipalensis Hodgson, 1836 Brown Bullfinch (2036-2037) Fringillidae
231 Pyrrhula erythrocephala Vigors, 1832 Red-headed Bullfinch (2039) Fringillidae
232 Pyrrhula erythaca Blyth, 1862 Beavan's Bullfinch (2038) Fringillidae
233 Mycerobas melanozanthos Hodgson, 1836 Spotted-winged Grosbeak (1986) Fringillidae
234 Mycerobas carnipes (Hodgson, 1836) White-winged' Grosbeak (1984-1985) Fringillidae
235 Amandava amandava (Linnaeus, 1758) Red Munia (1964) Estrildidae
23 6 Lonchura oryzivora (Linnaeus, 1758) Java Munia (1978a) (Int.) Estrildidae
237 Passer rutilans Temminck, 1835 Cinnamon Tree Sparrow (1946-1947) Passerinae
238 Pyrgilauda ruficollis Blanford, 1871 Rufous-necked Snowfinch (1954) Passerinae
239 Saroglossa spiloptera (Vigors, 1831) Spot-winged Starling (984) Sturnidae
240 Oriolus chinensis Linnaeus, 1766 Black-naped Oriole (954, 956-957) Oriolidae
241 Oriolus tenuirostris Blyth, 1846 Slender-billed Oriole (955) Oriolidae
242 Oriolus traillii (Vigors, 1832) Maroon Oriole (961) Oriolidae
243 Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758) Magpies Eurasian Jay (1020-1021) Corvidae
244 Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linnaeus, 1758) Spotted Nutcracker (1042-1044) Corvidae
245 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Linnaeus, 1758) Red-billed Chough (1046-1047) Corvidae
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CHORDATA: MAMMALIA
Phylum CHORDATA 8. Soriculus leucops (Horsfield)
Subphylum VERTEBRATA Common Name: Indian long-tailed shrew.
Class MAMMALIA Distribution : Darjiling.
Order SCANDENTIA 9. Soriculus nigrescens (Gray)
Family TUPAIDAE Common Name : Sikkim Large-clawed
Anathana ellioti pallida Lyon
1. shrew.
Common Name : Madras Tree-shrew. Distribution : Darjiling (Ghoom, Gopaldhara,
Palmajua).
Distribution : Puruliya.
10.Suncus stoliczkanus stoliczkanus
2. Tupaia glis lepcha Thomas
(Anderson)
Common Name : Common Tree-shrew.
Common Name: Anderson's shrew.
Distribution: Darjiling (Nimbong, Sivok) and
Distribution : Bankura (Raniband).
Jalpaiguri (Hasimara).
11. Suncus etruscus nitidofulvus
Order INSECTIVORA
(Anderson)
Family TALPIDAE
Common Name : Pygmy shrew.
3. Talpa micrura Hodgson
Distribution : Haora and Kolkata.
Common Name : Eastern mole.
12. Suncus etruscus pygmaeoides
Distribution : Darjiling (Gopaldhara, Pashok, (Anderson)
Selimbong).
Common Name : Pygmy shrew.
Family SORICIDAE
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri
4. Chimmarogale himalayica (Gray) (Bharnabari, Hasimara).
Common Name: Himalayan water-shrew. 13. Suncus murinus caerulescens
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok). (Shaw)
5. Crocidura attenuata rubricosa Common Name: House shrew.
Anderson Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barasat,
Common Name : Grey shrew. Nalbani), South 24 Pgs. (Kachuberia, Muchisa,
Distribution : Darjiling (Gopaldhara, Patharpratima Taldi) , Bankura (Raniband),
Mungpo, Pashok, Takdah) and J alpaiguri Birbhum (Haripur, Rampurhat Chandrapur),
(Hasimara). Barddhaman (Arrah, Barakar, Durgapur,
6. Nectogale elegans sikhimensis Katoya), Koch Bihar (Atiamochor,
de Winton & Styan Mathabhanga, Sitalkuchi), Darjiling, Haora
(Botanical Garden), HugH (Singur), Jalpaiguri
Common Name : Szechuan water-shrew.
(Chilapata, Sulkapara), Kolkata, Maldah,
Distribution : Darjiling. Medinipur (Jhargram, Garbeta, Salbani),
7· Soriculus caudatus caudatus Murshidabad (Baharampur), Nadia
(Horsfield) (Madanpur), Puruliya (Matha) and Dinajpur
Common Name : Hodgson's Brown-toothed (Raigunj).
shrew. 14. Suncus murinus griJ:1ithi
Distribution Darjiling (Mungpo, (Horsfield)
Sandakphu) and J alpa~guri. Common Name: House shrew.
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.Distribution : Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang,
Tonglu).
15. Suncus murinus soccatus
(Hodgson)
Common Name: House shrew.
Distribution : DaIjiling (Ghoom, Kalimpong,
Kurseong, Manibhanjang, Pashok, Pedong,
Rangiroom, Sivok, Tarkhola) and J alpaiguri
(Hashimara).
Order CHIROPTERA
Suborder MEGACHIROPTERA
Family EMBALLONURIDAE
16. Saccolaimus saccolaimus crassus
Blyth
Common Name : Pouch-bearing bat.
Distribution: Barddhaman (Churpurni) and
Medinipur (Chandra).
17. Taphozous longimanus longimanus
Hardwicke
Common Name: Long-armed Sheath-tailed
bat.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Canning,
Kakdwip, Thakurpukur), Barddhaman
(Churpumi), Darjiling, Kolkata, Medinipur and
Nadia (Krishnanagar).
18. Taphozous nudiventris kachhensis
Dobson
Common Name: Nacked-bellied Tomb-bat.
Distribution: Darjiling (Sevok) and Kolkata.
Family MEGADERMATIDAE
19. Megaderma lyra lyra E. Geoffroy
Common Name: Indian False Vampire.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore,
Basirhat, Falta, Parmadan, Saltlake), South 24
Pgs. (Bawali), Bankura (Susunia), Birbhum
(Near Siuri), Barddhaman (Katoya, Palla Road,
Ranigunje), Koch Bihar (Atiamochor,
Mathabhanga), Darjiling (Ghyabari, Lopchu,
Siliguri, Sukhna) , Haora (Birshibpur, Shibpur,
Jhapandanga), Hugli (Singur), Jalpaiguri
(Chilapata, Khuntimari), Kolkata (Alipur),
Maldah (Old Maldah), Medinipur (Near
957
Jhargram, Garbeta, Salbani) , Murshidabad,
Nadia (Krishnanagar, Phulia), Puruliya
(Ajodhya Hills) and Dinajpur (Kulik).
20. Megaderma spasma spasma
(Linnaeus)
Common Name: Malay False Vampire.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Gosaba) and
J alp aiguri.
Family MOLOSSIDAE
21. Tadarida aegyptiaca thomasi
Wroughton
Common Name : Egyptian free-tailed bat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
22. Chaerephon plicata plicata
(Buchannan)
Common Name : Wrinkle-lipped bat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
23. Tadarida teniotis insignis (Blyth)
Common Name: European Free-tailed bat.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Family PTEROPODIDAE
24. Cynopterus sphinx sphinx (Vahl)
Common Name: Short-nosed Fruit bat.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Basirhat,
Hasnabad, Parmadan), South 24 Pgs. (Barisha,
Baruipur, Bawali, Budge Budge, Ganeshpur,
Muchisa, Srikrishnapur, Thakurpukur),
Bankura (Susunia, Ranibandh), Birbhum
(Santiniketan, Tumbani), Barddhaman (Arrah,
Ranigunge), Koch Bihar (Atiamochar,
Sitalkuchi), Darjiling (Chunabhati, Gorubathan,
Kumani, Sukna), Haora (Rajchandrapur), HugH
(Jhapandanga, Singur), Jalpaiguri (Ambari,
Chilapata, Hasimara, J alpaiguri TOWIl,
Khuntimari, Sulkapara, Jaldapara), Kolkata,
Maldah, Medinipur (Amlagora, Balivasa,
Chanda, Gidni), Murshidabad (Baharalnpur,
Bhabta, Lalbagh, Na'mile), Nadia (Kaliganj,
Madanpur, Muragacha, Nakashipara, Phulia,
Plassey, Ramnagar), Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills)
and Dinajpur (Barsoi, Hemtabad, Karnajora,
Kshetrapur, Kulik).
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25. Macroglossus sobrinus sobrinus
Andersen
Common Name: Greater Long-tongued Fruit
bat.
Distribution : Koch Bihar (Atiamochor) and
Darjiling.
26. Megaerops niphanae Yenbutra &
Felten
Common Name: Niphan's fruit bat.
Distribution : Darjiling.
27. Pteropus giganteus giganteus
(Briinnich)
Common Name : Indian flying fox.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore),
South 24 Pgs., Bankura (Jhilimili), Birbhum,
Barddhaman (Barakar), Koch Bihar (Sitalkuchi),
Darjiling (Siliguri), Hugli (Jhapandanga),
J alpaiguri (Ambari, Hasimara, Sulkapara),
Kolkata, Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad,
Nadia (Phulia), Puruliya and Dinajpur (Kulik).
28. Rousettus leschenaulti leschenaulti
(Desmarest)
Common Name: Indian Fulvous Fruit Bat.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Baruipur),
Bankura (Susunia), Darjiling (Gorubathan,
Tarkhola), HugH (Jhapandanga), Jalpaiguri
(Khuntimari, Sulkapara) and Medinipur
(Jhargram, Garbeta).
29. Sphaerias blanfordi (Thomas)
Common Name : Blanford's Fruit bat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling, Goomti,
Palmajua).
Family RHINOLOPHIDAE
Subfamily RHINOLOPHINAE
30. Rhinolophus pearsonii Horsfield
Common Name : Pearson's Horse-shoe bat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling, Mahanadi,
Pashok).
31. Rhinolophus trifoliatus trifoliatus
Temminck
Common Name : Trefoil Horse-shoe bat.
Distribution : Darjiling.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
32. Rhinolophus affinis himalayanus
Andersen
Common Name : Intermediate Horse-shoe
bat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok) and
J alpaiguri.
33. Rhinolophus lepidus lepidus Blyth
Common Name : Little Indian Horse-shoe
bat.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Falta), Birbhum, Barddhaman (Chandrapur),
Darjiling, Kolkata and Medinipur (Salbani).
34. Rhinolophus luctus perniger
Hodgson
Common Name : Great Esatern Horse-shoe
bat.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Nimbong).
35. Rhinolophus pusillus blythi
Anderson
Common Name : Least Horse-shoe bat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling, Nimbong,
Pashok, Sangser).
36. Rhinolophus rouxi rouxi Temminck
Common Name : Rufous Horse-shoe bat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kumani, Nimbong),
Kolkata and Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills).
Subfamily HIPPOSIDERINAE
37. Coelops frithi frithi Blyth
Common Name : Tailless leaf-nosed bat.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. and DaIjiling.
38. Hipposideros armiger armiger
(Hodgson)
Common Name : Great Himalayan leaf-
nosed bat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling, Goomti,
Gopaldhara, Lopc~u, Mahanadi, Nimbong,
Pashok, Tongsong).
39· Hipposideros fulvllS fulvus Gray
Common Name: Fulvous leaf-nosed bat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Tongsong),
Jalpaiguri and Medinipur (Laljal).
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40. Hipposideros lankadiua Kelaart
Common Name : Sri Lanka Gigantic Leaf-
nosed bat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling) and
Jalpaiguri (Khuntimari).
41. Hipposideros pomona gentilis
Andersen
Common name: Andersen's leaf-nosed bat.
Distribution : DaIjiling (Pashok).
Family RHINOPOMATIDAE
42. Rhinopoma hardwiekei hardwiekei
Gray
Common Name: Lesser Rat-tailed Bat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
43. Rhinopoma mierophyllum
kinneari Wroughton
Common Name : Larger Rat-tailed Bat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
Family VESPERTILIONIDAE
44. Harpioeephalus harpia lasyurus
(Hodgson)
Common Name: Hairy-winged bat.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Kurseong)
and J alpaiguri.
45. Keriuoula hardwiekei depressa
Miller
Common Name : Hardwicke's forest bat.
Distribution : Darjiling.
46. Keriuoula papillosa lenis Thomas
Common Name : Papillose bat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
47. Keriuoula pieta pieta Pallas
Common Name: Painted bat.
Distribution : Darjiling, Jalpaiguri and
Kolkata.
48. Murina cylotis eyclotis Dobson
Common Name: Round-eared Tube-nosed
bat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Darjiling, Pashok,
Takdah).
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49. Murina huttoni huttoni Peters
Common Name: Peter's Tube-nosed bat.
Distribution : Darjiling.
50. Murina leueogaster rubex Thomas
Common Name : White-bellied Tube-nosed
bat.
Distribution: Darjiling.
51. Murina tubinaris (Scully)
Common Name: Scully's Tube-nosed bat.
Distribution : Darjiling.
52. Barbastella leucomelas
darjelingensis (Hodgson)
Common Name : Eastern Barbastelle.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Nimbong)
and J alpaiguri.
53. Eptesicus tatei Ellerman & Morrison-
Scott
Common Name : Serotine.
Distribution : Darjiling.
54. Hesperoptenus tickelli (Blyth)
Common Name : Tickell's Bat.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
55. Miniopterus sehreibersi fuliginosus
(Hodgson)
Common nanle: Schreiber's bat/long winged
bat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
56. Myotis anneetans (Dobson)
Common Name: Intermediate Bat or Hairy-
faced bat.
Distribution : Darjiling.
57. Myotis fo.rmosus formosus
(Hodgson)
Common Name : Hodgson's bat.
Distribution: Darjiling and Kolkata.
58. Myotis mystacinus nipalensis
(Dobson)
Common Name: Nepal Bat/Whiskered Bat.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri
(Hasimara).

59. Myotis sicarius Thomas
Distribution : Darjiling.
60. Myotis siligorensis siligorensis
(Horsfield)
Common name : Himalayan whiskered bat,
terai bat.
Distribution : Darjiling.
61. NyctaZus noctuZa Zabiatus (Hodgson)
Common Name : Common noctule.
Distribution: Darjiling (Darjiling, Sangser).
62. PipistrelZus affinis (Dobson, 1871)
Common Name : Chocolate Bat.
Distribution: Darjiling.
63. PipistreZlus babu Thomas
Common Name : Babu Pipistrelle.
Distribution : Darjiling (near Gorubathan,
Sukna, Takdah) and Jalpaiguri.
64. PipistrelZus cadornae Thomas
Common Name : Thomas's Pipistrelle.
Distribution : Darjiling.
65. Pipistrellus ceylonicus indicus
(Dobson)
Common Name: Kelaart's Pipistrelle.
Distribution : Kolkata.
66. PipistrelZus coromandra
coromandra (Gray)
Common Name: Indian Pipistrelle.
Distribution ; 24 Pgs. (Bhajna), Darjiling
(Darjiling, Gopaldhara, Nimbong, Pashok,
Pedong, Gorubathan, Takdah), Jalpaiguri
(Haldibari, Hasimara), Kolkata and Medinipur
(Salbani).
67. PipistrelZus donneri (Dobson)
Common Name: Dormer's Bat.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Mitpukur,
Saltlake), Birbhum (Chandrapur), Barddhaman
(Arrah, Katoya), HugH (Singur, Jhapandanga),
Jalpaiguri (Bharnabhari), Kolkata, Maldah (near
Pandua) and Medinipur (near Jhargram).
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68. -ripistrelZus mimus Wroughton
Common Name : Indian Pygmy Pipistrelle.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Barrackpore,
Hasnabad, Lake town, Salt Lake), South 24 Pgs.
(Behala, Taldi, Sajnekhali, Dhakuria,
Thakurpukur, Patharpratima), Barddhaman
(Arrah, Katoya), Koch Bihar (Sitalkuchi),
Darjiling (Kalijhora), Haora, Hugli (Singur,
Jhapandanga), Jalpaiguri (Bharnabhari,
Haldibari, Hasimara, Khuntimari, Sulkapara),
Kolkata, Maldah, Medinipur (near Jhargram,
Salbani, Dhadika), Murshidabad (Na' mile,
Shibnagar), Nadia (Madanpur), Puruliya
(Ajodhya Hills, Kuilapal) and Dinajpur (Kulik).
69. Pipistrellus peguensis Sinha
Common Name : Pegu Pipistrelle.
Distribution : Darjiling.
70. PZecotus auritus homochrous
Hodgson
Common Name; Brown long-eared Bat.
Distribution : Darjiling.
71. Scotoecus pallidus (Dobson)
Common Name: Yellow Desert Bat.
Distribution : Kolkata.
72. Scotomanes ornatus ornatus (Blyth)
Common Name: Harlequin Bat.
Distribution : Darjiling (DaIjiling, Pashok,
Sivak) and J alpaiguri.
73. Scotophilus heathi heathi (Horsfield)
Common Name : Greater yellow Bat.
Distribution : Kolkata, Barddhaman (Arrah,
Katoya), Koch Bihar (Mathabhanga, Sitalkuchi),
J alpaiguri (Bharnabhari, Chilapata, Hasimara),
Maldah (Adina Mosque, Gour), Medinipur (near
Garbeta), Nadia (Kaliganj) and Dinajpur (near
Raiganj).
74. Scotophilus kuhli kuhli Leach
Common Name : Asiatic lesser yellow Bat.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Salt Lake),
South 24 Pgs. (Barabagan, near Sunderban,
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Bawali, Canning, Kalikapur, Sajnekhali),
Bankura (Susunia), Birbhum (Santiniketan),
Barddhaman (Arrah, Raniganj), Koch Bihar
(Sitalkuchi), Darjiling (Pashok), Haora
(Shibpur), Hugli (Singur, near Jhapapdanga),
Jalpaiguri (Hasimara, Khuntimari), Kolkata,
Maldah (Adina Mosque), Medinipur (near
Garbeta, near Jhargram, salbani), Murshidabad
(Shibnagar), Nadia (Madanpur), Puruliya
(Ajodhya Hilla), Dinajpur (Raiganj).
75. Tylonycteris pachypus fulvida
(Blyth)
Common Name : Club-footed bat ..
Distribution : DaIjiling (Kalimpong, Pashok,
Sivok).
Order PRIMATES
Family CERCOPITHECIDAE
76. Macaca assamensis pelops Hodgson
Status : Sch. -II
Common Name : Assamese macaque.
Distribution : DaIjiling (Pashok, Sukiapokri,
Takdah, Tarkhola) and J alpaiguri.
77. Macaca mulatta mulatta
(Zimmermann)
Status : Sch. -II
Common Name : Rhesus macaque.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Srinderban), Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman,
Koch Bihar, Darjiling (Sepoydhara, Sukhna),
Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri (Hasimara), Kolkata,
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia,
Puruliya and West Dinajpur.
78. Semnopithecus entellus entellus
(Dufresne)
Status: Sch.-II, App-I
Common Name: Hanuman langur.
Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum, Haora
(Shibpur), Hugli, Kolkata, Medinipur
(Medinipur Town), Murshidabad, Nadia
(Madanpur) and Puruliya.
Order PHOLIDOTA
Family MANIDAE
79. Manis crassicaudata Gray
Status: Sch.-I, App.-II, Vulnerable
Common Name: Indian Pangolin.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Behala),
Birbhum, Koch Bihar, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri,
Medinipur, Nadia and Puruliya.
80. Manis pentadactyla Linnaeus
Status: Sch.-I, App.-II, Insufficiently known
Common Name: Chinese Pangolin.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (Buxa Tiger
Reserve).
Order CARNIVORA
Family AILUROPODIDAE
81. AiluMlS fulgens fulgens Cuvier
Status: Sch.-I, App. II
Common Name: Red Panda.
Distribution: Darjiling.
Family CANIDAE
82. Canis aureus indicus Hodgson
Status : Sch. -II
Common Name: Asiatic Jackal.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Salt Lake),
South 24 Pgs., Bankura, Birbhulll,
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, DaIjiling (Dkyati,
Ghoombhanjang, Pedong), Haora (Shibpur),
Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata, Maldah, Medinipur,
Murshidabad, Nadia, Puruliya, West Dinajpur.
83. Canis lupus pallipes Sykes
Status: Sch.-I, App.-I Vulnerable
Common Name: Wolf.
Distribution Bankura, Birbhunl,
Barddhaman, HugH, Maldah, Medinipur and
PuruHya.
84. Cuon alpinus primaevus (Hodgson)
Status: Sch.-II, App.-II
Common Name: Dhole or Indian Wild Dog.
Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri.

85. Vulpes bengalensis (Shaw)
Status :. Sch.-II
Common Name : Bengal fox.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar
(Sitalkuchi), DaIjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri,
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia,
Puruliya and Dinajpur (between Raiganj and
Bishnupur).
Family FELIDAE
86. Catopuma temminekii temminekii
Vigors & Horsfield
Status : Sch. -I, Vulnerable
Common Name: Golden cat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong hills,
Lish, Ghish).
87. Felis ehaus affinis Gray
Status: Sch.-II, App.-II
Common Name: Jungle cat.
Distribution : Koch Bihar (Sitalkuchi),
Darjiling (Kalimpong) and Jalpaiguri.
88. Felis chaus kutas Pearson
Status: Sch.-II, App.-II
Common Name: Jungle cat/Khatas.
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Birbhum, Kolkata, Haora, Hugli, Medinipur,
Puruliya and W. Dinajpur.
89. Neofelis nebulosa macroseeloides
(Hodgson)
Status: Sch.-I, App.-I, Endangered
Common Name : Clouded leopard.
Distribution : Darjiling (Chumong,
Pankhabari) and Jalpaiguri (Buxa Tiger
Reserve).
90. Panthera pardus fusea (Meyer)
Status: Sch.-I, Vulnerable
·Common Name : Common Indian leopard
or Panther.
Distribution Bankura, Birbhum,
Barddhama1;l, Koch Bihar, Darjiling, Hugli,
Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad,
Nadia, Puruliya -and West Dinajpur.
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
91. Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus)
Status : Sch.-I, App. -I, Vulnerable
Common Name: Tiger.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.
(Sunderban), Koch Bihar, Darjiling, Jalpaiguri
and Medinipur.
92. Pardofelis marmorata eharltoni
Gray
Status: Sch.-I, App.-I, Endangered
Common Name: Himalayan Marbled cat.
Distribution : Darjiling.
93. Prionailurus bengalensis
bengalensis Kerr
Status: Sch.-I, App.-I, Vulnerable
Common Name : Leopard cat.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar,
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Maldah,
Puruliya and West Dinajpur.
94. Prionailurus uiuerrinus (Bennett)
Status: Sch.-I, Vulnerable
Common Name : Fishing cat.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri and Kolkata.
95. Uncia uncia Schreber
Status: Sch.-I, App.-I, Endangered
Common Name : Ounce, Snow leopard.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family HERPESTIDAE
96. Herpestes edwardsi nyula (Hodgson)
Status: Sch.-IV
Common Name : Indian Grey Mongoose.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Basirhat),
South 24 Pgs., Bankura, Birbhum,
Barddhaman, Koch Bihar (Mathabhanga),
Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri (Haldibari), Kolkata,
Murshidabad, Nadia and Puruliya.
97. Herpestes javanicus auropunctatus
(Hodgson)
Status: Sch.-IV
Common Name: Small Indian Mongoose.
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Distribution: South 24 Pgs., Bankura,
Birbhum, Barddhaman, DaIjiling, Haora, Hugli,
Jalpaiguri (Chilapata, Hasimara), Kolkata,
Medinipur, Nadia and Dinajpur (Raiganj).
9B. Herpestes palustri.s Ghose
Status: Sch.-IV, Endemic
Common Name : Marsh Mongoose.
Distribution: Kolkata, North 24 Pgs. (Salt
Lake, Bantala, Duttabad, Hederhat, Nalbani,
Sukchar), South 24 Pgs. and Haora (Shibpur).
99. Herpestes urva (Hodgson)
Status: Sch.-IV
Common Name : Crab-eating Mongoose.
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
Family HYAENIDAE
100. Hyaena hyaena hyaena (Linnaeus)
Status: Sch.-III
Common Name : Striped Hyaena.
Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman,
Medinipur, Murshidabad, Puruliya and West
Dinajpur.
Family MUSTELIDAE
101. Amblonyx cinereus concolor
(Rafinesque)
Common Name: Oriental small-clawed
Otter.
Distribution : Jalpaiguri (it's present
occurrence is doubtful in other parts of West
Bengal).
102. Arctonyx collaris collaris Cuvier
Status: Sch.-I
Common Name: Hog-Badger.
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri.
103. Lutra lutra nair Cuvier
Status : Sch. -II
Common Name: Common Otter.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., North 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, DaIjiling, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata
and Murshidabad.
104. Lutrogale perspicillata
perspicillata Geoffroy
Status: Sch.-II
Common Name : Smooth-coated Indian
Otter.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs., North 24 Pgs.,
Birbhum, Jalpaiguri (Jaldapara) and Kolkata.
105. Martes jlavigula jlavigula
(Boddaert)
Status : Sch. -II
Common Name: Yellow-throated Marten.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
106. Martes foina inteMltedia (Severtzov)
Status: Sch.-II
Common Name: Stone Marten.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
107. Mellivora capensis indica (Kerr)
Status: Sch.-I
Common Name: Rate} or Honey Badger.
Distribution: DaIjiling and Jalpaiguri.
loB. Melogale personata nipalensis
(Hodgson)
Status: Sch.-II
Common Name: Burmese Ferret-Badger.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Hasimara).
109. Mustela kathiah kathiah Hodgson
Common Name: Yellow-bellied Weasel.
Distribution: DaIjiling.
110. Mustela sibirica subhemachalana
Hodgson
Common Name : Siberian weasel.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Family URSIDAE
111. Melursus ursinus ursinus (Shaw)
Status: Sch.-I, App- I
Common Name: Sloth Bear.
Distribution: Bankura, Darjiling, tJalpaiguri.
Medinipur and Puruliya.
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112. Ursus thibetanus laniger Pocock Order PROBOSCIDEA

Status : Sch. -II, App-I Family ELEPHANTIDAE
Common Name: Asiatic Black Bear. 118. Elephas maximus indicus Cuvier
Distribution : DaIjiling and J alpaiguri. Status: Sch.-I, App.-I,Vulnerable
Family VIVERRIDAE Common Name: Indian Elephant.
113. Arctogalidia trivirgata (Gray) Distribution : Bankura, Barddhaman, Koch
Status : Sch.-II Bihar, Darjiling, Jalpaiguri and Medinipur.
Common Name : Three-banded Palm civet. Order PERISSODACTYLA
Distribution : DaIjiling. Family RHINOCEROTIDAE
114. Paguma larvata grayi (Bennett) 119. Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus
Status: Sch.-II Status: Sch.-I, Endangered
Common Name : Masked-palm civet. Common Name : Great Indian One-horned
Rhinoceros.
Distribution : DaIjiling.
Distribution : J alpaiguri.
115. Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
(Pallas) Order ARTIODACTYLA
Status: Sch.-II Family CERVIDAE
Common Name : Common Palm Civet or 120. Axis axis axis (Erxleben)
Toddy cat. Status: Sch.-III
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs., Common name : Chital or spotted Deer.
Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Darjiling, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Kolkata, Birbhum, Nadia and Puruliya.
Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Nadia,
121. Axis porcinus porcinus
Puruliya and West Dinajpur.
(Zimmermann)
116. Viverra zibetha zibetha Linnaeus
Status: Sch.-III
Status: Sch.-II
Common Name: Hog Deer.
Common Name : Larger Indian Civet.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
122. Cervus duvaucelii Cuvier
Bankura, Koch Bihar, Darjiling (N arbong,
Status: Sch.-I, Vulnerable
Sivok, Sungma), J alpaiguri (Bharnabhari,
Hasiri1ara), Kolkata, Maldah, Medinipur, Nadia Common Name: Swamp Deer.
and West Dinajpur. Distribution : J alpaiguri (Presently natural
117. Viverricula indica indica . population is not available in the state, only the
(Desmarest) introduced animals occur in the protected
areas).
Status: Sch.-II
Common Name: Small Indian Civet. 123. Cervus unicolor niger Blainville
Status : Sch.-III
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Bankura, Koch Bihar, Haora, Hugli, Jalpaiguri, Common Name: Sambar.
Kolkata, Maldah, Medinipur, Murshidabad, Distribution : Darjiling, J alpaiguri and
Nadia, Puruliya and West Dinajpur. Medinipur.
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124. Muntiacus muntjak vaginalis Family SUIDAE

(Boddaert) 131. Sus salvanius (Hodgson)
Status : Sch.-III Status: Sch.-I, App.-I, Endangered
Common Name; Indian Muntjac or Barking Common Name : Pygmy Hog.
Deer. Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Gorumara). It's
Distribution : Darjiling, J alpaiguri, presence is doubtful.
Medinipur and Puruliya. 13 2 . Sus scrofa cMstatus Wagner
Family BOVIDAE Status: Sch.-III
125. Antilope ceruicapra rupicapra Common Name: Indian Wild Boar.
Muller
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., South 24 Pgs.,
Status : Sch.-I, Vulnerable Bankura, Birbhum, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar,
Common name : Blackbuck. Darjiling, Jalpaiguri, Maldah, Murshidabad,
Distribution : Birbhum and Medinipur. Nadia and Puruliya.
126. Bos frontalis Lambert Order LAGOMORPHA
Status: Sch.-I, Vulnerable Family LEPORIDAE

Common Name: Gaur. 133. Caprolagus hispidus (Pearson)

Distribution : Darjiling and J alpaiguri. Status: Sch.-I, App.-I, Critical (RDB, ZDSI)

127. Bubalus bubalis bubalis (Linnaeus) Common Name: Hispid Hare.

Distribution : J alpaiguri.
Status : Sch.-I, Endangered
134. Lepus nigricollis ruJicaudatus
Common Name : Wild Buffalo.
Geoffroy
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (not reported in
Status: Sch.-IV
recent years, last recording in 1992 from Buxa
Tiger Reserve). Common Name: Rufous-tailed Hare.
128. Hemitragus jemlahicus schae/en Distribution : Bankura, Birbhum, Koch
Pohle Bihar, Darjiling (Tonglu), HugH, Jalpaiguri
(Hasimara, Khuntimari, Jalpaiguri), Medinipur
Status: Sch.-I, Endangered
(Salbani), Nadia and Puruliya.
Common Name: Himalayan Tahr.
Family OCHOTONIDAE
Distribution : DaIjiIing.
135. Ochotona thibetana sikimaria
129. Nemorhaedus goral hodgsoni Thomas
Pocock Common Name: Moupin Pika.
Status: Sch.-I, App.-I, Endangered Distribution: DaIjiling (Sandakphu).
Common Name: Goral. Order RODENTIA
Distribution : DaIjiling. Family HYSTRICIDAE
130. Nemorhaedus sumatraensis 136. Hystrix brachyurus hodgsoni
jamrachi Pocock (Gray)
Status : Sch.-I, App.-I,Vulnerable Com1non Nanle : Crestless Himalayan
Common Name : Serow. Porcupine.
Distribution : DaIjiling. Distribution : Darjiling and J alp aigu ri.

137. Hystrix indica indica Kerr
Status: Sch. -IV
Distribution: North 24 Pgs., Bankura and
Puruliya.
Family MURIDAE
138. Bandicota bengalensis bengalensis
(Gray)
Common Name : Lesser Bandicoot Rat.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Bhatpara),
South 24 Pgs. (Behala, Sagar island, Taldi),
Koch Bihar (Sitalkuchi), Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Nimbong, Pashok), Haora, HugH (Chinsurah,
Jhapandanga, Ratanpur, Singur), Jalpaiguri
(Gorumara, Hasimara, Khuntimari), Kolkata,
Maldah, Medinipur (Jhargram, Garbeta,
Salbani) , Murshidabad (Baharampur), Nadia
(Betai, Madanpur, Plassey) and Puruliya.
139. Bandicota indica nemorivaga
(Hodgson)
Common Name: Large Bandicoot-Rat.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Salt Lake),
South 24 Pgs. (Sagar island, Thakurpukur),
Barddhaman (Katoya), Haora, HugH
(Jhapandanga, Singur), Kolkata and Medinipur.
140. Cannomys badius badius (Hodgson)
Common Name : Bay Bamboo Rat.
Distribution : Darjiling and Jalpaiguri
(Hasimara).
141. Cremnomys blandfordi (Thomas)
Common Name: Blanford's Rat.
Distribution : Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills,
Matha).
142. Dacnomys millardi millardi
Thomas
Common Name : Millard's Rat or Large-
toothed Rat.
Distribution : Darjiling.
143. Golunda ellioti ellioti Gray
Common Name: Indian Bush rat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong) and
Jalpaiguri (Hasimara).
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
144. Leopoldamys edwardsi edwardsi
(Thomas)
Common Name: Edward's Rat.
Distribution : Darjiling.
145. Microtus sildmensis (Hodgson)
Common Name: Sikkim Vole.
Distribution : Darjiling (Sandakphu).
146. Millardia meltada sing uri MandaI &
Ghosh
Common Name: Soft-furred Field Rat.
Distribution: Hugli (Singur).
147. Mus booduga booduga (Gray)
Common Name: Little Indian Field Mouse.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Dhappa,
Saltlake), South 24 Pgs. (Sagar Island), Koch
Bihar, Darjiling, Haora (Shibpur), Hugli (Bally,
Singur), Kolkata, Medinipur (Kanaisole) and
Murshidabad (Baharampur).
148. Mus cervicolor cervicolor Hodgson
Common Name : Fawn-coloured Mouse.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Salt Lake),
South 24 Pgs. (Hemnagar), HugH (Chinsurah,
Singur), Jalpaiguri (Khuntimari), Medinipur
(Chandra) and Dinajpur (Raiganj).
149. Mus musculus homou:rus Hodgson
Common Name : House Mouse.
Distribution : Darjiling (Batasia, Ghoom,
Gopaldhara, Kalimpong, Narbong, Pashok,
Pedong,Sandakphu,Su~apokhri,Takdah)and
J alpaiguri (Bharnabari, Hasimara).
150. Mus musculus castaneus
Waterhouse
Common Name: House Mouse.
Distribution : Birbhum (Chandrapur,
Tumbani), Barddhaman (Barakar) and
Medinipur.
151. Mus musculus urbanus Hodgson
Common Name : House Mouse.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan,
SaltLake), South 24 Pgs. (Barisha,
Thakurpukur, Sagar Island), Barddhaman
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(Arrah, Churpurni, Katoya), Koch Bihar
(Atiamochor, Sitalkuchi), Darjiling (Batasi,
Ghoom, Gopladhara, Jonsong, Kalimpong,
Narbong, Pashok), Haora (Shibpur), HugH
(Chinsurah, Singur), Kolkata, Maldah,
Medinipur (near Jhargram), Murshidabad
(Baharampur), Nadia (Madanpur) and Dinajpur
(Raiganj, Kulik).
152. Mus pahari pahari Thomas
Common Name : Sikkim Mouse.
Distribution : Darjiling (Pashok, Takdah).
153. Mus platythrix Bennett
Common Name : Brown Spiny Mouse.
Distribution; Puruliya (Ajodhya Hills).
154. Mus saxicola Elliot
Common Name ; Elliot's Brown Spiny
Mouse.
Distribution ; Birbhum (Chandrapur),
Medinipur (Garbeta) and Puruliya (Kuilapal).
155. Nesokia indica indica (Gray)
Common Name; Short-tailed Mole Rat.
Distribution: Nadia (Plassey).
156. Niviventer eha eha (Wroughton)
Common Name ; Little Himalayan Rat.
Distribution Darjiling (Palmajua,
Sandakphu).
157. Niviventer fulvescens fulvescens
(Gray)
Common Name: Chestnut Rat.
Distribution ; Darjiling (Nimbong, Palmajua,
PaShok, Pedong, Selimbong, Takdah).
158. Niviventer niviventer monticola
(Ghose)
Common Nalne : Ghose's white-bellied Rat.
Distribution Darjiling (Palmajua,
Sandakphu).
159. Niviventer niviventer niviventer
(Hodgson)
Common Name : White-bellied Rat.
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang,
Selimbong).
160. Rattus nitidus nitidus (Hodgson)
Common Name: Himalayan Rat.
Distribution Darjiling (Ghoom,
Ghoombhanjang, Gopaldhara, Mongpu,
Nimbong, Palmajua, Pashok, Pedong, Sangser).
161. Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout)
Common Name: Norway Rat or Brown Rat.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Nager bazar,
Baguihati), South 24 Pgs. (Sakher bazaar) and
Kolkata.
162.Rattus rattus arboreus (Horsfield)
Common Name: House Rat.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Saltlake), South
24 Pgs. (Basanti, Sagar island, Pathar pratima,
Thakurpukur), Birbhum (Chandrapur),
Barddhaman (Arrah, Barakar, Churpurni,
Katoya), Koch Bihar (Atiamochor,
Mathabhanga, Sitalkuchi), Haora (Shibpur),
HugH (Chinsurah, Singur), Kolkata, Maldah (old
Maldah), Medinipur (near Jhargram,
Medinipur, Garbeta), Murshidabad
(Baharampur, Jiaganj), Nadia (Plassey),
Puruliya (Kuilapal) and Dinajpur (Kaliaganj).
163. Rattus rattus brunneusculus
(Hodgson)
Common Name: House Rat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kalimpong,
Nimbong, Palmajua, Pashok, Pedong, Sangser,
Takdah, Tarkhola) and Jalpaiguri (Gorumara).
164.Rattus rathis ruJescens (Gray)
Common Name : House Rat.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Dhappa), Haora
(Botanical Garden), Jalpaiguri, Kolkata and
Murshidabad (Baharampur).
165. Rattus tanezumi bhotia Hinton
Common Na1ne : House Rat.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (HasiInara).
166.Rattus tanezumi khyensis Hinton
Common Name : House. Rat.
Distribution: Jalpaiguri (Khuntimari).

167. Rattus tanezumi tistae Hinton
Common Name: House Rat.
Distribution : Darjiling (Gopaldhara,
Kalimpong, N arbong, Nimbong, Pashok,
Pedong, Sangser).
168. Rattus turkestanicus rattoides
(Hodgson)
Common Name : Turkest~n Rat.
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoom).
169. Tatera indica indica (Hardwicke)
Common Name: Indian Antelope-Rat.
Distribution : North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan),
Medinipur (Chandra, Garbeta), Murshidabad
(Baharampur) and Nadia (Plassey).
170. Vandeleuria oleracea dumeticola
(Hodgson)
Common Name : Indian Long-tailed Tree
Mouse.
Distribution: Darjiling (Pashok), Jalpaiguri
(Bharnabari, Hasimara) and Puruliya (Ajodhya
Hills).
Family SCIURIDAE
171. Belomys pearsonii pearsonii
(Gray)
Common Name : Hairy-footed Flying
Squirrel.
Distribution : Darjiling.
172. Callosciurus pygerythrus
lokroides (Hodgson)
Common Name : Hoary-bellied Himalayan
Squirrel.
Distribution : Darjiling (Gopaldhara,
Mungpo, Narbong, Pashok, Samsing, Sangser,
Sivok, Tarkhola, Tindharia) and J alpaiguri.
173. Dremomys lokriah lokriah
(Hodgson)
Common Name: Orange-bellied Himalayan
Squirrel.
Distribution Darjiling (Palmajua,
Selimbong) and Jalpaiguri..
Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
174. Funambulus pennantii Wroughton
Status : Sch. -II
Common Name : Northern Palm Squirrel.
Distribution: North 24 Pgs. (Parmadan),
South 24 Pgs. (Taldi), Bankura (Susunia),
Birbhum, Barddhaman, Koch Bihar, Haora
(Bali, Belur, Haora), HugH (Jhapandanga,
Chandan nagar, Singur), Jalpaiguri, Kolkata,
Maldah, Medinipur (Garbeta), Murshidabad
(Baharampur), Nadia (Madanpur, Plassey,
Ramnagar) and Puruliya (Inampur).
175. Funambulus palmarum
palmarum (Linnaeus)
Common Name: Indian Palm Squirrel.
Distribution : Medinipur and Puruliya
(Ajodhya Hills, Matba).
176. Hylopetes alboniger alboniger
(Hodgson)
Common Name : Parti-coloured Flying
Squirrel.
Distribution : Darjiling (Kurseong, Pashok,
Selimbong) and J alpaiguri.
177. Petaurista e~egans caniceps (Gray)
Status: Sch.- II
Common Name : Lesser Giant Flying
Squirrel.
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghhombhanjang,
Phalut, Tonglu).
178. Petaurista nobilis nobilis (Gray)
Status: Sch.- II
Common Name : Gray's Giant Flying
Squirrel.
Distribution : Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang,
Selimbong).
179. Petaurista petaurista philippensis
(Elliot)
Status: Sch.-II
Common Name : Common Giant Flying
Squirrel.
Distribution : Puruliya.
180. Petaurista magnificus hodgsoni
Ghose & Saba
Status : Sch. -II
Common Name : Hodgson's Giant Flying
Squirrel.
Distribution: Darjiling (Ghoombhanjang).
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181. Ratuja bicolor gigantea (M'Clelland)
Status: Sch.-II, App.-II
Common Name : Malayan Giant Squirrel.
Distribution : Darjiling (Narbong, Rungbee,
Sangser, Samsing, Sivok, Tarkhola) and
Jalpaiguri (Chilapata, Khuntimari, BTR).
182. Tamiops macclellandi
macclellandi (Horsfield)
Common Name : Himalayan Striped
Squirrel.
Distribution : Darjiling (Gopaldhara,
Palmajua, Selimbong).
Order CETACEA
Family DELPHINIDAE
183. Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray
Status: Sch.-II
Common Name: Indian Pilot Whale.
Distribution : HugH (Shrirampore, But
occurrence in recent time is very doubtful).
184. Orcaella brevirostris (Gray) Status :
Sch.-I, App.-II
Common Name : Irrawaddy Dolphin.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Bay of Bengal).
185. Sousa chinensis (Osbeck)
Status: Sch.-II, App.-I
Common Name: Plumbeous Dolphin.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs.
186. Stenella attenuata (Gray)
Status : Sch. -II
Common Name: Malay Dolphin.
Distribution : South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban,
Only report of sighting in 1891 by W.T.
Blandford).
Family PHOCOENIDE
187. Neophocaena phocaenoides
(Cuvier)
Status: Sch.-II, App.-I, Vulnerable
Common Name : Black Finless Porpoise.
Distribution: South 24 Pgs. (Sunderban).
Family PLATANISTIDAE
188. Platanista gangetica (Roxburgh)
Status : Sch.-I, App.-I
Common Name: Gangetic Dolphin.
Distribution : Hugli, Nadia (Mayapur) and
Kolkata.
Sanyal et al.: Plant Diversity

PLATE I

Abies spectabilis (Pinac<eae) Abroma augu.sta (Malvaceae)

Alpinia perpurata (Zingibera,e,e ae) Amherstia nobilis (Fabaceae)

Acacia greggii (Fabacea<e) Anemone obtusifolia (Ranun,(,.' ula(·<~a~)

 Status of Biodiversi.ty of West Bengal

PlAT II

Ane,m one polyanthes (Ranuncula,ee,a,e) Aphanamixis polystac,h ya (MeHa'c eae)

Ardisia solanac,ea (Myrsina,e,e ae) Brownea hybrida (Fabaoeae)

AriSQlenlQ gT'iffithii (Arace.ae) Cy.cas "u,mphii (Cycacea,e) Eichhornia crassip,es (Pontederiacea'e )

Sanyal et al. : Plant Diversity

PLATE III

Cassia aiata (Fabaceae) Clematis montana (Ranunculaceae)

Agaricus bisporus (Mushroom) Costus (Costace,ae)

Couroupit,a guianensis (Lecythidaeeae)

 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal
p IV

Dendrobium nobile (Orchidaceae) Euphorbia wallichii (Euphorhiaceae)

Fragaria sp. (Rosaceae) Gloriosa superba (Colchicaceae)

Dlplopterygiu.m giganteum (Gleicheniaceae) H olarrhena a ntidysenterica (Apocynaceae)

Iris clarke; (Iridaceae) Oc!'mum basUicum (Lam iaceae)

Sanyal et ai. : Plant Diversity

TE V

FritiUaria cfrrhosa (Liliaceae) Meoonopsis sp. (Papaveraceae) Rheum ,austra{,e CPolygonac a )

Ocimum gra tissimum (Lamiaceae) Pedicui<lris sp. (Oroban('h~H" p<h.')

Phaius tankervillae (Orchidaceae) Rhododendron <trboreum (Eril.'tH.'t'al')

 Status .of Bi.odiversity .of West Bengal

PLAT VI

Rhododendron hodgsonii (Ericac1e ae) Rhododendron campanulatum (Ericaceae)

Rhododendron wightii (Erkaceae) Rauvolfia tetraphylla (Apocynaceae)

Ocimum sanctum (Lamiaceae) Pananx pseudoginseng (Araliaceae) Smilacina oleracea (LiUaceae)

Strelitzia 1~,eginae CSt ,e litziaceae)

Sanyal ,et at. : Animal Diversity

P TEl

C .IDARIA

Porpit,a porpita

Acromitus rabanchatu Vele.lla llelella

ANN LIDA

Pleurobrachia globosa Chloeia parV(1

 Status o/Biodiversity of West Bengal

PLATE II

H - MINTHES

Ascaridia 9,alli

Ascaris lu,m bricoides

Contra caecum tricuspe

ECHINODERMATA

Astropecten ~urlacant.hus Astropecten indicus

Ophiocnemis "lQrmor,a ta Te,mnop.leurus toreumaticus

Sanyal et al. : Animal Diversity

PLATE III
MOLLUSCA

Amphidromus andamanicus Olivancillan'a gibbosa Ardch itccton iC(l pe1'specti t '(l

Ariophanta laevlpes Ariophallta il1.t.e1Tupta

Ariophanta kadapaensis

Hemiplecta basileus Meret"ix 11l,el'etrix

 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

PLATE IV

CRUSTACEA

Ocypode macrocera Portunus sanguinolentus

HEMIPTERA

Gaeana sulphure,a Laccotrephes ruber TessaratQma papillosa

Vilius melanopterus Lethocerus ,ndicus Lohita grandis

Sanyal et al. : Animal Diversity
P TEV

HYM OPTERA

Apis (Megapis) do.rsata Camponotus comp.ressus Apis sp.

Pompilid,ae Delta dimidiate,mpenne Pol:istes oUt a('cu~

phexsp.

Br,aconidae
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

PLATE VI

LEPIDOPT ~ RA

Danaus chrysippus Graphium sarpedon Papilio demoleus

Terias hecabe Hebomoia glaucippe Kallima inac.hus

Euploea mulciber mulciber Graphium (Graphium) Princeps (Princeps) arcturus arcturus

agame,mnon ,agame,mnon

Hypolimnas misippus Loxura atymnus Matapa aria

DeUas eucharis Troides helen,Q Danaus genuti,a genutia

Sanyal.et al. : Animal Diversity

PlATE VII

COL OPTERA

Chrysochroa ixora

Ca.lcodes siva

Cybister limbatus
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

PLATE VIII

ORTHOPTERA

ACrlda exaltata Aularches miliaris Choroedocus robustus

Schizodactylusmonstrosus

Gryllotalpa fossor Hieroglyphus banian Poekilocerus pictus

Sanyal et al. : Animal Diversity

PLATE IX

ODONATA

Ceriagrion coromandelianum Ictinogomphus rapax

Rhyothemis varieg,ata Trithemis sp.

Hemianax ephippiger

Neurothemis tullia tllllia

 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

PLAT X

D PTERA

Asarkina (A.) ericetorum

Michotamia aurata Parasa~cophaga (p.) ,albiceps Chrysomya megacepha.la

Ligyra aurantiaca M'Qchimus rufipes Mesembr,ia quadr.ivittatus

Sanyal eta/.. : Ani,rnal Diversity

PUTEX

CKS&MITES

Haemaphysalis bispinosa Sche,lo.ribates parvus Dolicherema('u.' l-iinW/(lHI.'usi.-

Ixodes ouatus

ARACHNIDA

Foedlothel'la miranda
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

PLATE XII

ARACHNIDA

Argiope sp. Thomisus sp.

Limulus polyphemus

Scolopendra subspinipes Scolopendra subspinipes

var. dehaani
Sanyal et al. : Anim,ai Diversity

PLA XIII

F SHES

Chanda ranga

Channa orient-aUs

Labeo rohita

M,astacemb.elus panca/us
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

PLATE XIV

(SHES

Nandus nandus

No.tap.terus notopterus

Puntius conchonius

Calisa fasciatus
Sanyal et a.l. : Animal Diversity

PLAT XV

FISH S

Istiophorus gladius

P,.ogukhthys gfbbipcms
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

PLATE XVI

AMP 8IA

Fejeroarya Umnocharis Fejeroarya syhadrensis

Polypedates maculatus Kaloula sp.

Chirixalus simus Hoplobatrachus crass us

Sanyal et al. : Animal Diversity

PLA XVI

REPTILES

Dendrelaphis sp. Naja naja

Pelamis platurus Chry.sopelea ornata

Crocodylus palustris
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

P TE ,XVIII

PTIL S

Varanus flavescens Calotes versioolor

Ca.lotes versicolor Gekko sp.

Sanyal et al. : Animal Diversity

PI TEXIX

BIRDS

Elanus caeruleus Leotop.ti,{osja tlQ 11 lcUS

Dierurus o()neus

LanillS cristatus Upupu .epops (~(}psycllus sHular-is

 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

PlATE XX

BIRDS

A,cc.ipiter uirgatus Dendrocitta vagabunda

Phoenicurus ochruros Caprimulgus sp.

Him,a ntopus himantopus Srurnus pagodarum

Sanyal et al. : Animal Diversity

P TE I

BIRDS

Pavo cristatus

Anhinga rufa Gyps fuhlu~ fult '('set' IlS

Rhipidura aureola Antlws 1l0vaeseeiandi<le

 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

P TEXXII

Otus sunia
Streptopelia chinensis

Zoothera citrina citrina Ceryle rudis

Anastomus oscitans Mycteria leucocephala

Sanyal et al. : Animal Diversity

PlATE II

BIRDS

Myct,eria leucocephala White Pelican

Cicollia episcopus Anas Qcuta

Ardeola grayii
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

P T XXIV

MALS

Hystrix indica Manis crassicaudata

Ratufa bicolor

A i,(u rus Ju 19 ens

Herpestes palustris Tatera indica indica

Sanyal et al. : Animal Diversity
p xxv

MAMMALS

Sus scrofa Porcula sall'inus

Elephus maximus

Rhinoceros unicornis
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

PLATE XXVI

MAMMALS

Bos frontalis

Muntiacus mUlltja.c

Axis axis
Sanyal et at.. : Animal Diversity

PLAT

MAMMALS

Tupai,a gUs Jepcha AmbolYlu' eiflereus concolor

PriollaUur'us viverdmlS
 Status of Biodiversity of West Bengal

PLATE XXVIII

MAMMALS

Canis lupus pallipes Neofelis nebulosa m,acrosceloides

Panthe'~a tigris tigris

Sanyal et al.: Animal Diversity
PLATE XXIX

Semnopithecus enteUus Alacaca lHuiatta